C-Ville’s interesting stories
C-Ville has a couple of interesting stories this week. Snippets - Rather than fight the Parkway on its merits, one resident seemingly chooses to fight with bureaucracy. We need this road. Badly Local road expert Peter Kleeman has been writing letters to the Federal Highway…
Rail to C’Ville?
Virginia Railway Express may be coming to C'Ville ... Charlottesville Podcasting Network has another outstanding and decidedly pertinent story - Charlottesville Citizens for Better Rail Alternatives ... held its first organizational meeting last week at the Downtown Visitors' Center, and consisted of a public presentation…
Another Big-box development?
Good story in this week's C-Ville about another potential development on 29 North. The area Wood wants rezoned comprises 230 acres on the west side of Route 29N and south of the Hollymead Town Center (most of which was also developed by Wood). He wants…
Southern Pines development in Fluvanna
It is hard to ascertain from this story in The Central Virginian which side (if either) is right. While it was clear that the Fluvanna County Planning Commission was unhappy with Barry Meade's proposed Southern Pines development, some members felt they did not have the…
Chicken or the egg?
One of the perennial, if not daily, questions concerning development - build first and then develop needed infrastructure, or build the infrastructure in anticipation of future, even impending, development? Old Trail was sent for approval this evening from the Albemarle County Planning Commission (pdf). At…
Outstanding news
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development office has awarded a roughly $19 million loan to International Broadband Electric Communications Inc., an outfit specializing in delivering broadband Internet over existing power lines. Customers of Central Virginia Electric Cooperative in 11 Virginia counties are expected to…
Morning thought
Do people not walk or bike places because the infrastructure is not there or do they not build the infrastructure because folks don't want to walk or bike places? What impact will gas prices have on development in the short- and long-term? I would love…
Afternoon links
Read a lot of news. You never know which side of the aisle it is written from. Instapundit speaks to this issue today and references this WSJ article. The economy is a fickle thing, driven largely by the Fed's policies, etc. but psychology plays and…