The Fry’s Spring Neighborhood Association’s request to downzone parts of that community came before the Charlottesville Planning Commission last Tuesday – and got shot down. The Planning Commission voted 3-1 to recommend that City Council deny the rezoning. According to Missy Creasy, the city’s planning manager, the proposed amendment would rezone 356 parcels in the area. […]
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Planning Commission recommends denying Fry’s Spring downzoning
After more than a decade, the Fry’s Spring Neighborhood Association’s request to downzone parts of that community had a public hearing before the Charlottesville Planning Commission on Tuesday — and got shot down. “We have been trying to keep this debate in the public for many years and we’re grateful to have this opportunity,” said […]
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Council approves study to rezone parts of Fry’s Spring neighborhood
The Charlottesville City Council has agreed to consider a request from the Fry’s Spring Neighborhood Association to study rezoning of three streets. “Essentially, they are asking for the properties on Stribling, Crestmont and Shamrock to be downzoned,” said Jim Tolbert, director of the city’s Neighborhood Development Services. Specifically, the neighborhood association has been asking for […]
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Marnie Allen, City of Charlottesville
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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Republicans announce two candidates for City Council
For the first time in 13 years, the Charlottesville Republican Party will run multiple candidates for City Council. Retiring Police Sergeant Michael Farruggio and Party Chair Charles “Buddy” Weber will campaign as a team vying to become the first Republicans elected since 2002, when Rob Schilling won election. “As of tomorrow, I will have spent […]
