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A Photo Tour of the Meadowcreek Parkway

Published by Waldo Jaquith on October 5, 2010 in Transportation. 21 Comments

Bill McChesney strolled down the completed county portion of the Meadowcreek Parkway, and provides this photo set of what it looks like. A street sign reads “Meadow Creek Parkway,” so apparently the county just decided to go with the informal name that’s been bandied about for years. That means that somebody driving in a straight line south from Rio will, without ever turning, drive on Meadow Creek Parkway, McIntire Road, Ridge Street, Fifth Street, Fifth Street Extended, and Old Lynchburg Road. Fourteen miles, six names, one road.

WTJU Station Manager Resigns

Published by Waldo Jaquith on October 5, 2010 in Music and UVa. 4 Comments

WTJU station manager Burr Beard has resigned, Tyler McGill writes on the WTJU In Crisis blog. Citing “family concerns,” his resignation is apparently effective immediately. Beard’s planned overhaul of the station’s format led to a public rebellion by long-time volunteers, leading to some backpedaling on the university’s part, but without a clear path forward for the station. Presumably now the path is even less clear.

Pie Was Fested

Published by Waldo Jaquith on October 4, 2010 in In Brief. 3 Comments

Pear-cranberry pie with gingersnap crumb topping won the Pie Fest. #

FHWA Signs Off on Meadowcreek Interchange

Published by Waldo Jaquith on October 1, 2010 in In Brief. Closed

The feds have OKd the environmental impact of the Meadowcreek Parkway interchange. #

City Reduces School Dropout Rate

Published by Waldo Jaquith on September 30, 2010 in Education. 11 Comments

The Progress reports some good news from the city school system: there’s been a 40% reduction in dropouts at CHS over last year. Eleven percent of kids due to graduate in 2009 failed to do so; of kids due to graduate this past spring, only 6.8% didn’t. For comparison, the statewide rate is 8.2%. City schools attribute the improvement to programs that they have put into place to reduce dropout rates.