Albemarle will issue an RFP for a new Crozet library. I’ll believe it when I see it.
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UVA graduation is this weekend (May 20th). Consider yourself warned. #
Theodore Roosevelt’s Albemarle retreat, Pine Knot, is looking to become more well known and accessible. #
Tablet computers are working out pretty well in city schools. #
VDOT got seven bids for the Western Bypass, but they’re secret until one is selected in June. #
One small car part is the sole evidence of who killed a Waynesboro woman in a hit-and-run on Saturday. The community at Jalopnik figured it out—it’s from the grille of a 2003 Ford F150 XL. #
Does the city have the power to set the speed on the bypass so ridiculously low? Several people argue that it does not. #
Council has again shot down the police department’s request for funding to put CCTV security cameras all along the Downtown Mall. #
A little light reading: Charlottesville’s charter. These are the rules, set by the legislature, under which C’ville exists. #
The plan for Shoppers World has been made public. Stein Mart and DSW will moving in to the complex recently vacated by Whole Foods. #
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Watch out here – they may decide to build it and then bail out of actually running the new branch. From the Progress article:
Even if the tax rate is bumped to the equalized rate, the county will be able to afford to build the Crozet Library, but will fall $200,000 short on its operating costs. Foley also said the VRS revelations also mean adding EMS service to Pantops will be much more difficult.
Board members Ann H. Mallek and Duane Snow said they supported finding alternate ways of funding the library’s operating cost, including moving some of the burden from the county to the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library system itself.
Where does the BOS think the operating money comes from now? It’s the five jurisdictions that provide the funding (Albemarle County being one of them) and the Regional Agreement sets this down in stone.
Waldo, you should be more optimistic. Look at other infrastructure projects they’ve tackled over the years…
hmmm, yeah.
Please attend the Crozet Library GRAND OPENING on May 11, 2033.
I hear there will be a Bodo’s in the new Crozet Library, which may explain the hold up.
The county should not be spending money, it does not have, building a non-essential building just to placate the residents of Crozet.