photography from the Chesapeake Bay watershed by Bill Emory
Albemarle County Supervisors vote 4-2 to further terraform at the base of Monticello mountain.
Mallek and Missel voted to prevent harm in the flood hazard overlay district and to retain the benefits of ecosystem services provided by Albemarle’s green and riverine systems to inhabitants of the County and City.
Duncan, Gallaway, LaPisto-Kirtley and Pruitt voted with the civil engineers to acquire four metal buildings, impervious surface and tax revenue.
I certainly do not disagree with the technical attributes my colleagues have shared and I will go on record by saying I hate this image that I’m looking at right here. Look at the neighborhood to the left of Franklin St. What socioeconomic band do you think those people are in? Where else in our county would you see something like this?
Q-Proximity to an industrial park?
A-Right! I mean, talk about design injustice, on top of all the things that my Commissioners have said, there’s a reason why the comp plan says what it says. There’s a reason why we don’t commonly build in the floodplain. There’s a reason why you can’t put a building on there today. Like those reasons are there for a purpose. I won’t go ahead and beat the drum that my previous two Commissioners have. I certainly agree with them. They’ve said it so eloquently. So I’m a pretty hard no on this one.– Commissioner Corey Clayborne 4/22/2025
Huja wasn’t afraid of the 4 way stop. That signage put an end to drag racing on Chesapeake and Market.
Signage isn’t foolproof.
http://historicwoolenmills.org/fabric/2025/02/19/signage/
What’s old is new again
Identify strategies to maximize the presence and value of the Rivanna River in the life of the City of Charlottesville
1/27/2009 Staff presents Rivanna River Corridor Plan Project Outline
Rivanna River Corridor-Charlottesville
Issue: The 3.7 mile River Corridor is an under-realized resource for the City of Charlottesville. “Identify strategies to maximize the presence and value of the Rivanna River in the life of the City.”
Outcome: River Corridor District defined for the City. Various components ready for inclusion with 2013 Comprehensive Plan—March 1, 2010 CPC Work Plan Report
Last night Charlottesville City Council approved purchasing floodplain acreage next to the Rivanna River.
Several of the Councilors and the City Manager spoke thoughtfully about the purchase.
There has been much talk about the Rivanna Corridor in the last two decades. I hope, this time, City leadership, staff and elected, will get serious. Spending five million dollars is a serious move. Other moves, like rewriting the zoning code for the acreage in the flood plain, should be undertaken post haste.
Dear Commissioners,
I appreciate your efforts to address displacement pressure, it is a great challenge.
People need safe places.I think of the decades of back and forth with the Council and the Commission over the disposition of a handful of lots on Market Street and you all are contemplating catalytic changes to thousands of lots.
Wow.I hope you are as wise as Solomon. I pray that your recommendation to Council doesn’t have as many unanticipated/untoward effects on our City as the arrival of the automobile.
As you strive to do good strive also to limit the damage.
The City is a sensitive living thing.
Good luck
The discussion continues.
“that sort of burst on us about a week ago”
(audio from 3 of 5 councilors below.)
Some “studying” has been done but significant steps have not been taken.