A sense of vindication seemed to be in the air at the RWSA press conference and board meeting last week. On September 22, Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority’s executive director Tom Frederick delivered bad news about one of the plan’s major pieces. At a press conference, Frederick revealed that last month, beleaguered consultants Gannett Fleming […]
After taking the helm as executive director of the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA) in 2004
Virgil Goode must be feeling some heat from his Democratic challenger for the Fifth District. He took his fight against Tom Perriello to the airwaves this weekend with negative ads that features a black and white distorted image of Perriello with a beard (which he doesn’t currently sport) to go with voice overs about his “liberal†polices. The version playing in Lynchburg and Roanoke markets calls the Albemarle native a “New York Lawyer†with “Liberal New York Policies†who opposes drilling and the so-called marriage amendment while (gasp!) supporting comprehensive immigration reform.
The weather is not cooperating, but the cars line up just the same on Melbourne Road. A fine mist is falling, a mist that will get worse as night comes, but that does not impede the excitement among the students and parents and teachers and alums who gather at Charlottesville High’s stadium on a Thursday […]
While the primary motivation for bringing back middle school sports is what it can do for those kids at Buford, Charlottesville High coaches have their own reasons to be thankful for their return. In particular, the high school football program stands to benefit. The middle school team runs the same offense and defense as the […]
With fewer tourists coming through its doors, the visitor center on Route 20 will shut down on October 1. So what does this mean for the 11,000-square-foot building located at the base of Piedmont Virginia Community College? With enrollment up at PVCC, the institution would seem well positioned to use it, and, turns out, it […]
All those home builders banking on selling houses to new National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) employees may be in for a rude awakening. An estimate from the Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors (CAAR) is that only 30 to 40 percent of employees will relocate, the rest not wishing to unsettle spouses and children. Since NGIC’s […]
When she took over as city preservation planner in 2003, no one told Mary Joy Scala to keep tabs
Ever had trouble finding the Mall? City officials (prodded by Downtown merchants) want to make sure that Charlottesville tourists have no problem figuring out where they can drop some dough betwixt trips to Monticello and the Rotunda. The city Board of Architectural Review is vetting signs like these on September 15, designed by Merje, a […]
As of this weekend, Jefferson Park Avenue has the outline of the South Lawn stretching above it between West Main and Emmet streets. In the wee hours of Saturday morning, work crews lifted beams into place that will form the base for the South Lawn, a grassy pedestrian bridge that will connect New Cabell Hall […]