Planning district commissions:
A great source for information

There are 21 planning district commissions in Virginia. They are made up of elected officials and citizens appointed to the commission by member local governments. The commission selects an executive director responsible for managing daily operations. Commission offices are located generally in a central location for the region as determined by the commission charter. Meeting schedules vary, and meetings are open to the public. See below for a complete list of locations.

The purpose of planning district commissions is to encourage and facilitate local government cooperation and state-local cooperation in addressing regional problems of greater than local significance. The cooperation is intended to facilitate the recognition and analysis of regional opportunities and take account of regional influences in planning and implementing public policies and services.

The commissions provide technical and program services to member local governments. They include grant application assistance, management services for program implementation, land-use planning services and mapping. The merging of mapping and information services has created the field of geographic information systems. Transportation planning is another role for PDCs, which may deal with highway development, ridesharing, airport planning and specialized transit.

Virginia Planning District Commissions
918 Emmet St. North, Suite 300
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
(434) 982-5538

PDC 1 Lenowisco
6913 Duff-Patt Road
P.O. Box 366
Duffield, Virginia 24244
(276) 431-2206

PDC 2 Cumberland Plateau
950 Clydesway Road
P.O. Box 548
Lebanon, Virginia 24266
(276) 889-1778

PDC 3 Mount Rogers
1021 Terrace Drive
Marion, Virginia 24354
(276) 783-5103

PDC 4 New River Valley
6580 Valley Center Dr.
Radford, Virginia 24141
(540) 639-9313

PDC 5 Roanoke Valley-Alleghany
313 Luck Ave. Southwest
Roanoke, Virginia 24010
(540) 343-4417

PDC 6 Central Shenandoah
112 MacTanly Place
Staunton, Virginia 24401
(540) 885-5174

PDC 7 Northern Shenandoah Valley
103 E. Sixth St.
Front Royal, Virginia 22630
(540) 636-8800

PDC 8 Northern Virginia
3060 Williams Drive, Suite 510
Fairfax, Virginia 22031
(703) 642-0700

PDC 9 Rappahannock Rapidan
420 Southridge Parkway, Suite 106
Culpeper, Virginia 22701
(540) 829-7450

PDC 10 Thomas Jefferson
401 E. Water St.,
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
(434) 979-7310

PDC 11 Region 2000
915 Main St., Suite 202
Lynchburg, Virginia 24504
(434) 845-3491

PDC 12 West Piedmont
100 Madison St.
Martinsville, Virginia 24115
(276) 638-3987

PDC 13 Southside
200 South Mecklenburg Ave.
South Hill, Virginia 23970
(434) 447-7101

PDC 14 Commonwealth Regional
102 1/2 High St.
Farmville, Virginia 23901
(434) 392-6104

PDC 15 Richmond Regional
2104 W. Laburnam Ave., Suite 101
Richmond, Virginia 23227
(804) 367-6001

PDC 16 George Washington
3304 Bourbon St.
Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401
(540) 373-2890

PDC 17 Northern Neck
483 Main St.
Warsaw, Virginia 22572
(804) 333-1900

PDC 18 Middle Peninsula
125 Bowden St.
Saluda, Virginia 23149
(804) 758-2311

PDC 19 Crater
1964 Wakefield St.
Petersburg, Virginia 23805
(804) 861-1666

PDC 22 Accomack-Northhampton
23372 Front St.
Accomac, Virginia 23301
(757) 787-2936

PDC 23 Hampton Roads
723 Woodlake Drive
Chesapeake, Virginia 23320
(757) 420-8300