6,000 more homes?
Potentially, if Biscuit Run and North Pointe are built out. Charlottesville Tomorrow has an excellent round-up of last night's sessions. If you are concerned or curious about growth issues in the region, you have no excuse for not being informed. The DP has a good…
Loudoun & Charlottesville
What I am listening to tonight: Managing Growth: A perspective from Loudoun County Supervisor Jim Burton. Will our community become even more ridden by sprawl and property tax increases? That's what happened in Loudoun County, according to Jim Burton of the county's Board of Supervisors.Courtesy…
What will become of Charlottesville?
Each day seemingly brings a new development, a new announcement of another couple-hundred acres' demise. I received the following email from clients last week who wish to relocate to C'Ville to retire ... After our tour of C'Ville with you last Sunday, (we) drove around…
Portland as “the” example?
But for what? Portland is often used as "the" example for how to manage growth effectively and efficiently. I usually read this blog and post it in my little sideblog, but this warrants further comment. The following link is well-researched, cited and presented. I look…
Local housing market review
The DP has two interesting articles David Hendrick provides a good analysis of the local market and its prospects for the upcoming year. Charlottesville is unique, for a variety of reasons. One of which is - "Charlottesville is a destination area," said Casey Dawkins, director…
Albemarle Place discussion
Charlottesville Tomorrow again provides an excellent service and podcast of today's discussion on WINA about Albemarle Place. I held a Realtor's Open House at my listing on Minor Ridge Road this morning. Thankfully, we had quite a bit of traffic from fellow Realtors - about…
Crozet Town meeting and other Growth musings
I have had a hard time working up to this post, as the two and a half hour meeting last Thursday night seemed to be so much of the same conflict, same discussions, same end result. The County did a fine presentation that provided a…
Another Albemarle Place update
CvilleTomorrow has another excellent update on the plodding path of Albemarle Place. Does this seems to be a partial reason for its non-approval so far? Buildings are being proposed that would exceed the 90' height limit for residential/mixed use at this location ... The applicant…
Crozet Growth “town meeting” Feb. 9
I received the following in the mail the other day - (I'm not that special, I just happen to live in Crozet) - an invitation to a public hearing in Crozet regarding growth, the discrepancies in the projected number of residents of Crozet and much…
Population increases (shocking!)
The Weldon Cooper Center has released a study showing population increases throughout the Commonwealth. The Thomas Jefferson Planning District (our region) has seen a fairly significant increase in its population - 7.5%. Albemarle has seen a provisional change of 7.4%. Charlottesville - (-.5%) Greene -…