An exhibit of 80 submissions in a competition to redesign and rethink the west end of Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall is being exhibited at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center through May 7. The competition is being held by local firm Bushman Dreyfus Architects with the goal of starting an annual community dialogue and design […]
The Albemarle Board of Supervisors is pursuing a rezoning to encourage beekeeping by county residents living within the urban ring. “I raised this issue in the fall when one of our beekeepers in Earlysville … was visited by the zoning inspector and his bees were found to be not in compliance with the zoning for […]
In 2015, a 30-year-old seamstress named Hawa Fnu walked into Les Fabriques fabric shop looking for a job. She and her husband — who had been working for a U.S. agency during the war in Afghanistan — had been forced to flee their home country after receiving death threats. Fnu left the store with a […]
By the end of March, the Piedmont Housing Alliance intends to speak with members of every household in Friendship Court about their hopes and concerns for the property’s redevelopment. This year, the PHA will become managing partner of the privately owned affordable housing community just south of Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall. The 150-unit development is home […]
Thousands of youths and adults are on soccer teams in the area and some would like local governments to increase the amount of places to play. “We started to recognize that what makes soccer so unique in Charlottesville is that it has a lot of unique ingredients,” said David Deaton, executive director of the Charlottesville […]
A group of 13 graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Virginia School of Architecture spent last fall researching and conceptualizing proposals to redesign of Charlottesville’s Emancipation Park. Several of these students will be exhibiting their designs from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at CitySpace. The students are part of a research studio course […]
Monticello High School student Josh St. Hill spoke and performed in front of 50 people at the University of Virginia’s Music Library on Friday night. St. Hill is known for writing and starring in “A King’s Story,” a play performed by the MHS drama department in October that received news coverage due to its controversial […]
In May of this year, the Charlottesville Police Foundation awarded its 13th Officer Housing Program grant, allowing the most recent in a line of city police officers to purchase a house in Charlottesville. “We’re so proud of this housing program,” said Mindy Goodall, Executive Director of the Charlottesville Police Foundation. The housing program awards grants […]
As Charlottesville officials discuss ways to improve communications with city residents, the PLACE Design Task Force was briefed recently on lessons learned by another Virginia city. The task force was created in 2012 to advise the City Council and inform the community on urban design issues. One of its tasks is to recommend best practices […]
Three Democrats won the three races for the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors Tuesday. In the Samuel Miller District, Democrat Incumbent Liz Palmer beat out Republican John Lowry, taking 68 percent of the vote while Lowry took 32 percent in the only contested race. Palmer, a veterinarian and small-business owner, announced her run for a […]
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