Ensuring a healthy region for all residents and visitors involves planning and coordination across borders on issues from everyday wellness to emergency response. Engagement with land use, transportation, and environmental decision-makers is also critical since health is so closely tied with the communities in which people live.
COG addresses these priorities through its support of the region’s Health Officials Committee and by developing relationships with regional programs that impact public health. The program focuses on tracking regional health trends, promoting health in all policy making, and responding to specific public health concerns and emerging issues—including preparing for and coordinating during health emergencies.
COG also continues its longtime sponsorship of regional workshops, conferences, and issue dialogues that bring together public health experts, elected officials, and business and community leaders to exchange information and cultivate a healthier region.
News & Multimedia
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September 25, 2013
Officials celebrate no Code Red days in the summer of 2013 but also stay focused on meeting EPA air quality standards.
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April 29, 2013
Group holding regional events to spur public interest in air quality in time for 2013 ozone season.
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February 19, 2013
In 2005 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said our region was not meeting its fine particle (PM 2.5) pollution standards. This meant pollution levels...
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January 26, 2012
The connection between land-use patterns and public health is increasingly evident. And troubling. The prevailing development model in much of the United...
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December 21, 2011
City rankings are abundant measuring everything from how generous cities are in terms of charitable giving how many dog parks and skate parks there have per...