Whole Foods hearts local farmers, parking
Designs for the new Whole Foods on Hydraulic Road—at 66,600 square feet, more than twice the size of its current building—left the city Planning Commission June 10 not completely whole.
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Whole Foods hearts local farmers, parking
Planners critique proposal for Hydraulic Road
Designs for the new Whole Foods on Hydraulic Road—at 66,600 square feet, more than twice the size of its current building—left the city Planning Commission June 10 not completely whole.
City, realtors not eye-to-eye on signage
To get the word out about her client’s property, Mary Leavell, a local real estate agent with Keller Williams, is a big fan of using off-site signs—those placards that point, usually with brightly colored arrows, to property for sale off the beaten path. “The stats I’ve seen from the National Association of Realtors is that […]
Water, sewer, gas and electric bills to rise
As the temperatures rise, so do our utilities. City Council decided June 16 (after C-VILLE went to press) whether to raise water rates by 5 percent while county residents’ rates will for sure go up almost 13 percent.
UVA drives increased bus ridership
Since September, monthly ridership on the Charlottesville Transit Service (CTS) has been up on average 15 percent over the previous year. We can guess why, right? With gas prices boiling over at $4 a gallon, more and more people are leaving the car at home and hopping on the bus. Except we’d be wrong. What […]
Barking ordinance's greatest hits
On June 11, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors approved a measure meant to silence incessantly barking dogs in the urban area of the county. Passed by a 4-2 vote, the measure makes it against the law “to harbor an animal which disturbs the peace and quiet” of anyone in the county except those who […]
Webb 2.0
You remember Jim Webb, right? Hard-charging ex-marine, occasional writer of slightly salacious war fiction, and general issue hard-ass who stomped into the U.S. Senate wearing his Iraq-stationed son’s combat boots, a look of pissed-off determination etched into his squinting face.
We Are Star Children
We Are Star Children sounds like it’s from the ’80s. That statement could refer to an embrace of the decade’s frequent gaudiness, from Cyndi Lauper and other girls who just want to have fun to Men With Hats’ synthy bounce for safety. Or it could point towards the less pop-indulgent sounds of post-punk groups of […]
The Starman Omnibus, Vol. 1
Starman changed the way I look at comics. The series debuted in 1994, when I was a teenager, growing somewhat bored with traditional super heroes zapping and punching villains and each other. But Starman was different. The book was about a superhero, yes—but its protagonist, Jack Knight, wasn’t just another costumed crime fighter. He was […]
On message
Dear Ace: I was walking from the Inn at Court Square the other day and noticed on the back of The Paramount Theater a phrase was painted: “The Friendly Paramount.” Where did it come from? And what does it mean?—Bree K. Wall Bree: Ace suspects you’re unaware of the many levels to your question. In its […]
Reinvigorating downtown Crozet
Downtown Crozet is ready to return to the limelight, and the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors is willing to approve a rezoning plan that property owners, consultants and the Planning Commission thinks could take it there.