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Category: Our neighborhoods

We cover the physical landscapes of Charlottesville and surrounding counties and how things change. We help you understand how history has shaped our city, and how our choices today will affect the future.

A large statue is being moved down the streets with onlookers behind barriers
Posted inOur neighborhoods

Confederate groups may once again stall Charlottesville’s plans for the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee

by Erin O'Hare August 10, 2022August 11, 2022

Five years after white supremacists rallied around Charlottesville’s Lee statue, Confederate legacy groups have sued the city in an effort to stop the Swords Into Plowshares project.

A newly-built apartment building stands behind and over an older, more modest, two-story stucco home. The image shows the older building and its yard from behind, with the taller apartment building behind it.
Posted inOur neighborhoods

In the Charlottesville area, the rich are getting richer, while the poor are getting pushed out

by Erin O'Hare July 12, 2022August 5, 2022

An increase in area median income will increase the number of people eligible for housing assistance — but not the amount of assistance available.

A man motions his hand toward a barren field with a few green plants poking out through dead brush.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions, Health and safety, Our neighborhoods

A proposed solar farm in Albemarle could power more than half the county’s homes

by Charlotte Rene Woods July 8, 2022August 5, 2022

“There aren’t many projects of this size of this type that are able to move forward right now,” said Susan Kruse, executive director of Community Climate Collaborative.

A man sits in the fold-down seat of his metal walker in front of a red door that a Christian icon of the Virgin Mary, the Baby Jesus, and Saint Joseph. There are windows on either side. He wears a camouflage hat, wire-rimmed aviator-style eyeglasses, some stubble on his cheeks and chin, a T-shirt, camouflage cargo pants and Crocs shoes. His knuckles, which face the camera, are tattooed with his name, “Phil.”
Posted inOur neighborhoods

When this Charlottesville shelter closes next year, its 100 elderly and seriously ill guests might have nowhere to go

by Erin O'Hare June 7, 2022August 5, 2022

“If it weren’t for Premier Circle, I’d be homeless,” said Sunshades, a shelter guest.

A person in a wheelchair sits alone in the shade of a small tree in a paved parking lot. A nearby rectangular sign reads “Charlottesville, VA Amtrak.” There are train tracks next to the parking spaces, and some trees and apartment buildings in the background.
Posted inOur neighborhoods

The last Greyhound stop was on the curb but had a sign — now riders are confused by an unmarked stop in a train station lot

by Erin O'Hare May 11, 2022August 3, 2022

The bus service has no plans to move the stop or open a new terminal.

The tops of trees with green and auburn leaves and a blue sky behind them
Posted inOur neighborhoods

You had questions about trees in Charlottesville. We got some answers.

by Charlotte Rene Woods May 4, 2022August 5, 2022

Here are the answers to five of the most common questions we got about our reporting on the city’s declining tree canopy.

A woman with shoulder-length hair and wearing a t-shirt that reads “Community Bikes” fits a boy for a bicycle helmet.
Posted inOur neighborhoods

Community Bikes grows into its new space by adding more programs — and getting even more bikes to people who need them

by Erin O'Hare April 29, 2022August 3, 2022

But it’s not just about the bikes. They teach people to ride and help them map out safe biking routes. “There are times that we give bikes to people and we’re nervous that they’re not going to have a safe way to get to work,” said Lauren Riegl.

A film still shows two properties in black and white photos, one labeled “Black-owned” and one “white-owned.” The title of the frame is “Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority Appraisal Report” and the Black-owned home says “Condition: Good” while the white-owned home says “Condition: Terrible.”
Posted inOur neighborhoods

A new film about Vinegar Hill chronicles a Charlottesville neighborhood that thrived for a 100 years — before the city razed it

by Erin O'Hare April 26, 2022August 8, 2022

Filmmakers Lorenzo Dickerson and Jordy Yager say we need to understand the history of the destruction of the neighborhood better. “Raised/Razed” premieres Saturday at the Jefferson School and will air on public television in May.

Several people wait in front of a two-story building on a rainy day. Building sign reads: “DOWNTOWN TRANSIT STATION”
Posted inOur neighborhoods

Many people are asking for Charlottesville transit to run more and go electric — but first, the city needs more bus drivers

by Erin O'Hare April 11, 2022August 3, 2022

Kyle Ervin at CAT sent this message by text: “All in all, we simply need MORE DRIVERS! We’ll take all the applicants we can get!”

Two new multi story, gray and red apartment buildings loom in the background over a row of manufactured homes.
Posted inOur neighborhoods

Charlottesville has invested $46.7 million on affordable housing since 2010 but, ‘Is that good?’

by Erin O'Hare April 6, 2022August 3, 2022

Deputy City Manager for Operations Sam Sanders asked City Council Monday to define what it considers affordable housing, measure how much is available, and track the effectiveness of the money it spends.

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