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'''Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population''' ('''ASAP''') is a non-profit organization founded to take a long view about the number of people who live in the [[Charlottesville]] and [[Albemarle County]] area. The current president is [[Jack Marshall]]. The group holds monthly meetings and discussions at [[Westminster Presbyterian Church]]. Other prominent members include [[Francis Fife]], [[Rich Collins]], and [[David Shreve]].
'''Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population''' ('''ASAP''') is a non-profit organization founded to take a long view about the number of people who live in the [[Charlottesville]] and [[Albemarle County]] area. The current president is [[Jack Marshall]]. The group holds quarterly meetings and discussions at [[Westminster Presbyterian Church]]. Other prominent members include [[Francis Fife]], [[Rich Collins]], [[Cynthia Neff]] and [[David Shreve]].


ASAP was founded in 2002 <ref>{{cite-cville|title=Hard Water|url=http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=121304064644348&z_Issue_ID=1890611061543513&ShowArchiveArticle_ID=1890611061551617&Year=2002|author=|pageno=|printno=|printdate=December 20, 2002|publishdate=|accessdate=February 16, 2011}}</ref>  by a dozen local environmental activists; it now has about 362 members.<ref>Levine, Stephen. "The Future of Albemarle Farmland." Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population monthly meeting. Westminster Presbyterian Church, Charlottesville. 18 June 2009. Address.</ref>  It was founded: (a) to follow up the clearly stated but unfulfilled population goals of the 1998 [[Sustainability Accords]] and Vision of Sustainability (articulated in the report of the [[Thomas Jefferson Sustainability Council]]); (b) to help provide a “big picture” view of local growth and development that looks at community planning over the long haul; and (c) to address community population growth issues that existing local environmental and civic organizations tend to neglect.
ASAP was founded in 2002 <ref>{{cite-cville|title=Hard Water|url=http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=121304064644348&z_Issue_ID=1890611061543513&ShowArchiveArticle_ID=1890611061551617&Year=2002|author=|pageno=|printno=|printdate=December 20, 2002|publishdate=|accessdate=February 16, 2011}}</ref>  by a dozen local environmental activists; it now has about 362 members.<ref>Levine, Stephen. "The Future of Albemarle Farmland." Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population monthly meeting. Westminster Presbyterian Church, Charlottesville. 18 June 2009. Address.</ref>  It was founded: (a) to follow up the clearly stated but unfulfilled population goals of the 1998 [[Sustainability Accords]] and Vision of Sustainability (articulated in the report of the [[Thomas Jefferson Sustainability Council]]); (b) to help provide a “big picture” view of local growth and development that looks at community planning over the long haul; and (c) to address community population growth issues that existing local environmental and civic organizations tend to neglect.  A major effort of the organization is to encourage residents to estimate an optimal sustainable population size for the community, to be used as a planning tool by both the city and county.


==2009 report==
==2009 report==
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In 2009 the City of Charlottesville provided $11,000 in funding to ASAP to fund research regarding the area's optimal population. The report was delivered to [[City Council]] at their September 21 meeting<ref name=councilreport>{{minutes-citycouncil|when=September 21 2009|documentid=14863}}</ref>.
In 2009 the City of Charlottesville provided $11,000 in funding to ASAP to fund research to help estimate the community’s biological carrying capacity; at the same time Albemarle County contributed $25,000 for the studies. The first of five reports was delivered to [[City Council]] at their September 21, 2009,  meeting<ref name=councilreport>{{minutes-citycouncil|when=September 21 2009|documentid=14863}}</ref>, and to the Albermarle Board of Supervisors the following day.


==Board of Directors<ref>{{cite email|subject=RE: Current ASAP board?|from=[[Jack Marshall]]|sourceorg=[[Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population]]|to=[[Brian Wheeler]]|repositoryorg=[[Charlottesville Tomorrow]]|senddate=3 February 2011}}</ref>==
==Board of Directors<ref>{{cite email|subject=RE: Current ASAP board?|from=[[Jack Marshall]]|sourceorg=[[Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population]]|to=[[Brian Wheeler]]|repositoryorg=[[Charlottesville Tomorrow]]|senddate=3 February 2011}}</ref>==
*[[Jack Marshall]], President
*[[Jack Marshall]], President
*[[David Shreve]], Vice President
*[[Daniel Bowman]], Vice President
*[[Geoff Mattocks]], Treasurer
*[[David Shreve]], Treasurer
*[[Elizabeth Burdash]], Secretary
*[[Elizabeth Burdash]], Secretary
*[[Daniel Bowman]]
*[[Daniel Bowman]]
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*[[Francis Fife]]
*[[Francis Fife]]
*[[Stephen Levine]]
*[[Stephen Levine]]
*[[Richard Lloyd]]
*[[Geoff Mattocks]]
*[[William Lucy]]
*[[William Lucy]]
*[[Cynthia Neff]]
*[[Cynthia Neff]]

Revision as of 22:33, 8 May 2011

Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population (ASAP) is a non-profit organization founded to take a long view about the number of people who live in the Charlottesville and Albemarle County area. The current president is Jack Marshall. The group holds quarterly meetings and discussions at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Other prominent members include Francis Fife, Rich Collins, Cynthia Neff and David Shreve.

ASAP was founded in 2002 [1] by a dozen local environmental activists; it now has about 362 members.[2] It was founded: (a) to follow up the clearly stated but unfulfilled population goals of the 1998 Sustainability Accords and Vision of Sustainability (articulated in the report of the Thomas Jefferson Sustainability Council); (b) to help provide a “big picture” view of local growth and development that looks at community planning over the long haul; and (c) to address community population growth issues that existing local environmental and civic organizations tend to neglect. A major effort of the organization is to encourage residents to estimate an optimal sustainable population size for the community, to be used as a planning tool by both the city and county.

2009 report


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In 2009 the City of Charlottesville provided $11,000 in funding to ASAP to fund research to help estimate the community’s biological carrying capacity; at the same time Albemarle County contributed $25,000 for the studies. The first of five reports was delivered to City Council at their September 21, 2009, meeting[3], and to the Albermarle Board of Supervisors the following day.

Board of Directors[4]

Former board members

External links

Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population (official site)

Notes

  1. Web. Hard Water, C-VILLE Weekly, Portico Publications, retrieved February 16, 2011. Print. December 20, 2002 .
  2. Levine, Stephen. "The Future of Albemarle Farmland." Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population monthly meeting. Westminster Presbyterian Church, Charlottesville. 18 June 2009. Address.
  3. Web. Charlottesville City Council meeting minutes, .pdf, Council Chambers, City of Charlottesville, September 21 2009.
  4. E-mail. Jack Marshall, Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population. "RE: Current ASAP board?." Message to Brian Wheeler, Charlottesville Tomorrow. 3 February 2011.