Jackie Curtis, FNP
time, we spread the word to brainstorm, help move them to a better
William Maloney, MD
location or try and partner with other businesses.”
Family
Catherine Buck, CNM
Gregory Gelburd, D.O.
Warehouse District
Family Practice
The front of the innovative Glass Building, located
HEALTH CARE
business owners also
434.817.1818
benefit from being a
next to the Water Street Parking Garage.
part of The Downtown
313 2nd Street, SE . Suite 300 In the Glass Building . Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
Business Association
of Charlottesville
(DBAC). As a
businesses, with plentiful parking being high on the list.
unified voice of
downtown businesses,
“There’s the added benefit of having a funky warehouse feel
the DBAC acts as
and that’s one of the things people in Norcross Station like,”
a link between its
said Woerpel. “Given the fact of the parking and the spaces and
members and the City
generally the rent deals on this side of town, I think it’s a great
of Charlottesville.
place for any business to locate.”
The association
works to foster close
The city of Charlottesville recently made changes that have
relationships with
benefited the Warehouse District’s parking on Garrett Street.
the city and tourism
These include:
community, and supports the success of business in the downtown
• One-way westbound from 2nd Street to Gleason Street.
community through its marketing efforts.
• Back-in angled parking on the south side of the street (closest
to The Gleason) and parallel parking on the north side.
Optimism is high about the future of the Warehouse District, with
• Two-hour time restriction for parking on the south side
owners and residents like Lisa Murphy seeing it flourishing over
between Gleason Street and 2nd Street.
the next few years. “With all those new residences, the exposure
• Forty-foot loading zone on the south side, opposite 1st Street.
and enhanced parking, I think the Warehouse District—flanked
• The addition of 59 new two-hour restricted parking spaces
by the Frank Ix Building and the Mall—will soon become the
between 2nd and Gleason Streets.
“center” of downtown Charlottesville.”
Businesses in the area have developed a camaraderie and
that spirit of mutual cooperation has been beneficial to all.
“Everyone supports each other’s business, refers customers and
tenants,” said Murphy. “It’s very much of a family atmosphere.
by Joanne DiMaggio
If one does well, we all do well and if one is having a hard
photography (non-historic) by Jen Fariello
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