The Draft 2020-2030 Western Connecticut Regional Plan of Conservation and Development is now available for public comment. Join us at one of our Public Information Meetings to learn more about the plan, ask questions and provide feedback.
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PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTED FOR 2020-2030 WESTERN CONNECTICUT POCD
The Draft 2020-2030 Western Connecticut Regional Plan of Conservation and Development is now available for public comment. You can find the plan and more information on the Plan of Conservation and Development webpage or at plan.westcog.org.
Join us at one of our Public Information Meetings to learn more about the plan, ask questions and provide feedback. The presentation will be the same at either location.
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 from 7pm-8pm
Greenwich Audubon Center
613 Riversville Road
Greenwich, CT 06831
and
Thursday, December 5, 2019 from 7pm-8pm
Highstead
127 Lonetown Road
West Redding, CT 06896
*Follow the signs to “The Barn”, approximately a ½ mile long driveway
ENGLISH: For language assistance or other accommodations, contact Western Connecticut Council of Governments at least five business days prior to the meeting at help@westcog.org.
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FRANÇAIS: Pour obtenir de l’aide linguistique ou d’autres mesures d’adaptation, contactez WestCOG au moins cinq jours ouvrables avant la réunion à help@westcog.org.
POLSKI: W przypadku pomocy językowej lub innej pomocy, skontaktuj się z WestCOG co najmniej pięć dni roboczych przed wydarzeniem w help@westcog.org
Launch of Sustainable CT
Sustainable CT, a new statewide initiative to support Connecticut’s cities and towns, will have a regional launch event on January 9th, at the Comstock Community Center in Wilton, in collaboration with the Western Council of Governments, at 1:00 p.m. Created by towns for towns, the initiative includes a wide-ranging menu of sustainability best practices, tools and resources, peer learning, and recognition. Continue reading Launch of Sustainable CT
State Water Plan to be Presented at COG Meeting
Public Health Section Chief, Lori Mathieu, of the CT Department of Public Health’s Drinking Water Section will be presenting information on the State Water Plan at the public meeting of Western Connecticut Council of Governments. Continue reading State Water Plan to be Presented at COG Meeting
30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD UNDERWAY
Regarding their regional transportation plans and transportation capital improvement programs, the Housatonic Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization (HVMPO) and the South Western Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (SWRMPO) are required to submit Air Quality Conformity Statements to the US Federal Highway Administration and to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Continue reading 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD UNDERWAY
WestCOG Partners with the Governor’s Council on Climate Change
WestCOG is pleased to partner with the Governor’s Council on Climate Change (GC3) in coordinating a series of stakeholder engagement events this year. This first stakeholder meeting provides the opportunity to learn about and offer feedback on the technologies and measures that will be modeled in the Long range Energy Alternatives Planning System (LEAP). This widely-used software tool for energy policy analysis and climate change mitigation assessment will help us understand the GHG reduction potential of various measures and technologies (and combinations thereof).
Continue reading WestCOG Partners with the Governor’s Council on Climate Change
EPA Presents in Stamford
On April 13th from 2 – 3 pm on the 4th floor of the Stamford Government Center, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host a public meeting, titled “Reducing Nitrogen Pollution: Proposed Nitrogen Strategy for Long Island Sound.”
WestCOG takes part in the Connecticut Landscape Scenarios Workshop
On Thursday, WestCOG staff took part in the “Connecticut Landscape Scenarios Workshop” as part of the Scenarios, Services & Society Research Coordination Network (S3 RCN), where multiple conservation stakeholders from across the state gathered for the day to “engage in an interactive process to build a set of alternative scenarios for how the CT landscape may change over the next 50 years. The resulting scenarios will be part of a New England-wide research and modeling project to analyze their potential consequences.” Continue reading WestCOG takes part in the Connecticut Landscape Scenarios Workshop