At their July 8, 2008 meeting the Albemarle County Planning Commission recommended conditional approval of a special use permit allowing St. Anne’s Belfield school (STAB) to expand their lower school campus to include middle school as well as elementary school students, raising the maximum number of students allowed on the campus to 550. Of the […]
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Berkmar Business Park developer not responsible for connector road
The conceptual development plan for the Berkmar Business Park. Frank Stoner says the final project will include a mix of uses with buildings of different sizes on each block (Source: Frank Stoner) The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors has deferred consideration of the rezoning of the Berkmar Business Park, in part because staff did not […]
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Water pipelines may follow routes of old and new roadway proposals; New sewer pump station also in the works
The two men in charge of the authorities that deliver water and sewer services to the urbanized section of Albemarle County gave a brief update to the Board of Supervisors on July 2, 2008. Gary Fern, the Executive Director of the Albemarle County Service Authority, began his presentation by wishing the Board a happy New […]
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Town hall meeting held on Route 29 North safety
The Forest Lakes Community Association held a town hall meeting at Hollymead Elementary on July 1, 2008 to discuss the safety of the Route 29 intersection where a fatal accident occurred earlier this year. A 16 year old Albemarle High School student, Sydney Aichs, was killed on May 9, 2008 turning out of Forest Lakes […]
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Board will receive update on cash proffers
Albemarle County received $819,300 in new proffers in the first three months of this calendar year, and spent $814,000 from various proffers collected in the past several years. The information was released as part of the County’s 3rd Quarter Proffer report, which also states the County has the potential to receive up to $56.7 million […]
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Local leaders define dredging task force membership, charge & timeline
On June 30, 2008, four local officials met to review the responsibilities and membership of a proposed task force to study maintenance dredging at the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir. Charlottesville City Council was represented by Mayor Dave Norris , the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors was represented by Chairman Ken Boyd , the Albemarle County […]
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New funding gap opens for Meadowcreek Parkway
This chart depicts the growth in the cost of the Meadowcreek Parkway along with the decline in the County’s share of secondary road fundin g from the state The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has increased the cost estimate for Albemarle County’s portion of the Meadowcreek Parkway by $5 million to $30.6 million. A recent […]
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Business leader gives Austin vs. Aspen update
On June 21, 2008 local businessman Gary Henry gave his “Austin vs. Aspen” development presentation to the Charlottesville-Albemarle Democratic Breakfast. Henry, a Board member of the Charlottesville Business Innovation Council, is continuing his efforts to call attention to a fork in the road that he sees approaching for the area’s future; one branch leading to […]
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An update on Bundoran Farm with David Hamilton
Areas marked in yellow depict areas of working farmland that are preserved at Bundoran Farm On the June 24, 2008 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” Coy Barefoot speaks with David Hamilton of Bundoran Farm , a “preservation development” near North Garden. Throughout the course of the show, Hamilton explained to Coy what that means. ”We’ve […]
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County approves preliminary plan for hospital facility on Route 250 West
At their June 24, 2008 meeting the Albemarle County Planning Commission approved a preliminary site plan for the University of Virginia’s Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH) on Ivy Road. The project, a 50 bed hospital facility for patients staying longer than 25 days, can move forward as long as the final site plan addresses […]
