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May 11, 2026
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  • Virginia’s 2026 Congressional races reset after state Supreme Court ruling in redistricting case
  • In a divided vote, MPO Policy Board moves forward with two Smart Scale projects without city support
  • Albemarle and Charlottesville both mark Older Americans Month
  • Charlottesville City Council approves funding for affordable housing projects
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  • In a divided vote, MPO Policy Board moves forward with two Smart Scale projects without city support

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  • Albemarle and Charlottesville both mark Older Americans Month

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  • Charlottesville City Council approves funding for affordable housing projects

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  • New director announced for area Emergency Communications Center

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Technical committee to review map for updated functional classifications

Sean Tubbs2 years ago2 years ago03 mins

The revisions happen every ten years after a U.S. Census and include requests from localiites

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  • Pantops
  • Transportation
  • Urban Design

Meeting scheduled on September 10 for Pantops road improvements

Sean Tubbs2 years ago2 years ago05 mins

Unlike other projects in the area, this one will not involve a roundabout but will instead add capacity to an existing traffic signal.

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  • Budget - Albemarle
  • Budget - Charlottesville
  • Education
  • Urban Design

Albemarle County issues RFP for work at The Square in Crozet 

Sean Tubbs2 years ago06 mins

The Square is the final project funded through Albemarle’s Neighborhood Improvement Funding Initiative. The story lists a whole lot of other projects in the works in Albemarle and Charlottesville.

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  • Federal Government
  • Infrastructure updates
  • Placemaking
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Federal government taking applications for Reconnecting Communities grant

Sean Tubbs2 years ago1 year ago04 mins

Albemarle County applied for this program in the past to try to repair the rift that U.S. 29 creates in the area planners refer to as Places29

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  • Budget - Charlottesville
  • Infrastructure updates
  • Parks and Recreation
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Charlottesville marks Parks and Recreation month with new director, proclamation, and public input meetings

Sean Tubbs2 years ago2 years ago07 mins

Public input sessions will be held this summer including a public hearing at City Council’s meeting on Monday, July 15.

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View south along U.S. Route 29 Business (Front Street) at the intersection with Main Street in Lovingston, Nelson County, Virginia
  • Budget - Nelson
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Nelson County awarded $2.5 million for Lovingston improvements

Sean Tubbs2 years ago2 years ago04 mins

The $2.5 million project will be used to add sidewalk improvements to Front Street in Lovingston.

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Albemarle Supervisors: Broadway area should remain available for industrial use

Sean Tubbs2 years ago8 months ago014 mins

The Broadway area is a small portion of Albemarle County landlocked by the city of Charlottesville. The study is intended to help determine what infrastructure and programming could happen to turn it into a destination.

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  • Land Use - Charlottesville
  • Urban Design

Charlottesville BAR weighs in on potential conversation of apartment building to hotel

Sean Tubbs2 years ago2 years ago07 mins

One BAR member commented that the design would need to comply with the requirements for streetscapes in the new Development Code

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  • Budget - Charlottesville
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Contract awarded for 2D watershed model; bids sought for pedestrian bridge over Pollocks Branch at Jordan Park

Sean Tubbs2 years ago2 years ago04 mins

To prepare for more volatile storms and the flooding that may accompany them, the city has hired a firm to…

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  • Federal Government
  • Infrastructure updates
  • Placemaking
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  • Urban Design
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Transportation group in support of federal grant to engineer Rivanna pedestrian bridge

Sean Tubbs2 years ago1 year ago06 mins

The work is intended to come up a more certain cost estimate for the link that would connect Woolen Mills and Pantops.

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