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Isle of Wight County staff have unveiled a tentative timeline for incorporating Supervisor Renee Rountree’s proposed “growth management” task force into the Planning Commission’s five-year review of the county’s comprehensive plan.

The number of students shifting from one school district to another could change before the 2030-2031 school year since Mecklenburg County is projected to lose 165 students in the next six years, according to Worner, citing demographic projections from the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia.

In perhaps another indication of the growth Frederick County is experiencing, residential building permits in January and February outpaced last year’s numbers for the same period. According to data from the county’s Planning and Development Department, 206 residential building permits were issued in Frederick County in the first two months of 2024, with 144 issued in February alone.

Henry County has a problem that most localities in Virginia have. Henry County just has it to a bigger degree. Whether Henry County can solve that problem will determine what kind of future the county has.

Places like New Kent County and Goochland County are the fastest growing parts of Virginia – exurban areas in central Virginia where population is booming. Hamilton Lombard at the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at UVA says it's a function of the real estate market.

Lunenburg County has a population problem. The number is dropping and is expected to keep falling over the next 25 years. Despite a small increase from 2020 to the present day, a new study from the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service projects that Lunenberg will see some severe losses over the next 26 years.

Baby boomers known as “halfbacks” transform southern Appalachia.

The United States population is projected to grow at a somewhat slower rate over the same time period — by 14%, according to the National Population Projections published by the Demographics Research Group at the University of Virginia Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.

The COVID-19 pandemic catalyzed a monumental shift to remote and hybrid work, decoupling jobs from traditional office locations and transforming local economies across Virginia.

A recent study by the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service studied how school enrollment trends have changed following the pandemic. Chesapeake is seeing fluctuating numbers, but they’re trending up compared to to other school divisions in the 757.