Draft:Greater Greater Washington

{{Short description|Urbanist media and advocacy organization}}
{{Draft topics|north-america|business-and-economics|education|stem}}
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'''Greater Greater Washington''' (abbreviated as '''GGWash'''{{cite news |last1=Beaujon |first1=Andrew |title=Greater Greater Washington Lost a Big Chunk of Its Funding. Now What? |url=https://washingtonian.com/2019/03/08/greater-greater-washington-lost-a-big-chunk-of-its-funding-now-what/ |access-date=21 April 2026 |work=[[Washingtonian (magazine)|Washingtonian]] |date=8 March 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Beaujon |first1=Andrew |title=David Alpert Will Leave Greater Greater Washington |url=https://washingtonian.com/2020/07/14/david-alpert-will-leave-greater-greater-washington/ |access-date=21 April 2026 |work=[[Washingtonian (magazine)|Washingtonian]] |date=14 July 2020}}) is a [[Nonprofit organization|nonprofit]] media and advocacy organization that promotes [[Urbanism|urbanist]] priorities around land use, transportation, and housing in the [[Washington metropolitan area]].{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://ggwash.org/about |access-date=2026-04-17 |website=ggwash.org |language=en}} It was founded as a blog by former Google employee David Alpert in 2008.{{cite news |last1=Fisher |first1=Marc |title=Blogger of the Month: Greater Greater Washington |url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/rawfisher/2008/05/blogger_of_the_month_greater_g.html |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=May 28, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907050015/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/rawfisher/2008/05/blogger_of_the_month_greater_g.html |archive-date=September 7, 2008 |language=en |url-status=dead}}{{cite news |last1=Cunningham |first1=Caroline |title=The Blogger Beat: Greater Greater Washington |url=https://washingtonian.com/2009/02/25/the-blogger-beat-greater-greater-washington/ |access-date=21 April 2026 |work=[[Washingtonian (magazine)|Washingtonian]] |date=25 February 2009}} In 2015, it registered as a nonprofit. From 2015 to 2019 it received funding from the [[Open Philanthropy Project]], in addition to Alpert. In 2020, Alpert stepped down, and Chelsea Allinger was named its new director the next year.{{cite news |last1=Beaujon |first1=Andrew |title=Greater Greater Washington Names Chelsea Allinger Its New Executive Director |url=https://washingtonian.com/2021/04/20/greater-greater-washington-names-chelsea-allinger-its-new-executive-director/ |access-date=21 April 2026 |work=[[Washingtonian (magazine)|Washingtonian]] |date=20 April 2021}}

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