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PRO Housing grant program to accelerate regional action on equitable housing opportunity

The Transportation Resilience Improvement Plan is one of the first of its kind in the nation.

Yesterday, the regional task force overseeing DMVMoves, a joint initiative of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), held its inaugural meeting at the Arlington County Bozman Government Center.

In this episode of Think Regionally, host Robert McCartney with Montgomery County Councilmember Natali Fani-González, WSSC Water General Manager Kishia Powell, and manager of COG's Anacostia Restoration Program Phong Trieu on the roles each of us play in the multi-pronged effort to protect the region's waterways and drinking water.

In advance of the inaugural meeting of their DMVMoves Task Force on June 10, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) today unveiled a new website for the organizations’ joint initiative to create a unified vision and sustainable funding model for the region’s network of more than a dozen different transit systems. COG and WMATA officials announced the initiative during a historic joint meeting of their boards of dire​

The COG Food and Agriculture Regional Member Policy Committee (FARM) had a productive spring, engaging leaders in several key initiatives to support local and regional food systems.

The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments announced its 2024 Foster Parents of the Year honorees today, recognizing foster parents from 10 local jurisdictions for their dedication to foster youth across the DC region.

Area officials to celebrate alongside thousands of local commuters in regionwide event