Virginia law requires the publication of certain notices in a “newspaper of record” as defined in state code. For a newsletter of third-party community engagement, this provides important insight to various things happening in the area.
The Virginia General Assembly has recently passed legislation that would allow online newspapers to serve the purpose if they can meet a set of criteria. The Piedmont Journal Recorder has been cleared by the court system to provide the service for Madison County and Greene County as you can see here.
Now Charlottesville Tomorrow is seeking to do so for Albemarle County and Charlottesville as well as noticed in the December 13, 2025 Charlottesville Daily Progress. The nonprofit founded in 2005 had revenues of $1.01 million in 2023 according to ProPublica’s nonprofit explorer.
These notices do not always have the full amount of information. For instance, the City of Charlottesville has a public notice in the December 13, 2025 Charlottesville Daily Progress for Human Rights Investigation Services.
“The City of Charlottesville Office of Human Rights is seeking proposals from qualified vendors to establish a term contract for professional human rights investigation services to supplement in-house staff,” reads the ad. “Sealed proposals will be received until 2:00 P.M. EST on January, 14, 2026.”
The budget for the office has increased from $197,436 in FY2022 to $559,185 in FY2026. There are four full-time employees. According to procurement documents, the services of the contractor would only be engaged when the workload of the full-time investigator is full.
“The Office of Human Rights investigates complaints that are not otherwise resolved through alternative dispute resolution for the purpose of rendering a determination of whether there is reasonable cause to believe a violation of the Charlottesville Human Rights Ordinance has occurred,” reads a summary on the procurement page.
Albemarle County is moving forward to condemn land required for the right-of-way for a roadway project in Crozet according to a public notice in the December 9, 2025 Charlottesville Daily Progress. A petition was filed in Albemarle County Circuit Court on August 7.
“The object of the above-styled proceeding is to acquire, by condemnation, 0.070 acre, more or less, in fee simple from a parcel of land situated along Hill Top Street in Albemarle County, Virginia for the purpose of construction, reconstruction, alteration, maintenance and/or repair of a public road as part of the Library Avenue Extension to Parkside Village Road Project,” reads the notice.
On December 2, Albemarle County issued an invitation for firms to bid on the project which are due on January 8, 2026. The solicitation gives another description of the project.
“The project is generally described as construction of the extension of Road and Sidewalk Improvements from Library Avenue eastward through the Barnes Lumber property connecting to High Street and then into Hilltop Street in Parkside Village, as well as a connection back to The Square,” reads the invitation.
Other recent public notices:
- Cardiovascular Associates of Charlottesville has joined the Sentara Medical Group and will be known as Sentara Cardiology Specialists on December 29. Hours and locations will not change. (December 13, 2025, Charlottesville Daily Progress)
- Other information outlets reported in June that a Shake Shack franchise was coming to Stonefield. They’re seeking a license from the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority and anyone with objections is invited to send them within 30 days of the last of two published ads and this is the second. (December 13, 2025, Charlottesville Daily Progress)
- The Albemarle Planning Commission will have a public hearing tomorrow night on two topics and one of them is noticed in the December 9, 2025 Charlottesville Daily Progress. I also invite you to read the preview in yesterday’s Week Ahead if you missed it.
- The Albemarle County Democratic Party will hold its biennial meeting on December 17 at 6 p.m. to elect new officers in Lane Auditorium of the county’s office building at 401 McIntire Road in Charlottesville. (December 6, 2025, Charlottesville Daily Progress)
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