United Way and Minority Business Alliance announces $40,000 in grant awards

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…

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New dashboard tracks spending from federal infrastructure program

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…

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Charlottesville police considering use of license plate recognition system

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…

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Charlottesville makes official notice of availability of affordable housing funds 

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…

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