Shaping stronger communities and a better region requires collaboration across jurisdictions and disciplines. The Department of Community Planning and Services leads inter-departmental coordination within COG related to the Region Forward, the region's comprehensive vision plan, and provides support for the Region Forward Coalition, a multi-sector group focused on advancing the plan’s goals and targets.
While there is no single land use plan for the region, local jurisdictions have widely adopted a similar approach to development, increasingly focused in mixed-use Activity Centers that can best accommodate future growth. In cooperation with its Planning Directors Technical Advisory Committee, COG supports local land use planning and Activity Centers by analyzing growth, providing technical assistance, and sharing best practices for placemaking and development. And since transportation and land use are closely linked, COG fosters better planning through efforts such as the Transportation and Land Use Coordination Program. COG has also partnered with ULI-Washington to fund three Technical Assistance Panels (TAPs) per year in Activity Centers.
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February 17, 2012
An article from Atlantic Cities on the rapid development of Surrey a former edge city near Vancouver recently caught our eye particularly in relation to...
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February 7, 2012
We asked two leaders who are guiding the implementation of Region Forward to comment on the progress that’s already been made what they’re looking forward to...
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February 7, 2012
An alternative vision for the future of the region's transportation system being studied by the Transportation Planning Board would give travelers new options...
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February 2, 2012
Housing is an essential element of Region Forward. And it pops up in some way in almost every blog post here at The Yardstick usually in the context of the...
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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...