Albemarle Place delayed at least a year
... I am told by a little birdie. More on Albemarle Place at Cvillenews, Cville Tomorrow and RealCentralVA
Albemarle’s growth so far this year
Brian Wheeler's excellent analysis continues. Two things surprise me - 1) Building permits don't seem to have dropped off in light of the market shift. 2) This year, far more permits have been issued in the development area versus the rural area - a very…
How many Town Centers do we need in CharlAlbemarle?
Just in CharlAlbemarle - - Hollymead Town Center (29 North) - Old Trail Town Center (Crozet, West of Charlottesville) - Belvedere Town Center (North Central Charlottesville) - link not yet live - Albemarle Place (Central Charlottesville) - North Pointe (29 North) - The Downtown Mall…
Struggles with Growth in Charlottesville/Albemarle and beyond
In the light of last week's Biscuit Run hearing on adding 3000 homes to the Southern part of CharlAlbemarle, I am faced anew with the struggle our region faces, and how to cope with the challenges of being a Realtor who makes my living marketing…
Transportation in Virginia
If you live in or use the roads of Virginia and you're not paying attention to the potential remedies, or lack thereof, you need to be. To get you started: Republitarian Bacon's Rebellion (and here) Raising Kaine Charlottesville Tomorrow (and here) What would our area…
Thursday links – 12-14-2006
More will be coming ... Condo project shifts to rentals (in DC) A rant against suburbia What do home sellers want? Fascinating and wide-ranging discussion on affordable housing at cvillenews. Charlottesville's dirty secret is out. (we have traffic - occasionally lots of it) HT: Waldo.
Central Virginia development moves on
Biscuit Run, the proposed development to the south of the City has been revised downwards from a proposed 5,000 homes to 3,500 homes. The traffic study work session next month should be interesting. As always, Cvilletomorrow has much more information as well as a podcast…
Housing and Transportation costs
The Center for Housing Policy has released a fascinating report titled: A Heavy Load: The Combined Housing and Transportation Burdens of Working Families (PDF). It's 32 pages long, so I have not had time yet to fully digest it, but the premise is fairly commonsense:…
Is Albemarle County growing too fast?
Today's release of Albemarle County's citizen survey notes a few interesting facts: (Summary) (Full report - 142 pages!) We as a people have a lot of growing to do. I've said it before - we are going to grow. How we grow, where we grow,…
Albemarle County Development Survey
If you don't speak, no one will listen. As of today, about 300 surveys have been completed. The Albemarle County Development Review Survey has been out since 18 September. It is a survey designed to give the special Task Force and thereby the Board of…