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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September 22, 2010
The area around the New Carrollton Metro station is going to be converted into a walkable mixed-use center with links to multiple forms of transit. RF...
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September 16, 2010
The TPB examined two scenarios and measured their impact on driving, congestion, transportation mode share, and air pollution.
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September 9, 2010
The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) recently submitted a grant application to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)...
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August 16, 2010
Roger Lewis devotes Shaping the City column to COG's new regional planning effort.
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August 16, 2010
Roger K. Lewis author of The Washington Post’s “Shaping the City” column wrote about the need for greater regional cooperation to handle current and future...