Charlottesville News
Charlottesville Scholarship Program announces 2017 recipients
May 22, 2017
The Charlottesville Scholarship Program celebrated eight new award recipients at CitySpace on Monday. The winners are 2017 graduates of Charlottesville High School from low or middle-income households. Many will be the first in their families to attend college. “It’s unbelievable, some of the challenges these students have overcome to get to where they are,” said Joseph Sabol, chairman of the Charlottesville Scholarship...
Read moreScholarship honoring longtime Albemarle educators names newest recipients
May 21, 2017
Four local high school students have been named as recipients of a scholarship honoring the legacy of two longtime Albemarle County educators. Casey Alexander, Jordan Burnley, Karuna Dahal and Shemya Key were honored as Minor Preston Scholars at a reception held at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center on Friday night. “We have four outstanding, successful students — not only successful...
Read moreScivera helping industry choose greener, safer chemicals
May 20, 2017
Mass-produced consumer products — from cellphones to SUVs — are made from a vast assortment of synthetic materials, which in turn are composed of any number of chemicals. Some of these chemicals are known to be toxic. A Charlottesville software company is helping manufacturers, retailers and chemical suppliers around the world to track the substances they use and minimize their risk...
Read moreCBIC Awards Gala recognizes standouts in entrepreneurship, education
May 18, 2017
The Charlottesville Business Innovation Council recognized some of the area’s most successful businesses and entrepreneurs at its annual awards gala. CBIC is a membership-based nonprofit organization that promotes innovation and entrepreneurship and supports technology-focused organizations in the Charlottesville region. It was founded 20 years ago as the Virginia Piedmont Technology Council. About 450 people attended the gala at the Boar’s Head Inn...
Read moreUVa presents redevelopment plans for land on Ivy Road
May 18, 2017
The University of Virginia is hoping to relocate its orthopedic services from the Fontaine Research Park as part of its redevelopment of an area along Ivy Road, east of the U.S. 29 and U.S. 250 intersection. UVa officials presented plans to Charlottesville and Albemarle County leaders at the Planning and Coordination Council meeting on Thursday. “Orthopedics currently occupies some space at Fontaine...
Read moreLight House Studio
May 18, 2017
Meet Your Nonprofit, a weekly profile of nonprofit organizations in our community, is brought to you by the Center for Nonprofit Excellence. Describe your nonprofit's mission. Light House Studio is an award-winning nonprofit filmmaking center that teaches children and teens to make movies. We work with dozens of professional artists and filmmakers to help our kids turn their ideas into movies they...
Read moreLee statue hot topic at Democratic council forum
May 17, 2017
The three Democratic candidates for two party nominations for Charlottesville’s City Council addressed the future of the city’s Robert E. Lee statue Wednesday at a campaign forum. Earlier this month, Charlottesville Circuit Judge Richard Moore granted an injunction preventing the city from removing the statue for at least six months pending the outcome of a lawsuit. “I think recontextualization of the park...
Read moreCity architecture group weighs in on Quirk, Blue Moon projects
May 17, 2017
As Charlottesville waits for a new streetscape design for West Main Street, the city Board of Architectural Review granted design approvals for two projects that will incorporate four existing buildings. The BAR approved the final design for a new six-story apartment building that will wrap around the Blue Moon Diner and another building at 600 W. Main. The group also granted an...
Read moreCounty schools adopt $180.5 million budget for FY18
May 16, 2017
The Albemarle County School Board has approved a balanced $180.5 million operating budget for fiscal year 2018. The school division also will utilize more than $19 million in special revenue funds from the 2016 bond referendum. The $180,486,940 operating budget is a $7.8 million, or 4.5 percent, increase over this year’s $172.7 million budget. The School Board’s funding request to the Board...
Read moreDesign panel approves demolition for another downtown building
May 16, 2017
A building on Water Street that housed the Clock Shop of Virginia is the latest downtown structure to be on the chopping block. The Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review approved a demolition permit Tuesday for 201 W. Water St., a one-story structure that was built in 1950, according to city property records. The building is a contributing structure in the downtown architectural...
Read moreAlbemarle GOP musters single candidate in Albemarle Supervisor races
May 16, 2017
At a mass meeting on Tuesday evening, the Albemarle County Republican Committee nominated their only candidate for one of three upcoming Board of Supervisors elections. Retired businessman John Lowry ran uncontested for the party’s nomination in the race for the Samuel Miller District seat. Lowry previously announced his candidacy in February. “We should have better use of our land … we should...
Read moreCouncil approves schematic design for West Main
May 16, 2017
Development plans for a new look for Charlottesville’s West Main Street inched closer to completion Monday when City Council approved a schematic design for the project. “The project vision is to create a great street, to design a great street and to have it be an equitable street,” said Elliot Rhodeside, of the firm Rhodeside & Harwell. “West Main is an...
Read moreBelmont Bridge committee narrows in on replacement design
Richmond-based Kimley-Horn Associates is coming closer to developing a design for the replacement of Charlottesville’s Belmont Bridge, and a steering committee overseeing the company’s work was presented with several alternatives…
Jackson launches second bid for City Council
Charlottesville resident Kenneth Wayne Jackson announced on May 12 that he will run for City Council as an independent. “If you want someone who actually believes that government is for, of…
Democratic council forum Wednesday
Charlottesville Tomorrow and The Daily Progress will hold a forum Wednesday for the Democratic candidates running for Charlottesville City Council.The event, to be held from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m…
Civic Access using business to promote inclusion, empowerment of deaf people
A Charlottesville business providing services for the deaf and hard of hearing is mobilizing resources to empower the deaf community and affect societal change. Civic Access helps businesses and public entities…
UVA planning students seek trail network connecting city, Monticello
A team of urban and environmental planning master’s degree students is proposing numerous ways to improve pedestrian and bicycle connectivity between Charlottesville and Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. The group of University of…
School Board to hold consolidation hearing on Yancey Elementary
The Albemarle County School Board will vote on whether to close B. F. Yancey Elementary School after holding a public hearing on May 25. Yancey was the only Albemarle County school…
Woolen Mills revival project takes big step forward
The Albemarle Board of Supervisors has approved a rezoning that will allow the vacant Woolen Mills factory to be converted into a residential and commercial complex at the confluence of…
City planning commission again briefed on affordable housing issues
For the second time in six weeks, the Charlottesville Planning Commission has been briefed on ways to use local government funding to help increase the number of affordable units in…
On Our Own Charlottesville
Meet Your Nonprofit, a weekly profile of nonprofit organizations in our community, is brought to you by the Center for Nonprofit Excellence. Describe your nonprofit's mission. To provide mutual support, self-help, advocacy…
Council candidates talk environmental issues at forum
All seven candidates for Charlottesville City Council appeared at a forum for the first time together Wednesday evening. About 45 people gathered in the City Council Chambers for the forum…
County supervisors, School Board hear United Way briefing on early childhood services
Leaders of the United Way-Thomas Jefferson Area briefed Albemarle County’s Board of Supervisors and School Board on the status of the area’s early childhood services at their joint meeting Wednesday. Erika Viccellio…
At forum, council candidates demur on committing to higher wages, affordable housing
In a candidate forum hosted by a new progressive advocacy group, the three Democratic candidates for Charlottesville City Council either said ‘no’ or did not say whether, if elected, they…
Monticello High School’s “In the Heights” encore reflects more diverse community
Although Monticello High School’s production of “In the Heights” hasn’t opened yet, Italyia Lee can’t help thinking about Sunday, when the cast will take its final bow. “It will be hard…
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