The City of Charlottesville has issued a request for proposals seeking an organization to manage a design competition for the Water Street parking lots [ Download RFP ]. All proposals are due by 2:00 PM tomorrow. Entries for the competition will be due at a later date after the City engages a manager for the […]
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City-County Transit Work Session
County Supervisors Dennis Rooker and Lindsay Dorrier working with City Councilors Julian Taliaferro, Dave Norris and the City’s Director of Public Works, Judith Mueller. On November 29, 2006, the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission (TJPDC) held a transit work session for policymakers from Charlottesville and Albemarle. The goal, to discuss regional transit opportunities and challenges. […]
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Boyd offers clarification on recent initiatives
At the end of yesterday’s meeting of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors , Ken Boyd (Rivanna) responded to public criticism of the Board from earlier in the evening and offered clarifications about the intent of his motions last week to create a $250,000 economic development fund and to have the County rejoin the Chamber […]
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What are the 5Cs?
I recently asked a member of the Albemarle County Planning Commission if they planned to go to the meeting of the 5C’s to hear David Slutzky give a presentation on a transfer of development rights (TDR) program. The response? “What are the 5Cs?” So I thought I would share in this posting a little more […]
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County holds work session on mountaintop protection
On December 13, 2006, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors met jointly with the Planning Commission in a work session to further discuss the Mountain Overlay District (MOD) Committee’s recommendations to “protect the economic, cultural, and natural resources of Albemarle County’s mountains.” After a little more than an hour of staff presentations and discussion, the […]
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Sally Thomas shares letter on rural area protection strategies
Albemarle County Supervisor Sally Thomas (Samuel Miller) has published a letter today raising some questions and offering some solutions to the County’s goal of protecting our fields, farms, and forests. You can download the entire letter here . Ms. Thomas addresses the following questions: I would encourage you to review her positions on these issues […]
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Village of Rivanna voices strong opinions on growth and transportation
The Albemarle County Planning Commission met on Tuesday evening, and into Wednesday morning, to hold four work sessions related to developments near Glenmore in the County’s Village of Rivanna designated growth area . In attendance were over 100 community members, largely from the Glenmore and Running Deer neighborhoods. The projects before the Commission would, if […]
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Albemarle County to rejoin Chamber of Commerce
At the December 6, 2006 meeting of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors , Rivanna District Supervisor Ken Boyd received support for the County to rejoin the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce . The motion was approved by a 4-2 vote (Rooker & Thomas against). Supervisors indicated the County had previously held membership in the […]
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Albemarle creates economic development fund
At the December 6, 2006 meeting of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors , Rivanna District Supervisor Ken Boyd received support for the creation of a $250,000 line item in the Albemarle County budget to support what he calls an economic development opportunity fund . The motion was approved by a 4-2 vote (Rooker & […]
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Slutzky shares update on online constituent referendums
At the December 6, 2006 meeting of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors , Rio District Supervisor David Slutzky shared an update on his plans to launch a website for constituent referendums. Under other business by Board members, Mr. Slutzky announced talktoyourgovernment.com would launch in early 2007 and the website allow him to conduct online […]
