Residents’ tax bills will likely rise.
Category: Short & Important
Posted inHow we learn
Charlottesville City Schools becomes the third district in Virginia to pass collective bargaining
Teachers and other City School workers will soon negotiate contracts.
Posted inFirst person
Listen: With 500 restaurants in a 10-mile radius, Charlottesville chef Atwon Brinson says there has to be a better way to staff them
In My Humble Opinion’s podcast has a candid conversation with Brinson about his perspective on life in restaurants in central Virginia.
Posted inOur neighborhoods
How should Central Virginia spend $1 million in housing-related funding? Area consortium wants community input
“We don’t want people to think this funding will completely solve the national housing crisis,” said Laurie Jean Talun with the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission.
Posted inHow we learn
These are the names that could replace Johnson and Burnley-Moran elementary schools
The School Board could vote on renaming the schools as soon as March.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
Charlottesville’s draft zoning map is out — and the city wants to know what you think of it
Every parcel will have higher allowable density under this proposal. Some areas, especially those near downtown and UVA will have much higher density.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
One of these six people will be Charlottesville’s next City Councilor
The finalists, chosen from 20 applicants, will address the Council and community in a public hearing Monday.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
City Council is choosing around 5 finalists out of the 20 people who applied to be appointed
The finalists will have time to speak at Monday’s Council meeting.
Posted inShort & Important
Johnson and Burnley-Moran up next as Charlottesville charges forward with school name review
Both schools are named after former City School leaders who directed the district during the time of segregation.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
Judge dismisses one count in Confederate statue lawsuit, but principal allegations remain
Two Confederate legacy groups are suing in an attempt to force Charlottesville to take the Lee statue back from the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center.
