Dozens of murals brighten the walls of restaurants, businesses and street corners around the Charlottesville Area. Many of these works of art were created through Tom Tom Founders Festival’s annual “City as Canvas Mural Project,” in which local and regional artists are invited to reimagine and often paint places around Charlottesville. The “Paint & Poetry” […]
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Albemarle creates wireless service authority to expand rural Internet service
The Albemarle Board of Supervisors took a step forward in bringing high-speed Internet access to underserved areas of the County Wednesday by approving the creation of a wireless service authority. Forming the Albemarle Broadband Authority will create a management structure that allows the County to partner with private companies, more easily pursue state and federal […]
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Greer’s Book Fairies bring ‘the magic of reading’ to students during summer months
A group of Greer Elementary teachers fondly called the “Book Fairies” spent Saturday dressed in purple tutus and glitter driving a school bus around their district and delivering bags of books to their students. By the end of the day, the fairies had delivered almost 650 books to the homes of 127 students who receive […]
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High-schoolers redesigning learning spaces at UVa’s Curry School
On the third floor of the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education, a team of Albemarle County high-schoolers is in the midst of redesigning innovative spaces for students and faculty as part of what the county school division is calling the Project Pool. The concept of the Project Pool, piloted this summer with five […]
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Could Downtown Mall trees be on the chopping block?
As Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall enters its fifth decade, the health and future of the willow oaks that line the former roadway have been cast into doubt. As the trees continue to grow, their close canopies and the tight metal grates at their bases threaten their long-term health, and saving them could be an expensive proposition. […]
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Story sharing project seeks to bring community together
Inside a redesigned Airstream trailer, a father and son scan a list of story titles written on a chalkboard menu. After choosing a story, each picks up a cassette tape, a Walkman and pair of headphones. “It’s what Daddy had when he was little, like your age,” the father, Nathan Scholl, tells his 9-year-old. The […]
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Efforts to change downtown mall seating stall, while controversy remains
Do people need more places to sit freely on Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall? What stake do businesses on the mall have in the locations of benches? How can seating decisions make the mall more inclusive? These questions are being asked and answered by local government and business leaders. Amid conflicting ideas, efforts to replace or add […]
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CATEC to turn old school bus into food truck
An old school bus is set to be transformed and used as a food truck by students at Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center, allowing students to practice their craft, run a business and engage with the community. Students from the Building Trades and Automotive programs are scheduled to complete the construction by January, installing a […]
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Missing records: Albemarle fails to post majority of past year’s meeting minutes
In the past year, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors has held 23 regular meetings. As of July 1, only four of those meetings have had meeting minutes approved and posted on the county’s website. Minutes are the public record of what is discussed and decided at board meetings. When Charlottesville Tomorrow started its review […]
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City and County to encourage walking and biking to school through programs and infrastructure
Both the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County have plans underway to utilize Safe Routes to School this fall, a national program that helps localities get their children walking and biking to school more. Charlottesville’s plans to encourage and enable safe walking and biking center around programs and events, while Albemarle is currently focused on […]
