Kaine to tackle growth
Enlightening story from the Washington Post this morning. In his first policy address to the General Assembly, the new governor will urge passage of a law that gives local governments the right to halt housing construction if roads are not adequate. Kaine also will acknowledge…
Builder shortage, etc.
A builder shortage? We are hearing from economic developers and employers reporting that they have more jobs than people. The availability of affordable housing to attract manufacturing workers is starting to become an issue. The housing that is being built is too expensive for the…
Crozet’s Growth
The DP has a nice summary this morning of last night's Crozet Community Association meeting. It was an interesting meeting, attended some of Crozet's leaders, Dennis Rooker, David Wyant and approximately 300 people, most of whom may fit directly into the NIMBY category. The current…
Transportation items
Charlottesville Tomorrow has a detailed report on yesterday's Meadowcreek Parkway Interchange meeting. Meadowcreek Parkway has been discussed, and planned, and discussed for an obscene amount of time. Our area needs this to be built. I hadn't seen this before - 250 Bypass Interchange Project site.…
Property tax insight
For those of you who have the pleasure of paying property taxes, this is a good explanation of localities' needs and methods for determining their millage rates. The key insight here is that aggregate real estate tax rates are set simply to cover the locality's…
Crozet’s Growth
Charlottesville Tomorrow has a good summary of the Albemarle County BoS meeting today, specifically relating to the Crozet Master Plan. Also nice is that Cville Tomorrow has a podcast of the event. Wickham Pond was approved today as well. I look forward to the news…
More on APFs
Waldo has an interesting post today regarding APFs. This is going to be an interesting year, with perhaps some watershed moments and movements regarding our region's growth.
Growth, sprawl, transportation and more
This month's Rebellion is out. I haven't read it yet, but it touches on some pressing issues - transportation, growth, land use ... read it here. I said the essentially what he is saying below (with far less eloquence) the other day - From the…
Neighborhood Model – revisited?
This is potentially big news ... and a bit exciting. Courtesy of WINA. Citizen advocacy groups and some Albemarle Supervisors believe the new year will bring a renewed focus on the county's Neighborhood Model. There are vocal critics of Albemarle's approach to suburban sprawl who…
Not used to NoVa traffic, are you?
In a recent post regarding the dearth of senior housing in our region, I noted a new development coming to Greene County. One might think (as I did) that it would be a beneficial idea for this developer to provide some form of transportation for…