Charlottesville’s September Neighborhood Walk steps into Little High

In recent years, residents of a 29-acre section of Charlottesville slightly to the northeast of the Downtown Mall have identified themselves as a distinct community from the Martha Jefferson neighborhood.

For September, the Charlottesville Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission has selected the Little High neighborhood as the location for its monthly walk.

“The walk starts at 10:00 AM and is meeting at Sunrise Elementary School parking lot,” said City Councilor Natalie Oschrin at Council’s meeting on September 9. “It is a two mile walk. Slow-paced, mosey, so people of all fitness levels are encouraged to join and kids are welcome as well.”

According to a fact-sheet produced by the city’s Department of Neighborhood Development Services, this is the 4th smallest and 5th least populous neighborhood in the city. About three quarters of the 1,048 residents rent with an average rent of $2,300.

“Today the neighborhood is quite mixed with single-family homes used both as residences and as offices, several apartment and condominium buildings, and many small locally-owned businesses along Market Street,” reads the fact-sheet.

If you’re curious about the exact boundaries, the city’s website lists Little High as having “formal boundaries of 9th St from East Market to East High; East Market St from 9th St to Meade Ave; East High St from 9th St down to the light converging with Meade Ave; and from there back to East Market.”

If you go, here are some potential items of interest.

• There is a historic building called the Farm at the center of the neighborhood which sold on November 6, 2025 as I reported in a property summary for that month.
• There is an approved site plan for a residential building to replace a medical office building at 1011 East Jefferson Street. A special use permit was approved by City Council in July 2017 for the project. Some in the resident sued arguing that the additional homes would not be in keeping with the character of the neighborhood. Great Eastern Management Company has until 2031 to build. Learn more in a story I wrote for the April 8, 2026 C-Ville Weekly.
• At some point in the near future, the city is expected to make a change to the traffic patterns on East High Street but I’m not entirely sure of the exact configuration. I wrote about this two years ago when options were being weighed. There is no mention on the city’s Mobility page, a page that has not been updated since November 2025. I’m told it is still in the works with no time-frame.
• On August 18, the Board of Architectural Review took a look at a proposal for a six-story residential building to be constructed just across from the boundary of the Little High neighborhood. I have not had a chance to write up that summary and don’t think anyone else did either. I did a preview, though.

Before you go: The goal of Town Crier Productions is to increase awareness about what is happening at the local, regional, state, and federal government levels. Please share the work with others if you want people to know things. Paid subscribers cover the cost of conducting research for this article which was originally published in the September 11, 2026 edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement.  You can either subscribe through Substack or make a charitable contribution.