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Register for the 2025 Housing Symposium on Oct 6 w/24 speakers shaping housing’s future!
Co-hosts: @novaregion.bsky.social + GMU's Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship
Agenda highlights: Middle-income workforce housing, land use reform, economic vitality & more
More: novaregion.org/1479/Events
Co-hosts: @novaregion.bsky.social + GMU's Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship
Agenda highlights: Middle-income workforce housing, land use reform, economic vitality & more
More: novaregion.org/1479/Events
September 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Register for the 2025 Housing Symposium on Oct 6 w/24 speakers shaping housing’s future!
Co-hosts: @novaregion.bsky.social + GMU's Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship
Agenda highlights: Middle-income workforce housing, land use reform, economic vitality & more
More: novaregion.org/1479/Events
Co-hosts: @novaregion.bsky.social + GMU's Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship
Agenda highlights: Middle-income workforce housing, land use reform, economic vitality & more
More: novaregion.org/1479/Events
🏠 Can middle-income families still afford to live in Northern Virginia? Let’s find out — together at the 2025 Housing Symposium on Oct. 6 at GMU.
👉 Click the link to register and view the agenda.
#2025HousingSymposium #HousingSolutions #NOVAhousing #WorkforceHousing #AffordableHousing
👉 Click the link to register and view the agenda.
#2025HousingSymposium #HousingSolutions #NOVAhousing #WorkforceHousing #AffordableHousing
September 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
🏠 Can middle-income families still afford to live in Northern Virginia? Let’s find out — together at the 2025 Housing Symposium on Oct. 6 at GMU.
👉 Click the link to register and view the agenda.
#2025HousingSymposium #HousingSolutions #NOVAhousing #WorkforceHousing #AffordableHousing
👉 Click the link to register and view the agenda.
#2025HousingSymposium #HousingSolutions #NOVAhousing #WorkforceHousing #AffordableHousing
Pleased to present our update for September. A little early to accommodate for the Labor Day holiday. new.express.adobe.com/webpage/xadM...
September 2025 Update
A story told with Adobe Express
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August 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Pleased to present our update for September. A little early to accommodate for the Labor Day holiday. new.express.adobe.com/webpage/xadM...
Data dashboard updated to reflect new unemployment data for July. No change in rate - 3.6%. It is ⏫ .8% from last July. www.novaregiondashboard.com/workforce
Economics Workforce Overall | Northern Virginia Regional Commission
Northern Virginia income, economically disadvantage populations, workforce, and more demographics, data and graphs by region and county. Analyzed by the Northern Virginia Regional Commission (NVRC).
www.novaregiondashboard.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Data dashboard updated to reflect new unemployment data for July. No change in rate - 3.6%. It is ⏫ .8% from last July. www.novaregiondashboard.com/workforce
Busy week in the office at the Northern Virginia Regional Commission. Was honored to have @repvindman.bsky.social join us at our Community/Military Partnership meeting. Appreciate his active support of our military, veterans and military spouses.
August 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Busy week in the office at the Northern Virginia Regional Commission. Was honored to have @repvindman.bsky.social join us at our Community/Military Partnership meeting. Appreciate his active support of our military, veterans and military spouses.
NVRC is proud of its 20 years of working with the military, veterans and military spouses in our community. Pleased to share a summary of that work. open.substack.com/pub/novaregi...
Celebrating 20+ Years of Working with Our Military Partners
Working to Ensure Military Readiness in the Region | Military and Community Working Together
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August 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
NVRC is proud of its 20 years of working with the military, veterans and military spouses in our community. Pleased to share a summary of that work. open.substack.com/pub/novaregi...
Save the date as we work with our colleagues at George Mason University in co-hosting a symposium on #affordablehousing. More info on our web site. novaregion.org/1479/Events
August 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Save the date as we work with our colleagues at George Mason University in co-hosting a symposium on #affordablehousing. More info on our web site. novaregion.org/1479/Events
Great job by our team in compiling our 2025 Clean Water Partners report as part of our Only Rain campaign to help protect our drinking water supply. open.substack.com/pub/novaregi...
Northern Virginia Clean Water Partners’ 2025 Annual Campaign Results
Polluted stormwater runoff is the number one cause of poor water quality in Northern Virginia's waterways.
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August 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Great job by our team in compiling our 2025 Clean Water Partners report as part of our Only Rain campaign to help protect our drinking water supply. open.substack.com/pub/novaregi...
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No filters on our storm drains. What goes down reaches our streams and the Chesapeake Watershed. Please be careful.
August 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
No filters on our storm drains. What goes down reaches our streams and the Chesapeake Watershed. Please be careful.
