The Virginia Redistricting Commission met for nearly six hours yesterday and failed to reach consensus on a new legislative maps to submit to the General Assembly. The future of the group is in doubt. Until this year, the majority in each house of the General Assembly controlled how the lines were laid out. Legislation and a Constitutional referendum…
An entity called Seven Development LLC has filed a site plan with the City of Charlottesville to build 245 apartment units on nearly seven acres of land near the Rivanna River within land within the floodplain. No rezoning or special use permit is required and the site plan drawn up by Shimp Engineering does not show any…
Do you work for a group that may have a project that you think could demonstrate ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? Albemarle County has announced a grant program to encourage innovation as a way to meet the goals to reduce emissions from fossil fuels to zero by 2050. “Projects can contribute to reducing greenhouse…
Great Eastern Management Company seeks rezoning at North Pointe to add 550 more homes More homes are slated for land within the Places29-Rio Master Plan area and close to the Rio Road Small Area Plan. G.W. Real Estate Partners has filed a rezoning to build four multifamily apartment buildings on 7.2 acres of undeveloped land…
Tomorrow at 10 a.m., the Albemarle Board of Supervisors will meet with legislators to discuss potential legislation for the 2023 General Assembly. On Saturday night, most of the United States will turn back clocks to mark the end of daylight saving time. Albemarle’s legislative wish list does not include a request to end the practice, nor has…
For the first time since 2019, members of the community in Albemarle County had the opportunity to give public comments about the draft budget for the upcoming fiscal year in Lane Auditorium. “It was reality shocking that we had a couple of years when no one showed up for the budget hearings so it’s nice…
The members of the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission have indicated support for two separate planning efforts for more pathways in the region. Both Albemarle County and Greene County are seeking federal funds to build new infrastructure. “The grant would fund a shared bike pedestrian path from the city of Charlottesville to Crozet likely along…
There are 168 days until Charlottesville City Council will vote on a budget for fiscal year 2024, which begins on July 1, 2023 Between now and then a lot of things will happen, including discussions of a capital improvement program, final direction on the expansions and renovations at Buford Middle School, and a fresh round…
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Plans are being made to build a pedestrian and bicycle bridge over the Rivanna River and the Charlottesville Planning Commission got an update last night. The Thomas Jefferson Planning District Committee is leading the efforts and a stakeholders group has been meeting to review options. One of its members is Planning Commission Karim Habbab. “The…