Nearly 1,800 new homes have been built in Charlottesville since 2001 when the City Council adopted a comprehensive plan that encouraged mixed-use and dense residential development. The Charlottesville Planning Commission and the City Council were asked... »
If you see teams of university students and faculty circling around downtown Charlottesville over the next 10 days, they’d like you to know that they are part of the “Belmont Vortex.” This whirling academic energy is being directed by Iñaki Alday, the ... »
By Kurt Walters Charlottesville Tomorrow Sunday, January 29, 2012 Just weeks after the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that planning commissions do not have the authority to grant zoning ordinance waivers, the planning process in Charlottesville and Albem... »
An Atlanta-based developer of student housing has submitted plans to build a 300-unit apartment complex near the Barracks Road Shopping Center. If approved by the city of Charlottesville, the development would replace several office buildings with two ... »
When the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority adopted a master plan for renovations of the city’s public housing stock in 2010, it anticipated that the Crescent Hall complex would not see an expansion in its number of units. That might n... »
The Charlottesville Planning Commission voted 5-2 Tuesday to recommend approval of a revision to the city’s critical-slopes ordinance. “This is a good [amendment] because it clarifies the ordinance beyond what we have now,” said Planning Commission cha... »
Residents of Charlottesville’s Meadows neighborhood have expressed concern that their streets may be overwhelmed by traffic generated by the Stonefield commercial center currently under construction in Albemarle County. “We’ve got a lot of concerns abo... »
The city of Charlottesville says chunks of concrete falling from the belly of the Belmont Bridge are the biggest problem right now for the aging overpass. »
