Realtor meeting this morning with Harrison Rue
This morning's monthly meeting of Realtors was interesting and informative. Harrison Rue, Director of the Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development spoke about some of the most important projects have identified, notably the Hillsdale Connector and the Meadowcreek Parkway (pdf). I will try to post…
Redistricting info
First With Local News AM 1070 WINA Charlottesville: Many of the current Albemarle High School parents and some AHS students DON'T like a proposal to reassign students in Dunlora, Stonehenge and other neighborhoods along the East Rio Road corridor. They want to stay at AHS…
Albemarle County news
From today's "A-Mail" The next Board of Supervisors Meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 1, 2005 starting at 9:00 a.m. in Room 241 of the County Office Building at McIntire. The meeting will begin with the recognition of June as Homeownership Month and recognition…
Places 29 update
Local residents, newly versed in the basics of master planning, sat down Wednesday night and sank their teeth into the possibilities of land use along the U.S. 29 growth corridor in Albemarle County. ... With 1,500 to 2,000 new residents moving into the county every…
Places 29 Meeting
Received this from the Free Enterprise Forum this morning - From Albemarle County's website “Places29 combines a transportation study of the Route 29 North Corridor with land use planning for four designated urban communities. Places29 is a joint project of Albemarle County, the Virginia Department…
Redistricting info
An end to the split feeder patterns in Albemarle County middle schools has been proposed for the fall of 2006. Students attending middle school together would move to the same high school under the redistricting plan. More than 1,900 Albemarle County school students would be…
News Flash
From WCAV - Albemarle Development On The Rise "West of town is going to be a little more quaint although there will be development and there will be growth over here in the next ten to twenty years. However, you will not see the same…
Letter from Director of RWSA
From this week's C-Ville in response to their recent story (and mentioned here), Tom Frederick, the Executive Director, sends a cogent response/clarification. John Borgmeyer: I reviewed your front-page article entitled “Who's got their hands on our tap?” in the May 3 edition of C-VILLE Weekly…
Anti-Pipeline Website
This might have gotten lost in the blog transfer last month - This "Best Place to Live" may increase its urban water supply NOT with mountain runoff from the Shenandoah National Park, not from the fields and forests of northwest Albemarle, not from stewardship of…
29 North Corridor planning session
What: Transportation and Land Use Planning meeting for North US 29 corridor When: Wednesday, May 25th 6:30 pm -9:30 pm Where: Doubletree Hotel Why: Attendees at the May 25 meeting will hear introductory presentations from the project consultants and then will work alongside other county…