2020 Video: Rising to the Moment, Planning for the Future

About Us

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

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.

News Highlight

Dec 10, 2020

Video Officials — Local leaders reflect on the year in the COG Annual Video: Derrick Davis, Phyllis Randall, Christian Dorsey, Penny Gross, Charles Allen, Kelly Russell, Mark Jinks, Mark Belton, Karla Bruce, and Dr. Travis Gayles.

A pandemic. An economic recession. A national reckoning on race. The challenges of 2020 have been extraordinary, but the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) members have shown resilience and partnership in addressing them.

In COG's annual video, local leaders and Executive Director Chuck Bean reflect on the region's work together in 2020 to respond to COVID-19, advance equity, and plan for the future.

MORE: COG's virtual Annual Meeting recognizes partnership in a time of crisis

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