A new 26-home development in Belmont has finally got the go-ahead, just two months after being sent back to Charlottesville’s Planning Commission. The City Council voted 3-2 early Tuesday morning to approve a rezoning for the project, which will extend Stonehenge Avenue to Quarry Road. The neighborhood originally was platted in the 1890s, but […]
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Council moves Belmont rezoning forward; final vote in May
Charlottesville‘s City Council indicated Monday that a new 26-home development in Belmont is moving in the right direction to get its support for a rezoning. Councilors could not support Andrew Baldwin’s request when they last considered it in March and sent the application back to the Planning Commission. “I think you have made significant […]
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Council to decide fate of Stonehenge development
The Charlottesville City Council will consider Monday night whether to grant a rezoning for one of the last areas of open space in Belmont. Developer Andrew Baldwin is seeking a rezoning to “planned unit development” for a 5.8-acre property north of Quarry Park. Last week, the Planning Commission recommended denial of the rezoning because […]
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Belmont Bridge contest winners comment on underpass concept
Members of a team that won a design contest earlier this year to come up with new ideas for the replacement of the Belmont Bridge have expressed concern that they were not contacted to help turn their entry into a reality. The winning entry in the Project Gait-Way contest imagined a future where the bridge […]
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New Belmont Bridge concept envisions going under railroad tracks
For over 100 years, a bridge has carried pedestrians and vehicles over the railroad tracks that travel south of Charlottesville’s downtown area. A team of architects hired by the city to imagine a new vision for the bridge have proposed that the city lower Avon Street under the railroad tracks instead. “This allows for […]
