From the home she’s owned on Azalea Drive since 2017, Casey Gioeli watched the trucks roll in and the trees come down. Several weeks earlier, Stanley Martin Homes began construction on Azalea Springs: 45 new Fry’s Spring homes squeezed into a steep, thickly forested 7.6-acre ravine between Azalea Drive and Monte Vista Avenue. “Towards the […]
The first objective of Albemarle County’s official housing policy calls for construction of thousands of new places by 2041, to accommodate a growing population. Housing Albemarle, adopted by the Board of Supervisors in July 2021, set a specific target of 11,075 units with the hope that most will be in the development area. According to […]
In the very near future, new residential units will come online near the University of Virginia, including 463 units at the 12-story Verve and 550 units on Old Ivy Road in an area Greystar Development and Construction has dubbed Spring Valley. There is also new life planned for existing buildings such as the Holiday Inn […]
Albemarle County Police Chief Sean Reeves, who’s been on medical leave since May 8, will retire October 1. He will remain on leave until his official exit, and Deputy Chief Randy Jamerson will take over as acting chief August 14, replacing Deputy Chief Camille Stewart. “Serving as your Chief of Police for the past four […]
“How was his English?” an unseen man asks Greene County sheriff’s deputy Capt. Brian Shifflett, as he climbs back into his cruiser a little after 11am on June 23. “Pretty good,” says Shifflett. He’s just pulled over a driver, supposedly for speeding in rainy conditions on a rural road near Stanardsville. But Shifflett and his […]
Many Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome patients seem to tell the same story: For years, even decades, doctors would tell them the symptoms they reported were all in their head. But the real problem lurked deeper in their bodies, often in places where doctors don’t and can’t look. A new UVA Health clinic, one of less than 20 […]
City permits posted July 29 reveal how Charlottesville intends to adapt 2000 Holiday Dr., the site of a proposed low-barrier homeless shelter, to meet the urgent needs of residents of the soon-to-be-closed Rivanna encampment. The city has set a September 1 deadline for moving an estimated 50-plus people from their tents along the Rivanna Trail, […]
One of the goals of the extension of Hillsdale Drive from Greenbrier Drive to Hydraulic Road was to help encourage redevelopment of shopping centers designed for the 20th century. “The new street alignment will begin to break down the block structure east of U.S. Route 29 and shape future development parcels in the area toward […]
A small change to Albemarle’s rules governing protective barriers of plants and trees around the county’s streams could add up to healthier waterways, happier wildlife, and cleaner sources for our water supply. At its June 17 board meeting, the four county supervisors in attendance voted unanimously to expand rules that protect vegetation around streams, […]
Shortly before the pandemic in March 2020, former University of Virginia president Jim Ryan announced an initiative to contribute land for the development of up to 1,500 affordable housing units in Albemarle County and Charlottesville. While none have yet been built, UVA officials remain committed to moving forward at three sites. Each is at a […]
Anyone who wants to set up a large-scale poultry operation in Virginia has to get a permit from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to demonstrate how heavy amounts of waste will be prevented from getting into the watershed. A growing number of voices in Albemarle are calling on county officials to adopt a higher […]