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Dec 28, 2011

We’ve got a year-in-review post in the works that will highlight some of the most-read and most-shared blog posts from Region Forward over the past year. Look for that next week.

Dec 22, 2011

The last time we put out a call here for public participation you guys responded with lots of inquiries and helped us recruit some great members for the Region Forward Coalition .

Dec 21, 2011

City rankings are abundant measuring everything from how generous cities are in terms of charitable giving how many dog parks and skate parks there have per capita and how artistic cities are based on concentration of artists.

Dec 16, 2011

One of the best ways to understand the value of something is to take it away and measure the difference. So as part of our “Business Case” for transit study we tried taking away transit to see what happened to the Washington DC region using MWCOG’s Regional Travel Demand Model.

Dec 15, 2011

CapitalRegionUpdates.gov is a one stop shop for news from local governments, traffic information, and guidance during major emergencies. Residents that live or work in the region are encouraged to bookmark the page. The region also launched a common message for this winter--"Get where you need to be before the weather gets bad."

Dec 14, 2011

Judith "J" Davis was presented with the Elizabeth and David Scull Metropolitan Public Service Award. District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray was elected as President of COG for 2012.

Dec 14, 2011

County Board of Commissioners President Candice Quinn Kelly says: "This is an important day for our community. It's time to move into this new realm, and we are joining a strong, regional network that will help us to move our county forward."

Dec 13, 2011

Area health officials, experts, and community leaders gathered recently to begin the formation of a coordinated strategy for combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the metropolitan Washington region.

Dec 13, 2011

A Metrorail station can make the land surrounding the station much easier to get to and from. Especially if traffic is bad and parking is costly as often happens in our region a Metrorail station can offer a good alternative means of getting to and from an area which gives the area near rail an advantage over areas farther from rail.

Dec 12, 2011

When beginning any kind of planning process – whether it’s regarding next year’s summer vacation your retirement savings or the growth and development pattern of a state – it’s important to start by identifying your priorities.