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Referencing Old Trail in Crozet –

“No plan is perfect, but it’s probably the best plan I’ve seen,” Supervisor Dennis S. Rooker said. When a citizen addressed the familiar concern that the Crozet area and the 250 Bypass will sprawl and become the next Route 29N or Pantops, Rooker responded, “Houses don’t create people. They’ll come whether or not the houses are here.”— courtesy of this week’s C-Ville.

If they don’t build the houses, where would they live?

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Houses 10 Miles from City Center?

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Housing has Challengers Everywhere

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Wegmans Finally Coming to Charlottesville

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