Author Archives: Sean Tubbs

The Charlottesville Planning Commission has concluded a third phase of community meetings intended to shape the city’s key visioning document. “Every five years it is a mandate that we update the Comprehensive Plan,” said Lisa Green, chairwoman of the commission. The Comprehensive Plan was last updated in 2013 after a process in which the city […]

The body of elected officials that makes transportation-related decisions in the region has endorsed several projects for the next round of funding from the Virginia Department of Transportation. “The initial [deadline] to apply is June 1 and the details for a lot of these projects will be ironed out prior to the application deadline of […]

A crossing guard soon could be helping pedestrian and vehicle traffic at the intersection of Avon Street Extended and the Southern Parkway thanks to work conducted by a seventh-grade student at the Peabody School. “I initially wanted to have a traffic light because I live right across the street from here yet it is impossible […]

The new administrator of Albemarle’s only town has briefed the county’s economic development authority on the potential that Scottsville has to offer to the greater community’s future. “We are 1.5 square miles on the southern edge of Albemarle County on the James River with a population of about 600 and growing slightly,” said Matt Lawless […]

The Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review has approved plans for a five-story office building that would replace the Tarleton Oak service station on East High Street. “I think there is something really impressive about what you are proposing here,” said BAR member Stephen Balut. “The best thing is that it is a very underutilized intersection […]

Acting in its capacity as the Entrance Corridor Review Board, the Charlottesville Planning Commission has denied a certificate of appropriateness for a three-story medical office building at the corner of East High Street and 10th Street NE. “I think it goes against every single thing that we’ve been talking about in the design of what […]

The Charlottesville Planning Commission wants to see more details before taking a vote on a rezoning that would allow for a third multifamily apartment building on Carlton Avenue. “I look at the site plan and I see a scattering of four buildings that are surrounded by parking, driveways and parking,” said Commissioner Jody Lahendro at […]

A group seeking to build a botanical garden in Charlottesville’s McIntire Park has hired a Boston firm and a local company to create its design. “Most great cities do have a garden,” said Linda Seaman, chairwoman of the nonprofit McIntire Botanical Garden. “A green space for people of all ages to come and relax and […]

As Albemarle County updates the Pantops Master Plan, the group charged with overseeing that work was briefed Monday on new homes that have been proposed for the growth area. “We have two new developments moving in that are in the process of going through approvals through the county,” said Cal Morris, chairman of the Pantops […]

The Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority will consider tonight a request for qualifications for a development firm to work as a partner in the first phase of a redevelopment plan that has been in the planning stages for many years. “The Charlottesville community demands that these efforts be successful and recognizes the only way to […]