Sean Tubbs, Author at C-VILLE Weekly

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Abundant Life Ministries wants to build new space off Prospect Avenue

To celebrate its 30th anniversary this year, Abundant Life Ministries wants to construct a 10,370-square-foot community building behind a single-family house it owns at 782 Prospect Ave. The group filed the first set of plans with Charlottesville’s Department of Neighborhood Development Services on February 12. Such a building would be a by-right use under the […]

Sean Tubbs | February 18, 2026

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Albemarle Planning Commission wants another design for a rezoning in Crozet

Seven Development will try a third time to create a plan for a 3.15-acre site in Crozet’s growth area after both the Albemarle Planning Commission and neighbors said the plans for Windy Knoll were too dense. “When you actually stand on the northern part of this property, I don’t understand how it’s possible to say […]

Sean Tubbs | February 18, 2026

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Places29-North group briefed on two rezonings

The housing chapter of Albemarle’s new Comprehensive Plan states that the county needs 10,000 new homes by 2040 to keep up with anticipated population increases. The exact number that gets built will depend on elected officials approving rezonings following a public process that allows members of the public to weigh in. The Places29-North Community Advisory […]

Sean Tubbs | February 6, 2026

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Activity at all three sites where UVA will donate land for affordable housing

Though Jim Ryan is no longer the president of the University of Virginia, planning work continues on three affordable housing projects called for under one of his community initiatives. In March 2020, Ryan announced that, over the next decade, UVA would build between 1,000 and 1,500 units to help increase its housing supply. After a […]

Sean Tubbs | February 4, 2026

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Final concept for Ridge/West Main intersection would convert part of Water Street

Four years after turning down millions in state funding to reconfigure one of Charlottesville’s most urban intersections, the city will try again with a version that would restrict the flow of traffic on three blocks of Water Street. “Converting Water Street to a one-way simplifies the signal timing at the West Main and Ridge [streets] […]

Sean Tubbs | January 30, 2026

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Advocates seek limitation of tall buildings, while others support recently adopted rules

Since the University of Virginia held its first classes in 1825, West Main Street has served as an important thoroughfare between town and gown. The buildings and structures constructed along the major roadway between the two spaces since then reflect the changing economies as both Charlottesville and UVA grew. But in the absence of solid […]

Sean Tubbs | January 28, 2026

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Council supports several requests for affordable housing interventions

In its efforts to increase and preserve Charlottesville’s affordable housing, City Council took a first look at several requests on January 20 before its scheduled approval votes on February 2. One request asks for a note guaranteeing $3.77 million for a partnership between the Piedmont Housing Alliance and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville to […]

Sean Tubbs | January 28, 2026

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Decision deferred on Belvedere proposal to add 128 more units

As one of her first acts in office, Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed an executive order to create a task force to recommend ways to reduce barriers to building houses. “Slow permitting, outdated zoning, labor shortages, and paper-based processes are driving up costs and delaying housing across the Commonwealth,” reads the order to create the Commission […]

Sean Tubbs | January 28, 2026

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Planning Commission recommends approval of small changes to city’s zoning code

When Charlottesville City Council adopted a new zoning code in late 2023, it wanted to help developers make it easier to build new places to live. The city’s Department of Neighborhood Development Services is moving forward with changes designed to further that goal. “We’re jumping into 2026 with lessons learned, and to try to move […]

Sean Tubbs | January 21, 2026

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Albemarle Supervisors approve permit allowing floodplain fill-in

T he developer of a future industrial building in the Woolen Mills neighborhood has succeeded in a second attempt to convince the Albemarle Board of Supervisors to allow land to be elevated out of the floodplain. Last June, the six-member BOS deadlocked on a request from Elemental Ecotech to fill in the floodplain. A tie […]

Sean Tubbs | January 21, 2026