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Post published:October 12, 2023

On September 27th, the Charlottesville Albemarle MPO (CA-MPO) Policy Board met with the Staunton-Augusta- Waynesboro MPO (SAWMPO) at the Fishburne Military School in Waynesboro for a joint meeting. The joint meetings between these two MPOs originated as part of a Memorandum of Understanding that was signed in 2017 with the intended purpose of coordinating planning activities of mutual interest to both regions with a specific focus on the I-64/US 250 Corridor. We are the only two MPOs in the state that regularly meet together, and this joint meeting was an…

October Commission Meeting Updates

Post published:October 12, 2023

At its October 5 meeting, the TJPD Commission acted on several important items as follows:FY2025 Projected Operating Budget: The Commission approved an FY2025 projected operating budget to be submitted to the member local governments with TJPDC’s request for local funding for next year. The nearly $53 million budget, which is comprised largely of pass-through funding, establishes revenue sources recommended to meet expenditures for the upcoming fiscal year and includes local dollars with per capita funding at 66 cents per person. A revised budget will come before the Commission next spring…

TJPDC Awarded $119,370 DRPT funding for Mobility Management

Post published:September 18, 2023

The TJPDC’s Regional Transit Partnership was awarded $119,370 from the Department of Rail and Public Transportation for mobility management to start an information and referral center to assist older adults and people with disabilities with finding transportation services. The grant runs during the federal fiscal year and funds will be appropriated starting October 1st. The first few months will include start-up activities before staff can provide information and referral services.Based on the information gathered by the TJPDC staff during the Regional Transit Vision Plan, the mobility management information and referral…

CEDS Survey for Regional Employers Opens

Post published:September 18, 2023

The Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission (TJPDC) invites all employers in Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, and Nelson Counties and the City of Charlottesville to take a survey about the local business environment. The survey is part of a collaborative regional planning effort that TJPDC is leading, along with various partners across the region. The TJPDC will be preparing a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) plan that establishes a vision for the region’s economic development programs and projects over the next five years. In order to best inform the strategies going…

FY24 State Budget Adopted

Post published:September 18, 2023

Governor Glenn Youngkin has signed an amended FY24 budget adopted by the General Assembly in early September. The two main thrusts of the compromise spending plan, which was approved by the legislature on near-unanimous votes, are one-time tax relief and spending on several high priority items.Highlights of budget provisions of primary interest to local governments are available here.

Meet the Staff: Davy Sell

Post published:September 5, 2023

Davy Sell, Regional Affordable Housing VISTA Davy joined the TJPDC in August as part of an AmeriCorps VISTA project, a statewide intermediary project with 18 Host Sites, that all work to either expand affordable housing opportunities and/or end homelessness throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. Davy's role at the PDC will focus on the creation, refinement, and maintenance of new data-driven affordable housing tools for the region, as well as a new communications strategy to support the Central Virginia Regional Housing Partnership (CVRHP). These tools will establish avenues for dialogue and planning…