Our Executive Manager, Kim Payne, would likely rather tell you more about his joy fishing on the James River and being identified as a “James Changer” by the James River Association (JRA) than his experience as a Naval Flight Officer, County Manager, City Manager, or International City-County Management Association Senior Advisor. Kim was recently invited to be in the new JRA advertising campaign “Be a James Changer.” Beside an image of him fishing, found in the September is

The Virginia Chapter of the American Planning Association held its 49th annual conference July 21-24 in Hampton, Virginia. The theme was “resilience” – values, places, holistic. More than 350 people attended over the three-day period, and it was an opportunity to reconnect with longtime friends and professionals and meet some new faces as well! Denise Nelson, Environmental Engineer, joined about 25 other brave souls in the 100-degree heat on Monday for the Newmarket Creek ca