@UAPVirginiaTech's Jesse Richardson Keynotes Living Towns Planning Workshop

UAP Associate Professor Jesse Richardson will be the keynote speaker for the annual Living Towns Planning Workshop of the Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Planning Commission on August 9.  Richardson will speak on the topic of "A Hike Across England: English Countryside & Village Planning System."

This year's theme is "Maintaining Small Town Character".  According to RRRPC, the purpose of the annual workshop "is to bring together representatives of the region’s towns with those of public and private sector entities to network and exchange information on planning, revitalization and preservation of towns as vital economic living centers."

Other topics to be covered this year include

• Rural Historic Districts
• Capitalizing on Rural/Small Town Assets through Sustainable Agriculture
• Bikeways, Greenways and Active Recreation
• Town Revitalization Strategies
• Community Engagement Approaches  

Read more and register at http://www.rrregion.org/pdf/LT/theplains/RRRC%20LT%20The%20Plains%20Registration%20Brochure%2008.09.12.pdf.