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 […]
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
Charlottesville’s Dialogue on Race is prepping for its kick-off meeting on December 5 at Charlottesville High School. Assistant City Manager Maurice Jones told City Council on November 2 that the study circle model will begin in early January. Last year, City Council highlighted seven priorities that needed to be tackled in 2009. One of those […]
It was the gubernatorial election that attracted the New York Times’ cameras to Charlottesville on November 3, but city and county races held just as much interest for many local watchers.
This week, a boyish 40-year-old who shares a name with an iconic crooner takes the floor at the John Paul Jones Arena for his first basketball game as Virginia’s eleventh head coach when UVA battles Longwood University. Does Tony Bennett really know what he’s getting himself into? New basketball head coach Tony Bennett is […]