Watchdog and investigative reporting models remain essential, but I think today we are confronting the darker reality that we have let our systems off the hook. What if it’s our assumptions that are bad and our goals that are unjust?
Tag: Community Design
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The Reimagining of Friendship Court
The redevelopment of Friendship Court is slated to be the largest new construction of low-income housing undertaken in Charlottesville in more than two decades. The plan alone is groundbreaking, having been created by current Section 8 residents in partnership with Piedmont Housing Alliance.
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Roanoke conference focuses on place design, economic development
ROANOKE — At the first day of the Cityworks (X)po in Roanoke County, national nonprofit leaders described how, as workers and jobs across the country begin to move from suburbs back to urban centers, the quality of places and communities to where people move will influence how jobs and economies evolve. The three-day expo grew […]
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Soundboard 8-3-2012 – Charlottesville’s news straight from the source
Soundboard: Charlottesville’s news straight from the source. A collaborative local news radio program by WTJU 91.1 FM, Charlottesville Tomorrow, and C-Ville Weekly. Each Friday from 9-10 AM, tune in to hear area journalists and guests discuss local news, culture, and community issues in the Charlottesville area. Whether we’re talking about city politics, scientific innovations, or […]
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Placemaking: Peter Thompson
Our 2012 annual community conversation took a look at the concept of placemaking and the findings from the Knight Foundation’s Soul of the Community project which reveal how attachment to place drives economic vitality – and how understanding those attachments can direct the ways in which a place chooses to change and grow . This […]
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Placemaking: Bill Emory
Our 2012 annual community conversation took a look at the concept of placemaking and the findings from the Knight Foundation’s Soul of the Community project which reveal how attachment to place drives economic vitality – and how understanding those attachments can direct the ways in which a place chooses to change and grow . This […]
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Green screens and donut shop windows under review by Albemarle
By Courtney Beale Charlottesville Tomorrow Tuesday, June 5, 2012 Green vegetative building screens and windows on a new Dunkin Donuts were among the topics discussed during Monday’s Albemarle Architectural Review Board meeting. Katurah Roell , from the Piedmont Development Group, was given the go-ahead for his company’s plans to renovate the Pantops Med Express building. […]
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Placemaking: Ruth Kastenmayer
Our 2012 annual community conversation took a look at the concept of placemaking and the findings from the Knight Foundation’s Soul of the Community project which reveal how attachment to place drives economic vitality – and how understanding those attachments can direct the ways in which a place chooses to change and grow . This […]
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Brothels shaped Charlottesville’s history
By Courtney Beale Charlottesville Tomorrow Friday, June 1, 2012 The Garrett Street neighborhood, just south of Water Street , was once well known as Charlottesville’s very own red-light district. Daniel Bluestone’s History Week presentation, “The Other Side of the Tracks: Charlottesville Prostitution and Environmental Justice,” revealed the impacts that the brothel industry had on neighborhoods […]
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Placemaking: Ann Marie Hohenberger
Our 2012 annual community conversation took a look at the concept of placemaking and the findings from the Knight Foundation’s Soul of the Community project which reveal how attachment to place drives economic vitality – and how understanding those attachments can direct the ways in which a place chooses to change and grow . This […]
