Says Bryan McKenzie today (archived: 2008). *another Daily Progress broken link
There are some serious concerns our community needs to address and not just with another study and another consultant but with real, shirt-sleeves up, kick butt and take down names attitude.
Meadowcreek Parkway
Eastern Connector
Water.
These affect all residents of Central Virginia. Not just the City. Not just the County. Not just University of Virginia. The entire Central Virginia region (archived: 2010).
Outstanding discussion on the 3-3 vote against the rural preservation measures in Albemarle.
That’s enough of my shilling for Charlottesville Tomorrow. If we don’t work together as a community and a region, we might not like where we live in thirty years. Charlottesville is and has been a great place to live. Study after study after study has proven that. We need to move beyond politics and interminable studies and move forward. Somehow.
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