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Regional planning director briefs Manassas Park on transportation, jobs and mutual aid
Summary
Clark Mercer, executive director of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, briefed the council on regional planning tools including Visualize 2050, cooperative purchasing, mutual aid and a new Talent Capital jobs portal; he cited regional funding needs and a recent one‑year job loss of about 119,000.
Clark Mercer, executive director of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG), told the Manassas Park City Council on May 5 that regional coordination is critical for transportation, public safety and economic development.
“Why regionalism?” Mercer asked rhetorically during a broad COG overview, and summarized the argument: "When we're more connected, we're safer, we're thriving, and we're healthier." He described COG’s Visualize 2050 regional plan and said that Manassas Park projects in the plan include more than $500,000 for congestion mitigation, roughly $25 million for the…
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