It has officially been nearly three years since the COVID-19 pandemic rocked the world, causing many to change travel plans for most of 2020. The typical tourism statistics like direct visitor spending and estimated hotel revenue showed appropriate declines for 2020, but as pandemic restrictions have been completely lifted and it’s more or less back to business as usual, how has the tourism industry in Hampton Roads, and the rest of Virginia, fared over the past two years of recovery?
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Hampton Roads residents are likely familiar with the boardwalk at Virginia Beach, but do you know there’s a bike path parallel to the boardwalk?
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Did you hear? The Regional Connectors Study (RCS) is now in Phase 3, its final phase. The region’s transportation planners continue to envision what transportation will look like when traveling between the Peninsula and Southside, through the Hampton Roads Harbor, in 2050!
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The Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization (HRTPO), has released a draft list of regional performance measures and targets. Federal legislation requires that MPOs prepare and use a set of federally-established performance measures and set targets.
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Did you know that beautiful places are not only environmentally healthy, but they also contribute to your community’s economy and make it a better place to raise families, start a business and go to school? These are great reasons to plan now to participate in this year’s Great American Cleanup, March 24-25. You can rally your neighbors and plan your own cleanup and beautification project, or you can join a cleanup already on the schedule.
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HRPDC/HRTPO Employment Opportunities
(Open until filled.)
(Resumes reviewed on an ongoing basis.)
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Public Comment Opportunities |
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MATT KLEPEISZ
Communications Administrator
JOE TURNER
Communications and Web Manager
ROBERT COFIELD
Graphic and Web Designer
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Phone: 757.420.8300
Fax: 757.523.4881
TTY: 757.390.2578
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The Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (HRPDC) and Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization (HRTPO) fully comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, Executive Order 12898 on Environmental Justice, and related nondiscrimination statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. HRPDC's website, www.hrpdcva.gov, and HRTPO's website, www.hrtpo.org, may be translated into multiple languages. Publications and other public documents can be made available in alternative languages and formats, if requested. HRPDC public meetings are always held in ADA-accessible facilities and in transit-accessible locations when possible. Auxiliary services can be provided to individuals who submit a request at least seven days prior to a meeting. Requests made within seven days will be accommodated to the greatest extent possible. Any person who believes they have been aggrieved by an unlawful discriminatory practice by HRPDC under Title VI has a right to file a formal complaint. Any such complaint may be in writing and filed with the HRPDC and/or the appropriate state or federal agency within 180 days of the alleged discriminatory occurrence. For more information on HRPDC's Title VI program, or to obtain a Title VI Complaint Form, please call (757) 420-8300 or email: rcrum@hrpdcva.gov
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