Toward 2050: Reformatting the commercial landscape on U.S. 29

On November 25, 2019, the School of Architecture held a panel discussion called Bridging the Gap: A Roundtable Discussion on Urbanism – The American Strip Mall. I attended the event and wrote this summary. The 20th Century commercial landscape as canvas for 21st Century As we approach the third decade of the 21st century, many…

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Albemarle to further discuss fill dirt and debris changes in January

Albemarle officials are moving ahead with a review of whether its county code sufficiently regulates the burial of materials such as construction debris, fill dirt, and demolition waste in the rural area. “The fill and waste provisions have not been reviewed since 1998,” said Bill Fritz, the chief of special projects in Albemarle’s Community Development…

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