The Charlottesville Albemarle Convention & Visitors Bureau is exploring the possibility of bringing a conference or convention center to the region. The CACVB’s board in January approved up to $30,000 in funding for a feasibility study to be completed in fiscal year 2018. A request for proposals was issued ...

While a court injunction currently prevents the statue of Robert E. Lee from being moved, the city is moving full speed ahead in an effort to change the names of local parks named for Confederate heroes.   After fielding suggestions from almost all committee members, the Charlottesville Historic Resources Committee decided ...

A Democratic candidate running for Charlottesville City Council challenged the efficacy of the city’s leadership Wednesday evening after an incumbent councilor running for re-election told a crowd that he is wary of tentative designs for the Belmont Bridge.   At a candidate forum hosted by the Greenbrier Neighborhood Association, Democratic ...

Despite the overwhelming results from a city survey that was meant to solicit ideas for two of the city’s downtown parks, the Charlottesville City Council next month will choose from at least eight names that a community panel is recommending it consider.     The Historic Resources Committee ranked its recommendations ...

By age 6, children—and girls, especially—begin to express concerns about their weight, according to a widely referenced 2011 study by psychologist Linda Smolak. For this reason, one local mother says the practice of publicly weighing students during gym class should be banned.

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 ...

Members of the Charlottesville City Council say they will no longer recognize Lee or Jackson parks by those names and will vote in two weeks on new names. A majority of responses to a survey on the matter, however, suggests the council shouldn’t do that.    Of the more than ...

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 ...

Calls for the removal of Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee statue — unveiled on May 21, 1924 — and all that has followed has thrust the city into the national spotlight, inflamed tensions and raised the profiles of key players in the long-simmering debate.        Many involved — from politicians to activists — have been ...

People who regularly shop at the Kmart in Charlottesville because of its convenient location and relatively inexpensive prices are bristling at the news of the store’s looming closure.   Particularly for those who use public transit to visit the 50-plus-year-old big box store on Hydraulic Road, its closing means they ...

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 in Central Virginia comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act by providing sign language interpreters and captioning services. Its ...

Sarad Davenport, the first executive director of Charlottesville’s City of Promise initiative, will leave the community for a new job next week.  Davenport will become associate director for culture and connections at Communities in Schools, a national organization based in Arlington that coordinates with community partners to bring resources ...

When Paula Gladieux moved to Charlottesville, she wanted to get involved and give back to her community. She came across Book Buddies, a one-on-one reading tutoring program in Charlottesville’s public elementary schools, and was sold. ...   “Helping children to read — is there a more lovely thing to do?” she said ...

We’d think Albemarle might want to be circumspect about claiming that the county courthouse, situated in the city of Charlottesville, actually isn’t in the city for purposes of official decision-making.   Why stir up more trouble?   County officials do have a special basis for such a position, however. More ...

Nearly 51 years after being elected to the Charlottesville City Council as a Republican, a German immigrant who became mayor of the city in the late 1960s has passed away.   Elected in a 1966 City Council race where the Republican Party swept the Democratic candidates, Gunther Alfred “Dutch” Vogt became ...

A Charlottesville preschool recently invited the public to build “brains” in a game designed to raise awareness of mental development in early childhood. Our Neighborhood Child Development Center on Ivy Road hosted 10 rounds of the Brain Architecture Game during the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s ...

This story is part of our #CvilleCurious project. You ask the questions, you vote on the questions you're most curious about, and we answer. To ask your question, visit the CvilleCurious page. This question came from reader Maddie Hennicke. With retail sales declining nationwide, so-called pop-ups have become a ...

First the county, now the city.   Charlottesville City Council postponed a vote this week that would have authorized a $15.25 million bond issue.   Why?   The council agenda as advertised for May 1 did not list the bond issue item as a public hearing. Because the public wasn’t accurately ...

Initiatives to support the wellbeing of students and teachers took center stage at the Charlottesville City School Board’s meeting on Thursday. Division and Johnson Elementary School staff gave the School Board an update on the implementation of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) in the city’s elementary schools ...

The city of Charlottesville is accepting bids from contractors for a long-awaited track and field facility at Charlottesville High School. “The economy and City Council’s budget have finally allowed us to do this,” said Juandiego Wade, chairman of the Charlottesville City School Board. “It will be tremendous for us ...

Burnett Commons homeowner Jarrod Markley’s March electricity bill —which tallies energy used in a four-person household and to charge his electric car—was only $10.   He has the sun to thank for that low cost. The $18,000 grid of solar panels installed on his roof last winter supplies ...

How can technology make Charlottesville residents healthier, better informed and more involved in local government? Nine Albemarle High School students were given 90 minutes to answer that question at HackCville’s inaugural civic engagement design challenge. HackCville, a student-run entrepreneurship accelerator and technology skills school at the University of Virginia ...

Standing in the rain at a protest in the center of the Downtown Mall on Monday, independent City Council candidate Paul Long said he would use his council position to see the Landmark Hotel demolished if the project developer fails to resume construction by the end of the year.   Long ...

AT A GLANCE The economic impact of the CFA Institute’s Global Operations Center in fiscal year 2016 in Charlottesville and the counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene and Nelson: » Total industry output: $261 million » Value added to Charlottesville region’s GDP: $104.6 million (1/120 of total GDP) » Spending ...

Staff and officials at Charlottesville City Schools recently received the first feedback from the School Board on a draft of the division’s next strategic plan.   The division is in the process of finalizing the five-year plan, which focuses on academics, supportive school environments and organizational supports.   Board members discussed ...