Sean Tubbs, Author at C-VILLE Weekly

Albemarle County to display routes for Three Notched Trail at community meeting

Building new transportation projects can take many years as ideas make their way through competitive processes to decide what gets funded. One concept in Albemarle County is to create a shared-use pathway to follow along Three Notch’d Road, a route to the west first carved out of the landscape in the 18th century during the […]

Sean Tubbs | December 3, 2025

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Albemarle converting stormwater basin on Hillsdale Drive into a pocket park

For decades, Albemarle’s Comprehensive Plan has divided the county’s land into two parts: a rural area where public investment is discouraged and a growth area intended to be a place where people can live, work, and play. Yet Albemarle’s urban area lacks public open space with most of the county’s parks in the rural area […]

Sean Tubbs | November 26, 2025

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Albemarle looks to extend Boulders Road as part of Rivanna Futures project

One of the biggest challenges facing a growing locality is how to pay for infrastructure needed to support a larger population. Most funding from the Commonwealth of Virginia depends on competitive processes that require detailed plans before applications can even be submitted. On November 19, the Albemarle Board of Supervisors had been expected to endorse […]

Sean Tubbs | November 19, 2025

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City Council to consider restrictions on student housing in Charlottesville neighborhoods

For months, the Public Housing Association of Residents has been asking Charlottesville City Council to step in to halt two proposed student housing buildings, on West Main Street and in Fifeville. LV Collective has filed plans for an 11-story building at 843 W. Main St., while Landmark Properties is seeking staff approval for a seven-story […]

Sean Tubbs | November 12, 2025

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MicroCAT beats ridership expectations but decision to continue will made next spring

For over two years, a fleet of minivans has traveled thousands of miles across Albemarle County’s growth areas, carrying passengers as part of an experiment in on-demand public rideshare transport in a locality with limited bus service. A feasibility study for the MicroCAT service anticipated 100 rides a day, but ridership has been much higher. […]

Sean Tubbs | November 12, 2025

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Bonaventure’s Attain on Fifth is first project to seek affordability incentives in Albemarle

Albemarle County has one of the highest median incomes in Virginia, with $125,800 for a family of four, which is an important statistic that makes the provision of affordable housing much more difficult. In July 2021, the Board of Supervisors passed a new housing policy intended to encourage more units, but a program to help […]

Sean Tubbs | November 5, 2025

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Holiday Inn on Emmet Street eyed for conversion to apartments

Since 1972, the Holiday Inn on Emmet Street has been a temporary home for people visiting the Charlottesville area and the University of Virginia. In the near future, dozens of people may call the seven-story building their permanent home. “The Palms Charlottesville conversion will feature approximately 190 apartments, primarily focused on small affordable units, but […]

Sean Tubbs | November 5, 2025

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Council agrees to purchase $6.2 million office building for low-barrier shelter

Virginia law requires localities to hold a public hearing in certain instances, and City Council’s consideration of spending $6.2 million for a 3.8-acres site at 2000 Holiday Dr. met that threshold after an October 20 meeting. Council authorized City Manager Sam Sanders to proceed with the purchase on October 6, the third area site associated […]

Sean Tubbs | October 29, 2025

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National investment firms purchase the Flats at West Village for $107 million

The world’s largest operation of student housing complexes now operates two of three such buildings on West Main Street. On October 9, a business trust connected to the Inland Real Estate Group of Companies of Oak Brook, Illinois, purchased the Flats at West Village for $107 million. Three days prior, the company announced via press […]

Sean Tubbs | October 22, 2025

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Local group preserves Violet Crown by arranging building purchase

The future of the Violet Crown cinema on Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall seemed bleak this past February when the Board of Architectural Review granted Heirloom Development approval to demolish the structure for a residential building. “The prospect of losing this cultural asset for the Virginia Film Festival, the community, and for the city itself was potentially […]

Sean Tubbs | October 21, 2025