Home of the Purple Line Corridor Coalition (@plcc.bsky.social), Small Business Anti-Displacement Network, Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability & the Transportation Policy Research Group. https://bsky.app/profile/umdsmartgrowth.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social/post/3mj66rj3r522iWe've been busy at the National Center for Smart Growth - check out our quarterly newsletter! https://ncsg-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/april-2026-newsletter10 Apr 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:ssji3bd33rscltfgfht24bjw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj66rj3r522ihttps://bsky.app/profile/umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social/post/3miydpwyz522iJust out from NCSG Director @drkatehowell.bsky.social, NCSG faculty fellow Casey Dawkins and PhD Student Sophie McManus! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Apr 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:ssji3bd33rscltfgfht24bjw/app.bsky.feed.post/3miydpwyz522ihttps://bsky.app/profile/umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social/post/3mgao6rbvgk2tIt's Giving Day at UMD, and you can support NCSG's community engaged work. For general NCSG support (https://givingday.umd.edu/campaigns/national-center-for-smart-growth-ncsg) or to support PALS: givingday.umd.edu/campaigns/pals04 Mar 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:ssji3bd33rscltfgfht24bjw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgao6rbvgk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social/post/3m52gfizbgc2cJust a reminder - this position is open until November 25! [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Nov 2025 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:ssji3bd33rscltfgfht24bjw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m52gfizbgc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social/post/3lmfk27kenk27We are excited to get our first quarterly newsletter out! In it we highlight upcoming events in the center, new research and more! https://ncsg-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/april-2025-newsletter09 Apr 2025 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:ssji3bd33rscltfgfht24bjw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmfk27kenk27https://bsky.app/profile/umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social/post/3llymb24bhs27Looking for a reason to celebrate? Mark your calendars for the PALS (Partnership for Action Learning and Sustainability) Showcase open house to see what UMD Students + Community Partners have been doing this year May 8th, 11:30-2:00 https://arch.umd.edu/events/pals-2025-showcase04 Apr 2025 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:ssji3bd33rscltfgfht24bjw/app.bsky.feed.post/3llymb24bhs27https://bsky.app/profile/umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social/post/3llymb24bhs27Looking for a reason to celebrate? Mark your calendars for the PALS (Partnership for Action Learning and Sustainability) Showcase open house to see what UMD Students + Community Partners have been doing this year May 8th, 11:30-2:00 https://arch.umd.edu/events/pals-2025-showcase04 Apr 2025 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:ssji3bd33rscltfgfht24bjw/app.bsky.feed.post/3llymb24bhs27https://bsky.app/profile/umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social/post/3lles7xiins2pOne of our Partnership for Action Learning and Sustainability (PALS) courses brought together Plant Sciences Students at UMD and @wmata.com to help develop plans for planting around stations https://dbknews.com/2025/03/26/umd-horticulture-metro-beautification/27 Mar 2025 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:ssji3bd33rscltfgfht24bjw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lles7xiins2phttps://bsky.app/profile/umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social/post/3ljn5nhthws2sIt's giving day at UMD. Did you know that you can donate directly to support the work of the Purple Line Corridor Coalition's work to prevent displacement along the new transit corridor @plcc.bsky.social ? https://giving.umd.edu/giving/fund.php?name=purple-line-corridor-coalition05 Mar 2025 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:ssji3bd33rscltfgfht24bjw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljn5nhthws2shttps://bsky.app/profile/umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social/post/3lji5evppik2sA new piece from NCSG Assoc. Dir. @nick-finio.bsky.social on anticipatory effects of the Purple Line Construction in Maryland. It illustrates a clear need for ongoing partnership between multi-sector partnerships through groups like @plcc.bsky.social https://journalper.substack.com/p/suburban-dreams-or-gentrification?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3180329&post_id=157070129&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=tb81y&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email03 Mar 2025 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:ssji3bd33rscltfgfht24bjw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lji5evppik2shttps://bsky.app/profile/umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social/post/3ld2b34aa6k2bNCSG Fac. & SBAN Dir. Willow Lung-Amam on the impact of deportations in MD communities "What I fear for communities like Langley Park are not just the level of deportations…but the larger sense that that community doesn’t matter or that the people in it don’t matter" https://cnsmaryland.org/2024/12/03/trumps-mass-deportations-could-hit-maryland-economy-experts-warn/11 Dec 2024 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:ssji3bd33rscltfgfht24bjw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld2b34aa6k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social/post/3ld25jgw6sk2bNCSG Faculty member @arielbphd.bsky.social offers 4 key lessons on the ways education and community development can be mutually reinforcing from work in Baltimore City. Tl;DR: build shared goals, acknowledge the past, build deep partnerships & make anti-displacement housing policy central. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Dec 2024 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:ssji3bd33rscltfgfht24bjw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld25jgw6sk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social/post/3lcddubwn4c23Assoc. Dir. Nick Finio's new paper examines costs & benefits of TOD in MD. Evidence suggests that the benefits of the Purple Line may be imbalanced against costs. Coalitions pushing for TOD must be more inclusive of equity & affordable housing. @plcc.bsky.social https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0739456X24129894502 Dec 2024 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:ssji3bd33rscltfgfht24bjw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcddubwn4c23