Buildings & Businesses
Vacant and underused properties, façade improvements, and local business and market conditions.
Town of Kilmarnock · Virginia
Business District
Revitalization
Exploring practical ways to strengthen two blocks of downtown Kilmarnock and the places, businesses, and connections that make them matter.
About the project
A focused look at
downtown’s future.
The Town of Kilmarnock, the Northern Neck Planning District Commission (NNPDC), and their consulting team are exploring practical ways to improve and revitalize the two-block area bounded by South Main Street, West Church Street, School Street, and Irvington Road.
The project focuses on vacant and underused properties, local business and market conditions, wayfinding, public spaces and infrastructure, façade improvements, and zoning barriers.
A separate but related Virginia Housing-funded effort is exploring the potential for mixed-use housing on selected properties.
Project Scope This process does not acquire property, change zoning, require private action, or guarantee construction funding. Future actions would require their own processes and appropriate approvals.
What we’re exploring
Places & Connections
Wayfinding, public spaces, and the infrastructure that supports the downtown district.
Barriers & Possibilities
Zoning barriers to revitalization, alongside the related exploration of mixed-use housing.
The study area
Explore the Downtown Study Area
The study area includes the two downtown blocks bounded by South Main Street, West Church Street, School Street, and Irvington Road.
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Project support
Planning for practical next steps.
The Town received a $75,000 grant from the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD). Virginia Housing provided an additional $20,000 through NNPDC for the related housing work. These funds support planning and analysis, not guaranteed construction.
Questions about the project?
Marshall A. Sebra
Planning & Zoning Director
Town of Kilmarnock
Your perspective matters
Help inform the work.
Tell us what this effort should protect, what could improve, and where you see assets, opportunities, or challenges in and around the study area.
Take The Project Survey
Opens the survey on EPR’s website.
Responses will be summarized by theme to plan meeting activities, identify questions for research, and guide later analysis. Individual comments will not be attributed in meeting materials unless permission is given.