The Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society has taken the first step toward the renewal of its lease of the McIntire Building on Second Street Northeast. At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, the organization presented a report on the goals it was asked to meet before the council considered the lease renewal. The report came after questions were […]
Funding is nearly in place for two projects that would create a bicycle and pedestrian commuter trail between the intersection of U.S. 29 and Hydraulic Road and the John W. Warner Parkway. The Charlottesville City Council on Monday approved on first reading two Virginia Department of Transportation awards totaling $700,000 for the route along the […]
Invoking the spirit of late City Councilor Holly Edwards, Nikuyah Walker, a social activist and Charlottesville city employee, on Tuesday launched an independent bid for City Council. “No matter who you are or where you’re from, if you come to me and say you have an issue, until I help you resolve it, I won’t […]
Business consultant and North Downtown Residents Association President Heather Hill launched her campaign for Charlottesville City Council on Tuesday, February 21, 2017, at the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library in downtown Charlottesville. Hill, a former Charlottesville Tomorrow board member, is running to fill one of two open seats. The terms of Councilors Bob Fenwick and Kristin Szakos […]
Charlottesville City Council on Monday approved a resolution directing City Manager Maurice Jones and his staff to find ways to funnel local workers to jobs associated with the Belmont Bridge replacement project. The measure passed, 5-0, as part of the council’s consent agenda, a list of measures that do not require public discussion before being […]
The Charlottesville School Board on Tuesday told the City Council that the division would like a portion of its capital improvement program funds to be dedicated to improvement and modernization projects and said it is having trouble maintaining a strong staff of bus drivers. At a joint luncheon at CitySpace, the bodies discussed the division’s […]
Charlottesville’s City Council recently directed City Manager Maurice Jones to develop a resolution designed to strengthen the relationship between local worker-training programs and the area’s emerging tech economy. The directive came after Councilor Kathy Galvin presented the rest of the council with a proposed resolution that directs city staff to create paid internships in the […]
Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer on Tuesday laid out a four-part framework for city-county cooperation on efforts to promote Charlottesville and Albemarle County as a hotbed for technology and innovation. The plan included having city and county staffers collaborating on a marketing budget, developing partnerships and making sure the plan aligns with economic development efforts by […]
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