Sometime in late spring or early summer of this year, the local Greyhound station quietly closed, kicking patrons to the curb — literally. The former station, located in a building at the intersection of West Main St., Ridge St., and McIntire Rd., offered shelter, seats, restrooms, and a full-service ticketing counter for folks traveling to, […]
Author Archives: Erin O'Hare
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Posted inOur neighborhoods
Charlottesville is losing its community gardens to redevelopment — this group wants to relocate them to city parks
Editor’s note: This story has been updated on Nov. 4 to better reflect the leadership of residents of various housing communities in making decisions regarding community gardens. Peering into an aqua plastic container that sat atop a folding table, an older woman paused to ask Richard Morris about its contents. “What kind of lettuce is […]
Posted inRace and equity
Number Nothing Court Square, the historic building from which humans were bought and sold, has a new owner
After more than a month on the market, Number Nothing Court Square — the site of an auction block upon which humans were bought and sold into slavery — has sold.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
City receives just one local proposal for Confederate statue, and the organization wants to melt Lee down
A few years ago, Jalane Schmidt started hearing a common refrain: “We should just melt them down.”
Posted inOur neighborhoods, Race and equity
Charlottesville Planning Commission unanimously approves Comprehensive Plan update after nearly five years of work; now it goes to City Council for a hearing
Charlottesville Planning Commission chair Lyle Solla-Yates was certain that the biggest news to come out of Charlottesville last week would be the Tuesday evening Planning Commission meeting.After all, the topic of discussion — the update to the city’s Comprehensive Plan — has been in the works for nearly five years. But just before the meeting […]
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
The unprecedented turnover in Charlottesville government could have ‘enormous consequences’ for the community — this is how
Chip Boyles this week became Charlottesville’s fifth city manager to leave the post in less than five years. That is an unprecedented level of turnover in the city’s top position — and the upheaval is not limited to the city manager’s office. In an interview with Charlottesville Tomorrow this week, Councilor Michael Payne rattled off […]
Posted inRace and equity
‘Confederate memorials are associated with hate’ — New UVA study shows ‘significant’ correlation between lynchings and monuments
John Henry James sold ice cream. That’s all that’s known about him, except for how he died on July 12, 1898, just a few years after moving to Charlottesville. James was murdered by a white lynch mob. More than a century after his death the community in 2019 acknowledged James publicly with a historical marker […]
Posted inOur neighborhoods
Midway Manor owners extend Section 8 contract for just two years
Last month, Charlottesville Tomorrow confirmed that the owners of Midway Manor, a subsidized apartment building for seniors and folks with disabilities, was in the process of renewing its Section 8 contract with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Posted inOur neighborhoods
From this long-neglected cemetery in the heart of Charlottesville, a handful of volunteers are unearthing stories of Charlottesville’s Black forebears
Robert King walked thoughtfully across the grass, his leather loafers making little sound as he headed toward a place he knew well.“ Look at this, come over here,” said King, who has walked this path many times, first as a boy with his father, and most recently in his work with the Preservers of the […]
Posted inOur neighborhoods, Race and equity
These are the lingering issues decision makers say they want to resolve before they approve the Future Land Use Map
Tuesday’s five-hour Charlottesville planning commission work session on the Future Land Use Map ended with both planning commissioners and city councilors agreeing on a general consensus: We’re getting there. But there’s still work to do. The comprehensive plan update has been a yearslong process, one that is years overdue, city councilor Michael Payne pointed out […]
