In our role as the Rural Planning Organization (RPO), TARCOG serves as the clearinghouse for all Section 5310 applications received from transit providers in both in the Huntsville Urbanized Area (City of Huntsville and Madison County) and in the rest of our five-county region on behalf of the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT).  Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program projects must be derived from a locally developed, Coordinated Human Services Transportation Plan (HSCTP) and endorsed by TARCOG to be eligible for funding consideration.

Full Section 5310 application information can be found at: www.dot.state.al.us/programs/enhancedmobility.html

Completed applications must be received by TARCOG at 7037 Old Madison Pike, Suite 450, Huntsville, AL 35806 by 5:00 p.m. June 1, 2023, to be endorsed and subsequently forwarded to ALDOT.  For the current TARCOG Human Services Coordinated Transit Plan and ALDOT Section 5310 memos, please see below.

HSCTP Plan

Statewide Memo

Huntsville Urbanized Area Memo

Please contact Sara James at sara.james@tarcog.us with any questions.

The Draft Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments (TARCOG) five county region is now available. The 30-day public review/comment period begins April 3, 2023, and ends May 3, 2023.

The TARCOG CEDS is a five-year plan serving both as a guiding vision and a “blueprint” for the economic growth of the region and as a benchmark with which to measure growth and success. The CEDS provides a current picture of the status of the region’s economy and documents progress towards economic development goals.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the development of our CEDS. This was an intensive and locally rooted process involving multiple community and stakeholder meetings to gather valuable input to develop TARCOG’s region wide goals and vision for economic development objectives over the next five years.

Please email any comments and/or feedback to Economic Development and Planning Director, Sara James at sara.james@tarcog.us by the end of the comment period.

 

CEDS DRAFT PDF

The Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments (TARCOG) Rural Planning Organization (RPO) has been selected to receive $400,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program. The grant will enable TARCOG planning staff to conduct the “Top of Alabama RPO Guide to Enhancing Transportation Safety (TARGETS),” a regional transportation safety planning process that will serve our four-county, 41-municipality RPO region.

The Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments (TARCOG) is seeking proposals from firms and individuals to implement key recommendations identified in the Redstone Arsenal Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) between the Arsenal and its surrounding communities. The Redstone Arsenal JLUS process focused on promoting compatible community growth around the installation to preserve military capabilities. A primary goal of Redstone Arsenal’s JLUS is to mitigate existing and prevent future incompatibility issues between base operations and local communities.  The JLUS implementation project seeks to work towards enacting key compatible use recommendations identified during the JLUS process.

Our Executive Director, Michelle Jordan, was inducted into the American Institute of Certified Planners College of Fellows (FAICP) in 2020 for her contributions to the Planning profession.

The Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments (TARCOG), in partnership with North Central Alabama Council of Governments (NARCOG), and the County Emergency Management Agencies (EMAs) of Blount, Cherokee, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Limestone, Madison, and Morgan Counties have developed the final phase of the Division F Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan. The Division F Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan details the multitude of hazards that impact the Alabama Emergency Management Agency (AEMA) Division F area.

The Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments (TARCOG) hereby solicits written Statements of Qualifications from professional consulting firms interested in contracting with TARCOG to perform research, analysis, development, and related professional planning support activities associated with the development of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the TARCOG region (DeKalb, Jackson, Limestone, Madison & Marshall Counties).

The Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments (TARCOG) hereby solicits written Statements of Qualifications from professional environmental consulting firms interested in contracting with TARCOG to perform grant management activities, environmental assessments, remediation and redevelopment planning, and related professional activities associated with the 2021 Brownfields Coalition Assessment Grant recently awarded to TARCOG by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).