Alex Ikefuna is the director of the city’s Neighborhood Development Services department that oversees all development in Charlottesville, including the city’s affordable housing fund, building inspections, property maintenance, traffic engineering, and community development.
How has the city changed over the last 5 years, from a development and growth standpoint?
Are there enough tools in the city’s toolbox to adequately tackle its current housing crisis?
Is there anything from your prior work in Savannah, Georgia that you think would be good for Charlottesville to entertain?
After the comprehensive plan is finished here, is the next step to revise Charlottesville’s zoning?
How does form based code play into that?
What stuck out to you from the Housing Needs Assessment report issued last year?
What lessons can the City learn from PHA’s resident engagement process at Friendship Court?
How does Charlottesville’s racial history impact the prospects of a successful redevelopment process?
What role does UVa play in all of this?
How does the Friendship Court redevelopment plan play into the broader Strategic Investment Area plan?
Do the whiter neighborhoods, the ones with a majority of single family houses, need to be rezoned for higher density?
How will the city’s new comprehensive plan change the landscape of housing and development?
What intentional mixed-income communities in Charlottesville do you think have worked?