The Albemarle County Planning Commission voted 7-0 Tuesday night to recommend approval of an ordinance setting criteria that farm wineries, breweries and distilleries must meet in order to host events. The commission voted on the measure after a public hearing at which about a dozen county residents thanked the commission and county staff for their […]
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In Roanoke, success driven by collaboration provides lessons for Charlottesville
In the next four months, downtown Roanoke will be home to a technology business accelerator, built in a renovated historic building with a $600,000 state grant. Called RAMP, or Regional Acceleration and Mentoring Program, the initiative is designed to give young, growing companies a boost to become medium-sized growing companies. The center will be administered […]
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Planning Commission supports farm winery ordinance with additions
The Albemarle County Planning Commission on Tuesday night asked its community development staff to add three provisions to a draft county ordinance governing events at farm wineries and to provide a more detailed study of event impacts on gravel roads. Commissioners asked that staff add an 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew for outdoor amplified […]
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Divided Planning Commission recommends approval of AHS cell tower
A torn Albemarle County Planning Commission voted Tuesday night, 3-2, to recommend approval of a 125-foot wireless tower that will be worth more than $50,000 to the county schools. Commissioners Pam Riley and Bruce Dotson did not attend the meeting. The wireless facility, which will sit between the baseball diamond and the football field on […]
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County to spend $42,000 to advertise bond referendum
In the months leading up to the November general election, Albemarle County expects to spend $42,000 on educational mailers, fact sheets, advertisements and legal notices about the general obligation bond referendum approved last month. The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors voted, 5-1, Wednesday to approve county staff’s plan to educate voters on the referendum — […]
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Underemployment, high cost of living in Albemarle, report shows
Albemarle County economic development staff on Monday presented data to the Board of Supervisors, Planning Commission and Economic Development Authority as officials gear up to craft a long-term economic development plan for the county. The county’s director of economic development, Faith McClintic, stressed in a report the need for diverse opportunities for residents, and the […]
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Supervisors approve resolution requesting bond referendum
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday voted, 4-2, to approve a resolution requesting that the circuit court authorize a special election in November for a bond referendum. The $35 million bond referendum would fund Albemarle County school improvements across the division. In a separate vote, the board added the projects to the county’s […]
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High school capacity planning removed from bond referendum; projects added to CIP
A potential November bond referendum to fund Albemarle County school projects shrank by $500,000 Wednesday after the Board of Supervisors voted instead to pay for high school capacity planning with cash. The board voted, 5-0, to dedicate $100,000 in its Capital Improvement Program to high school planning in fiscal year 2017-18, and $400,000 in FY2018-19. […]
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PVCC class discovers uses, limitations of drones
More than 300 feet above the polo field at King Family Vineyards, a four-rotor remote-controlled drone cannot see its target. Positioned a few hundred yards away from a small cabin and armed with a rotating fish-eye camera, it cannot see the man in the front yard holding an assault rifle. The drone was on a […]
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County supervisors divided over bond referendum
A Wednesday meeting of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors revealed a sharp rift between two of the six supervisors and their colleagues over a proposed addition to Woodbrook Elementary School. During discussion of specific projects on a $35.5 million list for a potential November bond referendum, supervisors Brad Sheffield and Rick Randolph took exception […]
