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Council asks city manager to probe interest from Washington and Lee, VMI on town‑gown collaboration
Summary
After an extended debate, Lexington City Council instructed the city manager and mayor to contact Washington and Lee University and the Virginia Military Institute to determine whether those institutions are willing to engage in discussions about shared issues such as housing, parking, public safety and workforce, with one councilor voting no.
Lexington City Council on May 1 directed the city manager and mayor to contact Washington and Lee University and the Virginia Military Institute to ask whether the institutions would be willing to engage in discussions with the city about shared topics such as housing, parking, public safety (including interpersonal violence), workforce and other items raised in a staff memo.
The motion followed a lengthy, wide-ranging discussion among council members and staff about whether a formal town‑gown process (for example, a work session, charrette, or memorandum of understanding) would add value beyond existing staff‑level communications.…
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