The apartment building would continue to fill in the residential component of Stonefield originally envisioned with the shopping center. Up to 800 residences are allowed by the zoning.
Author Archives: Emily Hays
Emily Hays grew up in Charlottesville and graduated from Yale in 2016. She covered growth, development, and affordable living. Before writing for Charlottesville Tomorrow, she produced a podcast on education and caste in Maharashtra, India.
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The Friendship Court Garden’s final season
The Friendship Court Garden was the Urban Agriculture Collective of Charlottesville’s first and largest garden, followed by the one it runs in the South First Street public housing neighborhood. Construction is expected to start in both locations by this summer.
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Development Digest: Firm Rhodeside and Harwell chosen to solve Charlottesville housing problems
The city has chosen a consultant to oversee the long-awaited completion of its Comprehensive Plan update, housing strategy and zoning rewrite.
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New Hill drafts plan to give Black Charlottesville reasons to stay
Gloria Beard said she wants to spend more time with her children, but none of her three sons want to live in Charlottesville anymore.
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Wages and Inequality in Charlottesville + Tricontinental Acts of Solidarity
Related Article: UVa raises hourly minimum wage to $15 Wages and Inequality in Charlottesville + Tricontinental Acts of Solidarity Credit: WTJU We discuss reverberations of the University of Virginia’s announcement to raise wages for more than 800 contract workers in January. Plus, professor Anne Garland Mahler talks about the Tricontinental Solidarity Movement and why she […]
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Development Digest: Spirit Halloween haunts former Sears
When the Sears in Fashion Square mall closed this spring, another chain was preparing to reanimate the store’s empty shell.
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University contract workers get $15 minimum wage
The announcement, which the University of Virginia made Thursday morning, means that contracted employees, like floor technician Shon Parker, will get much needed raises next year.
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Development Digest: Belmont Apartments proposal submitted again
Riverbend Development has owned a 6-acre chunk of land in downtown Belmont since 2006, before many of the restaurants existed that made downtown Belmont an attraction.
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Development Digest: Housing authority submits plan to redevelop South First Street neighborhood
The site plan, which the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority submitted to the city on Wednesday, comes out of months of Sunday meetings.
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Q&A with housing consultant Anita Morrison on form-based code, gentrification and displacement
In preparation for the Charlottesville Planning Commission meeting on Tuesday, Charlottesville Tomorrow is publishing the full questions and answers from housing consultant Anita Morrison that were used for last week’s in-depth article on form-based code.
