C-VILLE thought that rural area protections would be a high priority for the new Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, and we were right: Amended versions of ordinances to restrict family subdivisions, driveways on steep slopes and building near streams will be the subject of a work session Wednesday, January 23.
Now that he has Biscuit Run approvals out of the way, Hunter Craig can proceed with plans for a shopping center on the southern side of town, a big-box retail project on which Coran Capshaw is rumored to be a partner. Talk of tenants has included a home improvement store (Home Depot?) and a discount retail store (another Target or Wal-Mart?). A work session went reasonably well with the Board of Supervisors on January 16, and developers said they’d like to get on the docket in the next couple of months.
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