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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January 25, 2012
New COG Chairman Frank Principi (Prince William County) discusses regional housing issues, including the foreclosure crisis and the need for more affordable...
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January 19, 2012
Not enough housing. Not the right housing. Stephen Fuller and Lisa Sturtevant of the GMU Center for Regional Analysis blog about their findings which show that...
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December 13, 2011
A Metrorail station can make the land surrounding the station much easier to get to and from. Especially if traffic is bad and parking is costly as often...
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December 12, 2011
When beginning any kind of planning process – whether it’s regarding next year’s summer vacation your retirement savings or the growth and development pattern...
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December 2, 2011
Headlines are currently dominated by major failures on the part of nation-states around the world. Take your pick: there’s the unyielding political gridlock in...