Category Archives: Land Use

Make no mistake about it; the 2010 General Assembly session was about the budget. That emphasis was not so absolute as to exclude completely all other issues, however. There were significant debates on things like unemployment insurance, mandated health benefits, capital punishment and land use. Continue reading →

Conducting a land inventory and selling surplus property, rather than raising taxes would allow McDonnell to help fund transportation, make government more efficient and increase transparency. It’s time Virginia join the growing number of states that are implementing this common sense strategy. Continue reading →

Producing land use policies that strike a careful balance between our cherished quality of life and the needs of Virginia’s business community is an important part of our efforts to maintain the Old Dominion’s status as the best place in America to do business. Continue reading →

Under Virginia’s current conditional zoning system, government choices are substituted in place of market choices. We should develop a better, more market-based and less politically-driven way to make local land use decisions. Continue reading →