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.
Posted inHealth and safety, How-to
Don’t shave your dog, make sure you’re sweating — and other things you need to know to prepare for the hottest days of summer
Temperatures will top 100 degrees this weekend in Charlottesville. Here’s where you can get cool and other local resources.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions, Health and safety
Charlottesville may soon impose a 5 cent tax on plastic bags
As the city considers joining Albemarle County in imposing a tax to reduce plastic bag usage, food justice advocates worry it could create more barriers to food access.
Posted inOur neighborhoods
In the Charlottesville area, the rich are getting richer, while the poor are getting pushed out
An increase in area median income will increase the number of people eligible for housing assistance — but not the amount of assistance available.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions, Health and safety, Our neighborhoods
A proposed solar farm in Albemarle could power more than half the county’s homes
“There aren’t many projects of this size of this type that are able to move forward right now,” said Susan Kruse, executive director of Community Climate Collaborative.
Posted inFirst person
In the police department, it was a struggle to be Black, and at home, it was a struggle to be blue
What does it mean to be Black in the Charlottesville Police Department? A former detective remembers the KKK rally of 2017 — and what it means when law enforcement tries to recruit minority officers.
Posted inWork/Life
20 local food vendors got their start at this low-cost kitchen
Bread & Roses installed a new walk in cooler in June that it hopes will allow it to double the number of local chefs it can help get their start in a culinary career.
Posted inNonprofit roundup
To celebrate Pride Month, engage with nonprofits and community organizations
As our environment continues to grapple with the pandemic and social inequities arising from institutional racism, we invite you to honor Pride month as a time to re-imagine the ways we can connect nonprofits, volunteers, donors, and the community to one another in the Central Virginia region.
Posted inRace and equity
Community members clash in tense meeting over whether to remove slaveholding presidents’ names from Jefferson Madison Regional Library
“This is not about preserving or erasing history it is about acknowledging it.” said Charlottesville parent Laura Sirgany. “I can tell you that the Black and Brown youth of this community suffer the trauma of the legacy of the people whose names are borne out on this library system.”
Posted inHealth and safety
Parents rush to get their toddlers vaccinated as first doses of pediatric COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Charlottesville
The long awaited approval of a COVID-19 vaccine for young children comes as a relief to many parents, especially as more young children are becoming sick with the newer variants of COVID-19.
