County Staff and Architects working on the new Northside Library and Storage Facility presented to the Albemarle Planning Commission Tuesday night. Their presentation included new detailed renderings of the interior floor plan and exterior views of the future building. As of Tuesday’s meeting, the project schedule aims to break ground by February 2014 and complete […]
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Commission recommends approval for West Main apartments
An apartment complex that would put more than 600 bedrooms on West Main Street has moved one step closer to becoming a reality after the Charlottesville Planning Commission recommended approval of a special-use permit last week. Georgia-based Landmark Development next needs the City Council to approve the permit to allow the project — known as […]
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One man’s bucket list wins open mic competition for TEDx
Twenty-nine community members gave their best at an open mic night on Monday to earn a chance to perform at the upcoming TEDx Charlottesville event. The two-minute talks had titles ranging from “What is Magic?” to “Innovations in Housing for Seniors” and “Autism and Love.” There are already 15 speakers confirmed for the main TEDx […]
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Local campaigns garner support from political parties, business PAC
With Election Day just over six weeks away, donations continue to roll in for candidates for the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors and the Charlottesville City Council. The Virginia Public Access Project on Friday released campaign finance data that shows nearly all candidates raising more money in July and August than in previous periods. […]
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Audio of Sr. Statesmen City Council candidate forum
Last week the Senior Statesmen of Virginia hosted a candidate forum at the Senior Center for the four candidates seeking election to two seats on the Charlottesville City Council. The Daily Progress story about this forum can be found here and in this post Charlottesville Tomorrow is sharing the audio recording. TIMELINE FOR PODCAST 00:00:50–Welcome […]
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Residents give city council feedback on stormwater, transit
More than 50 residents came to Jackson-Via Elementary School last week for the latest town hall meeting with the Charlottesville City Council. Fry’s Spring and Johnson Village residents took the opportunity to share their concerns, as well as acknowledge some of the successes they have seen in their neighborhood. Cindy Gibson and Marga Bushara came […]
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Seeing Growth at the seventh annual Heritage Harvest Festival
Over four thousand attendees made their way to Monticello on Saturday to experience the Heritage Harvest Festival. This is threefold the number of attendees at the first Heritage Harvest Festival seven years ago. Ira Wallace of the Southern Exposure Seed Exchange had the idea for the Heritage Harvest Festival seven years ago. She set up […]
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Orion Marine pulls out of South Fork Rivanna Reservoir dredging project
The South Fork Rivanna Reservoir dredging project has hit another roadblock after the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority learned recently that the Orion Marine Group will not submit a proposal for the project. At Tuesday’s RWSA board meeting, executive director Thomas L. Frederick, Jr. called the news “disappointing.” “[Orion] concluded that they cannot find land […]
