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Jan 16, 2014

“For many people this is a neighborhood where you can live you can work you can shop you can have lots of cultural and recreational choices all in the same place” explains Harriet Tregoning Director of the District of Columbia Office of Planning in describing NoMA in a new video from COG and Mobility Lab. She notes that these qualities were created in NoMA a neighborhood in Northeast DC within less than a decade through transit land use and zoning decisions.

Jan 15, 2014

At its January meeting, the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) approved a new plan of transportation strategies to inform area decision-makers as they set budgets and consider projects for 2014 and beyond. The Regional Transportation Priorities Plan stresses the need for a pragmatic approach to future transportation planning in an era of limited financial resources and continued population and job growth.

Jan 14, 2014

Atlanta has Livable Centers. San Francisco has Priority Development Areas. And here in D.C. we have Activity Centers. Different terms similar concepts: places or hubs in large metropolitan areas where future growth is designated encouraged and concentrated.

Jan 13, 2014

Barring any major changes to current funding trajectories, the region’s Metrorail system will face more crowding and less reliability in coming years, which could stunt growth in transit ridership for decades to come.

Jan 13, 2014

Melissa S. Peacor is the County Executive of Prince William County Virginia. She has worked for Prince William County since 1985 following jobs with the Seattle Wash. Economic Development Office and the City of Glendale Ariz. Strategic Planning Office. Peacor is also currently Chair of COG’s Chief Administrative Officers (CAO) Committee of city and county managers.

Jan 8, 2014

At its January 2014 meeting, the COG Board of Directors approved Place + Opportunity , a new report that analyzes development opportunities in area business and residential hubs -- known as Activity Centers -- to inform government leaders and stakeholders on place-making decisions.

Jan 8, 2014

Today the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) Board of Directors approved Place + Opportunity a report that presents a regional framework to understand common challenges and opportunities among Activity Centers in our region. Examining a cross section of the region’s 141 Activity Centers the Place + Opportunity Project Team conducted detailed analysis of each Center’s market urban form and socioeconomic characteristics to identify six common Activity Center ‘place type​

Jan 8, 2014

The Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) today elected District of Columbia Council Chairman Phil Mendelson as its 2014 Chairman. The COG Board is comprised of local and state elected officials from the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia and is responsible for the regional body’s overall policy and funding decisions.

Jan 6, 2014

The City of Takoma Park wants to convert New Hampshire Avenue, a high-speed urban arterial that runs along the city’s eastern boundary, into a multi-way boulevard, featuring wider sidewalks, updated bus stops, safer bicycle lanes, and more street trees. The City hopes that doing so will allow more people, especially residents of nearby neighborhoods, to more safely walk, bike, get to bus stops, and visit local shops along the heavily traveled corridor.

Jan 3, 2014

On January 1, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption began its sponsorship of the Wednesday’s Child program to find adoptive homes for children in foster care in the National Capital Region. NBC4 and the Council of Governments will continue to support this program, which features children in foster care who are waiting to be adopted on local news television segments.