Best place to live, best college town, most walkable: Charlottesville’s been praised as all of the above. Its latest accolade, “America’s happiest city,” has generated headlines the world over, and with good reason. We’re not talking about a list cobbled together by interns at a travel magazine ...

It’s a humid July day, and UVA fourth-year Henry Ilnicky just wants a sandwich. From where he’s standing on 15th Street, Ilnicky could walk under a train trestle and through a third of a mile of busy Corner streets to reach his destination: Take It Away on Elliewood ...

Charlottesville High School was getting ready to start last school year with a lot of new faces: two assistant principals, an athletic director and a principal that was hired after a months-long nationwide search. But one week before the 1,200 students entered through the doors for the first day ...

Sara Butler, Benefits Administrator, City of Charlottesville   Your job title is Benefits Administrator. What, in your own words, would you say you do? I am responsible for directing and planning the day-to-day operations of the City’s group benefit programs, including health, dental, disability, life insurance, employee assistance and FSAs ...

Fifteen-year-old Megan Bird remembers watching the news a few years ago and wondering what exactly people were talking about as they discussed the Charlottesville City Council. Two years later, she not only has a much better understanding of how local government works, she and a group of 14 other students ...

Lauren Sandridge, Kindergarten Teacher, Greenbrier Elementary School   What is the most challenging aspect of your job? One of the most challenging aspects of my job happens to coincide with one of my favorite things about my job. It has always been a challenge to reach every student on his or ...

  Construction on a grade-separated interchange at U.S. 29 and Rio Road is expected to take the lead in a package of transportation improvements slated for the busy highway corridor in northern Albemarle County.   However, several members of a panel of business and community leaders expressed concern over such a ...

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 ...

The University of Virginia will unveil a fleet of 120 bicycles later this summer as part of a new bike-sharing program. The bikes will serve about 1,100 acres of UVa’s Grounds, giving riders a transport alternative. “We’re hoping that it provides a midday mobility option for people ...

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 ...

Andy Jones, Instructional Technology Resource Teacher, Charlottesville City Schools   What is the most challenging aspect of your job? As an Instructional Technology Resource Teacher (ITRT), one of the most challenging aspects of my job is balancing the request for support in multiple subjects and grade levels. One hour I might ...

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.