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Post published:February 13, 2023

The City of Charlottesville and the Thomas Jefferson HOME Consortium are making a new plan for its use of federal housing resources. We need your help to identify the most pressing housing and community needs to prioritize limited federal funding for the next five years.We invite anyone living or working in the City of Charlottesville, or the Counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, or Nelson to complete the survey.Click here to take the surveyFor additional information, visit: https://tjpdc.org/our-work/thomas-jefferson-regional-home-consortium/

2023 Hazard Mitigation Plan Approved

Post published:February 13, 2023

On January 17, the TJPDC’s 2023 Update of the Regional Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan was approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The items reviewed address the planning process, hazard identification and risk assessment, mitigation strategies and plan maintenance.The plan received a “satisfactory” rating on all required criteria. After this approval, TJPDC began to work to schedule formal adoption dates all governing boards in the region; Albemarle, Charlottesville, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson, Town of Louisa, Town of Mineral, Town of Scottsville, and Town of Stanardsville. On February 1, 2023,…

Weldon Cooper Center Releases New Virginia Population Estimates

Post published:February 13, 2023

Each year, the Weldon Cooper Center develops and releases official population estimates for Virginia counties and independent cities to show population counts between decennial censuses. These estimates provide the best approximation of the population count on July 1 of the prior year. State and local governments use this data for funding allocations, planning and budgeting purposes.The July 1, 2022 population estimate for the TJPDC region was 270,319, which is about 6,700 residents, or 2.5% higher, than the 2020 Census estimate. In the TJPDC region, Louisa County added 2,129 residents, and…

Meet the Staff: Lori Allshouse

Post published:February 13, 2023

Lori Allshouse, VATI Program DirectorLori Allshouse joined the TJPD in February 2022 as the VATI Program Director. In this role, she is directing TJPDC’s super regional broadband project, conducted in collaboration with the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Telecommunication Initiative, Firefly Fiber Broadband, partner counties, and supporting electric utility providers. Together this group is working to make gigabit speed universal broadband service available to residents and businesses in 13 counties across central Virginia.Q: What led you to working at the TJPDC?I recently retired from Albemarle County where I had a fulfilling career.…

Watershed Filmmaking and Mapping

Post published:February 9, 2023

This past fall, the Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center received grants from Crutchfield and from the Bama Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band to launch our Watershed Filmmaking and Mapping Workshops in 2023. With these workshops, we teach students how to document our rivers and streams, giving hands-on experience at our site at Trevillian’s Creek and on the Rivanna River.

Meet the Staff: Ryan Mickles

Post published:January 12, 2023

Ryan Mickles, Regional Planner TransportationRyan re-joined the staff at the TJPDC last January, having previously worked here after graduating from UVA with a double major in Urban Planning and Anthropology. Ryan works with our MPO programs and committees, including the Citizens Technical Advisory Committee and Smart-Scale projects.Q: Tell us a little about your education/career background?A: My time as Zoning Inspector for Charlottesville's then Neighborhood Development Services, working with Planning Director Jim Tolbert and the projects/assignments I was given were most valuable. Before creating a GIS map, or looking at ordinances,…