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Ground sprayed for West Main apartment complex
Apr 24, 2018
The symbolic start of a construction site is traditionally marked with a groundbreaking, but the developers of a new apartment complex on Charlottesville’s West Main Street opted to celebrate Tuesday by spray-painting a parking lot with the words “Six Hundred West Main,” the name of the project. “We’ve had probably about two years of design, construction entitlements and approvals,” said Jeffrey...
Read moreRebranding of W. Main apartments reflects trend of outside ownership
Apr 22, 2018
As completion nears of the massive Standard apartment building on Charlottesville’s West Main Street, another complex that opened two years ago recently was rebranded by the national firm that now owns it. What had been called the Uncommon, at 1000 W. Main, is now known as Lark on Main, although some of the signage outside still carries the old name. The...
Read moreAlbemarle schools preparing to lease Seminole Place facility for high school center
Apr 22, 2018
The Albemarle County School Board this week will consider approving the lease of 42,200 square feet in the Seminole Place industrial facility for use as a high school student center, administrative offices and professional development space. Albemarle launched the High School 2022 initiative two years ago to generate ideas for expanding student-designed, interdisciplinary and community-based learning experiences throughout the school division. High...
Read moreSpanish showcase builds connections in and out of the classroom
Apr 21, 2018
Eliza Vesga, 11, has been able to understand some Spanish since she was little. Klei Stanford, 10, started learning Spanish this year when he moved from Greensboro, North Carolina, to Charlottesville. Eliza and Klei might never have known each other if they had not been chosen to emcee El Espectaculo, an annual Spanish showcase by fifth-grade students at Walker Upper Elementary...
Read moreVinegar Hill Park process to start this summer
Apr 20, 2018
Construction will begin this summer to replace the Main Street Arena in downtown Charlottesville with the technology-focused Center of Developing Entrepreneurs. Some stakeholders hope to use the spotlight on CODE to put plans for the adjacent Vinegar Hill Park in motion. In late 2016, the City Council set aside $15,000 to create Vinegar Hill Park at the western end of...
Read moreWest Main Streetscape plans presented to design panel
Apr 19, 2018
The design for a new look and feel for Charlottesville’s West Main Street is still being developed more than four years after the firm Rhodeside & Harwell began work on the plan. “We’ve now moved into what we’re calling our design-development phase, which is really serving as the pre-final design,” said Carrie Rainey, the city’s urban planner. “We’re really getting more...
Read moreCurry professor sheds light on resilient low-income students’ success
Apr 19, 2018
Many education researchers have documented the academic achievement gap between students from high-income and low-income families. They also have shown that it persists from pre-kindergarten through college. Joseph Williams, an associate professor at the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education, said this research fails to capture the complete story of how low-income students perform in school. “There are millions of students...
Read moreDesign panel partially approves downtown building
Apr 18, 2018
The Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review made a partial recommendation to approve the size and shape of a new downtown building Tuesday, but stopped short of full support after the acting city attorney noted a problem. “The proposed building appears to exceed the maximum allowable building height for the zoning district,” wrote Lisa Robertson in an email to BAR members shortly...
Read moreToscano visits local schools to discuss safety
Apr 17, 2018
Albemarle County school officials met with Del. David J. Toscano, D-Charlottesville, on Tuesday to contribute to the Virginia House of Delegates’ ongoing study of school safety issues. Toscano is a member of the House Select Committee on School Safety. Established in March in response to a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the select committee is...
Read moreCharlottesville land bank moves forward as council briefed on housing report
Apr 17, 2018
The Charlottesville City Council has taken the first official step toward creating a nonprofit entity that could help increase the number of affordable housing units within city limits. “A land bank corporation is a transactional mechanism created within state law in order to acquire, manage, develop, sell or convey property,” said Brenda Kelley, the city’s redevelopment manager. “It can borrow money...
Read moreCHS intervention specialist honored as ReadyKids Youth Advocate
Apr 16, 2018
For more than a decade, Dianna Poe and her colleagues in Charlottesville High School’s WALK program have helped at-risk students overcome obstacles in all aspects of their lives to earn their diplomas. “In a world where flashy, cutting-edge, shiny and sexy gets all the attention, we are a team of people that are plodding,” said Poe, the director of WALK. “We...
Read moreVirginia Press Association awards for 2017
Apr 16, 2018
Charlottesville Tomorrow won the news sweepstakes for Best Online Publication in Virginia during Saturday evening's annual Virginia Press Association News & Advertising Conference. Charlottesville Tomorrow received a total of 20 VPA awards for our in-depth community news. The recognition includes ten first place awards, seven of which were for news writing. We are honored to have this recognition and we want...
Read morePanel: Make sure affordable housing units are energy efficient
As the Charlottesville region seeks to increase the inventory of affordable housing units, members of the city’s emerging green-energy sector see an opportunity to reduce area greenhouse gases while lowering…
Council decides on process for hiring city attorney
The Charlottesville City Council will work with City Manager Maurice Jones on a search for the next leader of the city’s legal team. “We don’t have a whole heck of lot…
Tom Tom panel contemplates future of education, workforce development
How should schools and colleges prepare students for their careers when technology— and jobs associated with it— can become obsolete in the span of a few years? At the Tom Tom…
Entrepreneurial bootcamp wins Tom Tom crowdfunding event
Ten teams of Charlottesville entrepreneurs competed on Wednesday for funding and opportunities to grow their businesses as part of the seventh annual Crowdfunded Pitch Night at the Tom Tom Founders…
Out-of-town panelists describe affordable-housing tools
The city of Charlottesville is creating a housing strategy to encourage the construction of homes that are affordable to households with incomes ranging from extreme poverty to the middle class. “Not…
Bushman-Dreyfus selects winning ideas for Vinegar Hill Park
On Tuesday night, local firm Bushman Dreyfus Architects awarded a total of $8,000 to four of the 80 entrants in a competition to reimagine a part of downtown Charlottesville. The focus…
Youth Summit encourages students to pursue entrepreneurship, social impact
New businesses always face a significant risk of failure — especially when its founders are starting a business for the first time. “That’s why the most successful entrepreneurs are those who…
City group signs off on new subdivision, new apartment complex
A project that would build two dozen single-family homes in Charlottesville’s Ridge Street neighborhood is closer to reality now that the Planning Commission agreed to a planning milestone. The group’s consent…
Charlottesville School Board appoints former CHS counselor as interim member
The Charlottesville School Board on Wednesday appointed James Bryant, a retired teacher and school counselor, as an interim member to fill a vacancy until the general election Nov. 6. Former School…
Former CATEC director named as Walker principal
A former member of the Charlottesville School Board is set to become the next principal of Walker Upper Elementary School, according to an email sent Wednesday to parents. “Dr. Adam Hastings…
Public financing sought for new roof for outdoor downtown concert venue
The general manager of the Sprint Pavilion at the eastern end of the Downtown Mall appeared before the Charlottesville Economic Development Authority on Tuesday to ask for an expansion of…
Cville Gives grant night supports affordable housing nonprofits
Nonprofits working to advance affordable housing in the Charlottesville area received thousands of dollars in grants on the opening night of the Tom Tom Founders Festival. Monday’s Grant Night event at…
Rental assistance program offers hope, as well as challenges
Gene Willey is a drywall contractor and a painter. The 57-year-old who goes by Pete has struggled to find consistent work ever since he had both knees replaced. These days…
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