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Planning staff urge economic-priority mapping while commissioners debate mixed-use transition near Route 60
Summary
Staff presented Citizens Working Group recommendations to prioritize industrial and gateway-business land along Route 60 and other growth areas; commissioners pushed for more mixed-use 'economic opportunity' transitions near existing neighborhoods and flagged VDOT/transportation and parcel-assembly constraints.
Planning staff reviewed past and proposed future land-use maps and the Citizens Working Group's recommendation to strengthen the county's commercial/industrial tax base. The presenter said the strategic plan aims for an 85/15 residential-to-commercial tax base, while staff estimated the county currently sits near a 93/7 split.
Staff outlined land-use-category changes between the 2010, 2019 and 2021 maps: village residential and village center areas were scaled back in later iterations while commerce/commerce-center, gateway business, industrial and an 'economic opportunity' category were introduced or expanded. The presenter said these changes…
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