Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
This is a list of lists of councils of government in the ... Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut ... Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments; Virginia ...
The County Councils Network is a special interest group within the Local Government Association. Its 36 members are all 23 English county councils and 13 unitary authority councils. [ 1 ] The network is the national voice for counties, and has released a significant report containing ambitious policy proposals on behalf of county councils and ...
Virginia counties and cities by year of establishment. The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes, totaling 133 second-level subdivisions. In Virginia, cities are co-equal levels of government to counties, but towns are part of counties.
Though voluntary non-profit regional organizations had existed for several decades before, [2] CoGs in their modern form began in 1947, with the Atlanta Regional Metropolitan Planning Commission, [11] followed by the Northern Virginia Regional Planning Commission in December of the same year. [12]
In recent years, Virginia has tried to encourage regional cooperation among localities. Special favorable funding for regional jails has been one area were incentives have encouraged such efforts. However, Virginia's annexation laws and past experiences have long been felt by many leaders to be a barrier to regional cooperation among localities.
The council was formed in 1972, following the merger of the former Piedmont and Blue Ridge councils into one consolidated council serving 21 counties. [3] The Piedmont Council's headquarters had been in Lynchburg, Virginia, and after the merger the Blue Ridge Council's headquarters in Roanoke, Virginia, became the merged council's headquarters for its 13,562 members.
Tidewater Council is a local council of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). It serves the region of southeastern Virginia and north-eastern North Carolina . This region is often referred to as South Hampton Roads or the Tidewater or Tidewater Virginia area; hence the name of the council.
The National Capital Area Council (NCAC) is a local council of the Boy Scouts of America within the Northeast Region that serves the Washington metropolitan area, including Washington, D.C., portions of Maryland and Virginia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. [1] The council offers extensive training, and administrative support to units. [7]