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.

Improving education equality throughout the region was raised often by the focus groups

Regional Cooperation and Partnering

• Regionalize cooperation to create magnets, charter schools, vo-tech opportunities
• Partner public school systems with business and higher education to improve proficiencies

Pre-Kindergarten Childhood Development

• Support and leverage existing efforts to create significant improvement in pre-K development
• Leverage social services, faith-based community, and schools to identify and target children at risk

Focus on Disparately Weak Pockets

• Equalize educational access and performance across region
• Provide specific and immediate attention to weaker educational pockets throughout region

Prepare Students for Workforce

• Address the gap between school preparation and requirements of the workforce
• Businesses, universities and community colleges partner with schools to further develop “workforce-ready” proficiency standards