Regional Transportation Poll
I am trying out a new feature - a poll to the right. Our transportation/infrastructure issues are not isolated to the City of C'Ville, Counties of Albemarle, Greene, Fluvanna, et. al. They are regional issues that need regional solutions and for these governments to gasp!…
Transportation Progress?
From today's DP - With Old Trail coming, we should make sure that the roads in Crozet are usable,” Supervisor Sally H. Thomas said. Supervisor David C. Wyant, whose White Hall district includes Crozet, said his mindset on road improvements has changed. “I'm almost at…
This should prove interesting
From WINA - The Virginia ACLU and the Albemarle-based Rutherford Institute are going to bat for a recent candidate for the General Assembly. Property rights and free speech - two of the most base freedoms we possess. I mentioned this situation when it first occurred;…
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…
What a shame …
The Supreme Court on Monday refused -- as it was expected to do -- to reconsider its controversial ruling expanding the power of local governments to seize private property for economic development. The action came as the Justices issued several routine orders while the Court…
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…
Condos in Charlottesville
Good article in the DP this morning about the vast number of condos in the area (if you want more information on these, please email me, rather than the Sellers' agents!) Read the whole article, but take note of what Ted Koebel, director of the…
Are they kidding?
The words gall and audacity don't seem to be appropriate. Referencing the Kelo case. From the Fairfield Weekly - With language seemingly lifted straight from The Goonies , NLDC's lawyers wrote, "We know your clients did not expect to live in city-owned property for free,…