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05.16.22 Government + politics 5 MIN READ

It’s the first year all three Charlottesville city pools will be open since the pandemic began — but a lifeguard shortage is likely to reduce open hours

Tamica Jean-Charles

@thisistamica

tjeancharles@cvilletomorrow.org

Vic Garber, deputy director of Parks and Recreation, says he hasn’t seen a staff shortage this severe in his 10 years at the department. More

05.11.22 Land use + planning 8 MIN READ

The last Greyhound stop was on the curb but had a sign — now riders are confused by an unmarked stop in a train station lot

The bus service has no plans to move the stop or open a new terminal. More

Erin O'Hare

eohare@cvilletomorrow.org
05.09.22 Government + politics 16 MIN READ

An immigration detention center in Farmville built for over 700 people now has 11 — and activists say it’s time to shut it down

Farmville earns $15,000 and the private company that operates the center earns $2 million per month from the federal government, even though they had a huge COVID-19 outbreak and detainees say that conditions there have been unbearable. More

Angilee Shah

angshah@cvilletomorrow.org
05.16.22 Nonprofit roundup 2 MIN READ

Painting For Ukraine: A benefit reception and unveiling

Join Vault Virginia and WTJU 91.1FM to help raise funds for the humanitarian crises in Ukraine. More

Vault Virginia
05.12.22 Nonprofit roundup 1 MIN READ

Evelyn Barbour Lecture Series: A Community Conversation with Kirsten Mullen & William Darity

The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center is hosting a series of two-day conversations on the subject of reparations, funded in part by a grant from Virginia Humanities. The fourth public lecture in the series will take place on May 17 at 6 PM. More

Jefferson School African American Heritage Center

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05.06.22 Government + politics 8 MIN READ

Charlottesville-area abortion providers brace for onslaught of out-of-state patients should Roe be overturned
Virginia legislators prepare to battle over abortion rights. More
Charlotte Rene Woods

@charlottewords

cwoods@cvilletomorrow.org

Tamica Jean-Charles

@thisistamica

tjeancharles@cvilletomorrow.org

Charlotte Rene Woods and Tamica Jean-Charles
05.04.22 Land use + planning 6 MIN READ

You had questions about trees in Charlottesville. We got some answers.

Here are the answers to five of the most common questions we got about our reporting on the city’s declining tree canopy. More

Charlotte Rene Woods

cwoods@cvilletomorrow.org
05.03.22 Public health 5 MIN READ

We’re at the start of another COVID-19 surge — but this time, health officials expect hospitalizations will be low

“I’d like to say that, along with this lovely spring that we are having, this is part of a new beginning. But, we have been fooled before so we’ll just have to wait and see,” said Dr. Reid Adams, UVA Health’s chief medical officer. More

Jessie Higgins

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05.02.22 From the newsroom 5 MIN READ

From the Newsroom: Virginia Press Association honors Jessie Higgins’ reporting on COVID-19

This year, Charlottesville Tomorrow took home nine awards, including Best in Show for its COVID-19 coverage More

Angilee Shah

angshah@cvilletomorrow.org
04.29.22 Land use + planning 5 MIN READ

Community Bikes grows into its new space by adding more programs — and getting even more bikes to people who need them

But it’s not just about the bikes. They teach people to ride and help them map out safe biking routes. “There are times that we give bikes to people and we’re nervous that they’re not going to have a safe way to get to work," said Lauren Riegl. More

Erin O'Hare

eohare@cvilletomorrow.org
04.26.22 Land use + planning 8 MIN READ

A new film about Vinegar Hill chronicles a Charlottesville neighborhood that thrived for a 100 years — before the city razed it

Filmmakers Lorenzo Dickerson and Jordy Yager say we need to understand the history of the destruction of the neighborhood better. “Raised/Razed” premieres Saturday at the Jefferson School and will air on public television in May. More

Erin O'Hare

eohare@cvilletomorrow.org

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