Richmond city ran the third-largest housing deficit in Virginia
Richmond city ran the third-largest housing deficit in Virginia, with 14 years of under-permitting creating a 6,891-unit shortage that priced out the workforce the city depends on.
Half of Virginia’s growing jurisdictions fail a basic housing supply test
Half of Virginia’s growing jurisdictions are failing the basic housing supply test — permitting fewer homes than household growth requires. The gap is structural, measurable, and fixable.
Who Pays for Virginia’s Power? Electricity Costs, Data Centers, and the Fight Over the Grid
Part 2 of the Virginia Economic Intelligence Series. Housing costs tell one side of the story. Electricity is the other. The average Virginia household is projected to spend $2,059 on power in 2025, climbing to $2,253 by 2030.
Virginia Housing: Where We Are, What’s Changing, and What Comes Next
Virginia housing affordability did not become a problem overnight. It was built over a decade of rising construction costs, lagging production, wage growth that could not keep pace with prices, and zoning frameworks never designed for today’s demand pressures.
The Economic Development Model Is Broken
Over the past four years, I have worked with EDOs across the U.S., Canada, and Europe on multi-generational decisions. The data they need exists, but the intelligence they need is buried — and the firms they pay six figures to surface it are taking 5 to 11 months to deliver.
Why Economic Development Offices Need Better Market Intelligence
A national survey found that 64% of economic development offices (EDOs) struggle to access reliable data even as economic growth remains every mayor’s top priority. Most still lack the analytical infrastructure to align decisions with fiscal and market realities.
