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Lexington hires regional planning commission to update comprehensive plan; first public sessions planned
Summary
Lexington contracted the Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission to lead a light update of the city's comprehensive plan. The PDC will collect data, hold three public engagement events and coordinate chapter-by-chapter reviews with the planning commission, with a target to finish by the end of 2025.
Jeremy Crew, director of planning for the Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission, told the Lexington Planning Commission on June 26 that the city asked the PDC “to help, lead and facilitate … to update the city's comprehensive plan.”
The presentation explained that Virginia law requires municipalities to maintain a comprehensive plan and to update it on a five‑year cycle; Lexington's last full update was completed in 2020. Crew said the city’s update will be a lighter refresh rather than a complete rewrite because the 2020 plan remains largely current.
Crew described the plan as “a tangible representation of your community's desired future,” and said the PDC will handle data collection, mapping and…
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