The Beaver Creek Reservoir will meet the water supply needs of the Crozet area for the next 50 years, according to a recently completed study commissioned by the Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority. The Drinking Water Infrastructure Plan for Crozet accounted for historical plant production and water usage, Albemarle County population ...

Potbelly Sandwich Shop will join a string of chain restaurants to open on Charlottesville’s West Main Street, joining World of Beer, Kung Fu Tea, and Pizza Hut. The restaurant will rent space on the ground floor of the Standard, a luxury student apartment building going up at 853 W ...

The first African-American students to desegregate Charlottesville City Schools have begun a new chapter in their fight for universal access to education. At the Charlottesville School Board’s meeting last week, representatives of the Charlottesville 12 awarded a $5,000 scholarship to Kely Oufoula Kossi, who graduated from Charlottesville High ...

Near the end of an eight-hour meeting last week, the Charlottesville Planning Commission approved a new apartment building in Sunrise Park. The building will complete the mixed-income plans that Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville originally drafted for the development. Sunrise Park currently includes 30 affordable units and 16 market-rate ...

The city councilors who voted for the removal of Charlottesville's two Confederate monuments may be liable for damages and legal fees if the court ultimately rules in favor of the plaintiffs in the case, according to a written opinion signed Thursday by Charlottesville Circuit Judge Richard E. Moore. In ...

Three years ago, Caitlin Murtaugh, a construction project coordinator at the University of Virginia, started Girls Day to encourage girls to pursue construction trades. The idea was born after she received a certification in plumbing through the UVa Facilities Management Apprenticeship Program and realized how few women were working in ...

Before teachers, students and community members climb into buses and drive to visit several civil rights sites this summer, leaders were asked to “retool” their understanding of the Civil War. For teachers, that retooling came in the form of a daylong training about area monuments and suggestions for using them ...

Geraldina Gonzalez found out about her current home in Charlottesville through a lucky accident. When Gonzalez was about to close the deal on one house, her Realtor sent her a group email meant for other clients. “As soon as I saw the house, it clicked. It was the perfect location ...

The University of Virginia’s governing building and grounds committee moved forward Thursday with renovation plans that will remove the stacks from UVa’s main library and replace them with study space, shelves and a better facade. The Board of Visitors committee’s decision came after months of advocacy from ...

Area near Rivanna River seeing more economic activity By mid-June, visitors to the Riverview Park trail and others will be able to stop for an espresso or a slice of strawberry and rhubarb pie. The Pie Chest and Lone Light Coffee had planned to open a second Charlottesville location at ...

Albemarle County is joining local efforts to memorialize John Henry James, who was lynched there in 1898. On Wednesday, the Board of Supervisors discussed collecting soil from the lynching site as part of the Equal Justice Initiative memorial project.    According to EJI research, more than 4,000 racial terror lynchings ...

Customers of Charlottesville’s utility services likely will see an uptick in their monthly bills later this summer. City officials say that’s largely because of necessary infrastructure maintenance and debt incurred from three recent major utility projects. On Monday, the City Council held a public hearing on proposed increases ...

There were only 10 applicants left to consider after a series of dismissals and withdrawals earlier this year, but there are now seven official appointees to the city’s new Civilian Review Board. Following a community forum at the Jefferson School City Center in April and a public hearing last ...

David Vander Meulen was raised in a house without many books. “I didn’t grow up with any sense of what that wider world was, and then when I found out I could go to the library at my local college, I thought, ‘Wow,’” said Vander Meulen, now a professor ...

Bright economic news was easy to find this week, if you were looking for it. (As opposed to what most of us were thinking about, including a silver Prius, two missing motorists, and 1,500 unaccounted-for immigrant children.) On Wednesday, the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce reported that first-quarter retail ...

She may not have graduated high school yet, but Zyahna Bryant already has made a name for herself. The Charlottesville High School junior first gained national attention when she created a petition in March 2016 to remove Charlottesville’s statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. The petition caused a ...

Mujtaba Mohammad Asif had repaired air-conditioning units at a local hotel for about two years when he asked his employer for a promotion. The hotel responded that he did not have the certificate the supervisor position required. “I realized that if I work here for five or six or 10 ...

On Thursday evening, fourth-grade students from all six of Charlottesville’s elementary schools will perform “Jamestown: A New World in Motion” under the instruction of the Richmond Ballet. The fourth-graders have been working on their dances in 30-minute classes throughout the year. They are the 12th class of Charlottesville students ...

The stench of sewage wafting through the Woolen Mills neighborhood has sickened residents since the early 1900s. But after the completion of a 10-year and $10 million odor reduction project at the local wastewater treatment facility, project pioneers and neighbors came together to celebrate the fact that they can finally ...

Personal property taxes are due June 5, and the city has stepped up its efforts to locate vehicles that reside in Charlottesville, even if their owners don’t. Woolen Mills Storage received a request from Commissioner of the Revenue Todd Divers to provide a list of vehicles stored there. “If ...

After announcing last week that it will not renew the city manager’s employment contract (which ends in December), the Charlottesville City Council on Tuesday decided to delay hiring for an assistant city manager position that was added in the current-year city budget. City officials last week said they were ...

Charlottesville is in the process of updating the City’s Comprehensive Plan. The Plan is the city's vision as a community and guides decision making processes for matters such as land use (development and growth), housing (affordability and access), transportation (all modes of transit and parking). In the spring ...