Text Size:
Denver Regional Council Of Governments
Text Size:
Aerial picture of a residential community with the mountains in the background and the sun setting over the mountains.

Growth and development

Growth and development

DRCOG has served as the Regional Planning Commission for the Denver region since its founding in 1955 as the Inter-County Regional Planning Commission. With DRCOG as a forum, leaders from the towns, cities and counties of the region have been advancing a shared aspirational vision of the future of the metro area to ensure it can remain a great place to live, work and play.

That vision has taken various forms over the years—most recently as a regional plan known as Metro Vision. These plans fulfill DRCOG’s duty as a regional planning commission to make and adopt a regional plan for the physical development of the region’s territory. Regional planning does not replace the vision or plan of any individual community; rather, it promotes regional cooperation on issues that extend beyond jurisdictional boundaries.
 

Metro Vision

Through Metro Vision, cities, towns and counties throughout the region work to preserve what’s great about the region's past, protect what residents love about the region today, and come together to create a better future.

Read the plan
Place Mobility Environment Livability Vitality
  1. Four older adults, a Black man, a white woman, an Asian woman, a white man and an Asian man are standing while laughing in a park setting.

    Boomer Bond

    DRCOG’s Boomer Bond initiative is helping local governments around the region create age-friendly physical and social environments allowing older adults to remain in their homes and communities for as long as they desire. 

  2. Two people place multicolored sticky notes on a wall to react to economic development topics.

    Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy

    Join DRCOG in a bold, new endeavor to promote regional cooperation on economic issues extending beyond jurisdictional boundaries.

  3. At night, cars use a major road in the Denver suburb of Aurora, Colorado.

    Small-area forecast

    With more than 4.2 million people expected to call the Denver region home by 2050, the DRCOG staff collaborate with state demographers to forecast how growth will impact the region’s resources.

More Resources and Expertise

DRCOG's Regional Planning and Development staff help consultants, member governments and researchers with technical assistance and resources related to growth and development.
An urban setting in Colorado with residential and commercial buildings lining a street.

Urban Centers

Explore how urban centers encourage people of all ages and incomes to access a diverse housing stock and multimodes of transportation.

Urban Centers
Mountains in the background of a housing development that is under construction.

Regional Housing Needs Assessment

The Denver region is facing a surge in housing costs due to limited availability, DRCOG staff is conducting a comprehensive housing needs assessment to identify collaborative solutions.

Regional Housing Needs Assessment