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Mar 20, 2014

In one of the country’s most competitive and high cost housing markets it is essential that local government play a role in ending homelessness on the local and regional level. The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) released a report highlighting the adoption and use of 10 Year Plans to End Homelessness by our region’s jurisdictions. The 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness model was first proposed by the National Alliance to End Homelessness a non-profit organization based in W​

Mar 17, 2014

Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia have submitted 11 major projects to be included in this year's update to the region’s Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan, known as the CLRP. The CLRP is a collection of hundreds of regionally significant projects and programs that the local, state, and regional transportation agencies in the Washington area expect to be able to afford to build or implement by 2040. The Transportation Planning Board updates the plan annually to include new ​

Mar 13, 2014

Paul Quander is the appointed Deputy Mayor of Public Safety and Justice of the District of Columbia. The Deputy Mayor has had a long career in litigation civil service and criminal justice. As Deputy Mayor Mr. Quander oversees a wide array of public safety services including the Metropolitan Police Department Fire Department Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and an array of other public safety bodies for the District of Columbia. He is a native of the District and a proud r​

Mar 13, 2014

Growth. It’s one of the region’s most important issues so it’s not surprising that it was once again front-and-center at the March 2014 COG Board of Directors meeting. Area leaders approved a new round of long-range forecasts discussed economic trends with one of the region’s leading experts and kicked off a new information and policy series on the infrastructure needed to support and sustain the coming people and jobs.

Mar 12, 2014

COG staff spoke with a reporter from WAMU on their experience in West Virginia described in the blog below. Click here to read and listen to the story on the spill response and aftermath which aired on June 6 2014.

Mar 10, 2014

Twenty-five underutilized Metrorail or commuter rail stations in the Washington region will be the focus of the second phase of a Transportation Planning Board study looking for ways to take greater advantage of unused capacity in the region's existing rail transit system. The study will identify key pedestrian and bicycle improvements near each of the 25 stations to improve access to nearby employment sites, or to make it easier for transit-dependent people who live nearby to reach rail station​

Mar 5, 2014

The Council of Governments has kicked off its search for the next Director of Transportation Planning. COG is looking for an expert, forward-thinking leader who’s up to the challenge of guiding regional transportation planning in the National Capital Region.

Mar 3, 2014

In 2012, the Transportation Planning Board funded a study to evaluate the risk that development pressure and rising property values might permanently "price out" lower-income households near ten transit stations in the Washington region.

Feb 27, 2014

In 2013 the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors appointed Richard R. Bowers Jr. as the county’s fire chief. A 35-year veteran of the Montgomery County Md. Fire and Rescue Service Bowers served as MCFRS fire chief from 2008 to 2013. A Pentagon and Hurricane Katrina New Orleans Citation Award recipient he was Montgomery County’s Firefighter of the Year in 1985 and received the Marvin Gibbons Award for Excellence in Firefighter I – Recruit Class 35-1977. Bowers attended the University of Marylan​

Feb 25, 2014

After a period of flat job growth the National Capital Region’s economy is expected to rebound and area leaders are looking at ways to work together to support and sustain this expected growth. Officials gathered on February 11 at George Mason University’s Arlington campus to hear a presentation by Dr. Stephen Fuller on the region’s economy .