NVRC appoints a new Executive Director upon the retirement of its current Executive Director. novaregion.org/CivicAlerts....
NVRC Announces Appointment of Craig Fifer as Executive Director
The Northern Virginia Regional Commission (NVRC) has unanimously appointed Craig T. Fifer as its next Executive Director, at a special meeting on Aug. 12. Fifer will succeed Robert W. Lazaro Jr., who ...
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August 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
NVRC appoints a new Executive Director upon the retirement of its current Executive Director. novaregion.org/CivicAlerts....
We ❤️ this project - utilizing fresh water mussels to improve water quality. Great job by of our team coordinating with our local government partner Prince William County and others. open.substack.com/pub/novaregi...
August 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
We ❤️ this project - utilizing fresh water mussels to improve water quality. Great job by of our team coordinating with our local government partner Prince William County and others. open.substack.com/pub/novaregi...
Unemployment data for NoVA is out.
June unemployment rate is 3.6% ⬆️ from 3.3% in May.
Unemployment rate is .9% ⬆️ from June 2024
Data on our dashboard. www.novaregiondashboard.com/workforce
June unemployment rate is 3.6% ⬆️ from 3.3% in May.
Unemployment rate is .9% ⬆️ from June 2024
Data on our dashboard. www.novaregiondashboard.com/workforce
August 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Unemployment data for NoVA is out.
June unemployment rate is 3.6% ⬆️ from 3.3% in May.
Unemployment rate is .9% ⬆️ from June 2024
Data on our dashboard. www.novaregiondashboard.com/workforce
June unemployment rate is 3.6% ⬆️ from 3.3% in May.
Unemployment rate is .9% ⬆️ from June 2024
Data on our dashboard. www.novaregiondashboard.com/workforce
NVRC pleased to co-host webinar on #Trails Maintenance Funding 101. Thankful to Virginia DCR, the Sunflower Foundation and All Trails for sharing best practices, etc. open.substack.com/pub/novaregi...
Trail Care Academy: Trail Maintenance Funding 101
NVRC and Fina Trails held a webinar (July 29) to share funding opportunities for trail maintenance and improvement projects across Northern Virginia.
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July 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
NVRC pleased to co-host webinar on #Trails Maintenance Funding 101. Thankful to Virginia DCR, the Sunflower Foundation and All Trails for sharing best practices, etc. open.substack.com/pub/novaregi...
Great job by our team presenting at the #Resilient Virginia conference sharing their expertise on how to build a #floodsmartNoVA. novaregion.substack.com/p/nvrc-staff...
NVRC Staff Presents at Resilient Virginia Conference
NVRC staff were pleased to present on the Northern Virginia Flood Education and Outreach Framework at the Resilient Virginia conference on July 23rd.
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July 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Great job by our team presenting at the #Resilient Virginia conference sharing their expertise on how to build a #floodsmartNoVA. novaregion.substack.com/p/nvrc-staff...
Virginia sales tax free weekend begins 8/1 on school supplies, clothing, footwear, #hurricane & emergency preparedness products and ENERGY STAR & #Watersense products. Details: www.tax.virginia.gov/virginia-sal...
Virginia Sales Tax Holiday | Virginia Tax
Virginia's 3-Day Sales Tax Holiday | August 1-3, 2025 When is it? August 1-3, 2025. The 3-day sales tax holiday starts the first Friday in August at 12:01 am and ends the following Sunday at 11:59 p...
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July 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Virginia sales tax free weekend begins 8/1 on school supplies, clothing, footwear, #hurricane & emergency preparedness products and ENERGY STAR & #Watersense products. Details: www.tax.virginia.gov/virginia-sal...
We are pleased to offer our second free Trail Care Academy webinar on Trail Maintenance Funding 101. Details with registration link. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Trail Maintenance Funding 101. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Please join the Northern Virginia Regional Commission (NVRC) and Fina Trails on July 29th for an informative and interactive webinar focused on funding opportunities for trail maintenance and improvem...
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July 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We are pleased to offer our second free Trail Care Academy webinar on Trail Maintenance Funding 101. Details with registration link. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Good to see #NOAA moving forward to complete the work on this critical project. Important to both the public and private sector. www.cnn.com/2025/07/18/w...
Trump admin to proceed with groundbreaking flash flood risk database, reversing course after media reports | CNN
The Trump administration has changed course and is moving ahead with work to develop a new database that would provide Americans with precise estimates of their flash flood risk in a warming world.
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July 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Good to see #NOAA moving forward to complete the work on this critical project. Important to both the public and private sector. www.cnn.com/2025/07/18/w...
