Aug 09 2007
Development Hurdles
Charlottesville is such a difficult place to develop property in. The DP has an article about Biscuit Run almost being ready. The thing that gets me is that they had approval MONTHS ago but there are still zillions of hurdles. I try to see both sides of these debates but I have a philosophical problem with people telling me what I can’t do with my own stuff. The higher the hurdles are to development, the more expensive housing gets (I was already priced out of the market). Only the very rich or powerful can afford to fight all the old coots raising a fuss, making the unequal income distribution in this community worse. I don’t really know a solution. I can appreciate people who look at NoVa and don’t want C’ville to turn into that, but there must be a better way. Anyone?