Posts Tagged ‘Community Development’
“A roadmap for the future:” Four takeaways from the 2024 Transportation Forum
Main Street Station in downtown Richmond, VA More than 120 people from across the Richmond Region joined PlanRVA and its partners for the 2024 Transportation Forum in March to kick off engagement efforts for the 2050 Update to the region’s Long-Range Transportation Plan. During the Forum, panelists and attendees provided perspectives and ideas to help…
Read MorePlanRVA’s data team calculates region’s key metrics
PlanRVA is making a comprehensive commitment to acquiring and analyzing data – to create a foundational, empirical understanding of what drives many of the region’s most-pressing issues. Those underlying metrics often hold the key to gleaning greater insight into both the causes of and solutions for our region’s challenges. Toward that end, PlanRVA’s data…
Read MoreSupporting Affordable Housing in the Richmond Region
PlanRVA seeks public input on a grant application to support affordable housing in the Richmond region. The application is for funding through a Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The PRO Housing grant will provide funding for communities across the country to identify…
Read MoreBoosting Affordable Housing Through Employer Housing Assistance Programs
Leaders from the private sector and nonprofits met for the Greater Richmond Employer Housing Forum at Virginia Housing’s Learning Center in Welcome signage at the Greater Richmond Employer Housing Forum at Virginia Housing’s Learning Center in Henrico County. Henrico County in June to explore how organizations can help increase access to affordable housing in our…
Read MoreFrom Grants to Ground Breakings: Progress Update on the Affordable Housing Project
Habitat for Humanity ground breaking in James City County Saturday November 5, 2022. Photo Credit: Consociate Media Habitat for Humanity ground breaking in James City County Saturday November 5, 2022. Jovan Burton Exec Director of the Partnership for Housing Affordability. Photo Credit: Consociate Media The Partnership for Housing Affordability (PHA) has been hard at work…
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