Nick Brand first began working to transform the abandoned Georgetown Branch freight rail line to a shared trolley line and trail in 1990. He initially volunteered with the grass-roots group Action Committee for Transit to convince Montgomery County to purchase the right-of-way, and served as its president several times, most recently in 2015 and 2016. A 33-year resident of Chevy Chase Section 3, Brand had a professional career in passenger rail planning and economics, working on projects in California, Taiwan, the Philippines, Georgia, Texas, and the Northeast Corridor. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1970, and earned a master’s degree in planning from the University of Massachusetts in 1976.
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