Chesapeake, VA -Dwight Farmer, Executive Director of the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission and Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization officially announced his retirement at today's quarterly meetings of both organizations.

Mr. Farmer has served in the capacity of Executive Director for both organizations for almost six years and has been a public servant for 43 years, 35 of that with the HRPDC/HRTPO.  His retirement is effective June 30, 2014.  

About the HRPDC:

The HRPDC is one of 21 Planning District Commissions in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It serves as a resource of technical expertise to its member local governments and provides assistance on local and regional issues pertaining to Economics, Physical and Environmental Planning, Transportation and Homeland Security. The HRPDC is a 45-member commission that represents over 1.6 million people in the 16 localities of Hampton Roads, Virginia. Membership is based upon jurisdiction population with at least two representatives from each jurisdiction. The jurisdictions include the cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach and Williamsburg, and the counties of Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Southampton, Surry, and York.