In virtually every discussion of area growthâwhether it be talk of new houses, new roads or new retail spaceâBiscuit Run, an expansive planned development on 1,300 acres of the southern side of Charlottesville, must be invoked. So a November 14 County Planning Commission work session devoted to new designs for Biscuit Run predictably drew a crowd.
At last the ghost of a 150-year-old beech tree may be laid to rest. At their November 14 meeting, the City Planning Commission conditionally approved a landscape plan amendment for the Watson Manor project at 3 University Cir., a project that has been halted since its manager, David Turner, violated the site plan by cutting down an aging 48” caliper beech tree on the property.
The following individuals gave $2,000 or more to candidates for the Fifth District U.S. House of Representatives in 2006, according to the Federal Election Committee. In the race between Democratic challenger Al Weed and Republican incumbent Virgil Goode, Goode lost Charlottesville and Albemarle but won the district overall by almost 20 percentage points.
What can we tell from who gave?
Indoor fireworks, lighted torches, green lasers, a mascot rappelling from the ceiling, players making a smoky entrance, Michael Buffer proclaiming, “Let’s get ready to rumble”: UVA certainly made a spectacle in opening the $130 million John Paul Jones Arena for its first men’s basketball game November 12 against No. 10 ranked Arizona.
The final site plan for a 300-unit residential development off Sunset Avenue, just south of I-64 on the western side of Charlottesville, has been approved by the County Planning Commission at their November 7 meeting. Developed by Athens, Georgia based Dovetail Companies, the “Woodlands” will bring more student housing to the outskirts of Charlottesville, joining […]
The parking lot west of the former C&O railroad station building at 600 E. Water St. is for sale. The asking price for less than a third of an acre? $2.4 million, or roughly $200 per square foot. And that’s just the parking lot, not the former station. “It’s an excellent spot for a mixed-use […]
It’s hard to say that either the House race or the Senate race was a surprise. Last minute polls had Virgil Goode far ahead of Al Weed and Jim Webb slightly ahead of George Allen. But the constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and any civil union was passed by a far greater margin, 57 to […]
Despite glum weather and crowded polling stations, local voter turnout was significantly stronger than in the midterm election of 2002. Albemarle saw 59 percent voter turnout, up 14 percent, while Charlottesville had a respectable 50 percent turnout, up 11 percent.Nationwide, voter turnout for a midterm election hit its highest mark since 1982, with 40.4 percent […]
The issue of an unbuilt road in the Hollymead Town Center, hotly contested when it came before the County Planning Commission, fizzled out in a rushed hearing with little controversy when the Board of Supervisors heard it at their November 1 meeting.
In its efforts to preserve rural areas, the County’s Board of Supervisors hasn’t managed to impose restrictions on development rights, known as “phasing.” Yet it has managed to preserve 3,776 acres in the last four years through the Acquisition of Conservation Easements (ACE) program. Conservation easements overlay certain restrictions on land with the idea of […]