"Michael Monaco"
@mmonaco.bsky.social
A guy who works in Crozet. If you know me you know me. was once known as "bookshelfstud." posts never reflect my employer or other bodies i'm on.
serious site: https://which-side-are-you-on.ghost.io
fun site: https://michaelbookshelf.neocities.org/
serious site: https://which-side-are-you-on.ghost.io
fun site: https://michaelbookshelf.neocities.org/
At tonight's Albemarle County Planning Commission meeting, there will be another hearing for the Sieg Properties rezoning - a rezoning to Neighborhood Model District, for up to 600 residential units and 440,000 sq. ft. of non-residential space. These parcels are over by the westernmost 64 exit w/29.
December 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
At tonight's Albemarle County Planning Commission meeting, there will be another hearing for the Sieg Properties rezoning - a rezoning to Neighborhood Model District, for up to 600 residential units and 440,000 sq. ft. of non-residential space. These parcels are over by the westernmost 64 exit w/29.
removing the rural area from the zoning categories here shows a slightly different picture - it's not just a decline in building, it's a fairly consistent level of building with a big gap following the great recession, a return to norm up to 2020, then a recent jagged decline.
December 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
removing the rural area from the zoning categories here shows a slightly different picture - it's not just a decline in building, it's a fairly consistent level of building with a big gap following the great recession, a return to norm up to 2020, then a recent jagged decline.
if i turn this into a blog post i will be more methodical about color-coding the zoning categories here. but another thing i saw, zooming out: 2016 and 2025 are the two lowest-unit years in the last 50 years for Albemarle County.
December 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
if i turn this into a blog post i will be more methodical about color-coding the zoning categories here. but another thing i saw, zooming out: 2016 and 2025 are the two lowest-unit years in the last 50 years for Albemarle County.
I'm back on my BS, idly downloading data from the albemarle GIS site. looking at Land Use Primary Dwelling Units Number as a count of dwelling units by Year, with dev/rural on color, shows two things:
1) 2025 was the driest build year for AC since 2016
2) the rural area (orange) sees steady building
1) 2025 was the driest build year for AC since 2016
2) the rural area (orange) sees steady building
December 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I'm back on my BS, idly downloading data from the albemarle GIS site. looking at Land Use Primary Dwelling Units Number as a count of dwelling units by Year, with dev/rural on color, shows two things:
1) 2025 was the driest build year for AC since 2016
2) the rural area (orange) sees steady building
1) 2025 was the driest build year for AC since 2016
2) the rural area (orange) sees steady building
folks is it good when the minimum annual salary for the 600 jobs directly created by the new AstraZeneca plant is equal to the Area Median Income? is that a good thing?
December 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
folks is it good when the minimum annual salary for the 600 jobs directly created by the new AstraZeneca plant is equal to the Area Median Income? is that a good thing?
who are these people and what are they doing in my Virtual Three Notched Trail Meeting Room
December 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
who are these people and what are they doing in my Virtual Three Notched Trail Meeting Room
The only piece of ASOIAF material I've ever gotten GRRM to sign is my copy of A Feast for Crowd, on the Broken Man speech. That was almost 10 years ago, at Balticon 50.
December 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The only piece of ASOIAF material I've ever gotten GRRM to sign is my copy of A Feast for Crowd, on the Broken Man speech. That was almost 10 years ago, at Balticon 50.
thank you, facebook, for reminding me that 13 years ago i took an upsetting photo of newt and callista gingrich at the colonial williamsburg barnes and noble
December 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
thank you, facebook, for reminding me that 13 years ago i took an upsetting photo of newt and callista gingrich at the colonial williamsburg barnes and noble
me, looking back at old tweets from my long-deleted twitter account:
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
me, looking back at old tweets from my long-deleted twitter account:
Or, you know, this from the 2014 fifth edition monster manual. I find this really weird, personally! When I play dnd I can just ignore this or make up something better. Musk/Thiel/etc have calcified imaginations and so are entirely limited by their belief in innate and fundamental structures.
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Or, you know, this from the 2014 fifth edition monster manual. I find this really weird, personally! When I play dnd I can just ignore this or make up something better. Musk/Thiel/etc have calcified imaginations and so are entirely limited by their belief in innate and fundamental structures.
I cast SUMMON TRIPLEX
November 1, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I cast SUMMON TRIPLEX
Jmrl book sale remains undefeated
October 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Jmrl book sale remains undefeated
Teaching my dog about Sneakers
September 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Teaching my dog about Sneakers
it would appear that the Western Albemarle High School chapter of TPUSA is holding a vigil for charlie kirk at Pro Re Nata Brewery on Sunday.
September 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
it would appear that the Western Albemarle High School chapter of TPUSA is holding a vigil for charlie kirk at Pro Re Nata Brewery on Sunday.
also, to react to this quote from the article: I think the point of having publicly subsidized affordable housing should be to *insulate housing from the vicissitudes of the free market.* That's a path to housing as a human right, guaranteed, separated from demand curves.
September 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
also, to react to this quote from the article: I think the point of having publicly subsidized affordable housing should be to *insulate housing from the vicissitudes of the free market.* That's a path to housing as a human right, guaranteed, separated from demand curves.
i once took a photo of that house covered in vultures. i knew it had been torn down recently, but didn't know what was going to happen. this looks like a best-case scenario to me :)
August 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
i once took a photo of that house covered in vultures. i knew it had been torn down recently, but didn't know what was going to happen. this looks like a best-case scenario to me :)
i didn't realize until now but it looks like Habitat is hoping to turn this lot in Crozet into a duplex through an R2-->R4 rezoning. that's great news!
August 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
i didn't realize until now but it looks like Habitat is hoping to turn this lot in Crozet into a duplex through an R2-->R4 rezoning. that's great news!
I'd like to look at 2024 data when it's available; I'd also like to look at similar data for surrounding counties. But of note: redfin has the median sale price for Dec 2023 - the latest period in this data - at $660k for a sf detached home. we're talking about very expensive homes here.
August 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I'd like to look at 2024 data when it's available; I'd also like to look at similar data for surrounding counties. But of note: redfin has the median sale price for Dec 2023 - the latest period in this data - at $660k for a sf detached home. we're talking about very expensive homes here.
One other interesting thing - there's a steady supply of about 100 single-family detached homes in the rural areas of albemarle county every year, apparently not impacted by whatever factors are driving development area trends.
August 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
One other interesting thing - there's a steady supply of about 100 single-family detached homes in the rural areas of albemarle county every year, apparently not impacted by whatever factors are driving development area trends.
Crozet and Places29 North (Hollymead, Piney Mountain) made up the bulk of COs this decade - again not a huge surprise. Gut instinct says that's where the most developable parcels were! Single-family detached homes obv lead all other types of homes, although they've slowed down in 2022-2023.
August 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Crozet and Places29 North (Hollymead, Piney Mountain) made up the bulk of COs this decade - again not a huge surprise. Gut instinct says that's where the most developable parcels were! Single-family detached homes obv lead all other types of homes, although they've slowed down in 2022-2023.
For fun, I looked at the certificate of occupancy reports from Albemarle County to see what kind of nuggets might be hidden in this particular data. I think it's both interesting and not surprising. F'rinstance - the tail of the pandemic has slowed new home COs. Makes sense!
August 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
For fun, I looked at the certificate of occupancy reports from Albemarle County to see what kind of nuggets might be hidden in this particular data. I think it's both interesting and not surprising. F'rinstance - the tail of the pandemic has slowed new home COs. Makes sense!