Regional Symposium 2025: All in For Our Future

PlanRVA has developed a regional Strategic Plan as required by Code of Virginia section 15.2-4209. The region covered by this Strategic Plan includes Richmond, Ashland, and the counties of Charles City County, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent, and Powhatan.

To promote orderly and efficient development, the Strategic Plan addresses subjects of regional importance including transportation, economic development and environmental management. The PlanRVA Commission will consider adoption of the Strategic Plan at its meeting on June 12, 2025, from 9:30-11 a.m.

If adopted, the Strategic Plan would be in effect for fiscal years 2025-2030.

Questions or thoughts on the draft regional Strategic Plan are welcome.

Read the Draft Regional Strategic Plan and submit your comments or questions here.

Pathways to the Future: Transportation 2050 is the Richmond region's long-term transportation plan. It outlines significant transportation needs across the region through the year 2050, covering all nine localities and travel modes. This plan is a dynamic document that not only sets a vision and goals for regional transportation but also prioritizes projects based on these goals.

As a fiscally constrained plan, it includes financial strategies to show how the proposed transportation improvements can be implemented. PlanRVA creates a 25-year plan and updates it every five years.

The current long-range transportation plan, ConnectRVA 2045, will expire on October 4, 2026. The 2050 plan will replace it then.

Follow the project across the 2-year timeline at our engage.planrva.org/LRTP site, where you can submit ideas and feedback on a survey and interactive map through April 2025. 

Future public engagement opportunities will open at various intervals. Following the plan will ensure you are updated when new features are shared and the project status is updated.

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This spring, PlanRVA launched its Near Miss Dashboard, a community engagement and mapping tool for active transportation safety. It has been developed and tested with staff and local bike-ped activists and was introduced to the wider community at our regional symposium, Pie Day.

Developed by PlanRVA's data analyst, Elizabeth Greenwell, the Near Miss Dashboard contains a form and mapping where the public can submit near miss or close call transportation events. Cyclists and pedestrians commonly experience close calls and these events go unreported to police.

The Near Miss Dashboard aims to capture what would be loss data. 

Feedback on the site is welcomed! Email nearmiss@planrva.org to share thoughts or ask any questions you have!

RVA Rising is a long-term, collaborative effort to ensure everyone in the Richmond region can thrive here. Driven by data and community input, RVA Rising brings people and institutions together to pursue strategies that will create systems change and increase economic mobility for all.

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Collaborative Leadership Model - Who We Are

Reggie Gordon, Executive Director of the Richmond Memorial Health Foundation, and RVA Rising participant leader gave the presentation at the Symposium.

The CEDS (Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy) is a regionally-driven plan for economic development, and PlanRVA is currently updating the CEDS for the Richmond region, which is a prerequisite for possible future designation of the region as an economic development district (EDD) and could bring additional resources to the region.

Follow the CEDS update on our engage.planrva.org/CEDS site including access to public input resources and FAQs and to connect to the project lead staff contact.