Newsroom

There are a number of ways to keep informed about COG, its members, and programs. The Newsroom feed lists news releases and highlights as well as TPB News articles. A variety of content is also available through digital subscriptions.  

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COG's Podcast: Think Regionally

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COG's podcast, Think Regionally, raises awareness about metropolitan Washington's biggest challenges and focuses on solutions. The podcast, which is hosted by former Washington Post columnist Robert McCartney, features local government, business, and non-profit leaders talking about a variety of timely topics, including the region's economy, racial equity, transportation, housing, and climate change.

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Newsroom Archives

  • Region Forward Blog

    Region Forward and PlanMaryland: Sustainable Visions for the Future

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    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.

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    TPB Launches Reach A Ride

    Website/hotline provides information about specialized transportation options for people with disabilities, older adults, those with limited English proficiency and low-income commuters, with information in English and Spanish, along with links to programs and services.

  • Region Forward Blog

    Will megaregions be the major players in the 21st century?

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    Headlines are currently dominated by major failures on the part of nation-states around the world. Take your pick: there’s the unyielding political gridlock in the United States the relentless attack of markets on countries in Southern Europe and a string of dictators in the Middle East and North Africa using violence to oppress their own people. These depressing realities – and sadly there are many others – lead to the conclusion that something is amiss in the nation-state system.

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    Regional prosperity depends upon reducing inequality

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    With the Occupy Wall Street movement and recent data on income inequality garnering significant news coverage in the last few months the wealth gap is finally beginning to get the attention it demands. Inequality in the U.S. has been intensifying for decades and the wealth gap is particularly severe between racial and ethnic groups.

  • Region Forward Blog

    Equity as the Model to Grow and Sustain our Region's Competitiveness (Part 2)

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    Alicia Lewis and Sophie Mintier Housing Planners at MWCOG recently attended PolicyLink’s Equity Summit 2011 in Detroit. The “Dispatches from Detroit” series will provide RF followers a recap of what they learned as well as specific proposals to move our Region Forward. This is part two of Alicia’s report. Read part one here .

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    Innovative inspiration for Metro Washington brought to you by Detroit

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    Alicia Lewis and Sophie Mintier Housing Planners at MWCOG recently attended PolicyLink’s Equity Summit 2011 in Detroit. The “Dispatches from Detroit” series will provide RF followers a recap of what they learned as well as specific proposals to move our Region Forward. This is Sophie’s first post in the series. Read other “Dispatches” posts here .

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    Street Smart Keeps Spotlight on Safety

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    Perhaps you’ve seen and heard the ads. Or maybe you’ve traveled on the stretch of Piney Branch Road in Montgomery County where new curb markings draw attention to where it IS and ISN’T safe for pedestrians to cross the street . We’re in the midst of the regional Street Smart program’s fall 2011 campaign which reminds all area residents—from those biking on the District’s urban streets to those crossing major thoroughfares in outer and suburban communities—of the importance of pedestrian an

  • Region Forward Blog

    Equity as the Model to Grow and Sustain our Region's Competitiveness (Part 1)

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    Alicia Lewis and Sophie Mintier Housing Planners at MWCOG recently attended PolicyLink’s Equity Summit 2011 in Detroit. The “Dispatches from Detroit” series will provide RF followers a recap of what they learned as well as specific proposals to move our Region Forward. This is part one of Alicia’s report.

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