C-Ville’s interesting stories
C-Ville has a couple of interesting stories this week. Snippets - Rather than fight the Parkway on its merits, one resident seemingly chooses to fight with bureaucracy. We need this road. Badly Local road expert Peter Kleeman has been writing letters to the Federal Highway…
Rail to C’Ville?
Virginia Railway Express may be coming to C'Ville ... Charlottesville Podcasting Network has another outstanding and decidedly pertinent story - Charlottesville Citizens for Better Rail Alternatives ... held its first organizational meeting last week at the Downtown Visitors' Center, and consisted of a public presentation…
Redistricting in Albemarle
The redistricting saga continues. WINA notes last night's decision here. The DP weighs in here. Most importantly, Brian Wheeler, At-Large member of the School Board,clarifies a few items on his blog. Of note - At last night's meeting we also learned the following about enrollment…
Another Big-box development?
Good story in this week's C-Ville about another potential development on 29 North. The area Wood wants rezoned comprises 230 acres on the west side of Route 29N and south of the Hollymead Town Center (most of which was also developed by Wood). He wants…
Southern Pines development in Fluvanna
It is hard to ascertain from this story in The Central Virginian which side (if either) is right. While it was clear that the Fluvanna County Planning Commission was unhappy with Barry Meade's proposed Southern Pines development, some members felt they did not have the…
Forum Watch is out.
Of particular note are the Places 29 report (pdf) and Neil Williamson's editorial. (more…)
Albemarle Redistricting
Brian Wheeler has a great post that about the current Albemarle County redistricting process. This part is stunning - However, this report does not include Old Trail Village or Wickham Pond (two developments in Crozet submitted after the committee started its work). It also does…
Speaking of Growth
Why is my daughter sitting three-to-a-seat on the bus to middle school?