Press Releases
2025
July 31, 2025: VAPDC Names Robert Crum, Jr. Dixon Award Winner
August 12, 2025: VAPDC Honors Gary Christie with the President's Award
August 19, 2025: VAPDC Honors Emmett Hanger with Legislative Achievement Award
2024
December 10, 2024: VAPDC Honors Aaron Sizemore with the President's Award
November 18, 2024: VAPDC Names Dixon Award Co-Winner to Patricia Paige
November 4, 2024: VAPDC: Names Baker Award Winner to Dr. Tamarah Holmes
October 1, 2024: VAPDC Names Dixon Award Co-Winner to Phil North
August 28, 2024: VAPDC Names Best Practices Award Winner to New River Valley Recovery Ecosystem
August 7, 2024: VAPDC Elects Members to its Board of Directors
July 31, 2024: VAPDC Honors Frank Ruff with Legislative Achievement Award
2023
August 2, 2023: VAPDC Names the 2023 Award Winners
February 1, 2023: Virginia Housing Grants and Planning District Commissions Create New Housing Opportunities for Virginians
2022
July 26, 2022: Virginia Association of Planning District Commissions (VAPDC) Elect New President and Board of Directors
July 26, 2022: Virginia Planning District Commissions (VAPDC) Names Award Winners
February 10, 2022: Virginia Association of Planning District Commissions Honors David Bulova with 2022 Legislator of the Year Award
2020
December 23, 2020: Planning District Commissions Association Present the Robert W. Baker Achievement Award to Ben Ruppert
December 7, 2020: Planning District Commissions Association Honors Senator David Marsden with 2020 Legislator of the Year Award
November 23, 2020: Planning District Commissions Association Honors Denny Morris with President's Award
November 16, 2020: Planning District Commissions Association Names Best Practices Award Winner
2019
August 12, 2019: VAPDC Unveils New Logo
August 2, 2019: VAPDC Presents Three Awards at Summer Conference
July 30, 2019: VAPDC Announces Slate of Officers & Directors for FY20
February 7, 2019: VAPDC Presents Delegate Riley Ingram with Legislator of the Year Award for 2019
2018
August 13, 2018: Planning District Commissions Honor Kevin Byrd with President's Award
August 7, 2018: The Virginia Association of Planning District Commissions Hires First Executive Director
August 6, 2018: VAPDC Names Former Lynchburg Mayor Joan Foster as the 2018 Gordon N. Dixon Award Recipient
July 31, 2018: VAPDC Presents the Robert M. deVoursney Best Practices Award to Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Commission
July 30, 2018: Virginia's PDCs Honor Tim Ware: Robert W. Baker Achievement Award
June 13, 2018: Senator Mark Warner - the sixth annual VAPDC Legislator of the Year Award.