Northern Albemarle County is getting at least 1,000 new jobs in the coming years, and probably a lot more. Army Colonel Mark Moffatt gave the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors an update today about the expansion at the National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC), almost doubling the number of employees who work at the facility on Boulders Road off Route 29 North.
Over the past decade, a somewhat unexpected player has emerged on the development scene: the Jefferson Area Board of the Aging (JABA).
In 2003, in an attempt to attract more development, the city increased the density allowed in swaths around the city. But after a wave of tall Downtown buildings won approval—and with the first of these, the Landmark Hotel at 200 E. Main St., finally under construction—the city seems to have bitten off as much development […]
The nine-story tower planned for the tiny lot at 600 E. Water St. that is currently used for C&O Restaurant parking won conceptual approval from the Board of Architectural Review last month, and as a by-right project, doesn’t need approvals from City Council. The building is slated to primarily house residential units, with some office […]
City Council unanimously reaffirmed its support for the long term water supply plan last night, though it added a request for the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA) to undertake a maintenance dredging study for the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir and increase water conservation efforts.
The long-term community water supply plan has received its final necessary approval: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today sent the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA) a 10-year permit to expand the Ragged Mountain Reservoir with a new dam.
Virginia’s soon to be senior senator, Jim Webb, was interviewed on Sunday by Deborah Solomon of the New York Times Magazine, and while she didn’t get a lot out of him, she managed to get more than George W. Bush during his first interview with Webb.
[UPDATED 5/29] The New York Times today reveals a restrictive agreement in place since 2006 between the Richmond tobacco company Philip Morris and Richmond’s public university, Virginia Commonwealth.
Here’s how it seems to have happened in the swashbuckling old days: A developer came along, decided he needed wastewater treatment, and he built a plant hisself, by God! That was the case with the northernmost stretch of Route 29. In 1990, Wendell Wood, then acting on the part of two companies, Woodbriar Associates (responsible […]
Dozens of supporters and detractors of the $143 million plan to meet city and county water needs until 2055 came out to join the public record May 19. City Council billed the public hearing as the last chance to make a statement, and 34 people addressed the topic, including environmentalists, business interests, citizens worried about […]