As City Council begins considering the new budget for Fiscal Year 2008, one theme that sticks from the current budget is how to maintain existing facilities and build new ones in the face of rising construction costs and fluctuating revenues. At an October 2 City Council meeting, Councilor Julian Taliaferro said, “We have to find […]
As City Council begins considering the new budget for Fiscal Year 2008, one theme that sticks from the current budget is how to maintain existing facilities and build new ones in the face of rising construction costs and fluctuating revenues. At an October 2 City Council meeting, Councilor Julian Taliaferro said, “We have to find […]
The City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County aren’t particularly well known for playing nice in the sandbox of Central Virginia (at least on some issues), but the two governments have decided that if they want working mass transit-he kind more commuters will actually use-hey should collaborate.
Standing at a podium facing City Council, Charlottesville resident Ida Lewis unfurled a neatly folded set of papers and began to read. “I am here again to voice my concern for the progress of historic Jefferson School,” said Lewis early in the November 20 council meeting. She was far from the only one to express […]
Go east on the 250 Bypass, cross the Rivanna River, and you’re in what’s known as Pantops, a tangle of retail including the aging Food Lion shopping center, several car dealerships, a newer shopping center anchored by Giant, and what will be the new Martha Jefferson Hospital. The development at Pantops follows the conventions one […]
Say you’re a developer. To make construction more profitable, you want to build more houses than zoning allows on your property. To do that, you have to get local government approval.
Among the restaurants and shops of W. Main Street, one address sticks out like a sore thumb: 858-860 W. Main, a muddy lot next to the Hampton Inn. Although the trucks, steel beams and construction fencing make the lot look like the burgeoning site of some mixed-use condo and retail building, the space is currently […]
‘Tis the season to buy. And buy and buy and buy. Who cares if nobody on your gift list needs anything? And never mind that you don’t have the means to pay for all those overpriced goods anyway. But hey, we’re not here to talk you out of giving. We like presents.
Wouldn’t it be nice to wake up on Black Friday and know you have more than $2.78 to spend on each person on your holiday gift list? Barring an unexpected inheritance, a decent weekend in Atlantic City or a call from “Deal or No Deal,” odds are good that this year isn’t that year. But […]
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Tuesday: The final countdown
Today – through a series of exercises in shopping and cleaning – you’re going to liberate your inner hausfrau. (And yes, men, you have one of those too.) It’s the last day you have to get the house ready before the hordes descend. So find the frilliest apron in the house, do some quick stretches, and let’s get to it!