The city will pay around $2.5 million a year to the Charlottesville Parking Center to rent the ground on which the Water Street Parking Garage is built. A lease from 1994 called for a reset to market rate in 2024.
Charlottesville City Council has a lot of business on the agenda for today’s meeting, and this summary will give you a heads-up on all but two of them.
In addition, Carter Machinery Company has filed for official clearance to operate at their newly purchased location on Rio Road next to the Northside Library.
The work is expected to cause some delays during construction.
Evergreen Home Builders have filed what may be one of the first “major development plans” with the city that takes advantage of provisions to allow more units on single family lots.
Twice a year, the city’s Office of Economic Development put together a report for some of Charlottesville’s retail areas.
Over the past ten years, Albemarle has accelerated its emphasis on economic development and this is the beginning of the latest iteration of that trend.
The new legislation is seen as a way to open up the possibility of being elected to more people.
One of three stories from the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission’s meeting in late July.
The TJPDC passes the money on to groups such as the Albemarle Home Improvement Program who then work with property owners on small projects to preserve existing houses.