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Mar 31, 2015

Alexandria Councilmember Tim Lovain, who serves as Vice Chairman of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board, and COG Executive Director Chuck Bean discussed the COG cooperative forecasts and regional growth as guests on NewsTalk.

Mar 31, 2015

On March 29, Walter Tejada, Vice Chairman of the Arlington County Board and COG Board Member, Captain Tom Didone of the Montgomery County Police Department, and George Branyan, Pedestrian Program Coordinator of the District Department of Transportation talked about pedestrian and bicyclist safety on NBC4's Viewpoint show.

Mar 25, 2015

Area officials gathered in College Park, Maryland to launch the spring regional Street Smart public awareness and enforcement campaign.

Mar 18, 2015

The Chesapeake Bay Program has announced the public release and the opening of the public comment period for the twenty-nine draft management strategies under the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement.​

Mar 18, 2015

The region will add more than one million people and jobs over the next 25 years according to the most recent draft of forecasts jointly developed by COG and area governments. The forecasts are used to inform planners and decision-makers as they prepare for the region's continued growth.

Mar 17, 2015

A regional group convened by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments to identify promising strategies for significantly reducing the region’s greenhouse gas emissions recently launched its work with a formal kick-off meeting on January 30. Over the next several months, the group will hold more detailed discussions and analyze potential emissions-reduction strategies.

Mar 13, 2015

Elected leaders from around metropolitan Washington agree that enhancing the economic competitiveness of the region will require encouraging the growth of the area’s strongest industries, developing its workforce and promoting messages that communicate the value of doing business and living here.

Mar 11, 2015

New legislation in Virginia, introduced by State Senator George Barker, will enable localities to purchase from a COG contract and to participate in cooperative procurement with COG. While COG has routinely handled major procurements in conjunction with state and federal grants on behalf of Virginia localities, Virginia law precluded COG from contracting on behalf of Virginia localities for goods and services.