The Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission (MPPDC), one of Virginia’s 21 planning district commissions tasked with addressing region wide issues, is currently updating its Long Range Transportation Plan with the help of the Berkley Group’s Auxiliary Town Hall program. This Long Range Transportation Plan seeks to identify region wide transportation goals, assets, issues, and solutions for the coastal communities of the Middle Peninsula for the next 20 years. Comprised o

The City of Lexington hired The Berkley Group at the end of 2015 to manage the City’s Planning and Development Department. This type of planning support service is part of the Berkley Group’s Auxiliary Town Hall program and Arne was hired in the spring of 2016 to provide the daily planning staffing to the City of Lexington. Many things have been accomplished since our contract began at the end of 2015 and the following is a quick summary of the accomplishments achieved in L

Prince William County Planning Director Rebecca Horner had crossed my path years ago, when we had both joined Fairfax County's staff within a month of one another. Given her management experience as the planning director in Sarpy County, Nebraska, I wasn't surprised to see her leave Fairfax in 2014 to become Prince William County's Current Planning Manager. After a nationwide search for a new planning director in 2016, Prince William had kept the hire local and promoted Rebec