The appointed body that approves building designs in Charlottesville’s historic districts got a progress report Monday on the latest step in the development of a multimillion upgrade of West Main Street. “We’ve thought a lot about design but we don’t have a specific design plan yet,” said Elliot Rhodeside at a special meeting of the […]
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Albemarle eyes $8.6 million surplus for FY16
An unaudited financial report that documents Albemarle’s accounting for fiscal year 2016 shows that the county ended the year well in the black. “We anticipate that there will be at the end of 2016’s fiscal year approximately $8.6 million that would be available for one-time expenditures such as capital or other one-time uses,” said Betty […]
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Could old shopping centers accommodate new affordable housing?
This story is part of our #CvilleCurious project. You ask the questions, you vote on the questions you’re most curious about, and we answer. To ask your question, visit the CvilleCurious page. This question came from Anne Linden. As stores begin to open at the new 5th Street Station, people will be able to get […]
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Supervisors and Councilors agree to discuss regional transit authority
Albemarle and Charlottesville’s elected officials agreed Tuesday to work with a facilitator to discuss the formation of a regional transit authority. “I think going to a facilitated meeting is a great next step,” Supervisor Ann H. Mallek said at a joint meeting Tuesday of the City Council and the Board of Supervisors. The city and […]
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Albemarle seeks formal reporting process for city bus system
When elected officials from both Albemarle and Charlottesville meet Tuesday for a joint meeting, one topic will be how the two municipalities can work together to improve public transportation. City councilors and county supervisors will continue a conversation that began last week at a meeting of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization. There, county representatives asked […]
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University of Virginia purchases key properties near medical center
The University of Virginia now owns several properties on Roosevelt Brown Boulevard south of the railroad tracks that separate its hospital from the Fifeville neighborhood. The university paid $8.73 million in late August to acquire a total of 2.63 acres on seven properties on Grove Street and King Street. “The university purchased the Grove Street […]
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MPO signs off on area transportation funding requests
The Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization on Wednesday officially endorsed area applications for future transportation projects in the second round of the Virginia Department of Transportation’s new funding process. “These are the requests from both the city of Charlottesville and Albemarle that come locally,” said Chip Boyles, executive director of the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission, […]
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Blue Moon apartment complex design receives partial approval
The Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review has partially approved the design of a project to construct a six-story apartment complex behind two existing buildings on West Main Street. The BAR approved the massing and scale of the Six Hundred West Main project in February and held a preliminary discussion on the design project in July. […]
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UVa advances plans for Brandon Avenue area
A University of Virginia committee recently endorsed a master plan for Brandon Avenue that initially calls for a new 300-bed dormitory and a new student health center. “The idea is that we would develop the southern end of the site, and we would like to move forward with development of those two projects right away,” […]
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Planner describes how “form-based” zoning changed Nashville
As Albemarle County and Charlottesville consider changes to how decisions are made about land use in urban areas, the former head of Nashville’s planning department briefed local developers and officials Wednesday on his city’s transition to a “form-based” zoning code. “We think our community character planning is proactive in terms of deciding what we want,” […]
