RICHMOND (June 21, 2024)—The Virginia Association of Counties (VACo) is pleased to announce the appointment of Katie Boyle as Deputy Director. Boyle joined VACo on July 1, 2016, and has been an integral part of
RICHMOND (June 21, 2024)—The Virginia Association of Counties (VACo) is pleased to announce the appointment of Katie Boyle as Deputy Director. Boyle joined VACo on July 1, 2016, and has been an integral part of
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On July 8, Governor Terry McAuliffe announced preliminary figures for the state’s FY 2016 General Fund collections. Unfortunately, while these revenues grew 1.7 percent over
Changes made by the 2016 General Assembly to Virginia’s law on proffers dominated the discussions at VACo Region 3 Meeting on July 14 in Henrico
Southampton County mulls over approval of 1,200 acres of solar panels Since August of 2015, there have been 19 applications submitted for the construction and
The Virginia World War I and World War II Commemoration Commission was created by the General Assembly to plan, develop and carry out programs and
The Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) and the World War I and World War II Commemoration Commission (the Commission) recently announced that applications are now available
Smart Scale is Virginia’s prioritization process to fund the right projects based on a data-driven and objective system Localities and regional entities such as metropolitan
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Dean Lynch became VACo’s sixth Executive Director when he succeeded Jim Campbell on July 1. Campbell had served as VACo Executive Director for the past
As county elected officials, administrators and staff, you are challenged daily to understand and act on a multitude of issues and topics. VACo Education recognizes
Transportation was the topic of the night at the Region 8 Meeting on June 22. The event was held at the Loudoun County Public Schools
After years of steady inflows, the rate for retirement contributions by public pension employees has increased and is expected to continue rising. U.S. states enacted
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