EPR is assisting several localities in Virginia as part of a team of consultants selected by the Virginia Office of Intermodal Planning & Investment and VDOT to assist Virginia localities incorporate new Urban Development Area (UDA) legislation into their comprehensive plans and zoning and subdivision ordinances. In 2010, the Virginia Legislature adopted legislation to require high-growth cities, counties and towns to adopt Urban Development Areas as the focus of high density growth for 10 to 20 years. Parallel to the new legislation, VDOT awarded a series of grants to qualifying localities to offer consultant assistance in planning for these high growth areas. Vlad Gavrilovic, while at Renaissance Planning administered ten of these grants to cities, towns and counties throughout the Commonwealth.  Michael Callahan and Jason Espie also provided UDA assistance to these communities with Vlad, also while at Renaissance Planning. 

In 2016, an additional grant program was developed by OIPI and Vlad assisted in an additional series of locality plans under the grant program and continues to do so at EPR. His extensive experience in implementing smart growth techniques through comprehensive planning, zoning and code writing lead to his being chosen to lead or assist two dozen localities throughout the Commonwealth in adopting and implementing smart growth and traditional neighborhood

development principles under the grant program. Techniques and tools used in the project included a variety of innovative code provisions such as incentives for mixed use, traditional neighborhood design, affordable housing, transfer of development rights, multimodal transportation, access management and road connectivity.

Under this project, Vlad worked with a variety of localities in urban, suburban and rural contexts, including: the counties of Albemarle, Amherst, Bedford, Caroline, Fauquier, Montgomery and Rockingham, the cities of Norfolk and Harrisonburg and the towns of Warrenton, Vinton and Blacksburg.