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We cover the physical landscapes of Charlottesville and surrounding counties and how things change. We help you understand how history has shaped our city, and how our choices today will affect the future.
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General Assembly setting stage for action on Confederate monuments
With the stroke of a pen this year, a journey that began in downtown Charlottesville could end in downtown Richmond. But any tangible results might not be seen until December. Two bills that propose granting local governments the authority to alter, remove or relocate war memorials — House Bill 1537 and Senate Bill 183 — […]
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How annual property assessments work: Sales drive them
The city of Charlottesville and Albemarle County recently completed their 2020 reassessments. While the assessor’s offices for both localities calculate the value of properties, it’s the real estate sales that take place during the year that play a large role in determining the final numbers. Charlottesville Of the city’s 15,138 taxable properties, home properties increased […]
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Soundboard: Housing Density and Traffic
Related Articles: Dunlora residents are worried about traffic. The solution might be more apartments. Development Digest: Dunlora residents continue to oppose Parkway Place apartment proposal Housing Density and Traffic Credit: WTJU Some Albemarle County residents are worried that a new development might worsen the traffic congestion on their commute. But traffic experts say more housing […]
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Dunlora residents are worried about traffic. The solution might be more apartments.
Transportation experts say that the only way to make traffic better in places like Rio is to do the one thing neighbors worry will make it worse.
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Comprehensive Plan consultants consider more seats at the table
This week was the steering committee kickoff for the city’s Comprehensive Plan update, affordable housing strategy and zoning rewrite. While much of the conversation focused on next steps and general goals, consultants and committee members alike pondered who else in the community needs representation going forward. Various people representing an array of residents, businesses, and general […]
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Development Digest: Brookhill, future home of ice rink, starts construction
The county’s Brookhill mixed-use development is about to take its next steps toward being move-in ready, and it’s being friendly to the spotted salamanders that already live there, too.
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A veteran-led maker space and four other signs of a new-old Scottsville
The Space is part of a new-old Scottsville, a place that wants to grow as a job center while maintaining the character and small-town feel that residents love.
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Development Digest: Sleep Number to wake up edge of Fashion Square
Another development proposal is testing out Albemarle County’s plan to transform its aging shopping malls.
