"Our over-reliance on cars and $4-per-gallon gasoline has led us to dig a really deep hole for ourselves. The Purple Line is the ladder that helps us climb up out of this hole toward the light of rational land use, friendly commutes and a stable climate." Mike Tidwell, director of CCAN


Organizational Supporters of the
Inner Purple Line

updated: June 18, 2008

* Denotes Coalition member organizations

Businesses and Institutions:


  1. American Automobile Association, Mid Atlantic Region*
  2. Atlantech Online*
  3. Baltimore-Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce*
  4. Banneker Ventures
  5. Behnkes Nurseries
  6. Bud Miller Associates
  7. Chevy Chase Land Company*
  8. Colonial Parking*
  9. Draiman Properties*
  10. EagleBank*
  11. Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce*
  12. Greater Silver Spring Chamber of Commerce*
  13. Greater Washington Board of Trade*
  14. Gateway Georgia Avenue CDC, Inc.
  15. Greenfields, Inc.*
  16. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Montgomery County*
  17. Hyatt Regency Bethesda*
  18. Innovative Business Interiors
  19. KCE Structural Engineers
  20. Landmark Companies*
  21. Lee Development Group (LDG)
  22. Maryland's International Corridor Development Corporation*
  23. McShea & Co.*
  24. Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce*
  25. The Michael Companies
  26. PH Rockwood Corp.
  27. Phillips International, Inc.*
  28. Prince George's County Board of Trade*
  29. Prince George's County Chamber of Commerce*
  30. Quantum Companies*
  31. Sandglass Dynamic Web Solutions, Inc.*
  32. Statland and Katz, Inc.
  33. Stonebridge Associates, Inc.*
  34. Stout and Teague, Inc.
  35. Suburban Hospital
  36. Takoma/Langley Crossroads Development Auth., Inc. (CDA)*
  37. Teague and Stout, Inc.*
  38. Toole Design Group
  39. Universal Janitorial*
  40. Washington Adventist Hospital*

Trade Unions and Labor, Minority or Women's Advocacy Organizations:

  1. AFL-CIO - Washington DC Metro Council*
  2. United Food and Commercial Workers - Local 400*
  3. Amalgamated Transit Union - Local 689*
  4. CASA of Maryland, Inc.*
  5. League of United Latin American Citizens, Montgomery County Chapter
  6. UFCW - Local 1994 MCGEO*
  7. NAACP - Montgomery County Chapter*
  8. National Organization of Women, Maryland Chapter*
  9. Progressive Maryland*
  10. Washington DC Building and Construction Trades Council *

Civic Organizations:



  1. Action Langley Park*
  2. Advocates for Silver Spring
  3. Allied Civic Group*
  4. Calvert Hills Citizens Association* (College Park)
  5. College Park Woods Civic Association (College Park)
  6. Gateway Coalition* (Silver Spring/D.C.)
  7. Greater Colesville Civic Association
  8. Indian Springs Civic Association*
  9. Kemp Mill Civic Association (Wheaton)
  10. Long Branch Neighborhood Initiative*
  11. Linden Civic Association* (Silver Spring)
  12. Locust Hill Citizens Association (Bethesda)
  13. North College Park Citizens Association (College Park)
  14. North Woodside/Montgomery Hills Civic Association
  15. Northern Chevy Chase Citizens Association
  16. Park View Citizens Association* (Chevy Chase)
  17. Rock Creek Coalition*
  18. South Silver Spring Neighborhood Association
  19. South Four Corners Citizens Association*
  20. West College Park Citizens Association*
  21. Wheaton Citizens Coalition*
  22. Woodside Civic Association* (Silver Spring)
  23. Woodside Forest Civic Association (Silver Spring)
  24. Yarrow Civic Association (College Park)*

Municipalities or Other Government Entities:



  1. City of Bowie
  2. City of College Park
  3. Town of Edmonston
  4. City of Greenbelt
  5. City of Riverdale Park
  6. City of Takoma Park*
  7. Montgomery County Council
  8. Montgomery County Planning Board
  9. Prince George's County Council
  10. Prince George's County Executive
  11. Silver Spring Regional Advisory Board
  12. Silver Spring Transportation Management District Advisory Committee


Transit, Environmental and Planning Advocacy Organizations:



  1. Action Committee for Transit*
  2. American Institute of Architects - Potomac Valley Chapter Smart Growth Committee*
  3. American Planning Association, National Capital Area Chapter
  4. Chesapeake Bay Foundation*
  5. Chesapeake Climate Action Network*
  6. Citizens Against Beltway Expansion*
  7. Citizens Planning Association of Montgomery County*
  8. Clean Energy Partnership*
  9. Clean Water Action*
  10. Coalition for Smarter Growth*
  11. Environment Maryland*
  12. Environmental Defense*
  13. For A Rural Montgomery*
  14. Montgomery Countryside Alliance* (formerly Solutions Not Sprawl)
  15. Maryland League of Conservation Voters*
  16. Maryland Public Interest Research Group*
  17. Maryland Transit Coalition
  18. Natural Resources Defense Council
  19. Friends of Maryland*
  20. Prince George's Advocates for Community-Based Transit
  21. Sierra Club, D.C. Chapter
  22. Sierra Club, Montgomery County Group

  23. Washington Regional Network for Livable Communities*

Educational Institutions and Student Organizations:



  1. Clean Energy of UMD
  2. University Commuters Association of the University of Maryland
  3. Intelligent Transportation Society of Maryland, U.Md. Student Chapter
  4. Rethinkcollegepark.net
  5. Student Government Association of the U. of Md.
  6. Graduate Student Government of the U. of Md.
  7. University of Maryland, College Park
  8. University of Maryland, University College



Bicycling and Pedestrian Advocacy Organizations:



  1. National Center for Bicycling & Walking*
  2. College Park Area Bicyclists Coalition*
  3. Perils for Pedestrians

Other Civic Organizations:



  1. League of Women Voters, Montgomery County Chapter*
  2. Voters for a Better Blair*


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