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Residents urge council to block 11‑story student housing plan that would loom over West Haven
Summary
Residents and neighborhood advocates told City Council that a proposed 11‑story student housing development on West Main Street would overshadow West Haven and deepen historic patterns of exclusion; city staff reminded the public that the site’s CX‑8 zoning permits 11‑story development by right.
Scores of residents and community organizers addressed the Charlottesville City Council during public comment on Aug. 26 to oppose a proposed luxury student housing development on West Main Street, saying an 11‑story building would physically and symbolically loom over the West Haven and Tenth & Page neighborhoods and would repeat historic harms tied to urban renewal.
Speakers framed the project as more than a single development. Wendy, a community organizer with the Charlottesville Public Housing Association of Residents, said the structure would sit “right on top of the West Haven residents’ proposed walkway,” obstructing an accessible connection to West Main Street that residents have identified as a priority during West Haven redevelopment. “This building is the Standard, the Lark, the Flats — this is the dairy market expansion,” she…
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