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Posted inHealth and safety

Why Charlottesville? Geography, history, racism and local politics all collided in 2017

by Angilee Shah August 12, 2022August 11, 2022

“It’s the birthplace of our democracy,” said Emily Gorcenski. “And if you want to assault the ideals of democracy, you go to where it started. It’s as simple as that.”

Religious leaders march in front of a crowd down a street, with trees behind them and a police vehicle in the corner of the image.
Posted inFirst person

In Charlottesville’s ‘summer of hate,’ a Chinese American pastor found his place in the struggle for civil rights

Headshot of man in glasses looking slightly off camera with a smile by Michael Cheuk August 11, 2022August 11, 2022

Michael Cheuk didn’t know how we would respond to the Unite the Right rally — until he reconsidered his own family history and his faith.

A large statue is being moved down the streets with onlookers behind barriers
Posted inOur neighborhoods

Confederate groups may once again stall Charlottesville’s plans for the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee

by Erin O'Hare August 10, 2022August 11, 2022

Five years after white supremacists rallied around Charlottesville’s Lee statue, Confederate legacy groups have sued the city in an effort to stop the Swords Into Plowshares project.

A group of people with signs stand in front of a building marked "City Hall"
Posted inHealth and safety

It took five years, but the board of civilians that oversees the Charlottesville Police Department has its first case

by Charlotte Rene Woods August 9, 2022August 10, 2022

The board was formed after the violent white supremacist rallies of 2017 — and took years to gain power to investigate cases of alleged police misconduct.

Two men and a woman are pictured side by side in a black and white collage.
Posted inRace and equity

Black Charlottesville residents open up about what changed — and what didn’t — after Unite the Right

by Tamica Jean-Charles August 8, 2022August 9, 2022

“It’s never really been a Charlottesville that I feel safe in, or even one that I feel is not really embedded in racism,” said Myra Anderson. “On that day, it just so happened to rear its ugly head.”

A brick wall is pictured covered in chalk messages. In front of the wall, the sidewalk is lined with purple flowers. A purple sign in the middle reads “Heather,” with a heart on top.
Posted inFrom the newsroom

Our #Charlottesville: How Charlottesville Tomorrow is covering the fifth anniversary of Unite the Right

by Jessie Higgins August 8, 2022August 8, 2022

Five years after the “summer of hate,” we’re telling our community’s own stories.

A woman and child sit at a red bench in front of a green brick wall playing with blocks.
Posted inHow we learn

For the first time in years, Albemarle County Public Schools can’t fill its no-cost preschool program

by Tamica Jean-Charles August 5, 2022August 5, 2022

Albemarle went all online with applications for no-cost preschool — and not enough people applied.

A group of seven people in purple t-shirts, with the logo of Charlottesville Tomorrow, pose on and behind a brown sofa.
Posted inFrom the newsroom

Charlottesville Tomorrow has a new look — and it’s more than a pretty shade of purple

Portrait of man in black t-shirt, looking at camera by Giles Morris August 5, 2022August 5, 2022

Our newsroom has grown and changed in the last four years, and now we have a new website to reflect that work.

In a parking lot, a person opens the door to an SUV to unload purchases. He holds on to a small, two-tier shopping cart with a few plastic bags in the top basket.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions

Get ready: The single use plastic bag tax is coming to Charlottesville and Albemarle Jan. 1

by Erin O'Hare August 2, 2022August 5, 2022

“Given the effectiveness of it, and given plastics pollution, I am in support of it,” Councilor Michael Payne said. He added that the city will distribute reusable bags to low income community members.

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Posted inFrom the newsroom

This month’s Vinegar Hill Magazine features a daughter of Charlottesville who now leads a major American newspaper

by Angilee Shah July 25, 2022August 5, 2022

Charlottesville Tomorrow Editor-in-Chief Angilee Shah talked with Miami Herald Executive Editor Monica Richardson about leading in a pandemic, breaking news and how to build community with journalism.

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