Dru Schmidt-Perkins, executive director of 1,000 Friends of
Maryland for 19 years, has decided to move on. A big loss for them, but hopefully a big gain for someone
else in the Smart Growth and Transportation Reform world! (Full disclosure: 1,000 Friends is a
client of mine)
Dru’s many accomplishments are summarized in a good story
from the Bay Journal (here). For me, Dru’s work demonstrates that
smart, thorough, persistent work can
make a big difference. As the
article indicates, she has been a fixture at the Maryland legislature,
continually educating and working for better outcomes. Obviously she couldn’t single-handedly
prevent all the nuttiness that happens in a legislative setting, but she made a
huge difference. Her work also
reminds us that the state legislatures are more than even the front lines in
the struggle for smarter growth, smarter planning, and smarter transportation. And her example should reinvigorate all
of us that work at the state level.
Thanks Dru!
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