Charlottesville’s and Albemarle’s Comprehensive Plans
Land use (for many) is boring and is the task of other people. But … if you live in (or are thinking about living in) the Charlottesville or Albemarle areas, you should be paying at least some attention to the Comprehensive Planning Processes of the…
Has That House Ever Been a Meth Lab?
If this bill in the General Assembly passes, home Sellers will have to disclose if a house has ever been used as a meth lab. What would be as good if not better would be would be if a database existed where the public could…
5 Points on School Redistricting and Uncertainty when Buying a Home in Albemarle
Albemarle County is HUGE (PDF) One of the first posts written here was about redistricting schools in Albemarle County; sadly I hadn't yet mastered the art of proper out-linking, so the stories to which I pointed are mostly dead. Today's story by Aaron Richardson in…
Will I Fit in (Politically, in this Neighborhood)?
Update February 2020 If you're the curious type, you can you use the Virginia Public Access Project's (VPAP) tool to see who is donating to whom in a particular zip code. I found it to be quite interesting, as we are in the middle the…
Question 1 on the Virginia Ballot – Eminent Domain
(the above is from the Albemarle County site)"Shall Section 11 of Article I (Bill of Rights) of the Constitution of Virginia be amended (i) to require that eminent domain only be exercised where the property taken or damaged is for public use and except for…
Extending the Western Bypass?
Not to be flippant, but if talking about extending the Western Bypass already isn't an clue that the current project is flawed, I don't know what is. Much of this discussion sounds like a game - "If we had infinite funds, what would we build"?…
The Western Bypass in 3D
Charlottesville Tomorrow's successful Kickstarter campaign results in an impressive 3D rendering of the probably-soon-to-be-built-and-already-obsolete Western Bypass. U.S. 29 Western Bypass, Northern Interchange - 2012 Design from Charlottesville Tomorrow on Vimeo. I'm categorizing this post under both "Transportation" and "Politics" and if I could weight the…
Meadowcreek Parkway Takes another Step to Completion
Charlottesville Tomorrow reports that Judge Moon has dismissed the most recent lawsuit seeking to prevent the Meadow Creek Parkway's completion. Judge Norman K. Moon of the U.S. Western District Court has dismissed a lawsuit from the Coalition to Preserve McIntire Park that claimed the Federal…
Why Isn’t Bicycling to School More Accepted/Viable/Practiced?
Accessibility/proximity to schools and parks are two of the most common criteria my buyer clients specify when searching for homes in Charlottesville, and more often, bikeability is a factor in addition to walkability. Walkability increases property values; This is an excellent article from Bicycling magazine…
Cville Bike mApp – Track your Bicycle Rides for the Next Month
People want to be close to stuff, and they want to be able to get to that stuff easily. More often, in the City of Charlottesville and more urban parts of Albemarle, "getting to that stuff" includes bicycles. Now the Charlottesville MPO is seeking to…