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May 6th, 2008

Charlottesville Tomorrow: Butch Davies updates area officials on transportation projects

Top officials from Charlottesville, Albemarle County and the University of Virginia have been briefed on the status of various transportation projects in our area.  Butch Davies, Culpeper District Representative on the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB), spoke for about forty minutes to the Planning and Coordination Council at their meeting on May 1, 2008.

For details, visit Charlottesville Tomorrow.

 
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April 23rd, 2008

Brian Wheeler on the Meadowcreek Parkway

Brian Wheeler of Charlottesville Tomorrow joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” on Tuesday afternoons to talk about land-use, growth and transportation issues in our community. This week on the show:

  • Council postpones vote on the Meadowcreek Parkway
  • How the Meadowcreek Parkway fits into the Three-Party Agreement
  • North Downtown Business Council invites Danville and Lynchburg business officials to discuss a bypass for US 29
  • Planning Commission reviews cell-tower policy
 
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April 18th, 2008

Interview with transportation activist Zachary Shahan

Environmental groups in Charlottesville and Albemarle County will celebrate Earth Week with a series of events designed to create awareness of sustainability initiatives in our community. One of those is Discover Transportation Freedom, a program of the Alliance for Community Choice in Transportation (ACCT), an area non-profit that seeks to help the community learn to take advantage of other ways to get around. In my capacity as Program Officer of Charlottesville Tomorrow, I interviewed ACCT Executive Director Zachary Shahan on board the Route 7 bus to find out more.

More information at Charlottesville Tomorrow.

 
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April 16th, 2008

City, County adopt new budgets; Brian Wheeler has the details

Brian Wheeler of Charlottesville Tomorrow is a guest every Tuesday on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” with Coy Barefoot to talk about growth and development issues in Charlottesville and Albemarle County.

This week on the show:

 
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April 11th, 2008

GDP Update with Brian Wheeler (growth, development and pie)

Brian Wheeler of Charlottesville Tomorrow joined Coy Barefoot on the April 8 edition of the show to discuss growth, development and pie. The last item is perhaps a new wrinkle for Charlottesville Tomorrow, which usually focuses on land use, transportation and community design issues. But, topics on this episode include:

 
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March 12th, 2008

Brian Wheeler on water, Fifth and Avon and pies

This week on Brian Wheeler’s growth and development update:

 
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February 28th, 2008

Growth and development update with Brian Wheeler

Brian Wheeler is executive director of Charlottesville Tomorrow, a non-partisan organization that covers growth and development issues in our area. This week on the show:

 
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January 30th, 2008

CT Update: Downtown Crozet, Downtown Mall, Eastern Connector

Do you have a question about growth in our area? Brian Wheeler of Charlottesville Tomorrow can probably answer it for you. Charlottesville Tomorrow is a non-partisan organization that covers growth and development issues in the region. and every week, Brian joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” for an update on what’s happening.

This week:

 
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January 24th, 2008

CT Growth Update: Rural ordinances

Brian Wheeler has the latest on growth and development issues on the January 22 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!”

This week on the show:

  • Ann Mallek’s election changes the balance on the Board of Supervisors
  • Board postpones action on rural protection ordinances to February 6 meeting
  • Growth area residents feel pinched by development
 
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January 18th, 2008

Supervisors want more info on impact of paving rural roads

 The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors are giving further review to a recommendation from the Albemarle County Planning Commission to stop using money from the Virginia Department of Transportation to pave gravel roads in the rural areas of the County. At a work session on the Six Year Secondary road plan held on January 9, 2008, the Board asked for more analysis from County staff on the relationship between paving and development rights.

(read more at Charlottesville Tomorrow)

 
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