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  07.19.19 Government + Politics

  Combating systemic/symbolic racism and virtual tours of enslaved people's dwellings

  This week on WTJU’s Soundboard, Norah, Ali and Emily talked with host Lewis Reining about efforts to combat symbolic and systemic racism in Charlottesville and Albemarle County, including the Charlottesville Food Justice Network’s new action list and the... More

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  Ali Sullivan, Emily Hays, and Norah Mulinda

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  07.17.19 Land Use + Planning 4 MIN READ

  Food justice network creates action list for citywide food security in two-day workshop

  Although Shantell Bingham, of the Charlottesville Food Justice Network, has been meeting with area nonprofits and low-income neighborhoods for three years, drafting an action list for achieving citywide food security took just two days. The Environmental... More

  

  Emily Hays

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  07.18.19 Business + Innovation 3 MIN READ

  Charlottesville Women In Tech celebrates 5th birthday

  The sky’s the limit for Charlottesville Women in Tech, as the organization on Wednesday marked its fifth birthday with a celebration at Skybar. A crowd of more than 30 people gathered for refreshments and socializing.  The... More

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  Ali Sullivan and Charlotte Rene Woods

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  07.17.19 Government + Politics 1 MIN READ

  Exhibit on John Henry James unveiled at County Office Building

  Albemarle County on Wednesday continued its remembrance of the 1898 lynching of John Henry James with the unveiling of a traveling history exhibit featuring the soil collected from the lynching site. On the first floor of the County Office... More

  

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  07.17.19 Climate Change 4 MIN READ

  Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Challenge recognizes UVa’s Clark Hall

  University of Virginia is taking action with its “Delta Force.”  The university has pledged to the Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Challenge, and the DOE on July 16 recognized UVa’s retrofitted Clark Hall. It’s the first... More

  

  Charlotte Rene Woods
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  07.15.19 Government + Politics 3 MIN READ

  Historical marker unveiled for lynching victim John Henry James

  John Henry James — an African American lynching victim — now has a historical marker on the grounds of the Albemarle County Courthouse that comemorates his life. Friday afternoon, the 121st anniversary of his death,... More

  

  Norah Mulinda
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  07.12.19 Land Use + Planning

  Growth in Albemarle and ghosts in Charlottesville

  This week on WTJU’s Soundboard, Emily and Billy talk with host Lewis Reining about Albemarle County’s growth strategies. Emily discusses the largest conservation easement in Albemarle, which is more than half the size of the city of Charlottesville. As... More

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  Billy Jean Louis and Emily Hays

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  07.12.19 Land Use + Planning 3 MIN READ

  Awaiting consultants to complete updated Comprehensive Plan, City planning commissioners hesitate to take a ‘piecemeal’ approach

  Without an expected completion date for the updated Comprehensive Plan, the planners’ discussion broadened to encompass the commission’s struggle to balance responsiveness to residents with comprehensive, long-range planning.  More

  

  Ali Sullivan
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  07.11.19 Land Use + Planning 4 MIN READ

  Fifth Maupintown Film Festival to feature black women leading Charlottesville, history of racial covenants

  The fifth annual Maupintown Film Festival begins at 10:20 a.m. Friday with a documentary about Arthur Ashe, the Richmond-born tennis star and activist recently commemorated with a boulevard name in his hometown. More

  

  Emily Hays
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  07.11.19 Land Use + Planning 3 MIN READ

  Land trust celebrates new, permanently affordable houses in Belmont

  New affordable housing rarely can claim to be permanently affordable, but the Thomas Jefferson Community Land Trust is out to prove that it is possible. The land trust on Wednesday morning celebrated the construction of four... More

  

  Emily Hays