This week on Do Something: join us for happy hour in Riverdale; it’s time for oversight hearings; parks over pettiness in Montgomery County, again; and musical chairs in Virginia politics.

January is Mental Wellness Awareness Month. Chill out with this week’s urbanist word puzzle! Guest contributor!

Congressional Republicans are floating axing DC’s traffic camera program. Everyone, including MPD, would hate this.

Defense companies flex with ads in public spaces. Townhomes coming to site of Arlington duplex explosion. Brake problem fills Metrorail station with smoke.

Vegas-esque sphere proposed for National Harbor. Library site to be redeveloped in DC’s Chevy Chase. New Virginia Governor signs housing executive order.

Maggie Proctor is a graduate student at Yale School of the Environment, studying urban sustainability, climate resilience, and environmental justice. This past summer, Maggie worked in Baltimore with ...

Blue-green corridors combine waterways and greenery. They’d make Baltimore more environmentally resilient and enrich communities.

How the first urban public transportation system failed. Multimodal infrastructure induces demand, too. Urban development planned at former Toronto airport.

Trail extension canceled in Fairfax City. Leaders seek reliable funding for homelessness services in Washington region. Local nonprofit helps residents secure, maintain housing in Montgomery County.

The DC Office of Planning provides details on its proposed changes in the Rock Creek West planning area, which are back before the Zoning Commission in early 2026.

Dan Deutsch is an associate at Public Sphere Projects, an urban planning and placemaking consultancy. Before moving to DC, Dan grew up around Hartford, CT and has a Master of Regional Planning from ...

Netflix has plans to set up shop downtown, just a few blocks away from other tech outposts (and the White House). If it comes to pass, the marriage of arts and economic development as official ...