Albemarle County
“Wegmans Food Markets plans to break ground on a new store
in Albemarle County this fall. As shoppers on the south side of Charlottesville
and southern Albemarle wait for the grocery store’s expected 2015 opening, the
county’s Architectural Review Board has worked to minimize its visibility… The
board is limited to design issues visible in county’s entrance corridors. ‘There
was an attorney present [at the last meeting],’ said board member Marcia
Joseph. ‘The attorney made sure that we discussed only things that were
visible.’
The store is the first phase of the Fifth Street Station
development, which includes a connector road joining Avon Street Extended in
the county and Fifth Street Southwest near Charlottesville’s Willoughby
neighborhood. Wardell and the other board members worked within their purview
to ensure the store will be largely hidden from drivers on Interstate 64. The
area and neighboring roads are designated entrance corridors where buildings
receive greater design review.”
~Writes Effie Nicholaou of Charlottesville Tomorrow
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