With new leadership and new funding, the Monticello Area Community Action Agency will offer bilingual early education with affordable tuition.
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.
Posted inOur neighborhoods
Rising rents and limited affordable housing continue to push more people in Charlottesville area into homelessness, local nonprofits say
Local nonprofits told Charlottesville City Council that at least 703 individuals in the Charlottesville area experienced homelessness of some kind in the last year, up from 620 the previous year.
Posted inHow we learn
53 names, finally spoken: Woodberry student’s research restores recognition to enslaved individuals who made the school possible
Jayden Crosby-Brewer worked with local historians to identify 53 enslaved people who built and maintained a former Madison family estate on the campus, restoring visibility to individuals whose lives had been reduced to property records.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
Fifeville luxury student housing project to move forward despite community opposition
Charlottesville City Council voted Monday to grant a Certificate of Appropriateness. The decision overturned a Board of Architectural Review decision to deny the certificate over concerns about the impact on two protected houses in a historically Black neighborhood.
Posted inOur neighborhoods
Charlottesville’s Confederate statues are centerstage in West Coast art exhibition rooted in tragedy and trauma
Now part of the “Monuments” exhibition on the West Coast, the remnants of Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee statue will come back east to be transformed into new public art.
Posted inOur neighborhoods
From Lee to ‘Land Forge’: Charlottesville envisions new public art rooted in Black history and resilience
Three design firms compete to recast the two tons of bronze ingots rendered from melting Charlottesville’s monument of Robert E. Lee.
Posted inOur neighborhoods
‘We don’t exist’: Fifeville and West Main student housing plans cast a shadow on community-led efforts
“Development should not come at the cost of pushing people out who helped shape and sustain this city for generations,” said Terry Tyree.
Posted inWork/Life
More than a month after Zamma Corporation’s sudden closure, many former employees are still without jobs — or answers
The Orange-based vinyl and laminate molding plant shut down without warning on March 2, leaving workers struggling to adapt to the abrupt transition in a difficult job market.
Posted inOur neighborhoods
A new low-barrier shelter in Charlottesville is beginning to take shape. Here’s what it could mean for the community
The proposed shelter on Holiday Drive could include a day shelter, overnight shelter and services to help guests get into housing, all under one roof.
Posted inCulture
After student takeover, historic Elliewood bookstore shifts toward community-centered mission
Now operating as Ginkgo Bookshop, the former Heartwood Books plans to host free events, book clubs and more to strengthen ties between the university and local residents.