Our #solar campaign has been extended by one-month. Great work by @LEAP_VA to arrange for an extension. Remember Investment Tax Credit ends this year. open.substack.com/pub/novaregi...
Solarize NoVA Deadline Extended One Month
Highlighting the Urgency for Solar Installations Before Federal Incentives Expire
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July 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Our #solar campaign has been extended by one-month. Great work by @LEAP_VA to arrange for an extension. Remember Investment Tax Credit ends this year. open.substack.com/pub/novaregi...
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🎉 Congrats to @novaregion.bsky.social —now the first regional gov in the U.S. (and the South!) to earn SolSmart Platinum!
We love seeing solar leadership like this in the CHESSA region, making clean energy more accessible for all. 🌞👏
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#CleanEnergy
We love seeing solar leadership like this in the CHESSA region, making clean energy more accessible for all. 🌞👏
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#CleanEnergy
From 51 systems to 12,000: How Northern Virginia became a solar-ready region
The Northern Virginia Regional Commission has earned the nation’s first regional SolSmart Platinum designation for solar-ready communities.
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June 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🎉 Congrats to @novaregion.bsky.social —now the first regional gov in the U.S. (and the South!) to earn SolSmart Platinum!
We love seeing solar leadership like this in the CHESSA region, making clean energy more accessible for all. 🌞👏
🔗 More from Solar Builder buff.ly/WXsdOjj
#CleanEnergy
We love seeing solar leadership like this in the CHESSA region, making clean energy more accessible for all. 🌞👏
🔗 More from Solar Builder buff.ly/WXsdOjj
#CleanEnergy
Tuesday is the last day of our #solar campaign. 2025 is also last year to receive #investmenttaxcredit for solar as it was eliminated by Congress after this year. Sign up for free at www.solarizenova.org.
July 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Tuesday is the last day of our #solar campaign. 2025 is also last year to receive #investmenttaxcredit for solar as it was eliminated by Congress after this year. Sign up for free at www.solarizenova.org.
Our Senior Regional Demographer has updated our data dashboard with the latest unemployment data.
- Unemployment rate ⬆️ to 3.3% - up .9% from May 2024
- Number of unemployed persons ⬆️ 34.6% as compared to May 2024
This and other data can be found here: www.novaregiondashboard.com/workforce
- Unemployment rate ⬆️ to 3.3% - up .9% from May 2024
- Number of unemployed persons ⬆️ 34.6% as compared to May 2024
This and other data can be found here: www.novaregiondashboard.com/workforce
July 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Our Senior Regional Demographer has updated our data dashboard with the latest unemployment data.
- Unemployment rate ⬆️ to 3.3% - up .9% from May 2024
- Number of unemployed persons ⬆️ 34.6% as compared to May 2024
This and other data can be found here: www.novaregiondashboard.com/workforce
- Unemployment rate ⬆️ to 3.3% - up .9% from May 2024
- Number of unemployed persons ⬆️ 34.6% as compared to May 2024
This and other data can be found here: www.novaregiondashboard.com/workforce
Great job by our team in securing two flood related grants from Virginia DCR We appreciate the partnership with the agency. open.substack.com/pub/novaregi...
NVRC Wins Two Flood Related Grants from Virginia DCR
The Northern Virginia Regional Commission (NVRC) has been awarded $90,000 from the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation to implement a regional flood awareness and outreach campaign.
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July 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Great job by our team in securing two flood related grants from Virginia DCR We appreciate the partnership with the agency. open.substack.com/pub/novaregi...
Pleased to report our regional #stormwater education program now has a presence on LinkedIn. Help us protect our streams, rivers and ultimately our drinking water supply. Follow us at www.linkedin.com/company/only...
Only Rain | LinkedIn
Only Rain | 4 followers on LinkedIn. Let's work together to keep Northern Virginians healthy and safe by reducing pollution's reach to local waterways. | Stormwater runoff is the number one ca...
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July 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Pleased to report our regional #stormwater education program now has a presence on LinkedIn. Help us protect our streams, rivers and ultimately our drinking water supply. Follow us at www.linkedin.com/company/only...
NVRC Offices will be closed tomorrow in observance of Independence Day - Have a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend 🎇 - Happy Birthday America!
July 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
NVRC Offices will be closed tomorrow in observance of Independence Day - Have a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend 🎇 - Happy Birthday America!
Proud of the work of our team examining expansion opportunities for the #Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail in #Loudoun County. We are #BetterTogether. @loudouncounty.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Proud of the work of our team examining expansion opportunities for the #Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail in #Loudoun County. We are #BetterTogether. @loudouncounty.bsky.social