West Main Street’s evolution continues. A third student housing complex may be coming. You know what would be a great addition to West Main if they’re planning to bring over 1000 bedrooms to that area in the next 12 months? Innovative bike lanes (archived: 2014).
For some background, I wrote abut West Main’s evolution in October of last year and September of this year.
Charlottesville is getting denser. Let’s hope infrastructure is part of the planning – and implementation – of said density.
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