I’m betting that for this list, they are considering “Charlottesville” to be at least “Charlottesville + Albemarle.” … They have a general impression of locales, but they don’t have much solid information, and it’s hard to compare one to another. And that’s what we’re trying to do — so they can get a picture of that,” Lynch says. … The rankings are based on 12 criteria in three general categories: academic environment (with an eye toward factors such as student diversity and degree attainment), quality of life (arts and leisure, cost of living, etc.) and professional opportunity (such measures as earning potential, unemployment rate, entrepreneurial activity).
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Defining Insanity
““If we keep trying to stimulate the market, that’s the definition of insanity.— Dear Government: Please stop.
YAT – Yet Another Study in Albemarle
From today’s C-Ville : When the Albemarle County Planning Commission unanimously approved the 54-acre rezoning of UVA’s Fontaine Research Park in July, it did so without specifically including the most scrutinized piece of park property: a plot of land reserved for the Sunset/Fontaine Connector.
…“We’re looking forward to the Board of Supervisors meeting on September 8 as a final step,†says Fred Missel, UVA Foundation’s Director of Design and Development, of the park’s rezoning. But while the UVA Foundation is committed to building the connector, a route between Fontaine and Sunset avenues—first recommended in 2004 in a study produced by the city, county and UVA—is yet to be finalized. Now, a new study by the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission will examine the UVA Foundation’s preferred path, along Stribling Avenue, as well as other routes that might lower costs to the county.
More Fiber in Coming to Charlottesville?
The completely underground fiber optic network will use enhanced fiber for lower latency and provide a diverse route to companies in Charlottesville seeking mission critical, high capacity optical transport to the greater Washington D.C. area. The network will be directly connected to FiberLight’s vast multi-ringed 500+ mile network linking the high-density government and enterprise corridor encompassing Northern Virginia, Washington D.C. and greater Baltimore, all 100% underground. … As one of the nation’s leading providers of mission critical, high performance fiber optic networks, FiberLight is building on its successful initiative started in 2009, when it constructed a self-funded 136-mile diversely routed fiber network connecting to the NAP of the Capital Region in Culpeper, Virginia. The new network is in response to demand by government and enterprise customers seeking high-bandwidth transport for the purposes of data replication, data security and low latency transport of voice, video and data to offsite locations.
The (UVA) Students are Coming! The Students are Coming!
If you live in Charlottesville, I hope you got your fix of the Corner over the past two months. I ate at Boylan Heights a couple times; no more until next summer. Avoid: – Wal-mart (s). – The Corner. – UVA Grounds. – Barracks Road and Barracks Road Shopping Center. – Rugby Road. View Places to Avoid for UVA’s First Weekend in a larger map
Twitter Week in Review
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Twitter Week in Review
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