A construction boom in the 2010s resulted in a new generation of larger buildings on West Main Street that responded to calls for a more active roadway with places for people to live and visitors to stay. That included a 10-story hotel with 150 rooms at 1106 W. Main St., which has operated as The […]
If you’re cruising Interstate 64 on Afton Mountain near the lower scenic overlook, or traveling U.S. Route 250 west of Charlottesville, and you spot three carved wooden bears frolicking in a roadside field, you’re pretty close to what’s left of the Greenwood Chemical Company. Now the Superfund site is expected to be auctioned off, more […]
The landscape of downtown Charlottesville’s northwestern edge is forever changed after demolition crews removed a commercial shopping center at 218 W. Market St. to make way for a 156-room hotel to serve the area’s booming tourism trade. There is also a new future for 206 W. Market St., a property that until recently housed […]
Stony Point Development Group has restarted efforts on Phase III of Dairy Central. Work on this portion of the project was paused indefinitely in 2023, when 10th and Page community leaders pushed back on plans to build more luxury apartments in the historically Black neighborhood. A September 23 meeting of developers and neighbors brought the […]
The Albemarle County School Board has selected David Storm to fill the open at-large seat vacated by Allison Spillman in August. But the board’s pick has drawn ire from community members who say it’s the wrong choice for a system in need of change. It’s also prompted one member of the Board of Supervisors to […]
The University of Virginia’s real estate foundation spent decades slowly acquiring an entire city block to the northwest of Central Grounds for future buildings. All but two spaces have now been claimed by various departments including on-Grounds housing. The Board of Visitors has had the ultimate say over both design and function of what is […]
The Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority is moving forward with the purchase of nearly a dozen single-family homes across the city, as well as a large residential development off River Road that was built in 1990. “This is a 48-unit garden-style walk-up apartment complex,” said Kathleen Glenn-Matthews, CRHA’s deputy director. “These are two bedroom, one-bath […]
Every week, thousands of people turn to C-VILLE Weekly to understand what’s happening in Charlottesville and the communities around it. We report on the decisions shaping where we live—from housing and development, local government, schools, health care, and UVA to the restaurants opening down the street, the artists taking the stage, and the people and […]
By the time she made her final address as the at-large member of the Albemarle County School Board, Allison Spillman’s self-appointed enemies had been celebrating for more than a week. “GOOD RIDDANCE,” one posted on Facebook August 5, the day Spillman announced her resignation. “[Spillman] supported every woke initiative that came her way—and even used […]
When the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce led a delegation of government and business officials to Chapel Hill this past May, participants had the chance to see how the University of North Carolina interacts with the town it calls home. “The one thing that came up in every single session was partnerships,” wrote Quana Dennis […]
The appointed body with power to approve the design of buildings and streetscapes in certain parts of Charlottesville had been expected to weigh in September 15 on a service counter that Sal’s Caffe Italia installed around one of the Downtown Mall trees. Under the city’s Development Code, staff in the Department of Neighborhood Development Services […]