The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors approved the North Pointe rezoning at their meeting Wednesday evening August 2, 2006. The County Office Building’s Board Room was filled beyond capacity and a second overflow room was wired for sound so the large audience in attendance could hear the Board’s discussions. The final vote was 4-2 with […]
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Transportation funding challenge hits home: Crozet development deferred, Cascadia approved
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors held a lengthy discussion on transportation funding challenges and developer proffers as they reviewed two rezoning requests ( Westhall-Crozet and Cascadia-20N ) at their meeting Wednesday. Supervisors reached consensus that there was an urgent need for a worksession on these topics and these items are expected to be discussed […]
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Downtown Mall Crossing Survey
The City of Charlottesville approved a second vehicular crossing of the Downtown Mall this past April and the trial will be continuing into May 2007. When it was approved by a 4-1 vote (Kevin Lynch against), Mayor David Brown expressed interest in conducting origin and destination surveys on the vehicles to learn more about the […]
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Meadowcreek Pkwy Interchange Meeting
On July 27, 2006 the 250 Bypass Interchange Steering Committee held its seventh meeting to continue its planning for the interchange for the Route 250 Bypass, McIntire Road and the future Meadowcreek Parkway. The committee reviewed the fourteen preliminary design alternatives for the interchange and agreed to narrow their focus for future work to just […]
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Development Review Process Task Force narrows focus
The County’s Development Process Review Task Force met yesterday (6 of 11 members present) continuing its search for unwanted obstacles that lead to developer frustration and to houses where the County does not want them, in the rural countryside. The task force was initiated by Supervisor Ken Boyd (Rivanna) in a presentation he made to […]
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Growth Causing Traffic Concerns
7/27/06 * WCAV [ full story ] From Route 29 to Route 33 there is evidence Greene County is growing. Bulldozers and construction equipment line many parts of the county pushing aside land to build new conveniences. But those conveniences come at a cost. “As you start building larger and larger developments, the additional volume […]
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Mountaintop protection open house
Yesterday, Albemarle County held the first of two open houses this week to field questions from the public about mountaintop protection strategies and proposals to cluster and phase the rate of development in the County’s rural areas . Two very helpful handouts were made available: The next open house focusing on phasing and clustering is […]
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Rural area & mountaintop protection
During the next two weeks there are opportunities to attend open houses and speak at public hearings to provide feedback on both the mountaintop protection ordinance and proposals to cluster and phase the rate of development in the rural areas . Recommendations have come forward from citizen committees and from work related to the Board […]
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Major retail development for 5th St and Avon
As reported in last Saturday’s Daily Progress , Albemarle County is reviewing a rezoning application for the property between 5th Street and Avon Street just over the border from the City of Charlottesville. The project, named ” 5th Street — Avon Center ” on the rezoning application, proposes almost 400,000 sq.ft. of commercial buildings as […]
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Regional transit authority moves forward, University takes a backseat
At their July 19, 2006 meeting, the Policy Board of the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) approved a resolution of intent committing the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County to the establishment of a regional transit authority . The approved resolution will now go before the City Council and Board of Supervisors for endorsement. At is […]
