Today’s Progress reports that the City has ended negotiations with developer Gabe Silverman over their joint development of the proposed Union Station project. Charlottesville had until early July to make use of a $3.7M federal transportation grant, and they’d hoped to use that to help provide funding for the development of the mixed-use 165,000 sq. ft. complex on West Main Street. Though Silverman and Charlottesville officials have clashed many times over this project, the final straw was a lack of agreement over parking. Silverman and his business partner, Alan Cadgene, have not yet decided how to proceed with development. In the meantime, businesses continue to open up on West Main Street (Albemarle Baking Company this week, Station a few weeks previously), still lacking adequate parking.
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Welcome to your new area code: 434. Wouldn’t you think that we all would have gotten a letter in the mail from the telephone company or something? nym points out some detailed documents (a PDF) that show what areas and prefixes are affected. Most people have until January 2002 to make the switch. Those of us that are mobile phone users have until January 2003.
The Charlottesville Albemarle Legal Aid Society was profiled in yesterday’s L.A. Times. The extensive article describes how unusual, resourceful, and essential that Legal Aid is to the area. I had no idea.
Remember the SWAT team’s stand-off with some poodles in Belmont a couple of months ago? They destroyed the house, and the folks that lived there have been living in the Best Western Mount Vernon ever since. Says one of the residents of the house, “they’re doing us real good.” The city says that no city money is covering this, but also deny that the insurance company will be paying for it. Your interpretation may vary — see Reed Williams’ article in today’s Progress for details.
Following sexual assult allegations earlier in the month, the UVa Medical Center made good on their promise (threat?) to fire convinced felons. Today, they fired nine employees, all of whom were either temp workers or had been hired in the past six months.
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Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
foursix and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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