July 8th 2008 by Kelly in Charlottesville, Local Event, New Development
Along with Verity Blue and Milano, Eco Italy also moved downtown near South Street. Stop by tonight wearing pink for their think pink party to celebrate their new location in the pink building. There will be pink beer, wine and lemonade, along with some linguistic activities and live flamenco and Latin music. […]
May 20th 2008 by Kelly in Charlottesville, New Development
The Smith Pool at Buford Middle School won’t be around for much longer. The new $9.8 million dollar aquatics and fitness center will replace the Smith Pool. Currently residents can swim at the pool for $3 a day, non-residents $4.50, but the new center will create greater amenities for the community. My […]
April 4th 2008 by Kelly in Charlottesville, New Development, Restaurant, Restaurant Opening, UVA
Orbit closed! Yesterday one of the Mellow Mushroom owners, Andrew Watson, and crew made the deal official to take over the space. I like the idea of making that location nice again. I didn’t like how you would walk into Orbit for just 10 minutes and smell horrible and breathe in […]
March 13th 2008 by Kelly in General, Local News, New Development, Restaurant, Restaurant Opening
The downtown mall was missing a Mexican Restaurant. I know that everyone seems to love Guadalajara and that it’s not that far of a walk from downtown, but it will be nice to have a Mexican Restaraunt on the mall. The new Restaurant will occupy the old Kiki location and construction is […]
February 29th 2008 by Kelly in General, New Development
Construction on the new hotel has begun and it is right in the middle of the downtown mall! My sister got married a few years ago, 5 to be exact, and family came from all over. Most people were from Georgia, Indiana, and South Carolina, it was a lot of fun to see […]
February 11th 2008 by Kelly in New Development
Conceptual designs for the proposed $7.5 million dollar upgrading project to for the downtown mall can now be viewed on the MMM Design Group project website: mydowntownmall. The website shows a plan to add 2 new fountains to the mall along with repairs to the cobblestones. The dates that the plan will be […]