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Post published:January 12, 2023

The 2023 General Assembly session gaveled to order on Wednesday, January 11th. The session runs 46 days and is scheduled to end on February 25. During the course of the session, legislators likely will consider more than 2,000 bills and hundreds of resolutions. Amendments to the current two-year state budget also will be crafted. “Cross-over day,” the last day for each house to act on its own bills, is February 7. House and Senate amendments to the state budget for fiscal years 2023 and 2024 will be released in early…

HOME-ARP Public Hearing on February 2nd

Post published:December 14, 2022

The 2023 TJPD Legislative Program has been approved by the six local governing bodies in the region. The Program has three top legislative priorities, which address public education funding; budgets and funding and broadband. The Program also contains legislative positions in a number of other topic areas of interest to local governments, including the Children’s Services Act; environmental and water quality; health and human services; housing; land use and growth management; public safety and transportation. With input from the region’s local governing bodies, a regional legislative program is developed and…

Save the Date: Coming Back Home – Regional Housing Summit

Post published:December 14, 2022

The Central Virginia Regional Housing Partnership of the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission is thrilled to announce the 2nd Annual Regional Housing Summit will be hosted on Friday, March 24, 2023 at the Omni Hotel in downtown Charlottesville.This year’s theme – Coming Back Home – recognizes the important role local and regional housing policies play in the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and the health and futures of our neighbors, communities, and the region.Sessions will focus on progress made, partnerships formed, and policy that can be utilized around our region.…

Regional Transit Governance Study

Post published:December 14, 2022

The Regional Transit Governance Study hosted its kick-off meeting on November 7th with representatives from all of the TJPDC jurisdictions. This study is funded by DRPT, the City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, and the TJPDC. It is a follow-up study recommended by the recently completed Regional Transit Vision Plan and will work to build a consensus among TJPDC jurisdictions on the best mechanism to generate and manage additional transit funding for the region. You can learn more about the Regional Transit Governance Study and the Regional Transit Vision Plan on…

Stream Water, E. coli, and the Naked Eye

Post published:November 17, 2022

by Alexandria Searls I live next to Meade Creek where the stream flows into a culvert underneath Chesapeake Street. It seems as if I hear the water when the windows are open, though the sound is faint on the average day, too faint to register with any definition, but comforting nonetheless. Before the City improved the drainage, I used to enjoy watching the creek rise in a storm. It would churn and escape its banks and threaten to reach the house, though it never did. At most it would come…

New Webpage for VATI-RISE Broadband Project

Post published:November 10, 2022

The TJPDC now has a webpage for the TJPDC/Firefly-RISE project. The page was established as part of TJPDC’s role as administrator of the $79 million Virginia Telecommunication Initiative (VATI) grant, working with partner Firefly Fiber Broadband, to provide high-speed internet across 13 counties. The page includes an overview of the 2022 VATI project and links to various resources, most prominently the wealth of resources on the Firefly website. Residents and other interested parties are encouraged to visit the Firefly site for information and the latest updates on the project.In administering…