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As one of South
Carolina's 10 Regional Planning Councils, the
Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments' primary objectives
are to assist local governments develop local and regional plans within the
tri-county region, as well as providing local governments with planning and
technical support to improve the quality of life in the region.
The BCDCOG accomplishes this by
providing it's member governments with technical assistance is a variety of
fields, including
economic and
community
development,
comprehensive planning, statistical information
gathering and analysis, and
water
resource management.
In addition, the COG's
board of
directors provides a forum for local leaders to find common goals and
determine a course for the entire region.
Local governments in
Berkeley and Charleston counties first created a Regional Planning
Commission in 1968 to encourage a regional approach to local
dilemmas. Dorchester County governments elected to join the group
three years later. The organization changed in 1976 to the
Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments (BCDCOG).
The BCDCOG's by-laws
call for a governing board of 45 members,
all of whom are appointed by local governments within the three-county
region. This board, led by an Executive Committee, sets policy and
provides direction to the programs of the Council of Governments.
The BCDCOG's full board
also coordinates the local Notification and Review of all projects in the
region seeking federal funding. Under the program, which is designed
to promote the most effective use of federal dollars, the COG distributes
information on proposed applications and provides the state with local
comments about the proposed activity and its relationship to other projects
occurring in the region.
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