Charlottesville Tomorrow
WEBSep 11, 2024 · The MacArthur Foundation announces support for Charlottesville Tomorrow as part of Press Forward. Eight newsrooms are the first to be funded by a new coalition that seeks to grow local news. by Charlottesville Tomorrow December 18, 2023. These stories were published as a part of Charlottesville Inclusive Media’s First Person Charlottesville ...
Charlottesville High students and teachers at their breaking point …
WEBNov 21, 2023 · The plan worked. By 6 a.m. Friday the district sent a short note to parents saying that CHS was closed due to “staffing issues.” “I’m disheartened when we have days like this, because I know the value of our teachers and I know the value of our students being able to show up in a space where they feel mentally and physically well,” said Gurley on Friday afternoon.
A decade of data tells a story of how Charlottesville's …
WEBOct 4, 2022 · In 2009, about 13% of the city’s population had household incomes of more than $100,000. By 2020, that percentage had climbed to over 30%. Nearly one-third of the city’s households earn more than $100,000 per year, with one-third of those households — nearly one tenth of all city households — report more than $200,000 in income per year.. The data also show a decrease in the percentage ...
ESOL parent perspectives from Albemarle’s Bright Stars waiting list
WEBSep 24, 2014 · Creative tutoring program gets results. As a result of the growing waiting list, Carlock said that last year Albemarle’s ESOL office partnered with Bright Stars to offer tutoring to those families who found themselves in limbo. “It was a small program, $5,000 for 12 students,” Carlock said, noting that they were unable to serve all ESOL ...
Charlottesville had — and lost — a shelter that social workers say ...
WEBOct 11, 2023 · It’s something few shelters, anywhere, are able to do. Many shelters lack funding for case management staff and services. And, even if they have it, it is extremely difficult to find homes for people who have low or no income, bad or no credit, criminal histories, prior evictions, or even no form of identification.
It was once his family's farm — the largest Black-owned farm in ...
WEBMar 14, 2024 · Once the largest Black-owned farm in Albemarle County, Virginia, at 600 acres, Buck Island's legacy lives on in resident Philip Cobbs, who says it's time to commemorate the important history of the land.
After years of debate, Charlottesville chooses a new sign to ...
WEBApr 26, 2024 · Last month, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources approved a plaque to acknowledge the more than 100-year period during which enslaved people were bought and sold in Charlottesville’s Court Square.. The marker will read: Sales of Enslaved People in Court Square. Between 1762 and 1865, auctioneers sold enslaved men, women, and children at various locations in Court Square: outside ...
Nine Charlottesville residents have sued the city to stop it from ...
WEBJan 23, 2024 · The suit alleges that the city did not follow Virginia law in its comprehensive plan process. Specifically, it claims that the city sent just the transportation chapter — and not the entire comprehensive plan as required in Virginia Code 15.2-222.1 — to the Virginia Department of Transportation. For that reason, the suit argues, the comprehensive plan adopted by City Council in November ...
It's finally here: Charlottesville has a new zoning ordinance
WEBDec 19, 2023 · City Council approved a new zoning ordinance that re-envisions Charlottesville as a denser and more economically diverse city. The decision outraged some residents, who accused councilors of approving a radical plan that they didn’t fully understand. But, in the end, more of the people who showed up to …
Voter Guide: Leslie M. Fleet is running unopposed for Appomattox …
WEBOct 31, 2023 · Fleet is the current Appomattox County Commonwealth’s Attorney. He took over the position in an interim capacity in June 2019, when the sitting attorney left to become a judge. Later that year, Fleet ran unopposed for the position. If reelected, this will be Fleet’s second term. Fleet is the only candidate certified by the Virginia ...