According to Business Week, Charlottesville is ranked #4 of the Best Affordable Suburbs in the U.S. Read the article here. The criteria they used; All indices are based on an average of 100; cost of living and violent crime based on national average, test scores based on state average.
Here is great post from Sean Tubbs and Kendall Singleton on the new committee working out the logistics of bringing a streetcar to Charlottesville. A couple of brief quotes describing what is to be discussed on February 17; Careful evaluation of the West Main corridor has revealed that it would likely be able to host a single streetcar track in
Thanks to Dave McNair at the Hook for this article on the new proposals for Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall. I especially enjoyed his summary of our two options, which he describes as, “the water fun park version, and the dry land version.” His article also links to these two versions, respectively called Plan A and Plan B.
