News Release COG Honors Local Citizens For Service To Animals Mar 2, 2007 The Washington region’s outstanding animal services professionals were honored at the third annual Animal Services Awards program.
News Highlight Congressman Chris Van Hollen Welcomes Student Leadership Feb 12, 2007 Twenty high school students met with Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen to take a leadership role in the Trash Free Potomac Watershed Initiative.
News Highlight Homeland Security Exercise Pulled from Lessons Learned after 9/11 and Hurricanes Jan 30, 2007 Emergency managers and social service officials completed an exercise this week designed to practice the long-term recovery procedures needed after a natural or man-made disaster.
News Highlight Forum Explores Solutions to Climate Change Jan 30, 2007 COG's Regional Climate Change Staff Roundtable brought together more than 75 stakeholders to begin plans for a regional climate change agenda.
News Release TPB Begins Travel Survey Of 10,000 Area Households Jan 17, 2007 The region's first large-scale household travel survey in more than a decade will help guide future transportation planning as the area continues to grow, the Transportation Planning Board (TPB) announced at its monthly meeting in January.
News Release Workshops to Explore Housing Incentives for Shorter Commutes Jan 10, 2007 Commuter Connections today launched an initiative to educate businesses on incentives and programs available to help make living near work more practical and affordable for employees.
News Release Gray, Knapp and Gross to Lead COG Board of Directors in 2007 Jan 10, 2007 The COG Board elected District of Columbia Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray, Montgomery County Council Member Michael Knapp and Fairfax County and Supervisor Penelope A. Gross to head its Board of Directors in 2007.
News Release D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams Honored as Regional Leader of the Year Dec 13, 2006 At this year’s Annual Meeting, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) honored D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams for his leadership and dedication to regionalism.
News Highlight COG Board Seeks Information Regarding Public Health and Environmental Concerns of Endocrine Disruptors Dec 5, 2006 Initiative part of COG’s ongoing monitoring of regional water quality concerns in the Potomac watershed and in light of recent reports regarding ‘intersex fish.’
News Release New Agreement on Anacostia Watershed and Chesapeake Bay Restoration Signed at COG Dec 4, 2006 COG and the USDA, Agricultural Research Service’s Beltsville Area have signed an agreement to improv e cooperation between the agencies on issues related to the restoration of the Anacostia Watershed and the Chesapeake Bay .