Advancing Racial Justice In Schools
The Communities that Care Coalition, staffed by our Partnership for Youth, has a 5-year grant to address racial justice in our region’s school districts. This collaborative project is designed to:…
Franklin County Water and Wastewater Study
Using grant funds from an U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), FRCOG hired the consulting firm Tighe & Bond, Inc. to review records, interview system operators, collect Geographic Information System (GIS)…
Sustainable Stormwater Management Plan for Franklin County
Managing stormwater runoff is increasingly difficult with climate change and the more frequent and intense storm events we are experiencing. Sustainable and climate resilient stormwater practices capture, clean, and store…
Emergency Communications System
The FRCOG oversees a regional interoperable communications system linking police, fire, emergency medical services, and dispatch communications throughout and beyond the Franklin County region. In 2021, Franklin County Emergency Services…
Regional Pollinator Plan
Native pollinators include bees, butterflies, moths, flies, beetles, wasps, bats and hummingbirds. Pollinators are vital to plant reproduction and plant diversity and pollinators support many benefits that humans receive from…
Passenger Rail
The investment of nearly $125 million from the Federal Railroad Administration beginning in 2010 has led to the upgrade of the Connecticut River Main Line railroads tracks (roughly paralleling Interstate 91), the construction of…
