The TJPD Commission met on November 7 and addressed the following topics:FY24 Annual Financial Audit Report approvalHazard Mitigation PresentationRegional Housing Study and Summit updateMaterials for all TJPD Commission meetings are available here.The Commission’s next meeting will be on Thursday, December 5.
The Partnership for Accessible Transportation Help (PATH) is a TJPDC Mobility Management program, designed to help improve and increase transportation options for older adults and other non-drivers. PATH works with transportation providers and helps elders find rides that meet their needs.Recently, as part of the Charlottesville Area Alliance’s (CAA) AARP Livable Community grant, PATH, the Blue Ridge Health District (BRHD), Charlottesville Area Transit (CAT) and InnoVage staff worked together to host a group travel training event for seniors. The training was designed to assist elders in learning how to ride…
TJPDC is pleased to announce the release of its Comprehensive Economic Development Plan (CEDS). The plan was funded through a U.S. EDA Economic Adjustment Assistance grant to develop a regional Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) plan to benefit all TJPDC localities. A CEDS is meant to integrate with and complement other economic development plans. Rather than being “owned” by any one agency, a CEDS consists of plans of action that may be undertaken by multiple players. The approval of this plan also opens up additional federal funding opportunities. This plan was done…
Sarah Simba, Regional Planner Sarah joined the TJPDC in May as a Regional Planner and has been working with the Charlottesville-Albemarle MPO and on transportation projects, such as Move Safely Blue Ridge. She graduated from UVA’s Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy in May 2022. She earned her Graduate Diploma (License) in Mathematical Economics and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Economics from the Université Protestant du Congo, which is the Protestant University of Congo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, her country of birth.Q: What led you to…
The Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission (TJPDC) hosted a successful rain barrel workshop in Fluvanna County in partnership with the James River Association and the Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District (TJSWCD) on October 3. Participants learned how to assemble and install rain barrels at home and received a 55-gallon drum and a RainRecycle rain barrel kit from The Rain Barrel Depot.Every time it rains, stormwater carries things such as nutrients from fertilizers, bacteria from pet waste, and chemicals from herbicides and pesticides to local waterways. Using a rain…
The TJPD Commission met on October 3 and addressed the following topics:Blue Ridge Cigarette Tax Board six-month presentation/updatePartnership for Accessible Transportation Help (PATH) presentationFY26 Draft Budget approvedTJPDC Local Contributions--presentation of options for increasing funding for six agency programs that receive additional local dollars outside the per capita funding paid by each member locality; the Commission approved 1) converting local funding for these programs to per capita rates moving forward; 2) a recommendation that TJPDC request up to a 7% increase from the member localities for these programs for FY26; and…