Clustering, phasing and more
Clustering and Phasing shelved (WINA) - link may not work, WINA's permalink structure is bothersome. Phasing and Clustering proposals fail to move forward (Cville Tomorrow) Ok. Efforts to address land-use fail, and the Board of Supervisors approves more developments within the growth area. Crozet Rezonings…
Monday reading -09-11-06
Bloggers and Journalists Living in the richest county ... You need good credit for a mortgage ... and a job. If I had $1.3 million dollars ... I'd buy a farmlet. Regional tax plans - good! Interesting development in rural areas -v- need for power.…
Mass transit = inefficency
Via Digg: There are plenty of good reasons to encourage mass transit, but arguments about the hidden costs of the automobile fall on deaf ears because people, unconsciously or not, factor time and convenience into their decision making. The average driver knows perfectly well why…
Simple fuel analysis
One thing that I do for clients is fuel/cost of travel analysis. For those who might choose to live in say, Buckingham and commute to Charlottesville, they may be better suited living closer and paying a bit more for a house rather than paying less…
State oversight over local development?
Local government has failed, state-wide, from here to there. How will another layer of bureaucracy affect local growth and needed infrastructure improvements? Seriously. Listening to friends and clients, it is a rare (and usually misinformed) person who thinks that growth management has been responsibly implemented…
Whom should we tax?
Not me. Tax him over there. Maybe we should tax those who have moved to the area in the past five years. Or ten. Just so long as it's not me. But ... fix those roads! Bacon's Rebellion responded to the RTD's transportation poll last…
Regional transit authority inches forward
Charlottesville Tomorrow has the report and podcast of the MPO's creation of a Regional Transit Authority. Hold that enthusiasm, though. By "regional," they mean "Charlottesville" and "Albemarle" and not "UVA." UVA is the largest employer in the region. They drive a huge part of our…
Paying for Infrastructure
One of the most constant points of discussion in our (and other) region is infrastructure. We need it, but no one is willing or able to pay for it. From the WP: "I think we're finally coming to a place where growth is sustaining growth,"…
Friday Links – 07-14-2006
As the week winds down for most (I am gearing up to continue showing throughout the weekend), these are a few stories worth reading, each of which relates in some way to the CharlAlbemarle region's real estate market. Ardell at RCG has two outstanding posts…
Sunday reading
Affordable housing and the World Cup We must see affordable housing not as charity but as investment in our nation's future, in its capacity to assimilate and uplift and transform. Are "New Villages" next? Sounds like a rehashing of New Urbanism to me. Without efficient…