James River Exchange

Good Friday, January 28, 2022. Today I spoke with Maggie Snoddy, the Sign Lady of Buckingham County!

In upcoming episodes, I will be exploring Redistricting 2021-22. Gold Mines, Solar Farms, and the hiring of a School Superintendent in Buckingham County. And, of course, Scottsville Town Council decisions on housing.

I hope you enjoy this session with the Sign Lady!

Good afternoon Scottsville and beyond. This is a James Exchange report on Scottsville’ town council meeting and the Buckingham School Board. I am your host, Nancy Gill.

Scottsville Town council met last night for their monthly public meeting. They held two public hearings on the Bird and Blenheim proposed housing projects. They deferred voting until their meeting in February to give time for the newly appointed councilors Hynes and Bessette to study the proposals more closely since they are both relatively new to the council.  Two additional special use permits will be scheduled for public hearings at the February meeting.

Several questions have been raised over the past few months on a variety of concerns. Justin Shimp, representative of the property owner, and councilors Bullock and Gritsko commented to these concerns.

Audio: End of the public hearing on the Blenheim Heights project. Comments come from Justin Shimp, Zach Bullock, and Dan Gritsko. Mayor Smith called for the motion.

The Central Virginia Regional Housing Partnership is hosting a Missing Middle Housing webinar on Thursday, January 20. This is open to the public. This is the third of four webinars offered by These webinars are through the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission and past meetings are available for viewing. 

Register: https://tjpdc.org/cvrhp-2021-fall-winter-speaker-series/?mc_cid=e05a66484e&mc_eid=dc55475af3

What does the community want? The Buckingham School Board want to hear from you.Buckingham County School Board special meeting this evening for public comment and input on the hiring of the new superintendent. Dr. John P. Keeler is the interim superintendent. Middle School cafeteria on Route 60. Masks are mandatory. The school board follows CDC guidelines. 

Tomorrow night the board will meet again to discuss Wednesday’s public comments and the survey results. They had a web based survey and hard copies at various places around the county. The board will meet in their regularly scheduled space in the CTE building next to the High School.

Both meetings start at 6:00 pm.

http://www.mldistrict.com/districts/va/bucking/

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 This is a wrap for the day.

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Good afternoon Greater Scottsville! This is a special alert from the James Exchange. I am your host Nancy Gill

On Saturday, January 15, the Town of Scottsville is hosting three informational meetings on the Bird and Blenheim proposed housing projects.

Meetings will be at 11:00, 12:30, and 2:00 and will last just under one and a half hours. 

Each session will consist of presentation on the projects, small group discussion and activities, and a Q&A session.

Jeff Sadler of Complete Community Economies will be facilitating. From the town’s website:

Jeff specializes in holistic community revitalization planning and implementation, spanning housing, central business districts and the general livability factors. Prior to founding CCE, Jeff led Virginia’s Community Revitalization Office, which managed roughly $18 million in grants each year, with a focus on accountability and local impact.

The sessions will be held in Victory Hall Theater and each are limited to 20 attendees.

If you cannot attend the meeting, you may observe through ZOOM. Links are on the town’s website at https://www.scottsville.org/community-meeting-about-new-houses/

More information on Jeff:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-sadler-cecd-0027738/Can't attend? Click to take the survey.

Today at 1:00 the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors holds their first meeting of the year. Of interest to Southern Albemarle are two topics. The first is broadband. The second is designating the remaining portions of the James River as part of Virginia’s Scenic River program.

Links to today’s meeting:

Watch via live stream:https://www.albemarle.org/government/board-of-supervisors/who-is-my-supervisor

Briefing document on broadband:https://albemarle.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10383746&GUID=61C83E14-6DDE-4F3C-A40A-614BDE9628C1

Documents pertaining to the Scenic River Designation:https://albemarle.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=5373111&GUID=0834AFB5-BE64-486F-91CF-59817E1FF19F&Options=&Search=

Greg Jenkins is the new Police Chief for Scottsville. Javier Raudale starts as the Town Clerk.

Buckingham Supervisors have four public hearings scheduled for tonight’s meeting.

Trees down calls for chainsaw action!

Merry, Merry to all!

I spoke with Matt Lawless about a couple of agenda items coming up at Monday night’s meeting (December 20). Not everything you need or probably want to know about floodplains…but the Commonwealth of Virginia’s General Assembly has moved our Election Day to November…

More importantly, as we enter Christmas week, please keep the families and friends of those we have lost recently in your prayers.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Terri Long is on stage and excited about the Victory Hall Players production of “A Christmas Carol: The Live Radio Play.” Last show is this evening. Doors open at 7:00…show at 7:30. You can get tickets at the door or click here for tickets.

Sorry for the error folks! I cannot even blame the wrong audio upload on Holiday parties!