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 24, 2011
We know that Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker gets Region Forward and its emphasis on building walkable sustainable communities with access to...
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February 23, 2011
Pursuing sustainability is a major goal of Region Forward as well as of the President and many leaders in Congress. Policy decisions regarding land...
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February 18, 2011
Ed Glaesar Harvard economist and well-known urban thinker has a new book out that’s getting a lot of attention especially considering its subject matter. I mean...
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February 8, 2011
COG’s John Mataya attended the 10th Annual New Partners in Smart Growth Conference in Charlotte North Carolina. The conference was organized by the Local...
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February 1, 2011
The last time The Yardstick posted a call for folks to get involved first-hand in helping make RF a reality we got a fantastic response and the Air and...