Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments

[1] TMACOG members include governmental and non-governmental organizations in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan: cities, counties, villages, and townships, as well as schools and colleges, park districts, businesses, and other groups concerned with quality of life in the region.

It became the water quality planning agency for the area in 1975 and would be recognized by the state as "the areawide agency responsible for carrying out programs that led to planned rural development and urban growth, better transportation systems, improved water and air quality, wiser use of energy and natural resources, and long-term economic vitality."

To continue its existence, TMACOG began to focus some of its attention onto railroad projects, energy conservation, air and water pollution, and economic development.

The organization also began to focus on small town needs, transportation around the Maumee River, and other beneficial developments around the area.

By adding non-governmental members as well, TMACOG has made its organization more diverse and able to help strengthen the quality of the Toledo area.