On July 19, 2006, the Policy Board of the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) held their monthly meeting. In this edited recording by Charlottesville Tomorrow, we have included only the comments from the public and the MPO board about the proposed Eastern Connector . An alignment study is about to commence on the Eastern Connector and […]
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Podcast of 7-18-06 WINA appearance
Yesterday I made my weekly appearance on WINA AM 1070 with Coy Barefoot on the Charlottesville Right Now program. Charlottesville Podcasting has produced a podcast of the program here . Topics we discussed: Brian Wheeler
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City officials hold joint meeting on development issues
On July 13 , 2006 the Charlottesville City Council held a joint work session with the City Planning Commission and the Board of Architectural (BAR) review. In the first half of the meeting Council members and Planning Commissioners considered land use and transportation issues in the City’s Comprehensive Plan. The second half of the meeting […]
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City officials to meet on downtown area development issues
This Thursday, July 13, 2006, the City Council , the City Planning Commission , and the City Board of Architectural Review (BAR) will be holding two worksessions related to downtown area development issues. [ See our calendar for meeting details ] According to the agenda, the first half of the meeting will be for the […]
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Realtors touting walkable, livable villages
Local realtor Jonathan Kauffmann has a blog that focuses on the Old Trail development in Crozet, VA . In a post today, he makes mention of a CNNMoney.com article entitled ” The next real estate boom: Dense settlements, not sprawling ranch houses, are the future of housing – and could make for a smart real-estate […]
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Elected official burn out in our future?
Ed Risse has a very interesting post today in Bacon’s Rebellion. Mr. Risse gives an account of Fauquier County Supervisor Bill Downey’s decision to decline running for re-election. This Mr. Risse believes is a cautionary tale of elected official burnout–Elected officials calling it quits in the face of increasingly complex and challenging development issues and […]
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Board of Supervisors meeting podcasts now online
Albemarle County has begun publishing their audio podcasts. This is great news for local residents! These are long meetings and the audio files are large (July 5th podcast is 93.9 MB). My hope is the compression will be upped a bit and we can get them smaller in the future, or at least broken into […]
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Highlights from Crozet population discussion
Earlier this week Charlottesville Tomorrow produced a podcast of the Board of Supervisors’ recent discussion on Crozet population issues. In an effort to share additional information, we have now prepared a transcript of some of the key remarks by both the Supervisors and members of the public. You can download this 6-page document here: http://cvilletomorrow-testing.newspackstaging.com/docs/20060705-BOS-Crozet-Pop.pdf […]
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Concerns Over Growth in Crozet Continues
7/6/06 * WCAV [ full story ] Controversy over growth in Crozet continues tonight as residents there fight to keep the area’s small town appeal. Some Crozet residents are at odds with Albemarle County supervisors. Some county estimates have Crozet’s population jumping 800 percent in distant future and residents just don’t think their town was […]
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Supervisors Discuss Crozet Population
At their meeting today, the Board of Supervisors discussed a draft resolution related to Crozet’s future population. A podcast of this entire agenda item is available below. At the beginning of the meeting, eleven members of the Crozet-area community provided feedback to the Board on the resolution (Photo: Jim Stork speaking to the Board). All […]
