At its regular meeting on November 10, the City Planning Commission approved a site plan for the YMCA to be built in McIntire Park. The commission also approved the site where a nonprofit group intends to build a Single Room Occupancy facility. During the public comment period, members of the McIntire Park Preservation Committee voiced […]
At its regular meeting on November 10, the City Planning Commission approved a site plan for the YMCA to be built in McIntire Park. The commission also approved the site where a nonprofit group intends to build a Single Room Occupancy facility. During the public comment period, members of the McIntire Park Preservation Committee voiced […]
The Old Carolina Road remains much the same as when it was a popular thoroughfare for Algonquins, Iroquois and colonists traders, who traveled to posts on the North Carolina border. “If Lee or Stonewall Jackson came back to life, they wouldn’t say, ‘Where are we?’” says Bob Coyner. “They’d say, ‘What am I doing in […]
In response to a recent spate of plagiarism cases at the University, several members of the Honor Committee have introduced various proposals this fall
They’re coming. On November 17, UVA will launch, in unison with Zipcar—the largest car-sharing service in the world—the Zipcar program. Three Hybrid Honda Insights and three fuel-efficient Honda Civics will be available for use 24/7 to University faculty, staff and students over 18—and local residents. The partnership is intended to free up parking spaces and […]
These days, 209 years after UVA’s inception, the biggest question for its planners and architects is: How to add to the university without losing Jefferson’s vision? Last week, Richard Guy Wilson and David Neuman tried to answer that question in a community briefing to local residents on what UVA administrators envision for the future. The […]
AMENDMENTS TO ZONING MAP Planned Developments: under 50 acres Current fees: $1,020 Recommended fees: $2,500 Planned Developments: 50 acres or more Current fees: $1,570 Recommended fees: $3,500 All other map amendments: under 50 acres Current fees: $1,020 Recommended fees: $1,250 All other map amendments: 5 acres or […]
Patience has become a necessary virtue for residents of Fifeville’s Fifth and Dice streets concerned about traffic safety.
There are few places in Charlottesville that you don’t visit unless you know someone there.
Ace, this state is giving me geographical vertigo. Why is it that North Garden is located along Rte. 29 South? Why not call it “South Garden?” And what is it north of?—Carter Graffer Do you really want to go there, Carter? And by “there,” Ace doesn’t mean down to lovely North Garden, with its verdant […]
Although not confirmed yet, a reliable source told C-VILLE that the Waterhouse Project on W. Water St. is in the process of being sold