Little Planets, a Charlottesville business that began by setting up mobile play areas for children at summer music and arts festivals, has opened a permanent space on Water Street. The storefront also houses the Front Porch Music School, a nonprofit afterschool program. Little Planets is subleasing the space, and it will conclude its business hours […]
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Bringing a craft beer ethos to cold-brewed coffee
Local startup Snowing in Space taps into collaborative, innovative spirit A former brewery on West Main Street is once again filling with tap handles, the bar is being painted and staffers are writing new menus, but beer will be an ancillary attraction in the new shop. Snowing in Space is replacing C’Villian Brewing in a […]
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Local hemp importer waiting for rule change to expand business
Charlottesville-based horse bedding importer Old Dominion Hemp picked up its first client at a horse show less than a year ago and last month moved about 4,000 bales of its unique stable liner. The bedding, which Old Dominion imports from a supplier in Europe, consists of the ground-up hurd — the core of the stalk […]
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County schools to pay $20k to reimburse families for items lost in bus fire
Albemarle County Public Schools will pay nearly $20,000 to reimburse 23 Monticello High School students, three coaches and a bus driver for personal items lost in a Jan. 13 school bus fire on Interstate 64. The county School Board approved the action on a 7-0 vote Thursday night as part of the board’s larger consent […]
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Startup accelerator looks to combine space, mentorship, investment to retain local talent
When Lawrence Levine pulled in large outside investments in SecurePipe, the information security firm he founded in Charlottesville in 1996, the financial windfall came with a price. Levine, now a member of the Charlottesville Angel Network investment group, spent the next few years bouncing around the country, as new investments had him heading to new […]
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Medical research firm growing fast since move to Charlottesville
Paul Bishop and Lyle Camblos moved their 30-person medical research company from Staunton to Charlottesville nearly four years ago to be closer to their labor pool and attract new employees. Since then, the Atlantic Research Group, which manages Food and Drug Administration clinical trials for drug companies bringing new products to market, has added about […]
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Acting boldly, embracing failure Encouragement the highlight of Darden entrepreneurship conference
Claire Mitchell and Sara Yeatman Currier took a roundabout path to starting a small business. Both have full-time careers in education — Mitchell as a research associate at the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia and Yeatman Currier as a teacher at Brownsville Elementary School — and young families. The two founded […]
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WAHS senior to seek Samuel Miller District School Board seat
Albemarle County School Board candidate Julian Waters has a front-row seat to local education issues. He attends Western Albemarle High School. As a minor— Waters turns 18 in September — he also has to rely on friends and family to legally collect the 125 petition signatures that will put him on the general election ballot […]
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Area GO Virginia council formed to compete for job-creation grants
The GO Virginia Region 9 Council met Monday at the University of Virginia Research Park to discuss the council’s makeup, purpose and governing documents. The 23-member council includes government officials and businesspeople from Charlottesville, Albemarle and the surrounding counties. Sitting on the panel are supervisors from Nelson, Culpeper, Orange and Louisa counties and the administrators […]
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Local drone company takes off; SkyClad benefitting from August FAA ruling on pilots
Three years ago, Matteus Frankovich decided to take his interest in an emerging technology and see if he could get a foothold in a brand-new business sector. He founded SkyClad AP, which uses drone-mounted cameras to shoot promotional videos, real estate listings and weddings. Until August, Frankovich operated his business under a Federal Aviation Administration […]
