Create the Metro Region You Envision

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COG is the one place in metropolitan Washington that regularly brings leaders together to develop solutions to the region's major challenges. COG prepares plans enabling the region to receive federal funding, provides members with research and data to inform decision-making, and offers a wide range of programs, including commuter services, cooperative purchasing, technical assistance and grants, and public outreach campaigns.

Transportation

Through the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB), area officials, planners, and engineers ensure a well-managed and maintained transportation system. The TPB, which is staffed by COG, conducts the federally mandated transportation planning process for the region and ensures the uninterrupted flow of federal transportation funds that area jurisdictions receive.

Environment

COG's work engages leaders in various environmental fields from water quality experts to climate scientists. Together, they are advancing regional efforts to restore local waterways, improve air quality, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change, promote recycling, and enhance and preserve green space and agriculture.

Community & Economy

Area officials and experts, including planning and housing directors and child welfare and health officials, work together with their counterparts at COG to help shape stronger communities throughout the region.

Homeland Security & Public Safety

COG brings police chiefs, fire chiefs, emergency managers, and other leaders together as part of its work to strengthen regional public safety coordination, homeland security planning, and emergency communication.

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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Teleconference

Contact: Jeanne Saddler
jsaddler@mwcog.org

Make Your Voice Count! Participate in the Greater Washington 2050 Initiative Teleconference

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
10:30-11:30 AM
Dial-in to participate:
1-866-885-0409
Conference Access Code:
9965075 followed by the # key

Special Guest Participants:
David Robertson, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Council of Governments and Stuart Schwartz, Executive Director of the Coalition for Smarter Growth.
Economic prosperity, well-planned growth, fair housing, environmental health, and climate change: what are our common goals? If you call Northern Virginia, Maryland or DC home, you live in a region of relative opportunity and wealth. How will we grow from here? A collaborative approach to regional planning is a critical step toward creating a Greater Washington in 2050. The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments is creating a regional initiative to plan for the future. Help to make the voices of our community a vital part of that effort.