Rod Gentry of Union Bank & Trust asks City Council to keep the vehicular crossing at 4th Street East On June 18, 2007, the Charlottesville City Council reviewed the status of the Downtown Mall’s second vehicular crossing. Council voted 3-2 to make the crossing permanent and to have staff bring back additional recommendations as to […]
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VDOT crews repair sinkhole on Route 29
A crew with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has filled a sinkhole that opened up in the early morning of June 18, 2007 outside of the Seminole Commons shopping center in Albemarle County near Hollymead Town Center. This is the third time in less than two years that the pavement in that stretch of […]
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Peter Kleeman launches campaign for City Council
On June 18, 2007, Charlottesville resident Peter Kleeman officially announced his candidacy for a seat on the City Council . He qualified for the ballot last week by turning in 125 petition signatures to the city registrar. An area resident since 1981, Kleeman has been an independent transportation consultant since 1997 specializing in air quality, […]
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Pavement at Route 29 sinkhole site appears to be failing again
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is reporting that the pavement has “deflected” in the location of two previous sinkholes on Route 29 near the Hollymead Town Center. Darin Simpson, Assistant Administrator for VDOT’s Charlottesville residency, says crews are being mobilized this morning to assess the situation and to excavate the site. WINA is reporting […]
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City Council to consider Fourth Street crossing
For the past year, motorists have had the chance to drive south across the east end of the Charlottesville Downtown Mall at Fourth Street East. Merchants had requested the second crossing as a way to bring more people downtown. City Council will decide whether to make that crossing permanent after a public hearing on June […]
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A Close Look at an EarthCraft Home
The Blue Ridge Home Builders Association continues its 2007 EarthCraft Home Tour this weekend at ten locations throughout Charlottesville and Albemarle County. EarthCraft House provides a set of guidelines to home builders so they can construct energy-efficient houses that have less impact on the environment. We visited two homes being built near Profitt Road in […]
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Largest local campaign contributions as of June 4th
The Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP) has just updated the campaign finance data for our local elections. Now the VPAP database includes the June 4th financial reports covering fundraising activity for April and May 2007. On the VPAP website you can get contribution profiles on all the Charlottesville City Council and Albemarle County Board of […]
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Divided Planning Commission approves Meadowcreek Parkway interchange
The City Planning Commission has voted 3-1-1 to approve a motion establishing that the proposed Meadowcreek Parkway interchange at the Route 250 Bypass and McIntire Road is consistent with the City’s 2001 Comprehensive Plan. The vote came after a public hearing in which participants were asked to limit their comments to whether the interchange fit […]
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Candidates for 2007 local elections
The 7PM deadline has passed and we now have the final list of candidates for the November 2007 local elections for Charlottesville City Council and the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors. The candidates are as follows:Charlottesville City Council (3 at-large seats)David Brown (D)*Holly Edwards (D)Barbara Haskins (I)Satyendra Huja (D)Peter Kleeman (I)*=incumbent Albemarle County Board of […]
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Take Albemarle’s cash proffer survey
Albemarle County has made available an on-line citizen survey related to cash proffer policies . Visit the survey and share your opinion by Friday, June 15th! The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors will be reviewing the results at their June 20th work session. Voluntary proffers are are typically offered as part of a rezoning request […]
