Marnie Allen, Specialist of Community Attention Foster Families, City of Charlottesville Where were you born (and raised, if different)? I was born and raised outside of Princeton NJ. When and why did you move to the Charlottesville/Albemarle area? I moved here immediately after high school graduation in 1991 to live with my grandmother. […]
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Divided council adds demolition protection to several W. Main buildings
The owners of seven buildings on West Main Street will now have to ask city officials for permission should they ever wish to demolish their structures. The Charlottesville City Council voted 3-2 earlier this month to amend the West Main architectural design control district to add a layer of review to the structures and to […]
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National parks and the dollars and sense of the government shut-down
I have discovered a silver lining to the government shut-down: national parks are getting publicity. As someone whose professional life is dedicated to helping protect Shenandoah National Park, I am heartened that the status of national parks is featured in many of the public debates on the shut-down. Americans love their national parks. Denying them […]
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Council candidates address concerns of Fry’s Spring
The four candidates running for two open seats on the Charlottesville City Council discussed policing, criminal law, and development at a wide-ranging campaign forum held Wednesday by the Fry’s Spring Neighborhood Association. One neighborhood resident asked each candidate what their vision of development in Charlottesville would be. “Neighborhoods are the building blocks and are the […]
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Evolution of Charlottesville’s Skate Park
Mahatma Gandhi said of the process of change: First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. For many years, sports in Charlottesville consisted of basketball, football, baseball, tennis and soccer. The notion of a sport without a ball was unthinkable. Then in 1989, for one reason or another, […]
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Dumler resigns from Albemarle Board of Supervisors
Albemarle County Supervisor Christopher J. Dumler quit Wednesday, five days after a county circuit court judge rejected a petition to remove him in the wake of his guilty plea to misdemeanor sexual battery. “I wasn’t prepared to even grant the petition the appearance of validity by resigning while it was pending,” Dumler said in an […]
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Council denies rezoning in Fry’s Spring area
Charlottesville’s City Council voted Monday to deny a rezoning that would have allowed a developer to build seven single-family homes at the end of Eton Road, a cul-de-sac in the Fry’s Spring neighborhood. Without the rezoning, Alex Hancock will only be able to build two or three homes on the 2.5-acre property, according to city […]
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Planners get first look at 204-unit city-county neighborhood
The site of a former wastewater treatment plant near Pen Park is under consideration for the construction of 204 homes in both Albemarle County and Charlottesville. “First and foremost in our approach to residential development is the creation of a neighborhood ,” said L.J. Lopez of Milestone Partners, the developer of the proposed Lochlyn Hill. […]
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City’s transit director departure means new era for system
The manager of Charlottesville Area Transit is leaving his position at the end of this week to operate the regional system that serves Vermont’s largest city. Bill Watterson addressing the NCBC in May 2011 (Source: Andrew Shurtleff/Daily Progress) “I’m going to leap from the land of Thomas Jefferson to the land of Ethan Allen,” said […]
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State completes public hearings for proposed state park
State officials wrapped up the public planning effort for the future Biscuit Run State Park at a meeting Monday evening. While no state funding has been identified to build and operate the park, that hasn’t deterred local residents from actively participating in the planning effort. Click image for larger version of August 1, 2011 Biscuit […]
