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Big win: An investment from the Ford Foundation
Share our big news by forwarding this email! And if someone forwarded this email to you, subscribe here for free! Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022 It’s not polite to talk about money, but we can’t afford to be polite. Because we are trying to reinvent local journalism by building a business model that works for communities […]
Charlottesville Tomorrow has a new look — and it’s more than a pretty shade of purple
Our newsroom has grown and changed in the last four years, and now we have a new website to reflect that work.
Search for Charlottesville Tomorrow Editor-In-Chief begins
Charlottesville Tomorrow has begun the search for its first Editor-In-Chief. After three years, News Editor Elliott Robinson is moving on to become VPM’s News Director, a big job that is a deserved reward for the work he put into our organization and our community.
Public housing redevelopment + Youth climate strike
Related Articles: Development Digest: Luxury apartment building Six Hundred West Main opens Click to hear about a new resident-driven redevelopment project in Charlottesville’s public housing neighborhood at South First Street. Also, we take you to the Youth Climate Strike in downtown Charlottesville. Correction on Sept. 30, 2019: Bruce Wardell and BRW Architects has led resident […]
West Main Street development + Sacred & profane
Related Articles: Development Digest: Developer plans nine-story building on Artful Lodger site Development Digest: Second phase planned for Six Hundred West Main apartments Development Digest: Martha Jefferson apartments on Pantops close to becoming reality There are quite a few new buildings going up downtown and along West Main Street. Emily Hays and Giles Morris give […]
Albemarle’s equity endeavors + Maintaining existing affordable housing
Charlottesville Tomorrow reflects on the physical, mental and policy reverberations of Aug. 12 with Soundboard host Mary Garner McGehee.
Civilian Police Review Board + Lorenzo Dickerson on Maupintown Film Festival
On this session of WTJU’s Soundboard, Charlotte and Elliott discuss the article they published about the Charlottesville Police Civilian Review Board, how it was both prompted by the white supremacist rallies in 2017 and longer tensions and what victory looks like during the board’s first anniversary.
Cherry Avenue Small Area Plan, natural gas plants, and a UVa throwback
Related Articles: Can the Cherry Avenue Small Area Plan provide both investment and affordability for Fifeville? Charlottesville Civilian Review Board finds its footing Let’s Talk: Reimagining Local News On this session of WTJU’s Soundboard, Emily, Elliott and Giles talk with host Molly Strauchler about what balancing investment and affordability would look like in Charlottesville’s Fifeville […]
Let’s Talk: Reimagining Local News
If Charlottesville Tomorrow intends to become a new kind of local newspaper, we need to stand on our own, question all of our assumptions, and engage our community in the pursuit to do better. We can serve our readers by providing a clear coverage alternative in our areas of focus. More significantl