Draft Amendments to Bay Act Regulations Include New Requirements to Address Coastal Resilience and the Preservation of Mature Trees – May 3 Deadline to Comment
April 6, 2021
American Rescue Plan Act Enacted; Legislation Expected to Provide Significant Resources to Virginia Counties
March 19, 2021
New table for determining taxable value of utility-scale solar will boost county revenues
March 19, 2021
Commonwealth Connect Coalition Updates and Beginning of VATI FY 2022 Process
March 5, 2021
Legislature passes complex changes to laws regarding the siting and taxing of solar and energy storage projects
March 4, 2021
Bill requiring localities consider environmental justice in comprehensive plans fails
March 4, 2021
General Assembly Adopts Budget Compromise
March 2, 2021
Bill to incentivize procurement of electric school buses runs out of fuel
March 2, 2021
Please Contact Legislators to Support Key County Priorities in Budget Conference
February 23, 2021
New requirements for community outreach for air, water, and waste permits fail
February 18, 2021
VACo supports allowing counties to finance renewable energy and energy efficiency investments through ‘green banks’
February 16, 2021
‘Money Committees’ Release Budgets
February 11, 2021
VACo supports amending economic development incentive to include creation of teleworking jobs
February 9, 2021
February 17 Educational Webinar for County Officials on New Online Tool to Compare Revenue Options for Solar Projects
February 5, 2021
Commonwealth Connect: Round One FY2021 VATI grants
February 5, 2021
New requirements for community outreach for air, water and waste permits fail in Senate, move forward in House
February 4, 2021
Bill placing 60-day limit on Planning Commission review fails
February 2, 2021
Path forward found for broadband mapping bill
February 2, 2021
Budget Amendments Introduced to Support County Priorities
January 21, 2021
Bill placing 60-day limit on Planning Commission review of rezonings gets a timeout