Monthly Archive for March, 2006

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Blogging Round-Up

Published by Waldo Jaquith on March 2, 2006 in Blogs. 4 Comments

Here are some of my favorite Charlottesville blog entries from the past week.

The Cool Honey has ruled Mayor David Brown “UNBELIEVABLY dope”. The Food Geek reports on the huge crop yield increases that come of organic farming. Bill Emory talked all night into the guts of the machine. Jim Duncan is torn on what to do about growth. Joe has ten quotes that make his life better when he applies them. David Murray promotes the kitten apocalypse. Jennifer went to the Paramount for the first time, saw Yo Yo Ma, and loved every minute of it. Brian Wheeler is blown away by developers’ proffers in Northern Virginia. Michael reminds himself that only the penitent man shall pass. Rick Sincere points out that nobody minded funerals being protested until the targets turned from homosexuals to veterans. Lincoln Michael came in second in The Hook’s fiction contest. And, finally, C.R. is celebrating his first anniversary of blogging.

What did I miss?

Crozetians Protest Growth Plans

Published by Waldo Jaquith on March 2, 2006 in Development and Politics. Closed

As of the 2000 Census, Crozet had a population of 2,820 souls. 1,316 of them signed a no-growth petition that was delivered to the Board of Supervisors last night, calling on the county to limit the Crozet population to 12,000 people, Brian Wheeler writes. Charlottesville Tomorrow has a podcast of the remarks made by the public about the Crozet Master Plan.

The Crozet Community Association is asking where the leadership is from their BoS rep, David Wyant. He was elected, after all, on opposition to growth, or so it seemed at the time. It would be interesting if newly-elected Rio representative David Slutzky turned out to be the Crozetians’ best friend.

Proffit Road Closing in Summer

Published by Waldo Jaquith on March 2, 2006 in Transportation. 4 Comments

For all of us who live on Rt. 20 north of Proffit Road, we know that there are only two vaguely-direct routes home: Stony Point Road from Pantops, and Proffit Road from 29 N. (When all else fails it’s possible to circle way around and take Burnley Station or, on the other side of the mountains, Stony Point Pass.) So when an accident closes off Proffit, things get kind of crazy. On Charlottesville Tomorrow, Brian Wheeler reports that Norfolk Southern needs to replace the single-lane bridge over Proffit this summer, so the road will be closed for a month or two. That would be the lovely, though rickety, wooden bridge that spans one of the sets of tracks in what was once the town of Proffit.

We’ll all be changing our driving habits for a while, I suppose.

DMB to Play C’ville Double-Header

Published by Waldo Jaquith on March 1, 2006 in Music. Closed

Dave Matthews Band will play a pair of concerts in Charlottesville in September, the Charlottesville Daily Progress reports. The concerts will christen the University of Virginia’s new basketball hall, John Paul Jones Arena, which holds 16,000 people. Concerts have been held in its predecessor, University Hall, but the acoustics were terrible. The performances will be held on Friday, September 22 and Saturday, September 23. It will be the first time DMB has played in Charlottesville since their 2001 Scott Stadium show, which was, in turn, the first time they’d played in Charlottesville since the 1996 Crash release party, which wasn’t even a full-band show. There’s no word on when tickets go on sale.

(Cross-posted from nancies.org.)

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