Get Involved
Your Input=Real Results
Tell us your thoughts to help shape the entire Richmond region on projects like:
- Transportation (short and long term, safety, mode-specific)
- Economic Development (jobs, housing, education)
- Natural Resources (water quality, habitat, flooding, farming)
- Resilience (preparing for emergencies, reducing greenhouse gasses)
On our Engage platform you can
- Answer surveys and utilize input tools
- Find out where in-person events are happening
- Follow projects to stay up to date
- Download toolkit items to spread the word to others
Our region will grow and become increasingly diverse over the next 30 years, and our challenge is to maintain and enhance the region’s quality of life as we prepare for that growth. Everyone has a stake in our region. If you live or work in RVA, your perspective can help us formulate what it will take to maintain a high quality of life in the years to come.
We'll help put your ideas into action.
Decorative Image : Public Meeting Participation Guide
Get Educated
- Review the Regional Strategic Vision
- Read about our Priorities
- Review materials from previous board or committee meetings
- Visit our Document Library to review some of our key plans:
- Know what your Locality has to offer
Be Part of the Solution
- Give your Input on various plans and projects that affect our future at our Engage platform.
- Contact Us with your thoughts and ideas for planning for the region.
- Reach out to who represents your locality on the three boards.
- Attend Board or Committee Meetings help shape your community's future. Meetings are open to the public. Residents, advocacy groups, and businesses are welcome to attend. Public input is welcome at meetings and time is reserved at the beginning of each meeting for comment. See the Public Meeting Participation Guide.
- In Transportation, our Public Engagement Plan (PEP) is a high level framework for how we'll engage with the public. Specific plans will have their own activities.
- Read more about the Federal Title VI Requirements.
- Access the Accommodations Request Form.
Include Us In Your Work
- Invite Us to Speak. Want to learn more about the PlanRVA’s work? We can provide a speaker for your next meeting, luncheon, workshop, or symposium. We can present to neighborhood associations, chambers of commerce, civic clubs, non-profit boards, local legislative bodies, other planning commissions, and regional and national conferences.
PlanRVA serves the Richmond region localities: Ashland, Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent, Powhatan and the City of Richmond. (shown in map above)