Sustainability and Planning
Complete Streets Network Tool
This tool shows the CRCOG Complete Streets Network categorized by context zones. It also includes “typical cross sections” of what a complete street could look like in a given context.…
Read MoreMetro Hartford Future
Metro Hartford Future is an initiative to develop a strategy to guide the region’s economic development efforts. CRCOG is leading this effort in partnership with the Hartford Foundation for Public…
Read MoreWest Hartford Road Diet and Safety Study
Study Overview The purpose of the West Hartford Road Diet and Safety Study was to explore the potential of improving the bicycle and pedestrian environment and exploring opportunities for increasing…
Read MoreSmart Growth and Sustainability Plans & Studies
CRCOG has done significant work in the area of planning for a Sustainable Capitol Region and launched a formal initiative in 2009. The plans and studies on this page represent…
Read MoreSustainable Knowledge Corridor Action Plan
One Region, One Future: An Action Agenda for a Connected, Competitive, Vibrant, Green Knowledge Corridor One Region, One Future Executive Summary One Region, One Future Flyer
Read MoreNatural Hazards Mitigation Planning
The Capitol Region is active in planning for natural hazards mitigation in order to reduce our vulnerabilities to natural disasters and enable our communities to minimize losses and recover more…
Read MoreRegional Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD)
Plan Of Conservation & Development The Capitol Region Plan of Conservation and Development: Vibrant. Green. Connected. Competitive., encourages the creation of a more sustainable region made up of urban, suburban…
Read MoreMetroHartford Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy and Appendices (2012)
About the CEDS In 2012, CRCOG and the MetroHartford Alliance developed an updated Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the thirty municipalities in CRCOG, in addition to Cromwell. The CEDS…
Read MoreLivable Communities Toolkit: A Best Practices Manual for Metropolitan Regions
About the Project CRCOG promotes planning and design for transportation and land use that supports livable communities goals. Our effort is focused on informing town planners, engineers and citizens of…
Read MoreSustainable Land Use Regulation Project
About the Project This project assisted a group of Capitol Region communities with the analysis of existing zoning regulations and the creation of model sustainable land use codes. It is…
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