Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments

TARCOG is the Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments. Since 1968, TARCOG has united municipal, county, and state governments and federal agencies to work as a single team focused solely on improving the region that now includes more than 713,000 residents.

We identify and address common regional issues, opportunities, and challenges of northeast Alabama’s municipalities and counties, including DeKalb, Jackson, Limestone, Madison, and Marshall.