Whole Foods Plan Approved

Posted by Thor on July 25th, 2008 37 Comments

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Whole Foods Market plan to move to the corner of Hydraulic Road and Hillsdale Drive has been approved by the Charlottesville Planning Commission.  The new store, along with a three story parking garage, will be built next to the K-Mart.  There was some debate over traffic congestion and apparently they resolved these issues.

Now, we only have to wait another year to save 10 minutes of driving to get our overpriced non-organic, non-local food!

Charlottesville Whole Foods

Previous coverage, 1 and 2.

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37 Responses to “Whole Foods Plan Approved”

  1. 25 Jul 2008 at 7:56 am1parlie said:

    is that a flickr photo? you couldn’t have created a 3-d computer rendering overlaid on a real-time webcam broadcasting from the planned site? you’re a slacker, mcfly.

  2. 25 Jul 2008 at 7:59 am2Tom said:

    Does Hillsdale come through to Hydraulic? Or is that part of the extension. And is it really 10 mins?

  3. 25 Jul 2008 at 8:02 am3Thor said:

    It IS a 3d rendering.. you can see it correctly if you dig up the right mushroom goods from the pavilion dirt.

  4. 25 Jul 2008 at 8:08 am4parlie said:

    far out.

  5. 25 Jul 2008 at 8:15 am5sajego said:

    Ummmm… I read that two days ago ;)

  6. 25 Jul 2008 at 8:19 am6sajego said:

    Oh and I like all the trees at the Northern border of the WFM… Wouldn’t want anyone to see the Kmart on the other side of them.

  7. 25 Jul 2008 at 8:43 am7Jim Duncan said:

    Tom -

    Regarding Hillsdale -

    In seeking approval for the project, which would bring a 66,600-square-foot store and three-level parking garage to Hydraulic Road, developers have agreed to construct the first section of Hillsdale Drive. But according to the property owner, the developers don’t yet have the right of way for that section of the road.

    From the DP.

  8. 25 Jul 2008 at 9:26 am8Stanley said:

    I’m holding out for a new hole-foods outlet. Preferably a Dunkin’ Donuts. Their coffee is delicious, though probably made by slave ferrets or something. Still! Yum.

  9. 25 Jul 2008 at 10:14 am9Cortez said:

    From the Hillsdaledrive.org website:

    http://www.hillsdaledrive.org/disp/ALIGNMENT2.pdf

  10. 25 Jul 2008 at 10:17 am10Puma concolor said:

    My ex and I used to go there all the time in Baltimore. Say what you want, but it’s really quite nice, and a second one in C’ville sounds like a great idea to me!

  11. 25 Jul 2008 at 10:28 am11Thor said:

    Puma, A/S/L ?!?!

  12. 25 Jul 2008 at 10:35 am12Puma concolor said:

    Naughty naughty

    meow

  13. 25 Jul 2008 at 10:46 am13Thor said:

    growl chicka’ purr purr

  14. 25 Jul 2008 at 10:54 am14Stanley said:

    a second one in C’ville

    Not a second one, right? This is just a store move?

  15. 25 Jul 2008 at 11:02 am15dave said:

    Yea, just a store move.

  16. 25 Jul 2008 at 11:53 am16Tom said:

    thanks for the clarification all?

  17. 25 Jul 2008 at 11:55 am17Marshall said:

    So K-Mart + Gold’s Gym + Whole Foods necessitates a 3-story garage?

    Really?

  18. 25 Jul 2008 at 12:03 pm18Stanley said:

    17: Well, the Whole Foods workers, lacking adequate union protections, are required to live in the basement of the Whole Foods, chained to the organic arugula (it’s right there, just past the eye of newt, no, no, not the jasmine tapioca, the eye of newt goddammit, yes, there you go). But they still need to have cars, I mean, this is America; there are basic freedoms. Except, there’s a rub: they can’t afford gas, so they need parking spots and lots of ‘em.

    Anyhow, that’s what’s up. I’m going to run away from echo now.

  19. 25 Jul 2008 at 12:11 pm19Lulu said:

    @17: Sometimes people need a lot of parking spaces.

  20. 25 Jul 2008 at 12:46 pm20Thor said:

    I wonder if they use green construction methods, or if they are just green washing the entire place by calling it, “Whole Foods”. dam green washers.

  21. 25 Jul 2008 at 12:55 pm21Lulu said:

    Mmmmm… making green washers.

    /drools

  22. 25 Jul 2008 at 1:12 pm22Thor said:

    a green washing machine…dudududud double entendre

  23. 25 Jul 2008 at 1:21 pm23shenanigans said:

    wwwwwwwasn’t funny

  24. 25 Jul 2008 at 1:26 pm24Thor said:

    you are boring me today

  25. 25 Jul 2008 at 1:34 pm25shenanigans said:

    You are posting stupid videos today.

  26. 25 Jul 2008 at 1:35 pm26Thor said:

    but i want another poop story.

  27. 25 Jul 2008 at 1:37 pm27Lulu said:

    I’m feeling a lot of sexual tension between the two of you.

    Can’t you just have a nice romp and save the rest of us some trouble??? ;-)

  28. 25 Jul 2008 at 1:39 pm28Odie said:

    ewwwwwwww, Thor and Shen are sexing?

  29. 25 Jul 2008 at 1:39 pm29shenanigans said:

    Pssssh. Thor wishes.

  30. 25 Jul 2008 at 1:40 pm30ThisSideUp said:

    @25/28 Is it going to be in one of Thor’s “stupid videos”? Just curious.

  31. 25 Jul 2008 at 1:44 pm31Thor said:

    @27, i agree, all this talk of poop and sexing is making me randy.

    @30 you will find the video at http://www.cvillexxx.com (coming soon;)

  32. 25 Jul 2008 at 1:48 pm32Vanillavy said:

    @31 and that my friends is exactly how the internet can destroy a brand…the next time you google “organic or green porn” this post will come up with Whole Foods name attached to it hee hee hee

  33. 25 Jul 2008 at 1:49 pm33ThisSideUp said:

    So I’m terribly disappointed it took 30 comments to reach porn discussion…

  34. 25 Jul 2008 at 1:55 pm34Vanillavy said:

    yeah, especially when it involves food, gosh.

  35. 25 Jul 2008 at 2:24 pm35belmont yo said:

    Here is a more successful stupid video, imho.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjJ-Qe73boQ

    …ya gotta wait a bit for the payoff though.

  36. 25 Jul 2008 at 4:22 pm36Thurston622 said:

    Whole foods is my favorite place in cville to have lunch and watch MILF’S go about their day and perhaps sample fine artisan cheeses…. I remember when it was called Fresh Fields

  37. 25 Jul 2008 at 6:28 pm37eye of newt said:

    I do NOT live in the basement of Whole Foods. Sheesh.

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