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Daily Progress, December 4, 2008
"The Lawn will be a bit greener when it lights up tonight for the holidays.
In years past, incandescent bulbs have illuminated the University of Virginia’s historic centerpiece, but this year they’ve been replaced with more energy-efficient LED bulbs.
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Daily Progress, December 2, 2008
"Charlottesville is on its way to getting its first apartment building specifically meant to house and support the city’s homeless.
The Charlottesville Area Community Foundation is announcing today that its $75,000 Catalyst Grant is being awarded to Virginia Supportive Housing, a Richmond-based nonprofit that has overseen single-room occupancy projects in several Virginia localities, to complete a similar project in the city.
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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 26, 2008
"Several local officials said after a joint meeting Tuesday that their mission was accomplished: getting Albemarle County and Charlottesville officials heading in the same direction on the area’s long-term water supply plan."
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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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Daily Progress, November 10, 2008
"Above the makeshift basketball court of a University of Virginia dormitory, the rows of organic herbs, spinach and flowers are thriving.
The “urban mini-farm” at Hereford Residential College is getting students involved in agriculture, interacting with faculty outside the classroom and providing them with a learning experience that goes beyond how to plant a tomato.
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WCAV TV, November 12, 2008
"Yancey Mills Business Park would be 148 acres and sit along Route 250 West in Crozet. The Yancey’s said it would bring more jobs to the area, but people from the community are concerned about developing the rural land."
Daily Progress, November 11, 2008
"The pace of homebuilding in Albemarle has slowed to a crawl. In the third quarter of 2008, the county issued the fewest building permits for residential units in four years.
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