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There is so much happening during the week of 4 December 2023 in Albemarle County governance.
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From Sean’s Week Ahead email, a few snippets:
- “The Albemarle Board of Supervisors will meet three times this week and the Charlottesville City Council will meet twice. Nelson Supervisors have an extra meeting, and Louisa Supervisors meet on a Tuesday rather than the usual Monday. The University of Virginia Board of Visitors also meet. “
- Monday
- “How can Albemarle create incentives for developers to build more affordable units, allowing requirements to finally be implemented? There’s a joint meeting of the Albemarle Supervisors and the Planning Commission on Monday.“
- Albemarle Supervisors to meet with Albemarle PC on affordable housing incentives
- Tuesday
- The Albemarle Board of Equalization will meet at 9 a.m. (meeting info)
- The Albemarle Economic Development Authority will hold a special virtual meeting at 1 p.m. to prepare for a future joint meeting with the Albemarle Board of Supervisors. There will also be a performance agreement for AgroSpheres. (agenda)
- The Albemarle Broadband Authority will meet at 5 p.m. in Room 241 of the county’s office building at 401 McIntire Road. (meeting info) (agenda)
- Wednesday
- Thursday
Feakanomics Radio had a great discussion on WMRA Sunday about the 50-year decline in Construction sector productivity. Many factors:
NIMBYISM
Resistance to modular construction
Zoning
Too many small builders
That was a great episode. I was surprised that it was known so long ago that we were in for such a dire shortage of housing.