A proposal to expand Re-Store’N Station, a controversial gas station and convenience store in Crozet, may be facing another contentious review process after the Albemarle County Planning Commission voted Tuesday to recommend denial of a special use permit amendment. “As good stewards to the community and to our natural resources, I think it is against […]
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Plans for Downtown Crozet continue to evolve
More than a year after a public engagement process, the wheels are turning for Crozet’s Barnes Lumber property and the Downtown Crozet Initiative. “How will Crozet create an identity for itself that’s completely unique and that really makes it viable as an economic development engine for the future?” developer Frank Stoner said in a recent […]
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City Council, Planning Commission encourage form-based code for Strategic Investment Area
Planning discussions to guide development immediately south of Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall are still underway more than two years after the Strategic Investment Plan was adopted by the City Council. “We did the visioning thing two years ago, but we didn’t go in depth about zoning,” Councilor Kathy Galvin said. “It’s a whole different animal.” The […]
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Charlottesville officials hear support for bikes at Ragged Mountain
After several months of public debate over whether or not to allow bikes and dogs into the Ragged Mountain Natural Area, Charlottesville officials have developed four potential options for public use of the reservoir’s forested watershed. Approximately 80 people attended a meeting Tuesday at Trinity Presbyterian Church. “The world is exploding around us, and here […]
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Crozet community members express concerns about proposed apartment complex
Several members of the Crozet community expressed concerns at a recent meeting of the Crozet Community Advisory Council about a proposed downtown apartment complex off Blue Ridge Avenue. The initial site development plan for The Vue calls for the construction of nine two-story buildings with 14 apartments in each building — a total of 126 […]
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Charlottesville’s Tree Commission delivers annual report
Charlottesville has lost approximately 5 to 7.5 percent of its urban tree canopy in the last 10 years, according to the annual Tree Commission’s report to City Council. During his presentation Monday to Council, Tree Commission Chair Paul Josey said the group updated the Urban Tree Canopy Assessment for the city in 2015. “We found […]
