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Paul DesJardin, Director of Community Planning and Services at COG, was a guest on The Kojo Nnamdi Show on April 30. DesJardin joined The Washington Post’s Jonathan O’Connell and PN Hoffman Chief Executive Monty Hoffman for a discussion of the region’s population growth and the future of residential and retail development.

National Drinking Water Week (May 3 – 9, 2015) is an occasion for utilities to be seen and to celebrate the importance and quality of drinking water services in the metro region.

Emergency managers and elected officials from around the National Capital Region participated in the Emergency Preparedness Council (EPC) Senior Leaders Seminar this week to discuss what their roles and responsibilities would be during a major emergency – a hypothetical Category 2 hurricane that caused major damage.

On Friday, May 15 Commuter Connections and the Washington Area Bicyclist Association invite area commuters for a celebration of bicycling as a clean, fun, and healthy way to get to work. Adrienne Moretz, Community Relations Manager at TransIT Services of Frederick County and Chair of the Bike to Work Day Steering Committee, discusses the day’s events and the benefits of commuting via bicycle.

Leaders gathered for the Region Forward Coalition meeting April 24 to discuss bolstering the region’s economic competitiveness and higher education assets.

At its April meeting, the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) approved a set of policy principles calling on the U.S. Congress to substantially increase federal funding for transportation and ensure an explicit focus on the maintenance of the nation’s transportation infrastructure as part of the reauthorization of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), the federal surface transportation program set to expire in May.