Denver Regional Council of Governments
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The Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG, pronounced Doctor Cog) is a regional planning and inter-governmental coordination organization for the Denver region of the State of Colorado. DRCOG is the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and the Transportation Planning Region (TPR) for the region that includes nine of the twelve counties of the Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area.[1] DRCOG was originally formed on Feb. 15, 1955 to plan for the development of the metropolitan area and to meet the common problems that confront the counties.[2]
DRCOG also had an instrumental hand in planning and execution of Denver's Transportation Expansion Project (Denver) or T-REX.
| County | 2005 Population |
|---|---|
| City and County of Denver, Colorado | 557,917 |
| Arapahoe County, Colorado | 529,090 |
| Jefferson County, Colorado | 526,801 |
| Adams County, Colorado | 399,426 |
| Boulder County, Colorado | 280,440 |
| Douglas County, Colorado | 249,416 |
| City and County of Broomfield, Colorado | 43,478 |
| Clear Creek County, Colorado | 9,197 |
| Gilpin County, Colorado | 4,932 |
| Total | 2,600,697 |
The members of DRCOG are Adams County, Arapahoe County, Boulder County, the City and County of Broomfield, Clear Creek County, the City and County of Denver, Douglas County, Gilpin County, Jefferson County, the City of Arvada, the City of Aurora, the Town of Bennett, the City of Black Hawk, the City of Boulder, the Town of Bow Mar, the City of Brighton, the City of Castle Pines North, the Town of Castle Rock, the City of Centennial, Central City, the City of Cherry Hills Village, the Town of Columbine Valley, the City of Commerce City, the Town of Deer Trail, the City of Edgewater, the Town of Empire, the City of Englewood, the Town of Erie, the City of Federal Heights, the Town of Foxfield, the Town of Georgetown, the City of Glendale, the City of Golden, the City of Greenwood Village, the City of Idaho Springs, the City of Lafayette, the City of Lakewood, the Town of Larkspur, the City of Littleton, the City of Lone Tree, the City of Longmont, the City of Louisville, the Town of Lyons, the Town of Morrison, the Town of Nederland, the City of Northglenn, the Town of Parker, the City of Sheridan, the Town of Silver Plume, the Town of Superior, the City of Thornton, the City of Westminster, and the City of Wheat Ridge.
[edit] See also
- Colorado census statistical areas
- Colorado Department of Transportation
- Colorado metropolitan areas
- metropolitan planning organization
- State of Colorado
[edit] References
- ^ Note 1: The three counties of the Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area not included in DRCOG are Weld County which belongs to the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization, Park County which belongs to the Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments, and Elbert County which is part of the Eastern Colorado Transportation Planning Region.
- ^ DRCOG Website - What is DR COG?, http://www.drcog.org/index.cfm?page=WhatisDRCOG?
- ^ Table 1: Annual Estimates of the Population for Counties of Colorado: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 (CSV). 2005 Population Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division (March 16, 2006). Retrieved on November 30, 2006.
