CF Cultural Facilities

Publicly or privately held facilities which promote either the arts, sciences, or humanities. The category, which is also related to Economic Development-Tourism (EC-T), includes:

• CF-A Cultural Facilities--Art Centers
• CF-CC Cultural Facilities--Civic/Community Centers
• CF-FG Cultural Facilities--Fairgrounds
• CF-HP Cultural Facilities--Historic Preservation
• CF-L Cultural Facilities--Libraries
• CF-M Cultural Facilities--Museums
• CF-MV Cultural Facilities--Music Venues
• CF-PHS Cultural Facilities--Parks--Heritage Sites
• CF-SC Cultural Facilities--Science Centers
• CF-TH Cultural Facilities--Theatres

EC Economic Development

Includes public, quasi-public, and private initiatives to promote economic development in Montgomery County. In addition, the category covers areas where rapid development or alternative development have created problems in other areas (business expansion vs. sprawl vs. traffic congestion). In some cases, as with retail, the sub-category is seen as both a positive and a negative. The sub-categories include:

• EC-CC Economic Development--Chamber of Commerce
• EC-CMR Economic Development--Commerce
• EC-IP Economic Development--Industrial Parks/ Industrial Development
• EC-LS Economic Development--Loss of Business
• EC-RE Economic Development--Redevelopment
• EC-R Economic Development--Retail
• EC-T Economic Development--Tourism
• EC-T-E Economic Development--Tourism--Eco
• EC-T-H Economic Development--Tourism--Heritage+Jurisdiction/Project Code

ED Education

Includes sub-categories related to Montgomery County Public Schools, including facilities and programs.

• ED-F Education--Facilities
• ED-P Education--Planning
• ED-PR Education--Programs
• ED-SP Education--Shifting Population

G Government

Comments which were either unrelated to a specific department or program or implied an overall concern for the workings of government were included in the government category.

• G-COM Government--Communication & outreach
• G-DES Government--Specific Decision--Jurisdiction Code
• G-DUP Government--Duplication of Services
• G-GRT Government--Grants+Grant Type
• G-IJ Government--Interjurisdictional Cooperation
• G-JRI Government--Jurisdictional Integrity
• G-BK Government--Blacksburg
• G-CH Government--Christiansburg
• G-RF Government--Radford
• G-MC Government--Montgomery County
• G-PPT Government--Public Participation
• G-PF Government--Public Facilities & Services
• G-SD Government--Delivery of Services/Cost of Services/Maintenance
• G-TX Government--Taxes

H Housing

Many of the comments dealing with Housing also mentioned quality of life issues in the same comment. The housing category includes those comment dealing with housing affordability, distribution and location, and quality of life issues surrounding Manufactured Housing Parks.

• H-AF Housing--Affordable Housing (including housing for the elderly)
• H-MHP Housing--Manufactured Housing Parks

OS Open Space

The category covers issues related to the open space, environment, agriculture, forestry, and flood control, and includes farm and agricultural preservation:

• OS Open-Space (includes greenways)
• OS-AFD Open Space--Agricultural and Forestal Districts
• OS-AG Open Space--Agricultural
• OS-DV Open Space--Development
• OS-ENV Open Space--Environmental Concerns (not riparian or ridgeline)
• OS-EC Open Space--Economic Development
• OS-FC Open Space--Flood Control
• OS-F Open Space--Forestal
• OS-IJ Open Space--Interjurisdictional Cooperation
• OS-LP Open Space--Light Polution
• OS-P Open Space--Plan (includes preservation, conservation, and restoration)
• OS-P-R Open Space--Plan--Rural
• OS-RL Open Space--Ridgelines
• OS-RV Open Space--Riparian (including flood zones, watersheds, and specific streams)

P Planning

Public, quasi-public, and private planning-related projects, initiatives, and issues. The category also includes corridor planning, which while related to transportation planning, extends beyond the boundaries of a specific VDoT right-or-way. Sub-categories include:

