News Highlight Metropolitan Washington in 2012: Looking Forward to the New Year Jan 5, 2012 COG Executive Director David Robertson and other regional leaders recently appeared on NBC's Viewpoint program to discuss major issues the region will face in 2012, including the economy, housing, transportation, changing demographics, and more.
Region Forward Blog St. Elizabeths redevelopment; Geoengineering really?; bag taxes; the urban future of India & China; and more! Region Forward 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.
Region Forward Blog Get involved and help make metro DC cleaner greener and more sustainable Region Forward 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 .
Region Forward Blog HIV/AIDS: A major problem the DC region must overcome Region Forward 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.
Region Forward Blog What Does Transit Do For Regional Mobility? Region Forward 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.
News Release National Capital Region Unveils New Web Portal and Winter Preparedness Campaign 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."
News Release COG Honors Greenbelt Mayor for Regional Leadership 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.
News Release Charles County Joins the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments 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."
News Highlight Area Officials, Experts Discuss Regional HIV/AIDS Strategy 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.
Region Forward Blog What Value Does Metrorail Bring to Land Markets? Region Forward 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.