Southwest VA Regional HOUSING SUMMIT

APRIL 26, 2023

Wytheville Meeting Center

Building a Brighter

Southwest Virginia

To address Southwest Virginia's current and future housing needs our communities hosted a regional housing summit in April 2023. We invited housing developers, builders, investors, bankers, local leaders, and property owners to the table to network and explore available opportunities. The intent was to focus on sites, existing buildings, and local programs to realize housing solutions in Southwest Virginia’s favorable business climate.

We heard from S. Patz and Associates about the recently completed regional housing study, Virginia Housing, VA Department of Housing and Community Development, VCDC, partners who successfully utilized programs, and from localities in the region about developable sites, existing buildings, and local housing incentives.

Event presentations can be found below.

EVENT AGENDA

8:15 - Doors Open

Breakfast and Check-in

9:00 - Welcome

9:10 - Opening Remarks: Virginia Housing

Chris Thompson, Director of Strategic Housing

9:30 - S. Patz & Associates presents Regional Housing Study

Ariel Goldring, President

10:15 - Locality: Wythe County

10:30 - Locality: Pulaski County

10:45 - Break & Networking

11:00 - Locality: Smyth County

11:15 - Locality: Town of Marion

11:30 - Company Panel

Regional Businesses Discuss Workforce Housing

12:00 - Lunch

Saving Rural Virginia: Building the Nest

Luke Allison, Aggregate Capital Consultants, Inc

1: 00 - Collaborative Housing Resources

Virginia Housing

Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD)

Vibrant Communities Drive Change (VCDC)

Mount Rogers Planning District Commission (PDC)

2:00 - Locality: Town of Wytheville

2:15 - Locality: City of Galax

2:30 - Locality: Town of Pulaski

2:45 - Break & Networking

3:00 - Affordable Housing: Lessons Learned from Collaborations

Andy Kegley, HOPE, Inc Executive Director

3:15 - Proposed Residential Incentives – Danville, VA

Susan McCulloch, Housing Development Division Director

3:30 - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Jarrod Elwell, Community Development Regional Manager

4:30 - 6:30pm – Reception at Seven Sisters Brewery

PROPERTY OWNER PORTAL

Are you a property owner interested in learning more about what options and resources might be available for developing housing? There are many ways to participate in the housing space:

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REGIONAL HOUSING STUDIES

The Mount Rogers Planning District Commission and New River Vallely Regional Commission recently completed housing studies designed to evaluate the current and potential markets for new housing within the region. Below you’ll find locality reports that assess existing conditions and identify paths forward to meet future housing needs.

Mount Rogers
Regional Housing Study

Bland
County

Pulaski
County

Smyth
County

Twin
County
Region

Wythe
County

HOUSING SUMMIT PRESENTATIONS

Localities in Southwest Virginia, resource organizations, and partners who have ustilized housing programs to complete development projects shared what they had to offer and what they've learned. Below are their presentations from the April 2023 SWVA Regional Housing Summit.

LOCALITIES

City of
Galax

Pulaski
County

Town of Pulaski

Smyth
County

Town of Marion

Wythe
County

Town of Wytheville

RESOURCES& PARTNERS

S. Patz
Housing
Analysis

Building
the Nest

Virginia Housing

Dept of Housing & Community Development

VCDC

HOPE, Inc.

Danville Solutions

REGISTRATION

SPONSORSHIP

We look forward to facilitating connections and showcasing opportunities for residential development in Southwest Virginia. In order to produce this and future housing summits, our community partners rely on the generous contributions of sponsors. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please contact register@wytheida.org by April 19 to be included in printed materials.

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