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Category: Our neighborhoods
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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City Council expresses support for creating a 10,000 square foot community garden in Booker T. Washington Park
Now officials must work with Cultivate Charlottesville to make it happen.
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Want to see a massive community garden with free produce in Booker T. Washington Park? City Council hears about it Monday
If councilors OK the project, Cultivate Charlottesville will build a 10,000 square foot garden near the baseball diamond that will offer produce free to anyone.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
After dodging questions for more than a year, Midway Manor owners confirms affordability and that renovations are starting
The owners promised renovations would begin more than a year ago. They didn’t, and then the company stopped answering questions.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
Charlottesville shares updated draft zoning ordinance. It’s 400 pages long.
Community members can comment on it during a Sept. 14 Planning Commission meeting.
Posted inOur neighborhoods
Planning Commission recommends Cherry Avenue development to City Council
In the coming months, Council will hold a public hearing and vote
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After six years of work, Charlottesville’s proposed new zoning ordinance is about to be reviewed by the Planning Commission
This is the final step before the controversial new ordinance, which massively increases allowable housing density, goes before City Council.
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A proposal for a grocery store and an apartment building on Cherry Avenue is back before the Planning Commission
Any community members who have opinions about this development are invited to make comments at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
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Dairy Market neighbors mobilize to have their say in the development of more large, mixed-use buildings that most of them can’t afford to live in
The 10th & Page Neighborhood Association is hosting a meeting Thursday that anyone (except press) can attend.
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Dairy Market developer said he is pausing plans for Phase 3 after hearing community outrage
“I’m hearing concerns about what we’re proposing,” developer Chris Henry said. “But what are you looking for?”
