Charlottesville-Albemarle Project
Protecting a #1 community
- Filed under: Land & Community Clean Water
- This case affects: Virginia
- Meet the attorneys on this case: Kay Slaughter Morgan Butler Trip Pollard
The Charlottesville-Albemarle area, with its vibrant culture, rich history and scenic setting, is consistently recognized as one of the best places to live in the country and continues to attract newcomers to the area. While growth has brought jobs, increased property values and other benefits, it has also been accompanied by sprawling development and other challenges.
Haphazard Growth
Air pollution from increased driving is on the rise; water quantity and quality are threatened by rapid development; farmland and natural areas are succumbing to a spreading sea of roads, malls and subdivisions; and people spend more and more time stuck in traffic. The economic, environmental and health consequences of continuing on this course of haphazard growth threaten the very qualities that make the Charlottesville area a special place to live, work and visit.
SELC’S Project
Fortunately, there are many opportunities at hand to steer our community toward more sensible growth. After several years of working on urgent issues in the community (the Charlottesville Bypass, for example), SELC has launched the Charlottesville-Albemarle Project, which is actively promoting more sustainable land use and transportation patterns in the area.
By comprehensively addressing the growth challenges facing our community within the framework of this project, SELC is working to preserve the natural beauty and special character that define this area by actively engaging in local processes for reviewing development and transportation proposals, and by pursuing legal and policy improvements at the state level that will benefit our area.
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