Regional Bike Plan
Regional Bike Plan WestCOG’s purposes in preparing this Bicycle Plan are to: promote its communities’ individual bicycleplanning efforts; ensure regional coordination among such efforts, and …
Publication
Solar Zoning Strategies
Solar Zoning Strategies The report provides a blueprint for developing solar-conscious land use practices to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. In 2022, the Connecticut legislature …
Regional Animal Control
WestCOG, in partnership with RFA llc developed the Regional Animal Control Study to explore existing conditions and provide recommendations informed on collected data. Recommendations look at options for facility sharing, animal control operations, and animal control policies.
Broadband
Broadband Feasibility Studies The Broadband Feasibility Studies were designed to assist municipalities to understand the operational implications, important risk factors, and a realistic cost framework …
Affordable Housing
Affordable Housing The State of Connecticut mandates every municipality to develop an affordable housing plan under C.G.S. §8-30j by June 1, 2022, to specify how …
Riparian Corridor Protections Zoning Strategies
Riparian Corridor Protections Zoning Strategies Following an explosion in scientific evidence pointing to the importance of riparian buffers as a means to reduce nonpoint source …
Waste Management
Regional Waste Management Project Background Currently, municipalities in the region operate transfer stations or comparable services. With changing dynamics in the waste market, including increases …
Flood Prevention Zoning Strategies
Flood Prevention Zoning Strategies The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requires local governments to participate in a federal flood prevention program to make homeowners eligible …