Defense and Military
Facilities and Resources
Providing technical assistance and regional collaboration across our watersheds and communities
The Defense and Military program supports coordination between regional communities and nearby military installations to ensure mutual success and long-term stability. By fostering communication, planning for shared land use, and addressing infrastructure and community impacts, this work helps strengthen both military readiness and local economic vitality. Through collaboration and strategic planning, the program supports balanced growth that benefits service members, families, and the broader Crater region.
CARMA
Capital Area Regional Military Alliance of Virginia
The Crater PDC is a regional planning agency with major emphasis in the areas of transportation, economic and small business development, as well as environment issues and serving as the convener for major military-related discussions among the region’s communities.
The Crater Planning District Commission (CPDC) is a regional planning agency composed of representatives from the Counties of Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Surry, and Sussex and the Cities of Colonial Heights, Emporia, Petersburg, and Hopewell. The CPDC promotes regional cooperation, coordinates activities and policies of member localities, provides planning assistance to localities, and resolves service delivery problems involving one or more member locality. The agency is heavily involved in housing, economic development, transportation, and environmental planning, and often takes an interdisciplinary approach to addressing the region’s needs.
The CPDC also serves as host agency for the Tri-Cities Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (TCAMPO), which serves the Cities of Colonial Heights, Petersburg, and Hopewell, and surrounding portions of Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, and Prince George counties.
Military and Veteran Resources in Virginia
Fort Lee
The largest concentration of Department of Defense personnel in our district is at Fort Lee in Prince George County. An Army training installation, Fort Lee is the home of Army sustainment and the headquarters for U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command, Defense Commissary Agency and Defense Contract Management Agency.
Resources
Defense Supply Center of Richmond
The Defense Supply Center Richmond (DSCR), the home of DLA Aviation, hosts a variety of Defense Logistics Agency tenant agencies and other organizations on the 600-acre installation. Including the headquarters of the Virginia National Guard. DSCR which is located on U.S. Route 1 in Chesterfield County employs approximately 3,00 primarily civilian employees.
