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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 single-story home with a small green lawn, with a larger apartment building behind it.
Posted inOur neighborhoods

In Jefferson Park Avenue, UVA and the city of Charlottesville are finding ways to live together

Man with beard smiles at camera by Erin O'Hare and Evan Mitchell October 4, 2022October 21, 2022

Rezoning efforts here could help create more housing for students, and alleviate housing pressure on other parts of town.

restaurant window shows a patron inside, a reflection of two people holding hands on the outside and logos for “Maya.”
Posted inOur neighborhoods

In less than a decade, more than 100 Black residents moved out of Starr Hill

Man with beard smiles at camera by Erin O'Hare and Evan Mitchell October 4, 2022November 9, 2022

The neighborhood was named for wealthy and educated Black families, “the Stars.” Here’s how it has changed.

A aerial view of a boulevard with roofs of buildings
Posted inOur neighborhoods

A decade of data tells a story of how Charlottesville’s neighborhoods are changing

Man with beard smiles at camera by Erin O'Hare and Evan Mitchell October 4, 2022January 4, 2023

This year, we’re telling 19 stories about 19 neighborhoods using data, history and voices of the community.

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Posted inOur neighborhoods

We’re about a third of the way through Charlottesville’s massive rezoning effort

by Erin O'Hare September 29, 2022September 29, 2022

Here are 7 things you should know about it.

A black and white photograph shows a man sitting down and looking directly at the camera. He wears slacks and a jacket, a plaid waistcoat, a white shirt and tie. His left hand sits in his lap and his right hand holds a match to a cigarette dangling from his mouth.
Posted inCulture

While Charlottesville erected Confederate monuments, hundreds of African American residents were sitting for professional portraits

by Erin O'Hare September 13, 2022September 13, 2022

A new exhibition tells the story through nearly 200 portraits taken in the Holsinger photography studio at the turn of the 20th Century.

An e-bike is pictured in front of a brick wall with a door leading into a laundry room. Inside the door is a second e-bike. Both has signs attached that say, "Rent this e-bike."
Posted inOur neighborhoods

Wanna try an e-bike? Josh Carp will lend you his

by Erin O'Hare September 9, 2022October 6, 2022

As interest in e-biking grows in Charlottesville, Carp launched a lending library out of his laundry room.

A woman wearing a bright yellow reflective safety vest stands in the middle of an intersection holding out her hand while a boy on a bicycle passes in front of her.
Posted inHow we learn

With just six bus drivers, more than 3,000 Charlottesville City Schools children are making their own ways to school this year

by Tamica Jean-Charles August 29, 2022September 9, 2022

“A lot of parents are freaking out right now,” said Noelle Dwyer.

Posted inGovernment and public institutions

Eviction filings soar as rent relief program winds down

by Erin O'Hare August 23, 2022August 23, 2022

More than 100 people crammed into the Albemarle County courthouse Thursday for yet another marathon day of eviction hearings.

A woman in a pink shirt poses for a picture in front of a mural with yellow flowers painted onto a blue background.
Posted inOur neighborhoods

Public housing resident speaks about new youth program — ‘We have to show them that those dreams are possible’

by Erin O'Hare August 19, 2022October 6, 2022

“We’re so busy trying to tell them to be still, to be quiet and behave. How can they grow like that?” says Asia Green.

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Posted inOur neighborhoods

After struggling as a child, mother and grandmother in Charlottesville public housing, Mary Anderson wants to help a new generation thrive

by Erin O'Hare August 19, 2022October 6, 2022

Anderson grew up in Westhaven in the 1970s and now lives there in her grandmother’s old unit.

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