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Welcome to the Toms Creek Basin Planning Study - a 12-month planning process that will develop a guiding vision for the future of this area. This study will include extensive community engagement and research analysis, conducted in partnership with planning and community development firm Development Strategies.
OurTCB Survey has concluded. Thank you for your feedback!
Join us at our upcoming Community Engagement meeting on Wednesday, October 23 from 5:30pm - 7pm at the Blacksburg Community Center.
For the latest on the project, see the News Feed below. If you would like to ask a question or submit a comment, please click the Questions & Comments box.
Welcome to the Toms Creek Basin Planning Study - a 12-month planning process that will develop a guiding vision for the future of this area. This study will include extensive community engagement and research analysis, conducted in partnership with planning and community development firm Development Strategies.
OurTCB Survey has concluded. Thank you for your feedback!
Join us at our upcoming Community Engagement meeting on Wednesday, October 23 from 5:30pm - 7pm at the Blacksburg Community Center.
For the latest on the project, see the News Feed below. If you would like to ask a question or submit a comment, please click the Questions & Comments box.
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The project team got to talk about the TCB Planning Study with the Blacksburg community at a Community Meeting on July 31 and a pop-up event at Rising Silo Brewery on August 1. Everyone learned a lot! Thanks again to the 75+ people who joined one or both events. The project team will be using the insights they gathered to build out a framework for next steps. A survey where you can provide more feedback will also be available soon!
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The Toms Creek Basin Planning Study kicked off with a tour of the Basin and included a presentation to Town Council and the Planning Commission.
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OurTCB: Development + Housing
While a central focus of the Toms Creek Basin Planning Study is how to preserve and maintain land in the Basin, some development is going to occur. The opportunity for this plan is to guide where development goes, what it looks like, and how it functions.
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OurTCB: Ecology + Environment
Tom’s Creek Basin is a beautiful and complex ecosystem that is facing a number of challenges. Through careful planning, these can be better addressed in the future. Here we share six environmental issues to be aware of that the planning team is looking at in more detail.
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OurTCB: Small Business + Experience
As you may already know, Toms Creek Basin is a key destination for locals and an important contributor in Blacksburg’s economy. As we think about sustainable ways to better support the Basin’s amenities over time, we can look at the Basin’s potential as a destination for two things: agritourism and recreation.
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OurTCB: Transfer of Development Rights
In this video, we’re going to talk about a few concepts and tools that can be used to preserve open space, including Cluster Development and Transfer of Development Rights, or TDR, which has the potential to have a profound impact on Toms Creek Basin.
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Our Process
Project Kickoff
Toms Creek Basin Planning Study has finished this stage
May 2024 - Visit 1
Understand and Analysis
Toms Creek Basin Planning Study has finished this stage
July 2024 - Visit 2
Public Meeting and Pop Ups
Scenarios
Toms Creek Basin Planning Study is currently at this stage
October 2024 - Visit 3
Public Meeting: Wednesday, October 23, 5:30pm - 7:00pm at the Blacksburg Community Center (725 Patrick Henry Drive)
Strategic Recommendations
this is an upcoming stage for Toms Creek Basin Planning Study
Final Deliverables
this is an upcoming stage for Toms Creek Basin Planning Study