Boxer facade survives brush with demolition
Will the black granite facade of the former Boxer building on the Downtown Mall last through the construction of the nine-story Landmark Hotel that is going up on the site?
Heavy lifting ahead for light industrial park
An Albemarle County report lays out a need for more light industrial zoning, and Will Yancey is proposing a business park on the outskirts of Crozet that would add 150 acres of light industrial. Yet Yancey is smashing against a well-established county principle that opposes expanding the growth areas. Light industrial is a broad zoning […]
Developers stick to plan at Bundoran
After Fred Scott sold Bundoran Farm in 2006 for $25.8 million, a bunch of suits from New England came to town with some big promises for the development of 2,300 acres of southern Albemarle land that many feared would start sprouting McMansions.
TDR plan resurfaces with stakeholder talks
As a way of exploring whether the idea of transferable development rights (TDR) has a place in Albemarle County, “stakeholder” talks got underway last week. David Slutzky, the county supervisor who has been hawking the idea since fall 2006, is still enthusiastic about the possibilities, and he spent most of the first meeting laying out […]
Say goodbye to Will Harris, UVA’s best cheerleader
UVA basketball player Will Harris is transferring, The Daily Progress and TheSabre.com reported this weekend.
“Will Harris?†you say. “Isn’t he the guy who was injured most of the year and played limited minutes after that?â€
National Dems give Perriello major boost
Tom Perriello, the Albemarle native challenging 12-year incumbent Virgil Goode for his congressional seat, just got a big boost from national Democrats. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) announced today that it has moved Perriello’s campaign to the Red to Blue Program and will supply additional money and people to help spread the gospel of Tom.
Greater access behind move to Common App
Applying to UVA just got a little bit easier. The admissions office has decided to accept the Common Application, a standard form used by about 350 mostly private colleges and universities. The reason? Yet another way to increase access, says Admissions Dean Jack Blackburn, which goes along with AccessUVA, dropping early decision and guaranteed admission […]
Perriello workers get Web lessons from blogger
As Lowell Feld tells it, his blog, RaisingKaine. com (the self proclaimed “Voice of Progressive Virginia”) was born out of cynicism, depression, anger and just a teensy bit of hope.
Red Light venue headed to Preston
Forget the motor mile—Preston Avenue is repositioning itself as the music mile, thanks to a little love from Coran Capshaw and his people. Red Light Management, operating under its moniker Starr Hill Presents, will lease a roughly 5,000-square-foot space at 608 Preston Ave. from the development team, led by Andy McGinty, that is renovating the […]
Two four-story buildings slated for Fifeville
The wall separating one side of Fifeville from the other looks to become even thicker if the city approves the second and third phases of Grove Square, which goes before the Planning Commission Tuesday, July 22.