Robert Grow

Robert Grow grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from Wayland High School in 1966. He attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst receiving a BS magna cum laude and Masters in Urban and Regional Planning. During graduate school he participated in several plays at UMass and Mount Holyoke College and has also been active in community theater while living in Smithfield, Virginia. His 5 minutes of fame came in 1999 after a quote in the Washington Post led to an appearance on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart regarding disappearing cars on the Capital Beltway. As a 2008 ACCE Ford Fellow in Regionalism and Sustainable Development he wrote Energy Efficient Streetlights; Potentials for Reducing Greater Washington's Carbon Footprint which received international media coverage. Also in 2008 he was a nominee for the Alliance for Regional Stewardship's Organizational Champion Award.