DailyProgress.com | Expert offers ideas to help U.S. 29: Most view the community’s primary transportation artery as a necessary evil. While U.S. 29 is frequently the most efficient route through the area, few relish their treks along the busy road. “There’s not much community pride in [U.S. 29],†Mike McGown, incoming chairman of the North Charlottesville Business Council, said at the council’s spring luncheon…. When questioned on how the “road diets†and “villages†would work on a major thoroughfare that moves much commuter traffic through the Lynchburg to Washington corridor, Burden suggested the “passing through†traffic be given other road options.
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Fewer lanes = better traffic flow?
First With Local News AM 1070 WINA Charlottesville: A community planner says you can move traffic quicker with fewer lanes…. Burden says reducing lanes can actually move traffic more efficiently. He says when you take a lane away and put a turn lane in the center, it moves just as much traffic in a safer manner and it’s easier for pedestrians. Burden says speed limits along these roads are set by the prudent driver, not the imprudent driver, and therefore the speed comes down.
Home Resales Increased By 1% in Latest Month
RealEstateJournal | Sales Trends: Sales of existing homes and condominiums rose by 1% in March to the third-highest sales pace on record, a real estate trade group reported Monday, as low mortgage rates continued to provide a foundation for housing demand.
When did we get a “Warehouse District”?
Fridays After 5 will be held at a temporary location in the Warehouse District while construction continues on the Charlottesville Pavilion, a 3500-seat, open-air amphitheater that will replace the stage that once was home to the free concert series. The DP has the story.
March home sales defy expectations
USATODAY.com – March home sales defy expectations: Existing home sales jumped more than expected last month, while the median price soared 11.4% from March 2004 — the biggest year-over-year leap since 1980, a trade group said Monday in a report that belied predictions of a slowing market. The National Association of Realtors said sales of existing homes, town houses, condominiums and co-ops, which account for about 85% of all home sales, rose 1% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.89 million in March. That’s the third-highest sales figure on record, well above economists’ predictions for an essentially flat sales month. I am sure all the doomsayers will take this as another sign that the end is near, but …
This month’s Forum Watch
Apr 26 Albemarle County Planning Commission work session North 29 Master Plan 7:00 pm ACOB Apr 27 Louisa County Developers Roundtable 11:00 am Louisa County Building RSVP 967-4583 Apr 27 Nelson County Town meeting Subdivision Ordinance Faber Rescue Squad 7:00 pm Apr 28 Greene County Public Hearing Budget William Monroe High School 7:30 pm Apr 28 Nelson County BOS Budget workshop 7:00 pm NCC May 4 Nelson County Town Meeting Subdivision Ordinance Rockfish Community Center 7:00 pm May 14 Fluvanna County Community Planning Event Lake Monticello May 20 Fluvanna County Community Planning Event Fork Union ACOB – Albemarle County Office Building ACOB-5th – Albemarle County Office Building Fifth Street CCH- Charlottesville City Hall FCB – Fluvanna County Building GCAB – Greene County Administration Building NCC – Nelson County Courthouse NMS – Nelson Middle School Complex Return to Top Transportation Policy Meadowcreek Parkway – A significant effort is underway to generate federal transportation dollars to fund the construction of an interchange at McIntire and 250…. To review their concerns and staff reply please see http://www.albemarle.org/upload/images/Forms_Center/Departments/Board_of_Supervisors/Forms/Agenda/2005Files/20050112/Subdivision.htm The Blue Ridge Home Builders are working with other advocacy groups to develop a workable ordinance that allows development to occur in the development area…. Albemarle County Neighborhood Model Zoning Text Amendment – The previous iteration of the ZTA is now available online at http://www.albemarle.org/department.asp?department=planning&relpage=5236 Albemarle County staff held a focused discussion on March 31st 2004 to discuss the changes to the zoning with members of the development, building, real estate and community at large…. Residents have attended a few meetings and the results of these meetings including the draft guiding principles are available on at www.albemarle.org/pantops or by contacting Susan Thomas (434-296-5823 or sthomas2@albemarle.org) in the Planning Department Return to Top Other Land Use Albemarle County Rural Areas Comprehensive Plan Chapter – The Rural Areas chapter of the Comprehensive Plan has been enacted.
Downtown Renovations continue
Eager ’villeans will just have to wait to see what’s behind the drop cloths and scaffolding once a few highly visible downtown landmarks are refurbished…. When the curtain rises on the building, it will be The Landmark Hotel, a high-end boutique lodging operated by Windsor Capital Group, which runs chains like Embassy Suites, Marriott, Hawthorn Suites, Radisson and Renaissance…. The former Foot Locker site is being remodeled as the new home of a high- end Parisian paper store, Caspari, and other unrevealed commercial ventures…. It’s rumored that Capshaw will move his music management business, Red Light, into the space along with the management group running the Charlottesville Pavilion (nee Amphitheater) for Capshaw, who also owns the building.