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  02.21.20 Climate change 5 MIN READ

  Southwood residents receive energy efficient retrofits to homes ahead of overall neighborhood redevelopment

  Southwood resident Rosemary Morris said her power bill has sometimes been more than $200.  The price point weighs heavily on the 73-year-old with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who lives on a fixed income in the mobile home... More

  

  Charlotte Rene Woods
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  02.20.20 Land use + planning 6 MIN READ

  Development Digest: Parkway Place apartments eyes affordable units, trails and transportation enhancements

  While a proposed Albemarle County development on Rio Road makes its way through board and commission amendments and the permitting process, ideas for affordability, trail connectivity and transportation improvements on the site are starting to coalesce.  More

  

  Charlotte Rene Woods

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  02.20.20 Public education 5 MIN READ

  Commentary: Response to Cale poster on slavery misses the mark

  It’s important to understand that I have the utmost respect for Superintendent Matt Haas. He was the principal at Albemarle High School when I was a student there in the early 2000s, and my now wife and I even... More

  

  Price Thomas

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  02.18.20 Public education 5 MIN READ

  The Walker playground project is almost underway. Here’s what you need to know.

  Starting this fall, students coming to Walker Upper Elementary School should have an enhanced place to play. The new playground project has been funded through grants and community donors and received full support from the Charlottesville School Board earlier this... More

  

  Billy Jean Louis
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  02.18.20 Government + politics 5 MIN READ

  An hour with... Claire Russo

  Service is a calling for 5th Congressional District candidate Claire Russo.  It inspired her to join the U.S. Marine Corps and her work with counterinsurgency, but it’s also what inspires her run to represent Virginia’s geographically... More

  

  Charlotte Rene Woods
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  02.18.20 Government + politics 5 MIN READ

  An hour with … John Lesinski

  Marine veteran and Rappahannock resident John Lesinski wants to do his part to make the world better.  Lesinski, who has also served in local government and state-level appointed positions, considers climate policy one of his biggest... More

  

  Charlotte Rene Woods
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  02.17.20 Government + politics 9 MIN READ

  On the Record: Charlene Green on the eve of her Office of Human Rights departure

  Charlene Green is set to step into her new role as deputy director of the Piedmont Housing Alliance. Here path there led through several roles in the Charlottesville area, including the city of Charlottesville’s Office of Human Rights, where... More

  

  Elliott Robinson
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  02.14.20 Government + politics 2 MIN READ

  The Rundown: Report-a-palooza!

  Charlottesville City Council meetings are held on Mondays until they aren’t. Due to the Presidents Day holiday, the meeting is shifting over a day to Tuesday. Here’s a link to the full agenda, and here’s a link... More

  

  Elliott Robinson
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  02.14.20 Government + politics 7 MIN READ

  General Assembly setting stage for action on Confederate monuments

  With the stroke of a pen this year, a journey that began in downtown Charlottesville could end in downtown Richmond. But any tangible results might not be seen until December. Two bills that propose granting local... More

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  02.14.20 Land use + planning 7 MIN READ

  How annual property assessments work: Sales drive them

  The city of Charlottesville and Albemarle County recently completed their 2020 reassessments. While the assessor’s offices for both localities calculate the value of properties, it’s the real estate sales that take place during the year that play... More

  

  Charlotte Rene Woods