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ALBEMARLE

Engaging with Albemarle County

An easy way to learn about and engage with Albemarle County - Engage Albemarle. Here's an interesting topic: The Comprehensive Plan is Albemarle County's most important document regarding growth, development and change. It establishes government policy to help guide public and private activities as they…

ALBEMARLE

Changing the Proffer System in Albemarle County

I can't argue with any of this. I'd say that there has to be a balance between new homes paying their way and existing homes paying their way. "I think the presumption of the policy is that the county needs an additional means of collecting…

ALBEMARLE

The Western Bypass is Apparently Dead. So What’s Next?

So says the Daily Progress. One decades-old question was answered with a resounding no. "A bypass is not something we would consider," Norfolk-based consultant Philip A. Shucet, the head of the advisory panel and former commissioner of the Virginia Department of Transportation, told the board.…

ALBEMARLE

Albemarle County May Increase the Property Tax Rate

Assessments are up. So might be the mil rate. From the Daily Progress: Recommended budget value: $349.3 million Increase over current year: 8.3 percent ($26.8 million) Proposed real estate tax rate: 80.8 cents/$100 assessed value Current rate: 76.6 cents/$100 assessed value Impact: The annual tax…

ALBEMARLE

How to Pay for Albemarle County Schools?

It costs nearly $12,000 per year to educate a kid in Albemarle County Schools. This year, the County Schools are facing a proposed funding gap of nearly $7 million and the cry from many parents, administrators and citizens has been to “fully fund the schools.…

ALBEMARLE

Will the Western Bypass Ever be Built?

Update 19 February 2014 - Looks like the Western Bypass might be dead. Who knows if and when the Western Bypass will be built? Know this - lots of people will show up to comment on it. Again. A vote on the resolution could follow…

CHARLOTTESVILLE

Charlottesville City Police Ticketing Bicyclists

Police officers in the City of Charlottesville have doubled in the past two years the number of tickets they have issued to bicyclists, Charlottesville Tomorrow reports. First thoughts: - Good. As a bicycle advocate and rider, seeing cyclists cutting in and out of traffic, on…

ALBEMARLE

A Big Shift in Albemarle County’s Board of Supervisors

A lot of money was raised and spent in these elections. The Albemarle County elections last night brought about a resounding change on the Albemarle County Supervisors. Gone are Rodney Thomas and Duane Snow; in are Brad Sheffield and Liz Palmer. For what it's worth,…

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