A panel of area leaders spoke Monday at Charlottesville’s Senior Center on the future of aging in the region. The conversation was part of a viewing party for the White House Conference on Aging, which covered topics including finance, healthy aging and technology for seniors. The lunchtime panel, which was moderated by Marta Keane, executive […]
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Mobile app Local Catch hopes to reel in customers for downtown businesses
A new smartphone app coming to Charlottesville residents and visitors will allow users to “catch” deals as they walk by businesses on and around the Downtown Mall. The app, created by area resident Molly Lapekas and her husband Mike Derdeyn, is called Local Catch. Local Catch uses iBeacons to alert app users to deals as […]
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Forest Lakes residents get second briefing on Brookhill
Representatives from Riverbend Development met with Forest Lakes residents Tuesday to continue discussions about the proposed Brookhill neighborhood. The mixed-use development would border Forest Lakes South and extend to the corner of U.S. 29 and Polo Grounds Road in northern Albemarle County. This was the developers’ second meeting with neighbors. Since that April meeting, the […]
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Crutchfield employee wellness program now includes local produce
Fresh, local produce recently joined the list of employee perks for staff of Albemarle County-based Crutchfield Corp. In partnership with the Local Food Hub, the consumer electronics retailer has joined a Farm to Workplace program providing employees with boxes of local fruit and vegetables every other week. Demand was high to sign up for the […]
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SLIDESHOW: Wegmans at Fifth Street Station
While site work is well underway, developers of the Fifth Street Station shopping center in Albemarle County, just south of the Charlottesville line, say they are busy confirming additional tenants to join the Wegmans grocery store. Read more >>
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More stores planned to join Wegmans at Fifth Street Station
While site work is well underway, developers of the Fifth Street Station shopping center in Albemarle County, just south of the Charlottesville line, say they are busy confirming additional tenants to join the Wegmans grocery store. “The site work on that portion of the project, in fact the entire project, is already well underway,” said […]
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SLIDESHOW: Barnes Lumber preliminary plans
Preliminary design ideas for the former Barnes Lumber and CSX sites in downtown Crozet. Learn more.
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Crozet continues its visioning for a ‘funky and friendly’ downtown
“Most people in my industry think I’ve lost my mind.” Frank Stoner of Milestone Partners shared that assessment at a recent visioning session for the Downtown Crozet Initiative. The meeting was the second community gathering to discuss design ideas for the former Barnes Lumber and CSX sites in downtown Crozet. The sites are owned by […]
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Fresh Farmacy: A prescription for produce
Fresh Farmacy gives out locally grown goodness to at-risk area residents Spinach, lettuce, broccoli, sugar snap peas and cherries overflowed from brown paper bags on a recent night at Charlottesville’s Free Clinic. The clinic is one of three in the Charlottesville area that have partnered with the Local Food Hub to provide local produce to […]
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Downtown Crozet welcomes three new businesses
Downtown Crozet will see three new businesses in the coming months. The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors recently approved leases for Staengl Engineering, the Charlottesville-Albemarle Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Crozet Artisan Depot. Staengl Engineering, currently operating in the city’s Belmont neighborhood, will move its offices to the first floor of the new Crozet […]
