2024
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Events
- January 2 – Charlottesville City Council selects Juandiego Wade as Mayor and Brian Pinkston as Vice Mayor. [1]
- January 9 – Fred Missel is elected chair of the Albemarle County Planning Commission and Luis Carrazana is elected vice chair. Both serve in top positions related to land use at the University of Virginia. [2]
- January 10 – Regional summit is held to kick off the Move Safely Blue Ridge initiative organized by the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission. [3]
- January 12 – Ground is broken for Piedmont Housing Alliance's Hickory Hope apartments at Southwood that will feature 121 dwelling units. [4]
- March 13 – For visitor safety, a temporary closure of Big Meadows will be in effect from 6:00 a.m. March 13 through 10:00 a.m. March 14. Shenandoah National Park plans to conduct a prescribed burn of approximately 88 acres of the Big Meadow at mile 51 on Skyline Drive, weather permitting. Smoke may be visible in and around the Big Meadows area. Prescribed burns at Shenandoah National Park are conducted under the guidance and direction of trained and experienced personnel from the National Park Service. Watch on the Big Meadows Live Webcam: [1] [5]
- July 1 – Extended by the General Assembly in 2016, the state moratoria for city annexation, county immunity from city annexation, and the granting of new city charters was scheduled to end. The 2023 Session, HB 1676 (Hodges) and SB 1185 (Lewis) extend the moratorium on city annexations until July 1, 2032.[6] [7]
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- ↑ Web. Juandiego Wade named mayor of Charlottesville, Jason Armesto, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, January 2, 2024, retrieved January 3, 2024.
- ↑ Web. Albemarle Planning Commission now chaired by two top officials in UVA land use, Sean Tubbs, News Article, Town Crier Productions, January 15, 2024, retrieved February 25, 2024.
- ↑ Web. TJPDC Launches Move Safely Blue Ridge Initiative, Press Release, Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission, January 14, 2024, retrieved February 17, 2024.
- ↑ Web. Digging in: Construction starts on Southwood apartment building, Catie Ratliff, C-VILLE Weekly, Portico Publications, January 17, 2024, retrieved February 17, 2024. Print. January 17, 2024 .
- ↑ Web. Shenandoah National Park, March 12, 2024, retrieved March 13, 2024.
- ↑ Web. VACo Supports Bills Extending Annexation Moratorium, Virginia Association of Counties, January 17, 2023, retrieved January 3, 2024.
- ↑ Web. REPORT ON ANNEXATION ALTERNATIVES, COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, 2018, retrieved January 3, 2024.