Two extreme storylines competed in the Board of Supervisor’s decision on the fate of the request from the Soccer Organization of Charlottesville Albemarle (SOCA) to build a $4.5 million soccer facility on 10 acres in northern Albemarle, adding to existing fields off Polo Grounds Road. If allowed: The insatiable appetite of County Growth will gobble […]
Like so many paths you don’t want to travel, the road to censorship is paved with good intentions. The desire to protect turns into an act of suppression.
The Albemarle County Planning Commission will reconsider their unanimous vote against rezoning for the 3,100-unit Biscuit Run project, the largest proposed residential development in county history.
With Governor Tim Kaine’s amendments and the General Assembly’s approval, Virginia now has its first comprehensive transportation plan since 1986, potentially bringing up to $1.1 billion per year to Virginia transportation. Most of the plan is designed to benefit Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads. But Kaine amended the bill to include one measure that could […]
It took almost six hours to get to the point—approval or denial by the Planning Commission for the largest residential development in Albemarle history, Biscuit Run—but the moment
Rising like a phoenix from the ashes of the proposal for a CVS on the corner of W. Main Street and McIntire Road, plans are in the works for a nine-story building on the site currently occupied by RSC Equipment Rental. Richmond developer Bob Englander has brought some preliminary sketches before the city’s Board of […]
Keith Drake, chairman of the Albemarle County Republican Party and leader of the “Truth in Taxation” campaign, says the awakening for him came when he received his property tax bi
Links to previous C-VILLE coverage of Biscuit Run appended Where’s Michael Buffer when you need him? The Biscuit Run rezoning will get its official public hearing in front of the County Planning Commission on Tuesday, March 27. Anticipation has been building during a half dozen public meetings and work sessions prior to this one, but […]
Ever since Stan and Marilyn Epstein announced plans to sell the Hardware Store building to Octagon Partners, Downtown Mall watchers have wondered what might materialize in the space zoned for nine stories. With the restaurant closed and the $2.5 million sale in the books, architects for the developers presented some designs to the Board of […]
In the days before the 3,100-unit Biscuit Run was proposed, any project with units in the triple digits was a pretty big deal. But in these times post-Biscuit, the 124-unit Avinity project gets as much attention as a garage renovation.