Eight businesses in the community have been awarded grant funding through a collaboration between the United Way of Greater Charlottesville and the Minority Business Alliance. “This sort of infrastructure is what helps a minority business grow,” said Libby Edwards-Allbaugh. “It helps level the playing field.” Edwards-Allbaugh is the owner of the Tax Ladies LLC, a…
It is now 22 months to the day that President Joe Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law which is intended to fund projects across the entire nation. Since then, localities in Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District have been awarded $19.2 million for projects. That’s according to an interactive database and map unveiled by the National League…
The Charlottesville Police Department has set up an email address to take questions from community members who want to know more about a new tool that the department is considering using. “With the association between our stolen vehicles, shots fired calls, and homicides, we have identified the FLOCK License Plate Recognition (LPR) system as a…
A summary of what’s happening at today’s work session of the Charlottesville City Council
A quick summary of reports from Charlottesville Planning Commissioners from some of the committees on which they serve.
Charlottesville will likely not collect nearly $120,000 in revenue for the sale of a small sliver of land on a busy thoroughfare. In August, a majority of City Council indicated they would be willing to sell a small rectangular property that Charlottesville owns in the 600 block of West Main Street. A public hearing was …
The city manager responds to a campaign to have Charlottesville Area Transit transition to a electric-battery fleet.
The framework for the strategic plan will be filled out with goals and strategies to measure progress toward the nine (or ten) outcome areas.
The city wants input on where publicly-purchased trees might be planted in the public realm. Funding comes from the city’s capital improvement program.
One of the three main recommendations of the Affordable Housing Plan adopted by Charlottesville City Council in March 2021 was to appropriate $10 million each year towards that purpose. There were also recommendations that Charlottesville “establish clear, transparent, and competitive processes to award grants and loans for affordable housing.” The city has separated all of the funding…