ALBEMARLE COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
VILLAGE OF RIVANNA MASTER PLAN

Welcome to the website for the Village of Rivanna Master Plan, an important community planning project which will help shape the future of this development area (click here for map).  The Village of Rivanna development area is located east of the City of Charlottesville and south of Route 250 East.  The Rivanna River forms the southwestern boundary, Route 250 forms the northern boundary, an unnamed stream east of Camp Branch forms the western boundary, and the eastern ridgeline of the drainage area for Carroll Creak/Route 808 forms the eastern boundary.  Boundaries are based on resource protection priorties: primarily water supply watershed areas and the opportunity for the geographic area to be adequately supported by public services and facilities.   

The Village of Rivanna Master Plan will bring residents, business owners and other interested parties together to map out the best possible shared vision for this critical area of Albemarle County. This website is designed to keep you up-to-date on upcoming Village of Rivanna Master Plan news and events. 

We want to hear from you!  Please click here to send us your comments about the Village of Rivanna Master Plan.

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Main County Calendar

• Agenda
• Invitation Postcard 
• Summary of Community Workshop Comments from Workbooks 

PDF Files of Scanned Small-Group Workbooks by Group Table #: 
Table 1:  p1 p2   Table 2:  p1 p2   Table 3:  p1 p2   Table 4:  p1 p2 
Table 5:  p1 p2   Table 6:  p1 p2   Table 7:  p1 p2  

Village of Rivanna Community Workshop #2 -- Wednesday, January 30, 2008
The second community meeting for the Village of Rivanna Master Plan was held on January 30 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the East Rivanna Fire Station, located at 3501 Steamer Drive in Keswick, Va.  The focus of the session was to request input from the community on the results of the July 30, 2007, community visioning workshop (see below for information and results from the first workshop).  The session also provided a brief update on the Master Plan process to date.   

• Informational Flyer
• Invitation Postcard 
• Summary of Community Workshop Comments from Workbooks 
• .PDF Files of Scanned Small-Group Workbooks by Group Table #:                 
  Table 1:   p1 p2 p3 p4      Table 2:    p1 p2 p3 p4 p4B    Table 3:   p1 p2 p3 p4  
  Table 4:   p1 p2 p3 p4      Table 5:    p1 p2 p3 p4            Table 6:   p1 p2 p3 p4 
  Table 7:   p1 p2 p3 p4      Table 8:    p1 p2 p3 p4            Table 9:   p1 p2 p3 p4 
  Table 10: p1 p2 p3 p4      Table 11: p1 p2 p3 p4 p4B    Table 12: p1 p2 p3 p4  

Village of Rivanna Community Workshop #1 -- July 30, 2007
Albemarle County held a community workshop on July 30, 2007, from 6:30 -9:00 p.m. at Stone-Robinson Elementary School, to begin gathering public input for the Village of Rivanna Master Plan.  This meeting was the start of a several-month community process to help guide how the Village of Rivanna community grows and develops.  Citizens attending the workshop contributed their ideas and concerns in several activities, including a visioning exercise and small-group map exercise.  Included below are the results from the workshop activities: citizen comments from the visioning exercise, the draft vision and guiding principles developed from the visioning exercise comments, and a summary and individual maps from the small-group map exercise.

•  Meeting Flyer  
• Meeting Agenda 
• Visioning Exercise Comments
• Draft Vision and Guiding Principles
• Small-Group Mapping Exercise Summary
• .PDF Files of Scanned Small-Group Maps by Group Table #:  Table 1   Table 2   Table 3   Table 4   Table 5   Table 6   Table 7   Table 8   Table 9   Table 10   Table 11

Citizen's Planning Academy -- June 27, 2007
Albemarle County held a Citizen's Planning Academy on June 27, 2007, to introduce community members to the tools of the planning trade, meet county staff, and learn the basics of Albemarle County land use and growth management, in preparation for the master planning process.

• Citizens Planning Academy Agenda - June 27, 2007
• Citizens Planning Academy Letter of Invitation
• Citizens Planning Academy Flyer 

 
Village of Rivanna Stakeholder's Group Meeting -- June 4, 2008
A Village of Rivanna Stakeholder's Group Meeting was held on Wednesday, June 4, 2008, from 7:00-8:00 p.m. in the library at Stone Robinson Elementary School, 958 N. Milton Road, Charlottesville. 

•  Meeting Agenda

Village of Rivanna Stakeholders Group Meeting -- Monday February 11, 2008
The Village of Rivanna Stakeholder's Group met on Monday, February 11, 2008, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. in the library at Stone Robinson Elementary School, 958 N. Milton Road, Charlottesville. The Stakeholder's Group discussed the effectiveness of the public participation process for the Village of Rivanna Master Plan Community Meeting #2 on January 30, 2008 and provided guidance for the public participation process for the Village of Rivanna Master Plan Community Meeting #3, to be held on March 3, 2008 at the Union Run Baptist Church in Keswick.  See below for more information about the Village of Rivanna Master Plan process and the formation of the Stakeholder's Group.  This group is open to all interested citizens.

• Meeting Agenda 
• Meeting Summary

Village of Rivanna Stakeholder's Group Meeting -- January 10, 2008
A Village of Rivanna Stakeholder's Group Meeting was held on Thursday, January 10, 2008, from 7:00-8:30 p.m. in the library at Stone Robinson Elementary School, 958 N. Milton Road, Charlottesville. The Stakeholder's Group focused their discussion on guiding the public participation process for the Village of Rivanna Master Plan Community Meeting #2, to be held on January 30, 2008 at the East Rivanna Fire Station.  See below for more information about the Village of Rivanna Master Plan process and the formation of the Stakeholder's Group. 

• Meeting Agenda 1-10-08 
• Meeting Summary
  

Stakeholder's Group -- November 27, 2007
The first meeting of the stakeholders group was held on Tuesday evening, November 27, from 7:00- 9:00 p.m. in the library at Stone Robinson Elementary School. 

• Meeting Summary
• Stakeholders Group Charge
  

Planning Commission -- October 16, 2007
After hearing concerns from members of the community, the Planning Commission discussed the process for the Village of Rivanna Master Plan at their October 16, 2007 meeting:

Village of Rivanna Master Plan Process Update --

• The Commission affirmed that the process begun in June of this year follows the guidance established by the Comprehensive Plan and that additional smaller groups should be involved in providing more input into development of the master plan.
• The Planning Commission will act as an advisory group for the master plan process, and will have regularly scheduled public discussions about the progress of the plan. All interested individuals residents are encouraged to attend those discussions.
• Additionally, work groups will be set up to focus on areas of particular interest. Topics will include interconnections, land use, Route 250, and areas outside of the current boundary, as well as any other areas of concern to the community.
• Lastly, the County will hold regular meetings with a stakeholder group that will provide suggestions about how best to meaningfully involve the community in the process and to keep the process open and accessible to everyone. The group will be composed of individuals who are willing to commit additional time and energy to the planning process beyond the major community meetings. This stakeholder group will not act as a decision-making group for issues of actual content of the master plan but will help guide the process to ensure fair and equitable community involvement.
  
  For more information about the Stakeholder's Group or Village of Rivanna Master Plan process, contact Lee Catlin in the County's Community Relations Office: lcatlin@albemarle.org, or (434) 296-5841. 

• Albemarle County Overview  (4.8MB)
• Planning for Albemarle  (6.3MB)
• Existing Land Use Plan/Next Steps  (3.5MB)
• The Neighborhood Model  (15MB)