On October 17, 2007, the two candidates for the Rivanna District on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors appeared at a candidates forum sponsored by the Free Enterprise Forum and Charlottesville Tomorrow. Republican incumbent Ken Boyd and Democratic challenger Marcia Joseph answered ten questions on land use, transportation, and growth in the County. The candidates […]
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North Pointe rezoning approved
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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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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Charlottesville Tomorrow’s letter on North Pointe rezoning
Charlottesville Tomorrow’s Board of Directors has sent a letter to the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors regarding the North Pointe rezoning request. You can read this letter via the following link . The Board of Directors of Charlottesville Tomorrow has been closely following the County’s review of and public feedback on the North Pointe rezoning. […]
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North Pointe Commentary
In this post I want to share several comments from County staff and the North Pointe representatives which immediately preceded the May 10, 2006 public hearing and which I think help inform the North Pointe discussion in advance of the next public hearing to be scheduled this Summer. Major outstanding issues involve transportation, the form […]
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Podcast of North Pointe discussion on WINA
Yesterday, I made my weekly visit to Coy Barefoot’s radio show on WINA. The topic of the day was the proposed North Pointe rezoning under review by Albemarle County. Sean Tubbs and the Charlottesville Podcasting Network have the podcast available here: http://www.cvillepodcast.com/2006/05/17/rightnow-northpointe/ As I described on the show, I took some time last weekend to […]
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No decision at North Pointe public hearing
The public filled the Burley Middle School auditorium tonight (likely over 150 people were in attendance) to give the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors three hours of feedback on the North Pointe rezoning request [ project website ]. Almost 40 speakers testified, many sporting buttons either for or against the project, which if approved would […]
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North Pointe heads to public hearing May 10th
North Pointe is a proposed development along the Eastern side of US 29 North just past Forest Lakes North and the Airport and Proffit Road intersection. The Board of Supervisors is holding a public hearing on this project this Wednesday, May 10th, starting at 6:00 PM at Burley Middle School on Rose Hill Drive. While […]
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Two reports released on local growth
I have not done an analysis of these two reports yet, but I wanted to provide a link to them both since Coy Barefoot just had me on WINA talking about them. I expect they will be widely discussed in the community. More analysis to follow. Free Enterprise Forum [ website ] Locked Out: The […]
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North Pointe Information Session
Great Eastern Management and the County of Albemarle hosted a town hall meeting to discuss with residents the proposed 264 acre North Pointe Community that would be built just north of Forest Lakes. The meeting was called in order to answer questions from the public and provide images and maps of what the site would […]
