The Capital Region Collaborative — The Capital Region Collaborative is a cooperative effort between the Richmond Regional Planning District Commission and the Greater Richmond Chamber to engage government, business, and community stakeholders in a processes of identifying, prioritizing, and implementing actions that will enhance the quality of life in the Richmond Region.

From Style Weekly:

The air was dense as some of Richmond’s big movers and shakers filed into a meeting downtown June 4 at the gunmetal gray-and-glass Richmond Times-Dispatch building.

Newspaper publisher Thomas A. Silvestri, chairman-elect of the Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce, had offered the headquarters as a meeting place for the Capital Region Collaborative, one of the many leadership groups charged with planning the area’s future. The guest speaker was Thelma Drake, a former Republican representative from Hampton Roads and who heads the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation.

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