Morning reading 03-21-2006
Madison County struggles with their comp plan and affordable housing. Major subdivisions in Fluvanna County Augusta County's comp plan consultant fed up, pulls out
“The Uglification of Virginia”
I found this site this morning - MadisonMatters with an interesting editorial by James Bacon. Sprawl is eroding the Commonwealth's exceptional rural landscapes. Anyone concerned about Virginia's quality of life and economic competitiveness should be worried. I can't say that I disagree with his sentiments.…
Madison tax rates going up?
Madison County supervisors are considering a 3-cent higher real estate tax rate than needed to bring in the same money as last year, in their 2005-06 budget discussions. The numbers, however, are a little more complicated than that - and the tax rate isn't going…
Madison OKs farm wine sales
DailyProgress.com | Madison OKs farm wine sales: Good to see that Madison is jumping on the bandwagon set by Patricia Kluge.
And the public speaks …
Madison Town Council members said they had never seen as many people crowd into the town office at one time as they did Thursday night....Members of the Planning Commission tabled a plan to greatly increase the number of parking spaces in town and instead created…
Madison is dealing with growth
?If people are not interested in land conservation in Madison County, if they don?t believe development is coming, this should serve as a wake-up call,? said Miller. Miller also noted that the number of new housing permits issued by the county has been rising steadily…