diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e6faa00..9d27339 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def setup_package():
         tests_require=["pytest"],
         keywords="network-topology, tiger-line, python, graph-theory",
         classifiers=[
-            "Development Status :: 1 - Planning",
+            "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
             "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
             "Intended Audience :: Developers",
             "Intended Audience :: Education",
diff --git a/tigernet/__init__.py b/tigernet/__init__.py
index 815b491..cb1005b 100644
--- a/tigernet/__init__.py
+++ b/tigernet/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "v0.1-prealpha"
+__version__ = "0.2.0"
 
 """
 `tigernet` --- "Network Topology via TIGER/Line Shapefiles"
diff --git a/tools/changelog_0.2.0.md b/tools/changelog_0.2.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc2a56a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/changelog_0.2.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+# Changes
+
+Version 0.2.0 (2020-12-20)
+
+We closed a total of 73 issues (enhancements and bug fixes) through 22 pull requests, since our last release on 2019-08-26.
+
+## Issues Closed
+  - Quickstart/Guide (#20)
+  - add examples (#19)
+  - Add edge test cases (#45)
+  - Add related project list to README.md (#52)
+  - Attempting CI builds w/pygeos (#51)
+  - Add known `discard_segs` in info.py (#27)
+  - Discard segms (#49)
+  - dropping support for shapefiles, roads (#48)
+  - .shp read needed? (#46)
+  - Only TIGER/Line Edges? (#47)
+  - cost matrices for near-network observations (#44)
+  - upload+update+streamline code base (#11)
+  - segm2pop lookup for Observations (#43)
+  - Empirical observation tests (#42)
+  - CI testing in Python 39 [2nd try] (#40)
+  - 2nd attempt at Python 3.9 support (#41)
+  - Add more network measure stats tests (#39)
+  - Observations snapping and tests (#38)
+  - add Python 3.9 testing (#37)
+  - streamlining code and adding tests (#36)
+  - Bump codecov/codecov-action from v1.0.14 to v1.0.15 (#35)
+  - empirical cost matrix, stats, improved testing, etc. (#34)
+  - IndexError in Network.calc_net_stats() --> dict for node2coords? (#32)
+  - Relationship lookups form lists to dicts (#33)
+  - Bug in network topology (#29)
+  - Bump conda-incubator/setup-miniconda from v1.7.0 to v2 (#31)
+  - Bump actions/checkout from v2.3.3 to v2.3.4 (#30)
+  - ghost PR to test codecov (#28)
+  - Bump codecov/codecov-action from v1.0.13 to v1.0.14 (#26)
+  - tiger net --> pp2n --> spaghetti (#23)
+  - Roadmap for tigernet (#22)
+  - add requirements (#15)
+  - adopt code format (#13)
+  - flesh out README.md (#5)
+  - add setup.py (#24)
+  - adding top dir and lattice data (#25)
+  - add nose tests (#12)
+  - add MANIFEST.in (#14)
+  - Travis CI (#6)
+  - add setup.py (#16)
+  - tagged GitHub releases prior to PyPI release (#17)
+  - Docs website (#21)
+  - adding GitHub tag badge (#18)
+  - completion of #4 (#10)
+  - short blurb about functionality on README.md (#4)
+  -  adding (some of a) descriptive blurb (#9)
+  - add .gitignore (#7)
+  - adding .gitignore (#8)
+  - create DOI (#1)
+  - adding bibtex citation (#3)
+  - adding DOI (#2)
+
+## Pull Requests
+  - Discard segms (#49)
+  - dropping support for shapefiles, roads (#48)
+  - cost matrices for near-network observations (#44)
+  - segm2pop lookup for Observations (#43)
+  - Empirical observation tests (#42)
+  - 2nd attempt at Python 3.9 support (#41)
+  - Observations snapping and tests (#38)
+  - streamlining code and adding tests (#36)
+  - Bump codecov/codecov-action from v1.0.14 to v1.0.15 (#35)
+  - empirical cost matrix, stats, improved testing, etc. (#34)
+  - Relationship lookups form lists to dicts (#33)
+  - Bump conda-incubator/setup-miniconda from v1.7.0 to v2 (#31)
+  - Bump actions/checkout from v2.3.3 to v2.3.4 (#30)
+  - ghost PR to test codecov (#28)
+  - Bump codecov/codecov-action from v1.0.13 to v1.0.14 (#26)
+  - adding top dir and lattice data (#25)
+  - adding GitHub tag badge (#18)
+  - completion of #4 (#10)
+  -  adding (some of a) descriptive blurb (#9)
+  - adding .gitignore (#8)
+  - adding bibtex citation (#3)
+  - adding DOI (#2)
+
+The following individuals contributed to this release: 
+
+  - James Gaboardi
diff --git a/tools/gitcount.ipynb b/tools/gitcount.ipynb
index 4199e60..7019ed0 100644
--- a/tools/gitcount.ipynb
+++ b/tools/gitcount.ipynb
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