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Daily Progress, January 6, 2009
"An Albemarle County gas station is the first in Central Virginia to offer E85, an alternative fuel blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline.
The Stop In Food Store, a Shell station at 1220 Seminole Trail, marked the debut of its E85 fuel pump at a ceremony Monday with state officials and local businesspeople."
Daily Progress, January 6, 2009
"The Christmas tree from Central Place has been hauled away and construction equipment has taken its place on Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall.
The four-month, $7.5 million restoration that the city says will lead to unbroken bricks, more benches and fully functional fountains has started without a hitch, with workers saying Monday morning that they were “making pretty good progress right now.”"
Daily Progress, January 4, 2009
"As the Meadowcreek Parkway moves from being a decades-old planning concept into an actual road, some in the area are not wasting time in considering its official name.
Former Albe-marle Supervisor Forrest Marshall will soon implore Charlottesville and Albemarle officials to rename the 2-mile parkway after U.S. Sen. John W. Warner, R-Alexandria, who Marshall said was integral in securing the project’s final funding. The proposed name comes on the heels of Warner’s retirement from Congress after having served five terms."
Daily Progress, January 5, 2009
"The incoming head of Charlottesville’s public housing agency has never strayed very far from the place he knows best.
As Albemarle County native Randy Bickers takes over as the new executive director of the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority, he will return to a place that he has already worked for in an area he’s lived in his entire life — something that, he says, gives him a clear advantage in working through the odds and ends of the city’s public housing sites."
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Daily Progress, December 15, 2008
"After three-and-a-half years of work, Albemarle County is poised to wrap up a $1.25 million planning project that will shape the growth of the busy U.S. 29 corridor north of Charlottesville for decades to come.
The Places29 Framework Master Plan — a joint effort by the county and the Virginia Department of Transportation — aims to guide the future of public and private development of the 14.5-square-mile portion of the county that runs along an 11-mile stretch of U.S. 29 from the U.S. 250 Bypass to the Greene County line.
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Daily Progress, December 13, 2008
"Like so many small stands hawking pine, you’ll find trees from tall to the small, Fraser to Douglas in the Albemarle Square parking lot.
What makes this stand different isn’t the trees. It’s the history behind the man selling them. George Cason has been in holiday home decor since the end of the Great Depression, through World War II and — with a little time off for military service — right up to date.
Cason, 78, is just carrying on a family tradition.
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Daily Progress, December 16, 2008
"Charlottesville officials had hoped that a new tax incentive for buildings 30 percent more energy efficient than state standards would encourage homeowners to take the plunge to become more environmentally friendly.
“What we found is that standard is a very high bar,” Mayor Dave Norris said."
NBC 29, November 24, 2008
"Dawn Story of the Piedmont Environmental Council spent Saturday enticing shoppers at the Forest Lakes Holiday Farmers Market to think local as they map out their Thanksgiving menus.
Story says the perfect holiday feast can come from right here in Virginia. "You would have a pastured turkey from one of our local farms; you would have potatos or sweet potatos from our Virginia soil; you could have apple pie or apple cider from one of our local orchards." "
UVa Today, November 21, 2008
"A new Grounds Plan for the University of Virginia reaches back to Thomas Jefferson’s earliest ideals while stretching forward with 21st-century urban planning principles.
David J. Neuman, Architect for the University, carefully pointed out that, while the plan will guide the University’s development for the next 20 years, it is not a conventional campus master plan that imposes a particular future building on a specific site.
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Daily Progress, November 28, 2008
"It’s no secret that, after having received 12 awards just this year for its efforts, Charlottesville is hooked on green building.
But despite the environmental accolades, “there’s going to be a lot of work ahead of us,” Kristel Riddervold, the city’s environmental administrator, said at a recent event to celebrate the city’s prizes for sustainability.
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Daily Progress, November 17, 2008
"President James Monroe lived fewer than three miles from his lifelong friend Thomas Jefferson, and his home has always been in the shadow of Monticello.
But a federal historic designation, the Journey Through Hallowed Ground, is helping to give Ash Lawn-Highland, Monroe’s former residence, the public relations boost it needs to flourish on its own as a presidential museum. "
Daily Progress, November 16, 2008
"Officials thought they had figured out how to supply the area’s drinking water for the next 50 years.
But facing growing cost estimates, and persistent critics, Charlottesville and Albemarle County officials agreed late last week that they have a lot of talking to do — particularly about what parts of the plan need to be revisited.
As a result, a Nov. 25 meeting has been called on the heels of a City Council resolution seeking a review of major pieces of the water supply plan.
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Daily Progress, November 16, 2008
"New buildings such as the immense, two-story Barnes & Noble at the Barracks Road Shopping Center eventually may not be subject to the same type of review by city officials.
A change in the Charlottesville Planning Commission’s role could result in entrance corridor reviews — those projects, such as the Emmet Street bookseller, that sit along 12 of the city’s busiest roads leading to the downtown area — being scrutinized by city staff instead of by the appointed body.
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Daily Progress, November 19, 2008
"For now, local government officials have all jumped on the bandwagon: There’s no need to forge ahead with the Eastern Connector.
The move to hold off on the project, most recently made by the Charlottesville City Council on Monday, happened after officials expressed a desire to have more concrete data on the effects of a regional transit system and traffic patterns, plus the identification of a funding source.
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