diff --git a/cmd/readmevalidation/coderResources.go b/cmd/readmevalidation/coderResources.go
index 374edbb5..76e44092 100644
--- a/cmd/readmevalidation/coderResources.go
+++ b/cmd/readmevalidation/coderResources.go
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ type coderResourceFrontmatter struct {
 
 // coderResource represents a generic concept for a Terraform resource used to
 // help create Coder workspaces. As of 2025-04-15, this encapsulates both
-// Coder Modules and Coder Templates.
+// Coder Modules and Coder Templates. If the newReadmeBody and newFrontmatter
+// fields are nil, that represents that the file has been deleted
 type coderResource struct {
 	name           string
 	filePath       string
-	readmeBody     string
+	newReadmeBody  *string
 	oldFrontmatter *coderResourceFrontmatter
 	newFrontmatter *coderResourceFrontmatter
 	oldIsVerified  bool
@@ -124,7 +125,8 @@ func validateCoderResourceVerifiedStatus(oldVerified bool, newVerified bool, act
 // Todo: once we decide on how we want the README frontmatter to be formatted
 // for the Embedded Registry work, update this function to validate that the
 // correct Terraform code snippets are included in the README and are actually
-// valid Terraform
+// valid Terraform. Might also want to validate that each header follows proper
+// hierarchy (i.e., not jumping from h1 to h3 because you think it looks nicer)
 func validateCoderResourceReadmeBody(body string) error {
 	trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(body)
 	if !strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "# ") {
@@ -133,6 +135,45 @@ func validateCoderResourceReadmeBody(body string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func validateCoderResource(resource coderResource) []error {
+func validateCoderResourceChanges(resource coderResource, actorOrgStatus github.OrgStatus) []error {
+	var problems []error
+
+	if resource.newReadmeBody != nil {
+		if err := validateCoderResourceReadmeBody(*resource.newReadmeBody); err != nil {
+			problems = append(problems, addFilePathToError(resource.filePath, err))
+		}
+	}
+
+	if resource.newFrontmatter != nil {
+		if err := validateCoderResourceDisplayName(resource.newFrontmatter.DisplayName); err != nil {
+			problems = append(problems, addFilePathToError(resource.filePath, err))
+		}
+		if err := validateCoderResourceDescription(resource.newFrontmatter.Description); err != nil {
+			problems = append(problems, addFilePathToError(resource.filePath, err))
+		}
+		if err := validateCoderResourceTags(resource.newFrontmatter.Tags); err != nil {
+			problems = append(problems, addFilePathToError(resource.filePath, err))
+		}
+		if err := validateCoderResourceVerifiedStatus(resource.oldIsVerified, resource.newIsVerified, actorOrgStatus); err != nil {
+			problems = append(problems, addFilePathToError(resource.filePath, err))
+		}
+
+		for _, err := range validateCoderResourceIconURL(resource.newFrontmatter.IconURL) {
+			problems = append(problems, addFilePathToError(resource.filePath, err))
+		}
+	}
+
+	return problems
+}
+
+func parseCoderResourceFiles(oldReadmeFiles []readme, newReadmeFiles []readme) (map[string]coderResource, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func validateCoderResourceRelativeUrls(map[string]coderResource) []error {
 	return nil
 }
+
+func aggregateCoderResourceReadmeFiles() ([]readme, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/readmevalidation/contributors.go b/cmd/readmevalidation/contributors.go
index 177340c4..782cc0c9 100644
--- a/cmd/readmevalidation/contributors.go
+++ b/cmd/readmevalidation/contributors.go
@@ -334,9 +334,7 @@ func aggregateContributorReadmeFiles() ([]readme, error) {
 	return allReadmeFiles, nil
 }
 
-func validateContributorRelativeUrls(
-	contributors map[string]contributorProfile,
-) error {
+func validateContributorRelativeUrls(contributors map[string]contributorProfile) error {
 	// This function only validates relative avatar URLs for now, but it can be
 	// beefed up to validate more in the future
 	problems := []error{}
diff --git a/cmd/readmevalidation/main.go b/cmd/readmevalidation/main.go
index d0d7ac34..28fdb503 100644
--- a/cmd/readmevalidation/main.go
+++ b/cmd/readmevalidation/main.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"os"
+	"sync"
 
 	"coder.com/coder-registry/cmd/github"
 	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
@@ -60,30 +62,64 @@ func main() {
 	log.Println("Starting README validation")
 
 	// Validate file structure of main README directory
+	log.Println("Validating directory structure of the README directory")
 	err = validateRepoStructure()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Panic(err)
 	}
 
+	// Set up concurrency for validating each category of README file
+	var readmeValidationErrors []error
+	errChan := make(chan error, 1)
+	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	go func() {
+		for err := range errChan {
+			readmeValidationErrors = append(readmeValidationErrors, err)
+		}
+	}()
+
 	// Validate contributor README files
-	allReadmeFiles, err := aggregateContributorReadmeFiles()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Panic(err)
-	}
-	log.Printf("Processing %d README files\n", len(allReadmeFiles))
-	contributors, err := parseContributorFiles(allReadmeFiles)
-	log.Printf("Processed %d README files as valid contributor profiles", len(contributors))
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Panic(err)
-	}
-	err = validateContributorRelativeUrls(contributors)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Panic(err)
-	}
-	log.Println("All relative URLs for READMEs are valid")
-	log.Printf("Processed all READMEs in the %q directory\n", rootRegistryPath)
+	wg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+
+		allReadmeFiles, err := aggregateContributorReadmeFiles()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Panic(err)
+		}
+		log.Printf("Processing %d README files\n", len(allReadmeFiles))
+		contributors, err := parseContributorFiles(allReadmeFiles)
+		log.Printf("Processed %d README files as valid contributor profiles", len(contributors))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Panic(err)
+		}
+		err = validateContributorRelativeUrls(contributors)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Panic(err)
+		}
+		log.Println("All relative URLs for READMEs are valid")
+		log.Printf("Processed all READMEs in the %q directory\n", rootRegistryPath)
+	}()
 
 	// Validate modules
+	wg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+	}()
 
 	// Validate templates
+	wg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+	}()
+
+	// Clean up and log errors
+	wg.Wait()
+	close(errChan)
+	for _, err := range readmeValidationErrors {
+		log.Println(err)
+	}
+	if len(readmeValidationErrors) != 0 {
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
 }