In my daytime practice as a professional planner, I see signs that profound shifts in land use are now taking place. Not knowing of any other name for what has begun, I’ll call it “The Great Contraction” as opposed to the syndrome of the last 50 years—”The Great Expansion”. The role of conservation in U.S. culture [...]
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Riverbluff Part 2
The new neighborhood of RiverBluff overlooks the Rivanna River just upstream from the Woolen Mills within the city limits of Charlottesville. As a conservation community, the 22-home development respects and responds to its dramatic natural setting. [...]
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Riverbluff Part 1
Conserv has selected Riverbluff, in Charlottesville Virginia, as the June, 2008 Success Story.
The developers of RiverBluff, PS2 Properties LLC, began with the goal to design a community that embraced environmental conservation and healthy living. Being so close to the [...]
As I realize all the folks I have forgotten to acknowledge that had something to do with the launch of this site…
At the top of the list of those I failed to mention is Ridge Schuyler, Piedmont Programs Manager with The Nature Conservancy in Charlottesville. Ridge is the Piedmont Program Director and during 2003-2005, he [...]
Laura Winn Smith, American Conservation Broker (06), represents RiverBluff, a conservation development in Historic Woolen Mills in Charlottesville, Virginia. Riverbluff is a community of 22 homes designed by Frank Folsom Smith and Richard Price, with The Folsom Group, and features native plant landscaping, low impact development stormwater design, and green housing construction.
Conserv is thrilled to be a sponsor for the 2nd Virginia Landtrust Conference, Conserving Our Commonwealth II. The conference runs from June 11-13 in Staunton. Michael Collins will speak on the final day of the conference about the potential for market-based conservation and the role of land trusts.