Previous coverage: City rethinks its heightMall should come down, West Main should go up After more than a year of committee meetings and deliberations, the city Planning Commission voted April 8 to recommend changing the allowable heights of buildings throughout the major commercial corridors. The winners are those with property on West Main Street, where […]
It’s hard to see the flaws in the city’s pedestrian infrastructure unless you walk it: The intersections where the push button to walk is mysteriously far away.
The view is spectacular. The trees have yet to blossom, and so the placid slate gray waters of the Ragged Mountain Reservoir are in sharp relief against the earth tones around them. I’m standing on a hill that will one day be the water’s new edge, assuming permits come through and the community continues to […]
The County Office Building had the air of a festival yesterday, with pizza and root beer, signs and stickers, WINA AM radio set up with a live broadcast on the front steps.
You don’t need to have lived in the area your whole life to see the design flaws in Route 29N—all it takes is a 5pm trip to Wal-Mart or Whole Foods to experience the magic.
Dena Bowers’ lawsuit against her former employer, UVA, is now in the hands of the U.S. Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit. On March 19 in Richmond, attorneys involved in the case presented oral arguments to a panel of three judges, who are expected to issue a ruling in two to six months. Dena Bowers, a […]
Advance America, which has two Charlottesville branches, is the nation’s largest payday lender, with more than double the stores of its nearest competitors, Check ‘n Go and Check into Cash. The company, based in Spartanburg, South Carolina, is also one of the few publicly traded payday lenders, which means that it must produce an annual […]
More features: Advance America’s pocketbookThe numbers on America’s biggest payday lender Caught!How Thomasine Wilson got trapped in the payday lending cycle Know the scoreCredit reports 101 Leading the lending fightVirginia Organizing Project has headed the charge against predatory practices Q: Why go to a payday lender?A: Because there aren’t better options While $15 for every […]
Despite an outcry by several residents, Virginia’s Department of Historic Resources has designated the Charlottesville neighborhood Fifeville a state historic district by a unanimous vote of the State Review Board. “I’m disappointed,” said Antoinette Roades after the hearing in Richmond. She has been one of the most vocal critics of the Fifeville historic district [PDF], […]
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors has decided to advertise a real estate tax rate of 71 cents for every $100 of assessed value, 3 cents higher than the current rate.