The Washington Architectural Foundation (WAF), in partnership with the Softwood Lumber Board (SLB), the USDA Forest Service, and the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, has launched the DC Mass Timber Accelerator, a new program that will provide funding, technical assistance, and professional education to help development teams explore mass timber construction in active projects across the District. The Accelerator will award $160,000 in total funding across several eligible projects located in the District, supporting project-specific analysis and design work during the critical early phases of development. Through a competitive Request for Proposals process, WAF and program partners will seek projects representing a range of building uses, scales, heights, and affordability levels, with an emphasis on projects where mass timber has the potential to contribute to successful, sustainable development. The program comes as Washington, DC, continues to consider how new development can meet the needs of a growing, evolving city while contributing to the quality of its built environment.