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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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Citizens' Academy

Applications are now being accepted for the inaugural DRCOG-led Citizens' Academy! DRCOG is pleased to announce that we are the new home of the Citizens' Academy, formerly a program of the Transit Alliance. We look forward to continuing the groundbreaking work the Alliance did for so many years engaging metro-area residents in understanding the relationship between transportation and community development. Our first Academy will begin Sept. 27: all applications are due by Sept. 5.

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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

Citizens' Academy now accepting applications

Applications are now being accepted for the first DRCOG-hosted Citizens' Academy! The Fall 2018 Citizens' Academy will be held on Thursday evenings from 6 - 9 p.m. for seven weeks Sept. 27 - Nov. 8 at the Denver Regional Council of Governments office, 1001 17th Street, Denver 80202.

2020-2023 Regional Share Call for Projects

The 2020-2023 TIP Regional Share Call for Projects opened July 30; it closes Sept. 21, 2018. Approximately $32.6 million in DRCOG-allocated funds are available in this Regional Share call. Additional information can be found here, and jurisidictions have been sent application information by email--please contact us if you haven't received a notification.

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.

Bike to Work Day participants biked the distance around the Earth - 25 times over

Residents in the metro area enjoyed a greener two-wheeled commute as an estimated 35,277 riders traveled 623,705 miles – or 25 times around planet Earth - on Wednesday, June 27 for the region’s Bike to Work Day. This year’s Bike to Work Day highlights include: