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COVID relief funding has ended and now the rural town of Scottsville has to cut its budget by 25%
New sidewalks. A new evacuation siren. Body cams for police officers. Upgrades to the farmers’ market, the place to be on a Saturday morning. These are some of the things that COVID-19 relief money made possible for Scottsville, a small town of about 500 people at the intersection of rural Albemarle, Fluvanna and Buckingham counties. Things the town’s annual budget, which was around $644,000 before the pandemic, couldn’t accommodate.
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How should Central Virginia spend $1 million in housing-related funding? Area consortium wants community input
What are the most pressing housing needs in the area?. That’s what the Thomas Jefferson HOME Consortium is asking in an online survey open to anyone working or living in the City of Charlottesville, or in Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, and Nelson counties. The purpose of the survey is...
Angilee Shah will be the next CEO of Charlottesville Tomorrow
When Giles Morris became executive director of Charlottesville Tomorrow in 2018, Charlottesville was a city wrestling with the weight of centuries of racial injustice. With the mandate of the board, he set out to create an inclusive public service news institution that could respond to the needs of the community.
Survey shows that the majority of Charlottesville residents want to walk, bike or take public transit — but don’t feel safe doing so
It’s something one Charlottesville resident hasn’t had in years. The reason? Getting to the nearest grocery store, Reid’s Super Save Market on Preston Avenue, is a challenge. “It’s a bit of a hike, about a 20 minute walk each way, so I have to shop light,” they...
These are the names that could replace Johnson and Burnley-Moran elementary schools
The Charlottesville City Schools Naming of Facilities Committee has decided that Burnley-Moran and Johnson elementary schools should get new names. The committee, a group that oversees the school renaming process, will suggest the School Board choose between Blue Mountain and Rivanna for Burnley-Moran, and Cherry Avenue and Forest Hills for Johnson.
What does a neighborhoods reporter do, anyway?
Mark Simon says he created The Journalism Salute podcast in 2020 to recast journalism in the US. He says in his introduction to each episode that he wants “to put a spotlight on the people and organizations providing communities and groups with the journalism that matters to them. I want to show that these groups are real and important and that it’s really important that we know and respect who they are and what they do. They’re not ‘lamestream media.’”
Charlottesville’s draft zoning map is out — and the city wants to know what you think of it
The City of Charlottesville released the first draft of its new zoning map. As promised, the map proposes increasing housing density throughout the city, allowing for more development and, officials hope, more affordable housing. The map clearly outlines the density the Charlottesville team proposes it will allow on each street...
A new City Council member will be chosen mostly behind closed doors, but here’s what the candidates told us about their positions
Charlottesville’s appointed City Council member will make important decisions this year. In 2023, this Councilor will vote on a new zoning ordinance that broadly increases housing density across Charlottesville; how to spend additional money the city may receive from housing assessments surging; and whom to hire for Charlottesville’s next city manager.
Charlottesville is about to become just the third school division in Virginia to allow its union to collective bargain
Charlottesville City Schools is about to become the third school district in the state to allow its union to collectively bargain. The school board announced its support for a collective bargaining resolution with its workers at Thursday night’s meeting — to the delight of union leaders. “It was...
Why a crossing guard will suggest Charlottesville’s City Council install speed cameras near schools
Next Monday, I’ll appear before City Council to represent the Charlottesville City Schools crossing guards to appeal for a pilot program to enforce speed limits by camera. It’s a new intervention legalized by the Virginia General Assembly in 2020. We hope to pilot three critical high traffic, high speed and high risk areas: one at Clark Elementary, soon to be officially renamed “Summit,” one at Buford Middle School on Cherry Avenue, and also at yet-to-be-renamed Johnson Elementary.
One of these six people will be Charlottesville’s next City Councilor
Charlottesville City Council has selected its six finalists for its vacant seat. Alex Bryant, former executive director of the Ix Art Park Foundation. Currently director of programs for FIRST Chesapeake, a non-profit organization that “brings STEM-based leadership programs to middle and high school students.” Click here to see his application.
City Council is choosing around 5 finalists out of the 20 people who applied to be appointed
Charlottesville’s City Council plans to hear from four to six candidates of the 20 who applied for the vacant seat. “We are planning to narrow down to four to six candidates over the next couple of days. Then we’ll ask those candidates to come speak at the meeting on Monday,” said Council member Juandiego Wade. The speakers, he said, will be given more than the three minutes speakers typically get at Council meetings.
Local property assessments rose 25% in two years, which means higher tax bills and more money for local governments
Local real estate assessments have gone up — again. Both the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County posted double-digit increases in real estate assessments for 2023. The county mailed its notices to property owners earlier this month; the city’s go out this week. In Charlottesville, overall assessed property...
8 people have applied to be Charlottesville’s next City Council member, here’s who they are
Charlottesville’s City Council will accept applications for an appointed new member for one more week. There were eight applicants as of Tuesday afternoon, according to a post on the city’s website. The city posted the applications after Charlottesville Tomorrow requested access to them on Monday. Among the applicants...
Judge dismisses former Charlottesville Police Chief Brackney’s racial discrimination suit
A district court judge this week threw out former Charlottesville Police Chief RaShall Brackney’s lawsuit that alleged city officials discriminated against her based on her race and gender when they fired her in 2021. In his 39-page memorandum opinion, Judge Norman K. Moon rejected five of the 11 counts...
Johnson and Burnley-Moran up next as Charlottesville charges forward with school name review
Charlottesville City Schools has started reconsidering the names of Burnley-Moran and Johnson Elementary Schools — and they’re looking for community input. City Schools opened a survey asking a single question: Should the district keep the names and the associations with Carrie Burnley, Sarepta Moran and James Johnson or find new names for the two schools?
Albemarle School Board votes to rename Meriwether Lewis Elementary to divest itself from racist past
Albemarle County’s Meriwether Lewis Elementary School will be renamed Ivy Elementary School as of July 1, 2023. The elementary school is the eighth Albemarle County Public School to have its name changed since 2018. The board voted unanimously to change the name, despite students and community members voting against...
UVA has repeatedly failed to pay its graduate students on time — and no one at the university can figure out why
Over winter break, the University of Virginia failed to pay somewhere between 60 and 120 of its graduate students on time — and no one at the university is giving details about why it happened. When graduate students realized their stipends were late in December, the UVA branch of...
Judge dismisses one count in Confederate statue lawsuit, but principal allegations remain
A judge this week dismissed one of the three charges brought by Confederate legacy groups in a lawsuit alleging the city is not allowed to give its statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee to a group that plans to melt it. But the principal allegations of the lawsuit remain and...
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