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Brian Wheeler, Executive Director of Charlottesville Tomorrow joined Charlottesville Right Now to discuss growth and development.

Brian Wheeler, Executive Director of Charlottesville Tomorrow , joined Charlottesville Right Now to discuss growth and development. This week on the show:

* Brian announces the opening of Albemarle High School’s Math, Engineering, and Science Academy (MESA), which is part of the new addition to the school
* Brian comments on the new partnership between Charlottesville Tomorrow and the Daily Progress
* Brian discusses upcoming local elections and Charlottesville Tomorrow’s production of a non-partisan voter guide of all 11 candidates for City Council and Board of Supervisors
* Brian wants to get questions from local citizens about things they want to know from the candidates
* Brian discusses ASAP (Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population), an advocacy organization run by Jack Marshall, which has released their first study on an optimal population range in Charlottesville and Albemarle County
o Identified that the build-out number would be 400,000 people
o At 200,000 people, the environment will start to degrade (pollution, etc)
* Brian discusses RSWA dredging in the South Fork Rivanna River and how the favored firm HDR gave an estimate of $700,000
* Brian discusses a new cell phone tower proposal in Key West by AT&T, who deferred their request

Brian Wheeler, Executive Director of Charlottesville Tomorrow , joined Charlottesville Right Now to discuss growth and development.

Brian Wheeler, Executive Director of Charlottesville Tomorrow joined Charlottesville Right Now to discuss growth and development issues.

Brian Wheeler, Executive Director of Charlottesville Tomorrow , joined Charlottesville Right Now to discuss growth and development issues.

• Coy relates his family vacation to the Chesapeake Bay.
• Brian updates listeners how to subscribe to Charlottesville Tomorrow and receive weekly e-mail newsletters
• Judge Jay Swett ruled the land transfer to the Virginia Department of Transportation for the construction of the Meadowcreek Parkway was constitutional. The first bridge where the parkway will cross Meadowcreek is currently being constructed. (Charlottesville Tomorrow)
• Whole Foods and Trader Joes grocery stores must wait for sewer capacity before development can begin, which will not be available until late 2010, early 2011. (Charlottesville Tomorrow)
• City Council approved a new restaurant in Belmont, therefore slightly increasing the size of the commercial district. (Charlottesville Tomorrow)
• City Council Candidate, Bob Fenwick (I), shared platform for creating jobs in Charlottesville. (Charlottesville Tomorrow)
• The University of Virginia’s water data was adjusted for a 2008 meter error and their usage has continued to increase with growth. (Charlottesville Tomorrow)

Brian Wheeler, Executive Director of Charlottesville Tomorrow joined Charlottesvillle Right Now to discuss the latest growth and development issues.

Brian Wheeler, Executive Director of Charlottesville Tomorrow joined Charlottesville Right Now to discuss growth and development issues. This week on ths show:

• Brian and Coy excitedly discuss all of the pie happenings in the area. Long-time listeners may recall Charlottesville Tomorrow’s Pie Day 2008 which sought to answer the question “Who sells the best homemade pie in a local store?” Since then ,a group of citizens on Twitter asked “Who makes the best pie in Charlottesville?” That opens the pie debate to the public at large. Cvillepiedown was a sucess, and leads to plans for CvillePieFest in Crozet this September.
• The Festival of the Photo will last from Thursday, June 11 to Saturday, June 13, 2009 – The Festival is a not for profit celebration of photography — created by photographers. With a program of exhibitions, workshops, interviews, outdoor screenings, and special events, the Festival attracts professional and amateur photographers from around the world to Charlottesville’s picturesque historic downtown.
• The Downtown Mall renovations are more or less complete, and now feature City-provided wireless access to the Internet.
• In last week’s show, Brian the community was waiting on two things – responses to Dredging RFP and report fro the expert panel on Ragged Mountain Dam design. This week the RWSA released the 13-page assessment by the “Independent Technical Review Team
• Governor Kaine helps break ground on “innovative” Moores Creek treatment plant upgrade
• Albemarle Republicans nominate Snow, Thomas as candidates for Board of Supervisors

Brian Wheeler, Executive Director of Charlottesville Tomorrow joined Charlottesville Right Now to discuss growth and development issues. This week on the show:

• Coy relates his holiday trip to the Virginia Safari Park in Natural Bridge.
• After a discussion of where to eat Williamsburg, a caller suggests that Charlottesville Tomorrow conduct a search of the best hole-in-the-walls to eat in Charlottesville.
• Brian updates listners on cvillepedia, Charlottesville Tomorrow’s new online encyclopedia about local government and the community.
• The Albemarle County Republican Party has nominated Duane Snow to serve as their candidate for the Samuel Miller District on the Board of Supervisors. Rodney Thomas was unopposed in his bid to serve as the GOP’s candidate for the Rio District.
• Charlottesville and Albemarle County officials decide to continue pursuing a Regional Transit Authority even though they did not receive permission from the General Assembly to ask voters if they would fund an expanded system through a local sales tax. (Charlottesville Tomorrow)
• On the water supply plan, the RWSA has issued an RFP for a full suite of studies to determine a new estimate for how much dredging the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir will cost. The City has agreed to pay for studies that the ACSA does not want to pay for.

Brian Wheeler, Executive Director of Charlottesville Tomorrow joined Charlottesvile Right Now to discuss growth and development issues.