Letter from Director of RWSA
From this week's C-Ville in response to their recent story (and mentioned here), Tom Frederick, the Executive Director, sends a cogent response/clarification. John Borgmeyer: I reviewed your front-page article entitled “Who's got their hands on our tap?” in the May 3 edition of C-VILLE Weekly…
Anti-Pipeline Website
This might have gotten lost in the blog transfer last month - This "Best Place to Live" may increase its urban water supply NOT with mountain runoff from the Shenandoah National Park, not from the fields and forests of northwest Albemarle, not from stewardship of…
29 North Corridor planning session
What: Transportation and Land Use Planning meeting for North US 29 corridor When: Wednesday, May 25th 6:30 pm -9:30 pm Where: Doubletree Hotel Why: Attendees at the May 25 meeting will hear introductory presentations from the project consultants and then will work alongside other county…
Gov’t contractor firm expanding
MZM Inc., a national security firm with an office in Albemarle County, is buying the former Technicolor plant, a move expected to bring in hundreds of new jobs. ... Hagy said he expects many of the employees to be hired from Greene and the Charlottesville…
29 North Corridor Master Plan
Heard on Channel 29 this morning that 136,000 vehicles pass through this corridor every day. With the Hollymead Town Center on the horizon, traffic is expected to increase significantly. Nice that they are finally starting to Master Plan this area. One of the statements in…
The times they are a changin’
In Culpeper County, at least. WINA: There's a proposed ordinance that would place restrictions on shooting guns in Culpeper. It would would limit shooting to parcels of land 20 acres or larger and ban rifles larger than a 22-caliber. More than 100 sportsmen went to…
Rolling Stones to play Scott Stadium Oct. 6
DailyProgress.com | Rolling Stones to play Scott Stadium Oct. 6 The Rolling Stones will play Scott Stadium on Oct. 6, UVa announced Tuesday afternoon. Prices and other ticket information will be announced Monday, May 16. Prices are expected to be about $100 per ticket. Tickets will…
More on the Hollymead Town Center
Here is a some more detailed info on the Hollymead Town Center. Thanks to a discussion at Cvillenews for the link.
29 Master Plan
Community Development (Planning)-Places 29 Master Plan ALBEMARLE COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLACES 29 MASTER PLAN Welcome to the website for Places 29, an exciting community planning project which will help shape the future of northern Albemarle County communities. Places 29 will bring residents, business owners and…
A note on the Water article
This week's C-Ville has a very thorough article on the water woes facing our region. In my opinion, it was slightly biased, but not offensively so. On March 1, a group of 17 people from a range of city and county groups—the Piedmont Environmental Council,…