Oregon has long been looked upon as smart-growth utopia for a long time, as property rights were subjugated to the “common good.” Now, chinks in the armor may be beginning to be exploited. “They say the new law illustrates a nationwide paradox in public opinion: Although voters tend to favor protection of farmland and open space, they vote down these protections if they perceive them…
More on PHA’s Page St. expansion
Private organizations are better suited for this than are public subsidies. When the organization funds the people rather than the houses/projects, better things happen.
Further evidence that gentrification is everywhere
The 10th and Page Street area of the City is slated to be Piedmont Housing Alliance's next target area. WINA has the first report .
Madison’s approach to growth
Madison is different from Charlottesville, Greene. Louisa, Culpeper, basically all of its neighbors, and it's refreshing. The area remains one of the most beautiful and pure parts of the region, and this is deliberate. DP reports .
Fluvanna’s economic future looks more promising
?We need a balance between residential and business, and that is what we?re seeking to achieve,? Tate said. ?If you don?t have a balanced economic base, eventually your tax rates have to go up if [revenue is] totally in the real estate sector.? Fluvanna is seeing its neighbor Louisa open its arms to economic development of varying shades, the Zion Crossroads Business Park, new hotel,…
Public information is omnipresent
This is a potentially scary site.
Snow!
It is supposed to snow again tonight and tomorrow and I can almost guarantee that one of the news outlets will use the word “brace’ to describe our region’s posture in the calm before the storm.WCAVWVIR – so predictable – they are bracing and pulling their red jackets out of the closet!WINA – barely mentions the impending snow storm.With so many transplants from above the Mason-Dixon line, one would think that the chaos and general “running around like a chicken with its head cut off” mentality would eventually subside.