![Housing Development](/sites/default/files/2019-03/2-community.jpg)
| About Us
Building support for affordable housing opportunities in safe neighborhoods with access to good schools vexes stakeholders and government alike. Why is that, and what are the keys to successfully creating a platform where people can truly improve their lives?
Dr. Tiffany Manuel will share her expertise on this important topic on May 6, 2019.
BRTB News
![BRTB will Host Mobility Transportation Forum March 13, 2019](/sites/default/files/2019-02/event_190313_mobility-forum.jpg)
| Transportation
On behalf of the Baltimore Regional Transportation Board (BRTB), the Baltimore Metropolitan Council invites you to the New Mobility Transportation Forum.
BRTB News, Press Release
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| Transportation
The Baltimore Regional Transportation Board (BRTB) welcomes comments on its draft Budget & Work Program for Fiscal Years 2020-2021 from Tuesday, February 12, to Thursday, March 14, 2019.
BRTB News, News Highlights, Press Release
![Maximize2045](/sites/default/files/2019-02/maximize2045.gif)
| Transportation
This spring, the BRTB will release a draft Maximize2045, along with the 2020-2023 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), for public review. We invite you to get involved in the process to update Maximize2045 by learning more about the steps and staying tuned for upcoming events and the public comment period.
News Highlights, Press Release
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| About Us, Community, Environment, Purchasing
The Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC) hosted a meeting of its Board of Directors on Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 8:30 a.m. The BMC Board of Directors unanimously approved Mayor Catherine E. Pugh as its chair and Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski as its vice-chair for calendar year 2019.
News Highlights
![COG Quarterly December 2018 Magazine](/sites/default/files/2019-02/181212_news-image_cogq.png)
| Community, Environment
The appeal that brings million-dollar performances and therefore hundreds of thousands of patrons annually to spend time and money in Downtown Columbia is the result of a strategic planning effort by Howard County and the Howard Hughes Corporation, working with multiple partners, such as Columbia Association. The city center is in the midst of a redevelopment effort designed to enhance life in Downtown Columbia by giving people options to move easily between work, home, school, running errands, eating and drinking, as well as experiencing art and culture.
News Highlights
![UAS Forum 181204](/sites/default/files/inline-images/news/181204_UASForum.png)
| About Us
The Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC) hosted the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Information Exchange Forum on Tuesday, December 4, 2018. This event was the culmination of 18 months of planning and generous donations from MSGIC and KCI Technologies.
BRTB News, News Highlights, Press Release
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| Community, Purchasing
The Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC) and Baltimore County will host the tenth annual Meet the Primes networking event, which connects small- and minority-owned businesses with prime contract bidders, on Wednesday, October 17. The event will take place from 8 a.m. until noon at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in the Exhibition Hall, located at 2200 York Road in Timonium.
News Highlights
![COG Quarterly September 2018 Magazine](/sites/default/files/2019-02/180912_news-image_cogq%20%281%29.png)
| Community, Environment, Purchasing, Transportation
By 2030, all of the Baby Boomers – those born between 1946 and 1964 – will be ages 65 or older. The U.S. Census Bureau points out that they’ll outnumber children for the first time in U.S. history.
BRTB News, News Highlights, Press Release
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| Transportation
The Baltimore Regional Transportation Board (BRTB) welcomes comments through Friday, August 31, on updates to Maximize2040: A Performance-Based Transportation Plan and the 2019-2022 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for two Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) projects. BRTB proposes amendments for:
• Funding updates to the I-95 Express Toll Lane Northbound Extension project; and
• The addition of a new project, I-95 Port Covington Access Improvements.
The BRTB is scheduled to vote on these amendments on Tuesday, September 25, at 9 a.m.