We are closing in on wrapping up the land use chapter and on the eve of discussing with the Board of Supervisor the 27 Land Use Applications and I thought a ‘review of the bidding’ might be helpful. The future land use modeling effort introduced in this cycle of the comp plan was intended to … [Read more…]
“Growth is not a certainty like death and taxes but in James City, it is not likely to be a passing fad, either.” Jack Edwards, Chairman James City County Board of Supervisors 1985 James City County is on a precipice; that a continuation of past zoning and land use policies will bring about a fiscal, … [Read more…]
The Governor’s recently released his final plan for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP III) designed to reduce pollutants in the Commonwealth’s river basins shows that James City County is going to meet those requirements without much difficulty. However, the Governor is asking the county to do more. That’s an important request, but … [Read more…]
After reading “Much of county spending misdirected” in Wednesday (May 3 issue of the Gazette) I questioned the accuracy of the assertion made by the author. The editorial page like the Last Word is the writer’s opinions not necessarily based on fact. Here is what I discovered while fact checking “Much of county spending misdirected” … [Read more…]
It’s Spring. The redbuds have peaked along with the daffodils, the cherry trees are in full bloom and the dogwoods are next. There is that opaque new spring green color throughout the tree tops of the poplars and birch like a transparent fine gauze where you can still see clearly the complex structure of their … [Read more…]
I took the ESRI Do-It-Yourself Geo Apps course because I wanted to see if I could build a GIS app for either an IOS or Android. The app would be downloadable from the Apple’s App Store or Googles Play Store. The idea that I had in mind was to tie the my James City County’s stormwater … [Read more…]
In Tidewater Virginia, February is the time, not January when the temperatures dip into the twenties with wind chills in the teens. It is only for a few days but it makes you wonder what it was like in James City Shire in 1634 let alone in James Town with the northeast winds driving from … [Read more…]
I am following the 2035 Strategic Plan very closely and in reading Clarion’s Foundation Report Phase 1 Setting Direction I think the Four Main Themes are about right. •Regional and Local Economic Development •Fiscal Health, Efficiency, and Sustainability •Infrastructure, Facilities, and Services •Community Character There is one additional theme Education -Public K-12 and Higher … [Read more…]
The Strategic Planning Advisory Group (SPAG) met recently to review the first draft of an Economic Opportunities Analysis that will be presented to the Board of Supervisors on 9 February. The committee consists of 17 county citizens with a diverse set of backgrounds, chartered to advise the County’s Strategic Plan initiative, a year-long effort to … [Read more…]
