Hollymead Town Center update
NBC29 Online: Albemarle County is excited about the creation of jobs as well as the new shopping opportunities. The county envisions a community where people can live, work and shop without traveling too far. Due primarily to the fact that nobody wants to drive the…
Albemarle County Schools Redistricting
Albemarle County, having just redistricted a few students for the Fall 2005, is ramping up again to redistrict many more students for the Fall 2006 school year. Nobody really knows which kids will go where, but there are some general ideas. Anything I write would…
Scottsville -v- Pipeline
Scottsville's Town Council formally opposes a proposal to pipe James River water from Scottsville to Charlottesville, fearing it would hurt the town's quality of life. If you bring that [pipeline] down Route 20, you're talking development, development, development, (Hogan) said. DP reports today Communication and…
Crazy land prices
A 200-plus acre parcel of land north of Charlottesville is on the market for $50 million. Nearby, a 150-acre plot is priced at $42 million.... According to Albemarle County assessor Bruce Woodzell, neither parcel is currently zoned for dense development. The 200-plus acre parcel is…
More notes from the Realtor meeting
Albemarle will spend about $10K per student next year, comparable to some of the private schools!...There are more than 12,000 students in the Albemarle County School System. The SAT scores are 70 points over the national average - better than Loudon County and Prince William…
Realtor meeting this morning
Anne's Belfield (of which I am an alumnus) and the speakers were representing the Albemarle County School System. Kevin Castner, the Superintendent and Gordon Walker, the chair of the school board, both spoke.... Rather than address this fiasco head-on, Dr. Castner rather reluctantly spoke briefly…
Traffic on 250
A wreck this morning on 64 near the main 250/64 interchange (exit 118) caused the arteries from West of Charlottesville to be backed up. It took me almost one hour to drive from Crozet to Charlottesville. Traffic was bumper to bumper for 15 miles. A foretelling of future…