Author Archives: Julie Zink

In advance of Election Day Nov. 7, Charlottesville Tomorrow has produced in-depth nonpartisan voter guides, featuring exclusive one-on-one interviews with all the candidates for the Charlottesville City Council and Charlottesville School Board.  In advance of the election, we will also feature their responses to important questions about their qualifications, priorities, and key quality of life issues so […]

Charlottesville Tomorrow is pleased to share this in-depth voter guide for our Nov. 7 local elections for Charlottesville City Council and the Charlottesville School Board. Since 2005, Charlottesville Tomorrow has provided non-partisan voter guides for each local election. We don’t make endorsements, we help you make an informed choice. Click here to download and view […]

University of Virginia student Kris Cody has put his undergraduate career on hold to distribute handmade Peruvian alpaca wool sweaters around the world. As Cody sees it, these sweaters bridge a gap between communities like Charlottesville and rural mountain villages surrounding Cuzco, Peru. “It [is about] trying to find a blend between these two completely […]

Voices from Southern universities and historical preservation organizations joined the University of Virginia and the Charlottesville community to discuss slavery and history as part of the Universities, Slavery, Public Memory, and the Built Landscape symposium. The two-day event was presented by UVA’s President’s Commission on Slavery and the University and the Slave Dwelling Project. “We’re […]

Two local entrepreneurs are seeking to revolutionize farming, reduce energy expenditures and increase productivity by bringing their crop-growing indoors. Beanstalk Farms is a Charlottesville-based agricultural technology company that produces scalable, automated and sustainable vertical farms. Its innovative model grows greens such as spinach, kale and arugula in a fog of oxygenated water and nutrients. “If we […]

A group gathered Sunday night at the Free Speech Wall on the Downtown Mall to celebrate and discuss Charlottesville’s first Indigenous Peoples Day. The news conference, organized by the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, took place in front of colorful chalk drawings celebrating Virginia’s natural landscape and indigenous people. “We are the land,” said, Karenne Wood, […]

After 25 years in Charlottesville, Bushman Dreyfus Architects wants to thank the community that has supported and nurtured the firm. To give back, BDA is holding a competition to ask residents how the city’s most pressing challenges can be explored and answered through design. “How can we bring design and dialogue to the city in […]

A panel of Virginia energy industry leaders discussed Virginia’s role in the coming renewable energy revolution on Friday during the inaugural Tom Tom Founder’s Festival Fall Forum. The panel, moderated by Virginia Deputy Secretary of Natural Resources Angela Navarro discussed challenges facing Virginia as solar and wind energy slowly take over from oil and natural […]