Saturday, February 28th BON Cafe, 100 W South Street 12:30 Meet and Greet 1:00 Announcement

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Community members had another chance last week to provide feedback on the new design for the eastern side of McIntire Park. “We are looking for comment on the last phase of the design,” Charlottesville Parks and Recreation department director Brian Daly said at an open house hosted by the department ...

The Kroger grocery store that sits near the corner of Hydraulic Road and U.S. 29 in Charlottesville is planning a major move. The store wants to move north into a renovated and enlarged building that was previous a Giant grocery store in the Seminole Square shopping center. Giant shut ...

Volunteers, educators, students, innovators, entrepreneurs and more will be recognized at the 2015 Charlottesville Business Innovation Council awards gala May 21. Nominations are being accepted through Feb. 28 for nine different categories, seven of which are brand new this year. “We wanted to make sure the new awards are indicative ...

The Charlottesville School Board on Thursday voted unanimously to send a $74.6 million funding request for fiscal year 2016 to the City Council. The request represents a 2.8 percent increase over the current school year’s operational budget. The projected revenues include $47.4 million in local funding ...

Soundboard: Charlottesville's news straight from the source. A collaborative local news radio program by WTJU 91.1 FM, Charlottesville Tomorrow, and C-Ville Weekly. Each Monday from 9-10 a.m. tune in to hear area journalists and guests discuss local news, culture and community issues in the Charlottesville area. Whether ...

A group of restaurant owners in Charlottesville are preparing a campaign to oppose a possible increase in the city’s meals tax.   “This is a regressive tax that penalizes local customers,” said Peter Castiglione, one of the owners of Maya on West Main Street. “Why should the restaurant industry and ...

Albemarle High School teacher Wes Bellamy has officially launched his campaign for Charlottesville City Council. This is Bellamy’s second attempt to secure the nomination of the Democratic Party. “One city, one community, one Charlottesville,” Bellamy repeated during his announcement Sunday night at C’ville Coffee. “I want to bring ...

Conservation easements are an increasingly popular tool used to manage growth and protect the rural heritage of Albemarle County. While conservationists are celebrating the recent protection of a 770-acre farm in western Albemarle, one easement critic says there can be too much of a good thing and at taxpayers’ expense ...

Flanked by several former Charlottesville mayors and other elected officials, attorney Michael Signer formally announced his campaign Wednesday for the Democratic nomination for the City Council.    “We have this incredible tradition of citizen leadership in Charlottesville, and we all stand on the shoulders of giants in this city when you ...

Soundboard: Charlottesville's news straight from the source. A collaborative local news radio program by WTJU 91.1 FM, Charlottesville Tomorrow, and C-Ville Weekly. Each Monday from 9-10 a.m. tune in to hear area journalists and guests discuss local news, culture and community issues in the Charlottesville area. Whether ...

Some teachers at Charlottesville High School are bucking a long-standing educational practice.   For many years, under a system commonly referred to as “tracking,” students have been placed in either academic- or honors-level classes based on their records of academic success.     But Jennifer Horne, an English teacher at CHS, thinks there ...

Albemarle County and the city of Charlottesville have been exploring ways to make the Rivanna River corridor an attractive resource, economically and recreationally. One proposal to transform the historic Woolen Mills buildings into residential and new commercial uses could work into that plan. “We look forward to the possibility of ...

When Charlottesville’s city manager unveils his recommended budget for next fiscal year, it will be based on a 1 percentage point increase in the meals tax in order to close a budget deficit.   “I would agree to one percent on the meals tax because it will bring in $2 ...

  A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON Thursday, February 5, 2015, AT 5:00 p.m. AT CitySpace, 100 5th Street NE. THE PROPOSED AGENDA IS AS FOLLOWS: Budget Work Session BY ORDER OF THE MAYOR  

On Wednesday, February 4, the combined band, orchestra, and choirs of Charlottesville High School will perform a symphony concert at 7:30pm at the Martin Luther King Performing Arts Center. The musical presentation also incorporates a display of works by the school's visual artists. In addition, the celebration will ...

In the current education landscape, technology is more than computers and projectors. Jeff Faust, director of technology for Charlottesville City Schools, explained the challenges to the School Board during a budget work session Saturday. “We tend to simplify that in our minds,” Faust said. “But our entire phone system … HVAC ...

Schools and parks are places every parent hopes are safe for children. However, pesticide use on playing fields in the city of Charlottesville has raised concerns among some families and environmental health advocates, including the Piedmont Group of the Sierra Club, which is advocating for pesticide-free parks and school grounds ...

An agenda will be posted when one becomes available.

Nicole Adams, Special Education Teacher, Venable Elementary School   What is the most challenging aspect of your job? Children with disabilities benefit most in learning through repetition, so finding ways for them to practice skills that are challenging to them in fun, developmentally appropriate ways can be difficult.    What is the ...