125th Certified Planning Commissioners Program (VIRTUAL: April 29 - June 17)

The  ​​Virginia ​​Certified ​​Planning ​​Commissioners’ ​​Program ​​(CPC)  ​​​​is ​​designed ​​to ​​provide ​​the ​​legal ​​and ​​technical  ​​background ​​needed ​​by ​​citizen-planners ​​and ​​decision ​​makers.  ​​The ​program ​covers ​the ​"what" ​and ​"why" ​of ​planning ​in  ​Virginia ​in ​addition ​to ​reviewing ​the ​principals ​that ​guide  ​the ​community ​planning ​process.
Program ​participants ​will ​also  ​learn ​how ​to ​handle ​and ​respond ​to ​the ​range ​of ​issues ​that  ​come ​before ​a ​local ​planning ​commission and will engage in  role-play and scenarios to put what they have learned to work.

The CPC class consists of three parts:

Opening Session:

• April 29, 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM and
• April 30, 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM

At-home Study: August 15 - October 28

Closing Session:

• June 16, 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM and
• June 17, 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM

Students at the Opening and Closing sessions will hear from planning experts,  practitioners, and educators about the fundamentals of land use, zoning,  and planning. Participants will obtain/purchase textbooks for the at-home study portion, which includes a series of simple assignments to guide students through the texts. We anticipate the course will require a time commitment of two to three hours each week.

PLEASE NOTE: The opening and closing sessions for this program will be conducted virtually. Since we try to make the program as interactive as possible, every participant must use their own device to join. Attendance via Zoom is required as the sessions are not recorded.