By Sean Tubbs Charlottesville Tomorrow Thursday, April 9, 2009 Candidate John Lowry (I-Samuel Miller) North Garden resident John Lowry has officially announced his intention to run for the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors as an independent candidate. He says he has enough signatures to qualify to appear on the ballot for the Samuel Miller District […]
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Julian Taliaferro announces campaign for re-election to City Council
Councilor Julian Taliaferro (D) announced on March 9, 2009 that he would run for re-election to the Charlottesville City Council. Taliaferro was elected to his first term in 2006 and he currently serves as the Vice Mayor. With the initiation of this campaign, he becomes the third Democrat to vie for the two open seats […]
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Kristin Szakos launches campaign for City Council
On February 14, 2009 outside the Downtown Transit Center, Charlottesville Democrat Kristin Szakos (D) announced her campaign for one of two seats on Charlottesville City Council . Democrats will select their nominees at a “firehouse primary” to be held on a date between May 8th and June 9th. The general election will be held on […]
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Livable Communities expert addresses area planners
The executive director of an Atlanta-based organization that encourages quality growth made a presentation to an audience of Charlottesville and Albemarle County planners on September 5, 2008. Jim Durrett of the Livable Communities Coalition was invited by Albemarle County to make the presentation, which reviewed several strategies that communities can use in order to create […]
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Panel discusses population growth in Charlottesville
What is the trend for the City of Charlottesville’s population? Does Charlottesville have the public infrastructure to support a growing population? Those are some of the questions explored during the August meeting of the Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population (ASAP). Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris , Planning Commission Chair Jason Pearson and transportation activist Peter […]
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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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Planning group holds transportation summit
What will the region’s transportation network look like in 2035? Will developers respond to incentives by Charlottesville and Albemarle County to grow our community in a more dense way? Those are the sort of questions asked during a half-day regional transportation planning summit held by the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission (TJPDC) on May 10, […]
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Sam Staley of the Reason Foundation addresses Free Enterprise Forum
The Free Enterprise Forum’s Economic Opportunity Luncheon series continued this month with a lecture by Sam Staley of the Reason Foundation. Staley is the Director of Urban and Land Use Policy at the Foundation, which is a non-profit group that advocates for free markets. He’s the author of several books, including Smarter Growth: Market-based Strategies […]
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City and RWSA detail need for wastewater upgrades
The League of Women Voters of Charlottesville Albemarle have held their third Treva Cromwell Memorial Lecture on the subject Dirty Waters? Where’s the Dirty Water Going? Why Should I Care? About three dozen people attended and got a quick lesson on how the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority and the City of Charlottesville are planning […]
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Heritage Foundation Fellow visits the Free Enterprise Forum
Ron Utt of the Heritage Foundation visited Charlottesville on December 4th, 2007 to participate in the Free Enterprise Forum’s Economic Opportunity Luncheon series. The Heritage Foundation Senior Research Fellow opened up his talk with an anecdotal account of how Americans are relocating all over the country in order to find affordable housing. Utt informed his […]
