Open house community meetings
Former DEQ Director Bob Burnley speaks at the 2004 open house community meeting in Northern Virginia.
A guest and a DEQ staff member discuss enforcement issues at the Tidewater meeting.
Meeting Notes
Eastern Shore
Northern Virginia
Tidewater
Piedmont
South Central
Valley
West Central
Southwest
The Department of Environmental Quality hosted seven open house community meetings throughout Virginia during October and November 2004. The meetings were part of DEQ’s initiative to enhance opportunities for community involvement in environmental activities in Virginia.
These meetings strengthened DEQ’s ability to work more closely with organizations and communities around the state and gave participants opportunities to discuss environmental issues that were important to them with the DEQ staff in their area.
The target audiences for the meetings were primarily individuals and organizations who did not already have a working relationship with DEQ. The meetings were open to the public, but numerous groups such as community educators and planners, conservation organizations, neighborhood associations and others were invited to attend.
DEQ held all meetings except the one in Lynchburg at its regional offices. The dates, addresses and times were:
- October 6 – open house from 1 to 7 p.m.; community meeting and group discussion at 7 p.m.; Northern Virginia Regional Office, 13901 Crown Court, Woodbridge.
- October 13 – 6:30 p.m., Tidewater Regional Office, 5636 Southern Blvd., Virginia Beach.
- October 19 – 6:30 p.m., Piedmont Regional Office, 4949-A Cox Road, Glen Allen.
- October 20 – 6:30 p.m., Central Virginia Community College (South Central region), Merritt Hall, 3506 Wards Road, Lynchburg.
- October 27 – 6:30 p.m., Valley Regional Office, 4411 Early Road, Harrisonburg.
- November 4 – 6 p.m., West Central Regional Office, 3019 Peters Creek Road, Roanoke.
- November 9 – 6:30 p.m., Southwest Regional Office, 355 Deadmore St., Abingdon.