The PLACE Design Task Force meets on the second Thursday of each month at noon in either one of two locations: Neighborhood Development Services Conference Room The Jefferson School Center, room 2007

The PLACE Design Task Force meets on the second Thursday of each month at noon in either one of two locations: Neighborhood Development Services Conference Room The Jefferson School Center, room 2007

The PLACE Design Task Force meets on the second Thursday of each month at noon in either one of two locations: Neighborhood Development Services Conference Room The Jefferson School Center, room 2007

The PLACE Design Task Force meets on the second Thursday of each month at noon in either one of two locations: Neighborhood Development Services Conference Room The Jefferson School Center, room 2007

The PLACE Design Task Force meets on the second Thursday of each month at noon in either one of two locations: Neighborhood Development Services Conference Room The Jefferson School Center, room 2007

Meeting #3: The West Main Concept You've shared your ideas and visions for West Main Street. Come and see the concept that your input has inspired! Join us to explore the future of West Main Street.  A short presentation about the project is scheduled for 7:00 p.m ...

Waterhouse building designer Bill Atwood is taking another stab at a multi-story mixed-use development near downtown, and while he believes he’s got a plan for a project that will push West Main Street in the right direction, some are raising concerns that it could put traffic pressure on the ...

  Wedged between the competing claims of practicality and idealism, Charlottesville City Council made a reasonable compromise in choosing an enhanced design to replace the Belmont Bridge.   The design is not the cheapest or most unexciting of the proposed options, but it is not the most costly, either.

While Albemarle County grapples with the ownership of a preschool program for at-risk youth, Charlottesville City Schools is taking a different approach. In a school division where over half of the students receive free or reduced lunch, not only do the City schools fully administer their own program for four-year-olds ...

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 ...

The need for additional information on affordable housing in the area was at the forefront of recent meeting between the Charlottesville City Council and the Housing Advisory Committee. Councilors and committee members said new studies could help develop incentives to attract workforce members to Charlottesville. “It is almost impossible to ...

City engineers have whittled down the options for the Belmont Bridge replacement project to two resolutions for Charlottesville’s City Council to consider Monday night: endorsement of a $17.2 million design less than half the length of the current span, or scrapping all four concepts now in the running ...

Aaron Fabio, Property Maintenance Inspector, City of Charlottesville   Your job title is Property Maintenance Inspector. What, in your own words, would you say you do?  I proactively enforce the City Code as well as the Virginia Maintenance Code. The City Codes that I enforce are accumulation of trash, overgrowth of ...

Now that the Western Bypass is history, local government officials are preparing for a near future in which over $200 million worth of transportation projects will be built to alleviate traffic congestion on U.S. 29. The Virginia Department of Transportation is expected to hire one contractor to oversee design ...

Several projects to address traffic congestion on U.S. 250 at Free Bridge received favorable feedback from a group of citizens and local government officials Wednesday. However, proposals for any significant new roads connecting Pantops to urban areas in Charlottesville and Albemarle County found little support. The projects are being ...

The creative energy of Charlottesville’s Strategic Investment Area is set to receive a boost through the National Endowment for the Arts. Charlottesville is one of 66 cities to receive an Our Town grant from the endowment. The Our Town grant program, according to its website, is designed to help ...

Just before the morning bell silences homeroom classes at Charlottesville High School, 31 different languages buzz in the air. In neighboring Albemarle County, a homeroom might burst with any of the 79 languages spoken in the public schools. But these aren’t the voices of students learning French or Spanish ...

The company that owns or controls most of the public parking spaces in downtown Charlottesville is readying itself for a takeover by a local businessman in a move with major implications for the future of development in the city.

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 ...

Charlottesville residents may soon have new ways to share their opinions with their government officials. The city is exploring ways to expand community engagement, turning to the Internet, phones and texting to reach new segments of the population. Assistant City Manager David Ellis presented preliminary concepts for these tools to ...

Charlottesville is holding its breath as the eight-story brick behemoth of an apartment building known as The Flats at West Village prepares to open in five weeks along West Main Street.

  With long-term and potentially disruptive construction projects on the horizon for U.S. 29, an advisory panel of business and community leaders is pushing state transportation officials for consistent communication and possible compromises.   Philip A. Shucet, the former Virginia Department of Transportation commissioner, facilitated the first meeting of the 12-member ...

The Venable Neighborhood Association is one step closer to making a stretch of Rugby Road the second historic conservation district in Charlottesville. The Planning Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend approval of the association’s request to make place the designation on both sides of the Rugby Road from the ...

The Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center has begun a search for a new leader. CATEC’s current director, Adam Hastings, is moving to Piedmont Virginia Community College where he will take over as Dean of Business, Mathematics and Technologies August 1. "Adam Hastings has been a highly effective leader in ...