The GO Virginia Region 9 Council met Monday at the University of Virginia Research Park to discuss the council’s makeup, purpose and governing documents. The 23-member council includes government officials and businesspeople from Charlottesville, Albemarle and the surrounding counties. Sitting on the panel are supervisors from Nelson, Culpeper, Orange and Louisa counties and the administrators […]
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Albemarle seeks partners for broadband grant application
Albemarle County this fall will apply for a share of an expected $2.25 million, two-year state grant to bring broadband infrastructure to rural parts of Albemarle County. The county on Friday released a request for information seeking internet service providers to work with staff on an application for the grant money. The RFI asks service […]
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UVa students win Velocity Tour pitch competition
A pair of University of Virginia-trained biomedical engineers won a $25,000 grant from Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s office Friday at a pitch competition that kicked of the Tom Tom Founders Festival’s Tomtoberfest fall block party. Payam Pourtaheri and Ameer Shakeel run AgroSpheres LLC and have developed a chemical that degrades pesticides and, they hope, will give […]
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Hard April frosts could spell trouble for Virginia wineries
Central Virginia’s vineyards might have to wait until the fall to feel the full sting of the area’s April cold snap. Hard freezes on April 6 and April 10 — when overnight temperatures dropped into the mid-20s — decimated crops of early-budding grapes. Local winemakers estimated that the freeze killed between 75 percent and 90 […]
