Crazy Virginia, Sane(r) Jurisdictions: regional planning in Greater Richmond

Politics at the state level in Virginia is relatively wacked, when all is said and done, as there is a rabid conservative streak that is beyond explanation, such as the various spurious politically-motivated lawsuits by the State Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli ("Va. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli: The rise of the confounding conservative" from the Post).

The Greater Richmond area though is more focused on its revitalization and is engaging in a regional planning effort. See "Get Together on a Greater Richmond" from the Richmond Times-Dispatch. (For budget regions, the T-D is no longer distributed in hard copy form in the Washington area, so I don't read it much anymore...)

They will be having a public workshop, called the Capital Region Collaborative Feedback Meeting, a cooperative effort between the Richmond Regional Planning District Commission (RRPDC) and the Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce, which is also supported by the Partnership for Smarter Growth.

Thursday, September 16, 2010 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM (ET)
Location:
St. John's Church Parish Hall
2401 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA

The draft of regional priorities can be viewed by visiting the RRPDC web site at Richmond Regional Planning District Commission website.