PLUS : Crozet project moves ahead, a traffic signal for Glenmore, Advance Mills Bridge faces setback, sewers for Albemarle Place, and the rising water and sewer rates Rural Areas Ordinances At their meeting on February 6, 2008, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors approved three rural area ordinance changes related to holding periods on family […]
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Commission recommends denial for McCauley Crossing
The Albemarle County Planning Commission split 3-3 on a recommendation to approve the McCauley Crossing development, a proposed rezoning for property off Proffit Road. In the case of a tie, the recommendation to the Board of Supervisors is for denial. McCauley Crossing would feature 30 townhouses in an undeveloped area between Forest Lakes and the […]
Will growth in Crozet impact Waynesboro retail sector?
8/14/06 * Augusta Free Press [ full story ] A twist to this development tale is that it’s not just the people responsible for community planning in Albemarle County who are going to have to make adjustments to the way they go about doing their jobs. Waynesboro officials are making it a point to keep […]
‘Albemarle Place’ Edges Toward Reality
8/8/06 * WCAV-TV [ full story & video ] The landscape is starting to take shape in one portion of Albemarle County. Drivers along Hydraulic Road may have noticed a difference. The debris says it all. There is a change on the horizon, and while most people forgot what is supposed to be coming here, […]
Growth Causing Traffic Concerns
7/27/06 * WCAV [ full story ] From Route 29 to Route 33 there is evidence Greene County is growing. Bulldozers and construction equipment line many parts of the county pushing aside land to build new conveniences. But those conveniences come at a cost. “As you start building larger and larger developments, the additional volume […]
Concerns Over Growth in Crozet Continues
7/6/06 * WCAV [ full story ] Controversy over growth in Crozet continues tonight as residents there fight to keep the area’s small town appeal. Some Crozet residents are at odds with Albemarle County supervisors. Some county estimates have Crozet’s population jumping 800 percent in distant future and residents just don’t think their town was […]
Wheeler pushes smart growth
12/20-26/05 * C-ville Weekly [ full story ] “For Average Joe Citizen, trying to read a document from the City or County’s planning department is like trying to read hieroglyphics without the Rosetta Stone. This, says Brian Wheeler, executive director of Charlottesville Tomorrow, is one of the main reasons a community doesn’t complain about development […]