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Metro Vision

Through Metro Vision, cities and counties throughout the region work to preserve what’s great about our past, protect what we love about the Denver we live in today, and come together to create a better future for ourselves, our children, and the people who will come to join us here. Through the regional plan, we'll safeguard for coming generations the region’s many desirable qualities by becoming active participants in planning for our present needs with an eye toward our desired future.

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Area Agency on Aging

Meeting the challenges of a rapidly growing older adult population in a constrained funding environment requires an innovative and integrated approach. As the Area Agency on Aging for the region, DRCOG is responsible for planning and funding the delivery of services. In addition, we provide help for people with disabilities and offer the most comprehensive regional resource for aging information and issues in Network of Care. We also lead the way in advocacy, fighting to make life better for people of all ages, incomes and abilities.

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Transportation Planning

The transportation system is integral to the growth and development elements of Metro Vision. The system both affects, and is affected by, the location and type of development that occurs. DRCOG establishes guidelines, sets policy and allocates funding in the area of transportation and personal mobility as a cornerstone to making life better for people of all ages, incomes and abilities

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Active Transportation Plan

DRCOG is excited to share the metro area’s first-ever regional active transportation plan. The Active Transportation Plan envisions a safe, comfortable and connected network, and highlights opportunities and implementation strategies to improve active transportation across the Denver region.

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Welcome to DRCOG

The Denver Regional Council of Governments

For more than sixty years, elected officials have come together to address challenges and to plan for an excellent region. Members establish guidelines, set policy and allocate funding in the areas of transportation and personal mobility, growth and development and aging and disability resources.

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Regional Active Transportation Plan

What's active transportation? It's self-propelled, human-powered and an important part of improving public health.

Metro Vision

Board unanimously adopts metro area vision

Metro Vision serves as the region's shared view of its future to make life better for residents. Since its original adoption in 1997, Metro Vision has been updated regularly to reflect current challenges and opportunities.

On Wednesday, Jan. 18, the Board of Directors unanimously approved a new and updated plan that provides guidance for growth and development in the metro area out to the year 2040.

News and Announcements

Call for letters of intent

DRCOG is now accepting letters of intent for the Community Mobility Planning and Implementation set-aside of the 2020–2023 Transportation Improvement Program for fiscal years 2020 and 2021. The CMPI set-aside provides funding to support small area planning and small infrastructure projects that contribute to the implementation of key outcomes within Metro Vision and the Metro Vision Regional Transportation Plan. Letters of intent can be submitted at any time to dwebb@drcog.org, but must be submitted no later than 5 p.m. June 14.

DRCOG/CDOT Joint Notice of Funding Availability

The Colorado Department of Transportation Division of Transit and Rail and the Denver Regional Council of Governments are pleased to announce a joint notice of funding availability for 2020 transit capital, operating and mobility management projects in the greater Denver region.

2018 Annual Report issued

DRCOG has published its annual report for 2018, the first such report to be issued in five years. During the past year DRCOG welcomed new senior staff, moved to a new location, and embarked on a number of new partnerships to spearhead regional initiatives. Read all about it here.

Area Agency on Aging creates new partnerships

DRCOG's Area Agency on Aging has been working with local partners recently to extend the reach of services into the community. Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains recently had two staff members become certified to provide State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) services, and can now provide a different location for clients to receive face-to-face appointments at its office. Learn more about SHIP and what it does here.