Convergence of Priorities

This past year, the dozens of area congregations and thousands of area residents involved in IMPACT spent a lot of time studying local needs, and eventually chose their top two priorities for community action: expanding affordable housing and improving public transportation.

At tomorrow night's City Council meeting, we will be receiving a major new report from the Charlottesville/Albemarle Commission on Children and Families. The product of an extensive, year-long study of local needs, this report (which is Part Two of CCF's Human Services Strategic Plan for our region) concludes that the top two priorities for community action are: expanding affordable housing and improving public transportation.

I think these groups are trying to tell us something, but I just...can't...figure...out...what...it...is. :-)