LEXINGTON, Va. — The Lexington Planning Commission reviewed an updated draft of the comprehensive plan's historic resources chapter at its Aug. 28 meeting and discussed conservation districts, register listings and possible expansions to the city's inventory. Jeremy Crute of the Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission summarized the chapter and the needs assessment, saying the chapter "includes just a an overview of the city's history" and carries forward aims to protect historic character. Commission discussion covered the mapped resources, which Crute said were not a comprehensive register list but included numbered sites that appear on state and national historic registers. Commissioners asked for several factual corrections to the chapter's timeline; one commissioner noted that Lexington was established as Rockbridge County's seat in 1778 and recommended changing the 19th-century incorporation date to 1874; another asked that the completion year for I-81 be shown as 1967 rather than the year work began. Crute agreed to update the timeline and other suggested edits. Resident Caroline Alexander, who identified herself as living in the Jackson Avenue conservation district, urged the commission to keep preservation goals prominent and suggested a working group to evaluate additional resources beyond the chapters' current list. "I would recommend possibly considering establishing a working group to look at that as an outcome of this 5 year look," Alexander said during public comment. Commissioners also discussed the book-keeping and mapping of residential conservation districts and asked staff and the consultant to confirm whether Diamond Hill and Green Hill neighborhoods should be singled out on maps or included in a citywide resource inventory. The chapter lists needs such as continued community engagement on preservation, research into a more inclusive history of the city, context-sensitive development, and leveraging preservation to support tourism and complementary community goals such as affordable housing. No formal vote was taken; Crute asked for written comments from commissioners and said the draft would be revised and returned as part of the iterative workshop and open-house schedule.