Long-range forecasts provide data necessary for analyzing the effects of growth, developing policy responses to regional issues, ensuring air quality conformity of transportation plans, and determining the demand for public facilities.
COG provides regularly updated population, household, and employment forecasts for use in its planning and modeling activities as well as by the Transportation Planning Board and other state, regional, and local agencies. COG's Growth Trends report provides a summary and highlights of the forecasts. Established in 1975, the cooperative forecasting program enables local, regional, and federal agencies to coordinate planning activities using common assumptions about future growth and development. Each series of forecasts constitutes a “Round”, and each round covers a period of 20 to 30 years.
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June 18, 2019
The COG Commercial Construction Indicators Report is one of main sources of information local planners and governments use to track regional economic trends....
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June 10, 2019
COG, United Way of the National Capital Area, Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers, and 12 regional partners convene to share strategies for ensuring...
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September 12, 2018
The region needs to increase the number of planned housing units by over 100,000 homes between now and 2045 to sustain economic growth and improve quality of...
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January 17, 2018
With more consumers opting to shop online, there is increasing consideration to the impact that this trend will have on metropolitan Washington region’s main...
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May 23, 2017
Commercial construction in the metropolitan Washington region is beginning to rebound, increasing 69 percent between 2015 and 2016, according to the...