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…
A summary of what’s happening at today’s work session of the Charlottesville City Council
A summary of what’s coming up at Charlottesville City Council’s meeting on September 5, 2023.
The firm Stony Point Development Group is rethinking their plans to proceed with a land use application for the third phase of their Dairy Market development. I reported the basic details in the July 12 edition of this newsletter and followed up in a C-Ville Weekly article the following week. Stony Point Development group held a community meeting…
In late June, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling that ended the ability of higher education institutions to consider race as a factor in admitting students. This week, top officials at the University of Virginia responded that they will follow the law. “We also will do everything within our legal authority to recruit…
On July 12, 1898, a crowd of armed men intercepted John Henry James as he was on his way from Staunton to face charges of sexual assault. James was removed from the train at Wood’s Crossing, hung from a tree, and shot dozens of times. As James was being murdered, a grand jury was meeting…
Yesterday the United States Supreme Court ruled that higher education institutions cannot use race as a factor in deciding who will be admitted as a student. The 6-3 ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v President and Fellows of Harvard College reversed a lower court ruling that upheld the practice. (read the opinion and dissent) University of…
Yesterday was the federal holiday of Juneteenth to mark the end of legal and state-sanctioned slavery in the United States of America. On June 7, the Albemarle Board of Supervisors issued a proclamation recognizing the occasion. “On June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed to free all enslaved people,…
The development of a new Comprehensive Plan for Albemarle County puts equity and climate action as major drivers of government policy. At their meeting on May 23, the Planning Commission reviewed a new mechanism that will be used to help guide decisions. “Understanding the purpose of equity and climate action ties back to our county…
The Charlottesville School Board will be presented tonight with two names for two more elementary schools. A name review committee is recommending that Burnley-Moran become Blue Mountain Elementary and that Johnson Elementary become Cherry Avenue Elementary. “In the case of Burnley-Moran and Johnson, the three namesakes of these schools—Carrie Burnley, Sarepta Moran, and James G….