In 2026, Albemarle’s Department of Community Development will begin the use of a tool to help decision-makers better understand how the county’s growth area is filling out as new developments come through the pipeline.
For the past few years, Albemarle has been providing updates through a service called the Development Dashboard that among other things tracks the numbers of housing units that have been approved and those that are in the planning stages.
However, a cybersecurity attack in June damaged the system and the county’s website states the information has to be rebuilt. When it comes back online, the spreadsheet will depict at least 22 new units requested in the Hollymead neighborhood…