With ceilings placed higher than the storage space maximum, the basements become a new floor on the buildings that could be occupied for future offices, thus requiring Wood to build 200 additional parking spaces , or seek a waiver from that standard. … Because we have heard storage is actually laboratory space as well, so we are trying to get a better handle on what the real use of this space is,†said Graham.
Browsing Category Growth
Anyone in the Charlottesville media want to localize this story?
The legislation called for the creation of Urban Development Areas that would steer growth in fast-growth counties into districts where jurisdictions were prepared to concentrate their investments in roads and infrastructure — and allowed localities to assess impact fees to help pay for it. … … One of the reasons that General Assembly Republicans are adverse to new taxes is that HB 3202 significantly has already increased the ability of local governments to raise funds through impact fees.
The Solution to Sprawl
As I said on Inman’s blog yesterday : I firmly believe, to my core, that this (higher gas prices) is going to drive human settlement and development patterns toward properties that are close to “stuff that is within walking distance.” Buyers who buy today and are within a mile of grocery/coffee/gym – even if in the suburbs – will be grateful and thankful for their decision in three to four years.
Transparent politics in Virginia
( Darn it )
Virginia is lucky and privileged to have access to some fantastic resources for investigating local and state-wide politics and politicians. … Combine VPAP’s work with Richmond Sunlight for insight into the Virginia General Assembly and Charlottesville Tomorrow for growth and politics information focused on Charlottesville and Albemarle and you have much of what you need to be an informed, involved and responsible citizen.
If You Don’t Own It, It’s Going to Change
Witness the new approvals from the Albemarle Board of Supervisors; pay attention to the “interconnection conundrum.” If you live on a cul-de-sac, it may not always be one – one day it will likely be a through-road.New residential developments must comply with the County’s standards for, among other things, sidewalks and street trees
I guess I’ve got the traffic, and now I’ve got the convenience
The title quote from Hugh Underwood in today’s Daily Progress accurately sums up the approval of the Avon Center.The segmentation of our region continues …One of the greatest negatives about living on the east side or south side of Charlottesville is the lack of shopping; now that problem will be no more. The Fifth Street-Avon Center development will bring a grocery, home improvement store and large discount retailer, along with a promenade of smaller shops and restaurants. It will be located just south of Charlottesville between Fifth Street and Avon Street Extended.View Larger MapEven better – The entire project will be LEED certified, a nationally recognized standard of green building, said the project’s lawyer, Steven Blaine.
Thank you, Ken Boyd
For bringing the annexation debate to the forefront.Bribing the City of Charlottesville clearly made sense when the agreement was made; it’s time to revisit the debate.The agreement ended Charlottesville’s annexation of County land and was approved by County voters in a referendum on May 18, 1982…. Charlottesville will receive $13.6 million in revenue sharing funds from the County in FY2009. …Slutzky encouraged his fellow Supervisors to stop discussing the legalities until a closed session could be held, but made the observation that revenue sharing means the County has an effective tax rate (this year) of 58 cents per $100 of assessed property…. For some background – The Daily Progress, Cville Tomorrow and Jennifer’s blog.We share many things now – merging would hopefully simplify the political process and remove some of the divisiveness that currently exists.