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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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DRCOG has moved

We're in our new office at 1001 17th Street: find information about getting to our location, including transit and parking, on our Contact Us page.

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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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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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Smart Commuting Advice for Newbies

Getting out of your single-occupant vehicle for the first time can be daunting. We talked to real commuters who use transit, carpool and bike about how they got started.

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

Lifelong Colorado Initiative launches

On Sept. 18 Colorado became the third state in the nation to be designated as age-friendly, joining AARP’s Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities. The recognition comes as part of the state’s introduction of Lifelong Colorado, an initiative that addresses the challenges of a growing population of older Coloradans. It aims to significantly increase the number of age-friendly cities and counties in Colorado.

Accountable Health Communities advisory board seeks new member

The DRCOG Accountable Health Communities (AHC) program is looking for a person with Medicaid to serve as a member of our advisory board. Becoming a member of our advisory board gives you the opportunity to share your insight and experience receiving services from health care providers and other organizations that you use to support your well-being. We need your unique perspective involving healthcare and community-based services.

Proposals sought for senior services funds

The DRCOG Area Agency on Aging (AAA) receives federal Older Americans Act Title III funds and State Funding for Senior Services funds to support community-based service programs that benefit adults age 60 and older within DRCOG’s eight-county AAA service area. The state allocated additional funding for senior services to the AAA for the current fiscal year. As such, the AAA is currently accepting grant proposals for senior services for the six-month period from Jan. 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019, outside its typical two-year grant cycle.

Mobility Choice Blueprint

Mobility Choice Blueprint has launched a new website! The Mobility Choice Blueprint is a collaborative strategy to help the metro Denver region identify how to best prepare for and invest in the rapidly changing technology that is revolutionizing transportation mobility. A unique planning and funding partnership of DRCOG, CDOT, RTD, and the Denver Metro Chamber is creating the Blueprint – a coordinated strategic direction for the evolving mobility of the region related to walking, bicycling, driving, and transit.