Date Archives January 2011

Fine Then. Build the Western Bypass

If the Albemarle Board of Supervisors does pass Places29, without fundamental changes (including real consideration of a bypass option), we believe VDOT will continue to press the arterial standards. 

…Places29 will then be nothing more than an expensive book of pretty pictures that hindered rather than enhanced development opportunities in the development areas.

…29 North was never designed to to be an artery where pedestrian activity was encouraged, was it? Start reading about the Western Bypass , and understand that, like most infrastructure improvements in our area, nothing will ever get done.

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DIA Recruiting Event – 1 February 2011

I’m curious how many current Charlottesville area residents meet the following criteria, from the Daily Progress :

The recruitment event is for the following occupational specialties: engineering (mathematical, mechanical, chemical and electrical); facilities and logistics; foreign languages (Arabic, Pashtu, Farsi, Dari, Urdu, Russian, Korean, Chinese and Japanese); human capital; intelligence analysis (general military analysis, cyber and technical collection); and science (chemistry, biology, physics, nuclear engineering).

DIA experts and human resource specialists will be on site, to meet those possessing sought-after skills. … Search for Defense Intelligence Agency jobs here ; I suspect that the best way to get a job here may still be the old-fashioned way – networking – but who knows?

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