Requiem for a parking lot
The expanse of pavement on Jefferson Park Avenue, known as the “JPA Lot” or B1 lot, currently encased in barricades and temporary fencing, through which backhoes dig, was once a […]
Meadowcreek Parkway to-do list in city
With City Council’s 4-1 vote to move forward with two designs for the 250 Interchange, the ethereal Meadowcreek Parkway (MCP) lurched one more step closer to existence. Yet the city […]
Speeding fines go to $200 on three roads
Seeing the squad car’s blues and reds in your rearview is going to cost a lot more come September. City Council approved a $200 minimum fine for speeding on three […]
“Dangerous” dogs registered online
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services launched a new online registry for dangerous dogs on July 2. Created through legislation in the 2006 General Assembly, the interactive database […]
City housing rehab on hold
In the rhetoric of business leaders and politicians, the glossy face of the affordable housing issue is a young couple, probably a firefighter and a school teacher, scoping the market […]
72 new pools for “Rural” area
When temperatures get in the 90s and the humidity makes you feel like you’re underwater anyway, why not take a dive into the pool? And how much more convenient it […]
Red dirt alert!
Poplars will have to find a new glen. Construction recently began on the second phase of Poplar Glen, a development of townhomes in Albemarle County on the south side of […]
Free information
Dear Ace: Why is Free Union called Free Union? The name seems a little grandiose for what’s sort of a one-horse town, don’t you think?—Crozet T. Robot Crozet: Yeah, sounds […]
Correction from previous issue
Due to a reporting error in last week’s cover story [“Why doesn’t Charlottesville have a strip club?”], we stated that real estate agent Ellen Pratt has listings for small condos […]
Pulling the plug
This is my last column for C-VILLE, and it has been an indescribable pleasure to talk to so many musicians, bands, club owners and people on the local music scene. I want to say thanks to my editor, Cathy Harding, who took a chance on publishing that first On The Record