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Author Archives: Erin O'Hare

I'm Charlottesville Tomorrow's neighborhoods reporter. I’ve never met a stranger and love to listen, so, get in touch with me here. If you’re not already subscribed to our free newsletter, you can do that here, and we’ll let you know when there’s a fresh story for you to read. I’m looking forward to getting to know more of you.

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City Council expresses support for creating a 10,000 square foot community garden in Booker T. Washington Park

by Erin O'Hare September 19, 2023September 19, 2023

Now officials must work with Cultivate Charlottesville to make it happen.

man uses a metal stake to dig a small hole on a grassy hill. Below him other people work and mingle around a large garden.
Posted inOur neighborhoods

Want to see a massive community garden with free produce in Booker T. Washington Park? City Council hears about it Monday

by Erin O'Hare September 15, 2023September 15, 2023

If councilors OK the project, Cultivate Charlottesville will build a 10,000 square foot garden near the baseball diamond that will offer produce free to anyone.

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Posted inGovernment and public institutions

After dodging questions for more than a year, Midway Manor owners confirms affordability and that renovations are starting

by Erin O'Hare August 29, 2023August 29, 2023

The owners promised renovations would begin more than a year ago. They didn’t, and then the company stopped answering questions. 

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Posted inGovernment and public institutions

Charlottesville shares updated draft zoning ordinance. It’s 400 pages long.

by Erin O'Hare August 15, 2023August 15, 2023

Community members can comment on it during a Sept. 14 Planning Commission meeting.

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Planning Commission recommends Cherry Avenue development to City Council

by Erin O'Hare August 11, 2023August 11, 2023

In the coming months, Council will hold a public hearing and vote

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After six years of work, Charlottesville’s proposed new zoning ordinance is about to be reviewed by the Planning Commission

by Erin O'Hare August 8, 2023August 8, 2023

This is the final step before the controversial new ordinance, which massively increases allowable housing density, goes before City Council.

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A proposal for a grocery store and an apartment building on Cherry Avenue is back before the Planning Commission

by Erin O'Hare August 8, 2023August 15, 2023

Any community members who have opinions about this development are invited to make comments at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

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Wildfire smoke is back, but this time it’s not as severe and won’t stick around

by Erin O'Hare July 17, 2023July 17, 2023

But poor air quality could be a recurring problem for the rest of the summer, depending on Canadian wildfires and weather patterns.

Two people embrace in front of a large historical marker that reads "Lynching of John Henry James" and tells the story. Only one of their faces is visible, and she has her eyes closed and is smiling.
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Lynching victim John Henry James receives ‘one little drop of justice’ 125 years after his death

by Erin O'Hare July 14, 2023July 18, 2023

Judge called posthumous rape indictment a “mockery of the judicial system. Not as an instrument of justice, but as cause to lynch a man simply because he was Black.”

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Albemarle Commonwealth’s attorney will ask a judge to overturn a 125-year-old rape indictment for a Black man lynched outside Charlottesville

Woman in red blouse smiling, trees and building behind her. by Erin O'Hare and Eileen Goode July 11, 2023July 11, 2023

John Henry James was seized by an unmasked white mob en route to the courthouse and violently killed. After his death, the court indicted him anyway.

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