News Release Officials Identify Actions to Improve Region's Response to Emergencies November 9, 2011 Special COG Committee proposes new Regional Incident Coordination Program to ensure that area officials better coordinate decisions before and during major...
News Highlight Montgomery County Councilmember Phil Andrews Highlights IMR Report in Washington Post Column November 4, 2011 Andrews, who served as Chair of the Steering Committee on Incident Management and Response (IMR), discusses group's final report and key recommendation.
Region Forward Blog Sustainable Communities Must Be Safe Communities September 15, 2011 Even as metropolitan Washington’s population continues to increase rapidly – growing by about 15 percent in the past ten years – crime in the region has...
Region Forward Blog Climate change = next horror genre? Cities (do not) = crime. Transportation priorities: people or cars? It's a RF smorgasbord! July 11, 2011 It’s been a while since the last edition so we figured it’s time for another Region Forward smorgasbord – a collection of some our favorite and/or most read...
Region Forward Blog Cities as crime hubs? Think again. May 26, 2011 Media portrayal is powerful. In the same way that Friends and Sex and the City made the vibrancy and diversity of big city life appealing to a generation...