Plans for both the future Biscuit Run State Park and the redevelopment of the Southwood Mobile Home Park took a step forward Thursday as Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville and the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation celebrated a key land exchange. “There were a lot of things that had to come together to […]
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Numerous county parks still waiting for funds
This story is part of our #CvilleCurious project. You ask the questions, you vote on the questions you’re most curious about, and we answer. To ask your question, visit the CvilleCurious page. This question came from an anonymous reader. Just outside of Charlottesville, an ancient forest is glowing with the gold autumn colors of hickory […]
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Supervisors endorse collaboration with Habitat to redevelop Southwood
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors has unanimously passed a resolution backing the county’s collaboration with an area housing nonprofit as it redevelops Southwood Mobile Home Park. At the board’s meeting Wednesday, Supervisor Rick Randolph said the resolution marked an “exciting launch of a new era” for Southwood, a 120-acre neighborhood of 1,500 residents in […]
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Funding for Biscuit Run State Park eliminated from legislation
Property owned by Virginia for the proposed Biscuit Run State Park will remain off-limits to the public for the foreseeable future. “We still own the land and it will continue to sit there vacant,” said Clyde Cristman, the director of the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. Gov. Terry McAuliffe had suggested the state use […]
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Senate committee to consider Biscuit Run State Park funding
The General Assembly is considering a proposal from Gov. Terry McAuliffe to raise $140 million for state parks through the sale of bonds, including $42.5 million in funding for the proposed Biscuit Run State Park in Albemarle County. “With the proximity to downtown Charlottesville, we believe it will be one of the most heavily visited […]
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Habitat for Humanity seeks connection to future state park
Move would result in area’s largest pathway system A regional transportation body has signaled early support for a Habitat for Humanity plan that would connect the future Biscuit Run State Park to Albemarle’s southern urban area with a network of bike and pedestrian trails. Habitat has suggested that the Metropolitan Planning Organization consolidate […]
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Biscuit Run State Park stalled in Richmond
Almost two years after the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation completed public planning efforts for Biscuit Run State Park in Albemarle, there is no approved master plan or funding to open the park. Department of Conservation spokesman Gary Waugh said a deadline for one of the state agency’s major documents is the cause of […]
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Citizens express concern about decision on Somerset Farm
Public concerns over a proposed development just outside of Albemarle’s growth area came to the forefront of a Albemarle planning meeting on proposed land use changes in the county’s southern and western urban areas. A developer, Wendell Wood, has asked the county to consider expanding the growth area east of the Mill Creek neighborhood so […]
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Plan in works for land swap to create athletic fields at Biscuit Run
By Brian Wheeler Charlottesville Tomorrow Friday, December 30, 2011 Throughout this year’s master planning process for the new Biscuit Run State Park , local officials repeatedly pushed for the inclusion of athletic fields. It was also the No. 1 request from the public. CONCEPT illustration provided by Habitat for Humanity However, the state’s Department of […]
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Albemarle planning commission considers growth area expansion
The Albemarle Planning Commission began the review of the county comprehensive plan Tuesday with a work session on whether to expand the growth area to accommodate new development. The county adopted a comprehensive plan in 1980 that designated 5 percent of its land to be used for dense residential and commercial use. Development is discouraged […]
