Albemarle County soon could have its 22nd entrance corridor. The Planning Commission on Tuesday unanimously endorsed the creation of an overlay district along a part of East Rio Road and the John W. Warner Parkway. The measure now moves to the Board of Supervisors for a final vote. Developments along the county’s entrance corridor overlay […]
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New developer, Gallifrey Enterprises, plans Scottsville Road neighborhood
A new neighborhood may be coming to an approximately 13-acre property in Albemarle County at the intersection of Galaxie Farm Lane and Scottsville Road. Nicole Scro, founder of Gallifrey Enterprises, and Kelsey Schlein, a land-use planner for Shimp Engineering, recently presented the project to the 5th and Avon Community Advisory Committee. “The first step in […]
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Albemarle School Board evaluates achievement gaps
The Albemarle County School Board on Thursday took a deep dive into student achievement data at its annual State of the Division work session. The county’s public schools are fully accredited for the 2017-18 academic year, but the division’s pass rates on Standards of Learning exams for math, history and science were slightly below state […]
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Citizen committee floats idea of rezoning Pantops
A committee of Pantops residents and stakeholders has endorsed guiding principles for the future of the community — like protecting the Rivanna River and encouraging neighborhood-scale development — and a vision of land use for the area. The Pantops Community Advisory Council has been reviewing the existing Pantops Master Plan, which the Albemarle County Board […]
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‘Almost every piece of land in 29 North is in play’
A recent estimate placed the number of people living in the northern Albemarle development area in 2045 at 17,971. With so much development on the horizon, what will life be like in northern Albemarle in five or 10 years? Is Albemarle’s infrastructure ready?
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JABA set to become second long-term tenant of Yancey Community Center
The Yancey Community Center is starting to become a reality as long-term tenants finalize leases for the former elementary school. The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors was set to approve the Jefferson Area Board for Aging as the center’s second long-term tenant on Wednesday, but JABA asked to postpone the vote to discuss additional logistics. […]
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Which areas of Charlottesville and Albemarle offer upward mobility?
The number of jobs in Charlottesville, Albemarle, and surrounding counties has increased 11 percent from 2007 to 2017, according to a report released Wednesday by the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce. Most of the total jobs in the area – 76 percent – are in Charlottesville and Albemarle. Not all of these jobs pay enough […]
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Wawa plans second location on Pantops
Three months after receiving conditional approval for a gas station and convenience store on the corner of Proffit Road and U.S. 29, Wawa is hoping to build a second Charlottesville-area location on Pantops. The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board met with the company’s development team on Monday to discuss the plans for the second site. […]
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Second phase of drafting Rivanna River Corridor Plan begins
What does the Rivanna River mean to you and how could your interaction with the river be better? The Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission posed this question Friday afternoon to approximately 15 people at a work session in the Albemarle County Office Building’s Lane Auditorium. The event, which was a part of the 2018 Rivanna […]
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Albemarle Supervisors, School Board discuss private sector partnerships for new facilities
Many Virginia localities have adopted ordinances allowing their public infrastructure projects to be developed by private firms. So far, Albemarle County is not among them. At a joint meeting Thursday, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors and the county School Board discussed the idea of public-private partnerships to develop new school facilities. The meeting focused […]
