The Region 2000 Local Government Council (LGC) has contracted with the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) and our area localities, to update the region’s Hazard Mitigation Plan.
The Disaster Act of 2000 requires that local governments, as a condition of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) mitigation program eligibility, develop and maintain a plan that examines natural disaster risk and impacts and establishes strategies to mitigate, or lessen, human and property impacts. The Hazard Mitigation Plan is updated every five years.
The LGC serves as the regional agency that guides the Plan development, monitors the use, and facilitates the five-year updates. The LGC has contracted with the Virginia Tech Center for Geospatial Information Technology (CGIT) to guide the pre-disaster planning effort, which will begin in earnest in June 2018. The CGIT team, in partnership with local and state emergency and facility and resource management professionals, and VDEM staff will, over the course of the approximate 18-month study, coordinate to develop a plan that will identify and rate potential hazards and establish hazard and locality-specific mitigation activities to reduce human and property impact.
Access the current Region 2000 Hazard Mitigation Plan, FEMA approved in 2012.
Contact Kelly Hitchcock at khitchcock@regoin200.org or at (434) 845-3491 to learn more about the pending Region 2000 Hazard Mitigation Plan Update.
| Amherst | Appomattox | Bedford | Campbell | Lynchburg | Region 2000 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Census | 32,354 | 15,025 | 74,929 | 54,820 | 75,532 | 252,660 |
| 2016 Population | 31,667 | 15,505 | 77,828 | 55,180 | 79,912 | 260,092 |
| 2017 Population | 31,594 | 15,681 | 77,974 | 55,010 | 80,995 | 261,254 |
| Change 2010-2017 | -2.30% | 4.40% | 4.10% | 4.10% | 7.20% | 3.40% |
| Change 2016-2017 | -0.20% | 1.10% | 0.20% | -0.30% | 1.40% | 0.45% |
