Sean Tubbs, Author at C-VILLE Weekly

Harris Road apartment complex developer has until April 2026 to move forward

These are complicated times for anyone who’s tracking the details of how new housing gets constructed in Charlottesville. While planners and builders are still learning how the new development code works, staff in the Department of Neighborhood Development Services are hoping to adopt the first set of amendments by the end of the year. A […]

Sean Tubbs | May 28, 2025

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Governor Youngkin eliminates funding that would have gone to a Biscuit Run connector trail

The Commonwealth of Virginia purchased nearly 1,200 acres of land at Biscuit Run in late 2009 in order to create a new state park, but funding to build the various components did not materialize. In 2018, Albemarle County entered into a 99-year lease with the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation to open the space […]

Sean Tubbs | May 9, 2025

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Investment firm seeks rezoning to add 165 more units to former Cavalier Crossing

When an investment firm purchased the former Cavalier Crossing apartment complex on Fifth Street Extended last year, affordable housing advocates were horrified that the intent was to convert the 144 existing units to market rate. Now Bonaventure has filed plans with Albemarle to rezone the property to allow construction of 165 new units and comply […]

Sean Tubbs | May 7, 2025

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Divided Albemarle Planning Commission recommends key approval for floodplain development in Woolen Mills

One of the areas Albemarle Board of Supervisors has identified for industrial development is along Broadway Street in a land-locked section of the county only accessible via roads through Charlottesville. The future happens one application at a time and the Board will soon consider whether it wants to allow the owners of a project called […]

Sean Tubbs | April 25, 2025

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Coalition seeks zoning change in Louisa County to allow churches to be used for overnight stays in winter

The arrival of spring brings the end of the season for PACEM, a network of churches that provides overnight shelter for hundreds of unhoused individuals in the Charlottesville area each year. Since 2004, the group, officially known as People and Congregations Engaged in Ministry, has since 2004 operated cold-weather shelters across a rotating set of […]

Sean Tubbs | April 9, 2025

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Three housing projects seek to secure tax credits to finance future affordability

Virginia Housing, a state agency, has published a list of applications from developers seeking tax credits to cover the cost of building apartments guaranteed to be rented to people with lower incomes than the area median. The Internal Revenue Service allots a limited number of federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits for each state, and Virginia […]

Sean Tubbs | March 26, 2025

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In Albemarle, trails are in the works for people to walk (and bicycle) from here to everywhere

Construction of infrastructure for places to walk and bike in the United States can take a long time as the political world goes through different seasons and as competing priorities demand funding and attention. The Rivanna Trails Foundation, for instance, was created in 1992 to stitch together various stretches of trails and roadways to create […]

Sean Tubbs | February 26, 2025

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Roses closure prompts discussion about what’s next

The pending closure of Roses in the Pantops Shopping Center is the latest in the end of an era, as 20th-century commercial patterns continue to wane. A looming vacancy might be seen as a catalyst for new construction to fit the needs of the 21st century, but a representative of the firm that owns the […]

Sean Tubbs | January 29, 2025

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Albemarle putting finishing touches on plan to guide Woolen Mills future

The Albemarle Board of Supervisors is not likely to expand the county’s designated growth areas any time soon, so economic development officials have to make the most of what they have. That includes a 62-acre section of land along Broadway Street on the western side of the Rivanna River that is entirely surrounded by the […]

Sean Tubbs | January 22, 2025

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UVA Foundation moving forward with North Fork residential development

When the University of Virginia Foundation purchased hundreds of acres of land by the Charlottesville Regional Airport in 1986, the intent at the time was to create a research park to support business and commerce. Decades later, the foundation is prepared to turn a section of the 562-acre site into a place where hundreds of […]

Sean Tubbs | December 4, 2024