After weathering yet another verbal squall, the 13-member South Fork Rivanna Reservoir Stewardship Task Force last week finally finished its report outlining reasons and proposed process for dredging. In the final report, the Task Force gave only two primary reasons for dredging: maintaining channels for UVA rowing and other recreational use; and preventing wetlands from […]
C-VILLE has just learned that the UVA Foundation, the real estate development wing of the University, bought the 60-room Econo Lodge at 400 Emmet Street for $6 million.
City Council has committed to spending $10,000 on a community-wide “dialogue on race,” and during budget hearings, it will weigh whether to spend up to $50,000 more. But the very idea of a dialogue on race seems to have started one, even before Council has spent a dime. Eugene Williams wants the city to go […]
Even as the bulldozers are revving their engines to begin work on the county portion of the Meadowcreek Parkway—that two-mile road that has gestated in the womb of government for 40-plus years—some activists are still hoping for a last-minute halt.
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In the final report, the task force gave only two primary reasons for dredging: maintaining channels for UVA rowing and other recreational use; and preventing wetlands from building up that might cause regulatory problems in the future.
After a year of meetings, a joint city-county-UVA task force unveiled a host of recommendations for the county and city that ranged from creating a new Regional Housing Fund to paying a living wage for government employees.
A city citizen’s committee opposes the installation of artificial turf on any public properties, including school properties.
A few short years ago, just about any site in the Charlottesville area seemed viable for redevelopment, whether it was currently occupied by 100-year-old houses, a historic church or public housing. Banks were lending, money was flowing, and everybody’s cousin had a development idea within reach. Welcome to 2009. In a climate like this, when […]
The Charlottesville city schools efficiency study was supposed to appease budget hawks and confirm what everyone thought they knew about the school system. Instead, it has unleashed a Pandora’s box of possible changes that has riled faculty, staff and parents. Like many, School Board member Llezelle Dugger thought the efficiency study, commissioned in the spring […]