Posts by PlanRVA
Share Your Stories: PlanRVA Launches Public History Project for Ashland Trolley Line
Ashland Trolley Line cross at Upham Brook, just south of Hilliard Rd. For more than three decades at the beginning of the twentieth century, the Ashland Trolley Line connected the…
Read MoreIntroducing PlanRVA’s New, Inclusive and Accessible Office Space
Photo taken by Baskervill In January 2023, the PlanRVA team officially moved into their new office located in The Current, a modern mixed-use building in the Manchester neighborhood. With floor-to-ceiling windows…
Read MorePlanRVA Brings Home Three 2022 NADO Impact Award Certificates
PlanRVA staff at the 2022 NADO Annual Training Conference in Pittsburgh. Earlier this year, PlanRVA was awarded three 2022 Aliceann Wohlbruck Impact Awards from the National Association of Development Organizations…
Read MoreHow PlanRVA works with Three Local Tribal Partners to Shape the RVA Region Through Sustainability Initiatives
The Chickahominy Tribe is one of three federally recognized tribes PlanRVA works closely with. This image was sourced from the Chickahominy website: https://www.chickahominytribe.org/. Given the historic footprint of the PlanRVA…
Read MoreRegional Transportation Plan Includes Focus on Improving Pedestrian and Bike Safety
One of the goals outlined in BikePedRVA 2045 is for the Richmond Region to have ZERO traffic-related pedestrian and cyclist fatalities. Recent headlines in this newspaper drive home a tragic…
Read MoreRaj Chetty Examines the American Dream in RVA: ‘The Roots of Economic Opportunity Are Hyper Local’
The third annual Shared Values in Action Summit took place on September 30, 2022. Harvard economist Raj Chetty joined attendees at the third annual Shared Values in Action Summit in…
Read MoreAdvocate Matthew Shapiro Joins for October Better Together Webinar: ‘I want to see a world that is more accessible to all people”
PlanRVA is excited to have Matthew Shapiro (Founder and CEO of 6 Wheels Consulting), join us for this month’s Better Together Webinar. October is Disability Awareness Month and PlanRVA is…
Read MoreBetter Together Sept. 29 preview: Understanding the Richmond Region’s Changing Economy with Renee Haltom
Register to tune in on Thursday, Sept. 29 at 1 p.m. for an engaging conversation about local, regional, and national economic trends. The Better Together webinar series is back from…
Read MoreLocal jurisdictions to adopt new hazard mitigation plan
Flooded cars on the street of a city. Earlier this summer, we shared a few new updates made to the Richmond-Crater Multi-Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan as part of FEMA’s requirement…
Read MoreRegional Planning Boards Elect New Leadership
Executive Director Martha Heeter swears in Sean M. Davis (left) and Michael W. Byerly (right) to serve as PlanRVA Chair and Vice Chair for Fiscal Year 2023. Earlier this month,…
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