• P-BA Plan--Boundary Line Adjustments/Annexation
• P-BUS Plan--Commercial/ Business (not including Industrial)
• P-COM Plan--Communications & Outreach
• P-COR# Plan--Corridor +Route #
• P-CP Plan--Comprehensive Plan+Jurisdiction Code or Project Code
• P-DMP Plan--Decisions/Process
• P-DEC Plan--Specific Decisions+ Jurisdiction Code
• P-DV Plan--Development
• P-GR Plan--Growth
• P-IF Plan--Infrastructure
• P-IN Plan--Industrial
• P-IJ Plan--Interjurisdictional Cooperation (Includes joint meetings)
• P-LU Plan--Land use
• P-MPO Plan--Metropolitan Planning Organization
• P-PC Plan--Planning Commission
• P-SP Plan--Sprawl (+location) (includes suburbanization)
• P-SZ Plan--Spot Zoning
• P-TE Plan--Town Edges
• P-TWR Plan--Tower Agreement
• P-T Plan--Transportation
• P-U Plan--Utilities
• P-ZN Plan--Zoning Ordinance

R Recreation

Public, quasi-public, and private recreational facilities and initiatives. Recreation, here, is defined in traditional terms (sites which promote physical activity, including individual and team sports). While the heritage parks are part of the county’s recreation system, they have been included in the cultural facilities category because they are more closely related to museums and historic preservation than to traditionally drawn parks. The sub-categories include:

• R-BWT Recreation--Trails/Bike/Walkways+Facility Code
• R-IJ Recreation--Interjurisdictional Cooperation
• R-P Recreation--Planning
• R-PK Recreation--Parks+Facility Code
• R-RG Recreation--Regional
• R-SU Recreation--Special Use Facilities (skateboard)
• R-WP Recreation--Water Parks/Pools/River Parks

S Safety

Public, quasi-public, and private facilities or authorities which fulfill a health or safety related function. Includes:

• S-AC Safety--Animal Control
• S-FR Safety--Fire & Rescue
• S-H Safety--Hospitals/Medical Centers
• S-J Safety--Jail
• S-LE Safety--Law Enforcement
• S-RJ Safety--Regional Jail

T Transportation

Public and private transportation programs, facilities, and infrastructure. Transportation related issues which involve a greater scope than a specific program, facility, or system (Blacksburg Transit, Rt. 460, or roads) or are adjacent to a specific route (e.g. 3A corridor) are sub-categorized under Planning.

• T-ALT Transportation--Alternative (includes public, intermodal, and rail)
• T-AP Transportation--Airport
• T-C Transportation--Conditions(traffic/traffic congestion)
• T-MT Transportation--Maintenance
• T-RG Transportation--Regional
• T-RD Transportation--Roads
• T-3A Transportation--Route 3A
• T-8 Transportation--Route 8
• T-11 Transportation--Route 11
• T-114 Transportation--Route 114
• T-177 Transportation--Route 177
• T-460 Transportation--Route 460
• T-SR Transportation--Secondary Roads
• T-SM Transportation--Smart Road

U Utilities

Public, quasi-public, and private facilities or authorities which oversee or distribute water, sewer, solid waste collection & disposal or power services.The category also includes utility related issues, including cooperative agreements, distribution, project development, and issues surrounding groundwater, wells, and private septic systems. Water, cooperative agreements ; Sewer, cooperative agreements:

• U-AV Utilities--Availability/ Provision/ Cost/ Maintenance
• U-E Utilities--Electricity
• U-EH Utilities--Environmental Health
• U-G Utilities--Gas
• U-LND Utilities--Landfill (includes Trash Collection and Solid Waste Authority)
• U-LU Utilities--Land Use
• U-PSA Utilities--Public Service Authority
• U-SAA Utilities--Service Area Agreements
• U-WSA Utilities--Water/Sewer and Water/Sewer Service Authority