The Charlottesville Planning Commission gave out its eighth-annual Planning Awards on Tuesday, recognizing both residents and neighborhoods for their efforts to improve the city.

A dust-up over proposed construction at South Plains Presbyterian Church is scheduled to come before the Albemarle County Planning Commission this month.

The Albemarle Planning Commission reviewed design plans Tuesday for a new library in Crozet estimated to cost $9.8 million, but commissioners questioned whether the library would be big enough.

An affordable housing bill that easily passed the General Assembly last year has enjoyed a similar reception from Charlottesville’s Planning Commission.

Plans to blast away land on Brookwood Drive in Charlottesville have detonated fierce opposition from neighbors, who say they were told further development would never occur on that part of the street.

The Charlottesville City Council has made several appointments to city boards and commissions.

Nancy Kallander sells high-quality deli sandwiches, bottles of wine and fresh-cut flowers at her country store on Garth Road.

The Albemarle County Planning Commission turned a cold shoulder Tuesday night to a proposed development on east Pantops that, according to a developer, would include the biggest indoor sports complex in the state.