The Missing Middle Expanded Housing Opportunities is the elimiantion of single family zoning in established, suburban neighborhoods allowing for duplex through sixplex apartments next door. - Virginia Beach Council of Civic Organizations

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Conversations with the City

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – September 9, 2024 – The Virginia Beach Council of Civic Organizations (VBCCO) is excited to announce the launch of a groundbreaking new initiative, “Conversations with the City”. This program aims to foster open, proactive dialogue between the VBCCO, its member Civic Organizations, and key city entities, including the Virginia Beach City Council, the Virginia Beach Planning Commission, the City Manager and Deputy City Managers, and the Virginia Beach Planning Department.

“Conversations with the City” will focus primarily on land-use issues, a vital aspect of the city's future development. The goal of the initiative is to address potentially contentious issues early in the planning process, allowing for greater collaboration and mutual understanding between city leaders and the communities they serve.

"Land-use decisions have a profound impact on our neighborhoods," said Rick Boyles, VBCCO President. "This initiative will give our member Civic Organizations a platform to engage with city officials in a more structured and meaningful way. By working together earlier in the process, we can ensure that the voices of residents are heard and that decisions reflect the best interests of both the community and the city."

The VBCCO believes that “Conversations with the City” will strengthen relationships between community stakeholders and city leaders, helping to create solutions that are beneficial to all. Through this initiative, regular forums will be held to discuss ongoing and future land-use developments. Civic leaders will have an opportunity to voice their concerns and ideas, and city officials will provide insights into their plans and policies.

“Conversations with the City” is set to begin in September 2024 with the first public forum scheduled for September 23, 2024 at the Mayoral Forum. (https://vbcco.org/events) The VBCCO encourages all member Civic Organizations and residents to participate, ensuring that this important dialogue reflects the diverse needs of our community.

For more information about “Conversations with the City” or to get involved, please visit www.vbcco.org or contact us at president@vbcco.org.

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Roanoke City Council Sued By Citizens - Twice

The Roanoke City Council has found out that the elimination of single family zoning in established, suburban neighborhoods is a good way to get sued. After passing new laws that allow for duplexes and other multi-family housing to be built in single family zoned neighborhoods, citizens had enough and sued the Roanoke City Council, twice.

The message: Do not try your new housing ideas on established, suburban neighborhoods.

https://roanoke.com/news/local/government-politics/roanoke-city-council-faces-second-zoning-related-lawsuit/article_25d89e96-5a77-11ef-afa2-a756683940d8.html

https://www.roanokerambler.com/roanoke-homeowners-sue-city-over-zoning-reforms-that-end-single-family-only-housing-neighborhoods/

https://www.roanokerambler.com/roanoke-to-repeal-replace-zoning-reforms-after-lawsuit-single-family-housing/

Conversations With The City

The "Missing Middle"
Expanded Housing Opportunities (EHO)

Some folks across the country are pushing the idea that anyone should be able to live anywhere they want, even if they cannot afford it. Enter Expanded Housing Opportunities (EHO) the latest assault on single-family zoning and established, suburban neighborhoods. On a quest to make every neighborhood a "blended" neighborhood of home types from single family through sixplexes and full multi-family apartments, there is a a push in some areas of the state to eliminate single-family zoning.

What does this mean for you? If your Council should pass an Ordinance eliminating this class of zoning, then your neighbor could sell their home to a developer who could demolish it and build an apartment complex next door to your home. While the thoughts behind such an idea are admirable, the practical application calls for this to be done only in newly developed neighborhoods where those folks buying in those neighborhoods know what they are getting into.

Trying to 'retrofit" this type of development into established, suburban neighborhoods will change the character of those neighborhoods forever, and in the process destroy the peacefulness, tranquility, and quiet enjoyment that such neighborhoods have come to enjoy. People bought into the suburban lifestyle because of the lifestyle and any attempts to alter the character of those neighborhoods and City Councils in the past have fostered the established, suburban neighborhood. The real estate taxes on these properties contribute more than 86% of the City of Virginia Beach's annual revenue, so one should be very wary of killing the goose that laid the golden egg.

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Roanoke City Council Sued By Citizens - Twice

Conversations With The City The "Missing Middle" Expanded Housing Opportunities (EHO)

Conversations With The City

The "Missing Middle"
Expanded Housing Opportunities (EHO)