The City of Charlottesville owns the S&P Building at 700 East Jefferson Street and the Charlottesville Economic Development Authority leases it to S&P. City Council was briefed on the terms of this arrangement last June. Just over a year later, a few city departments will be moving into the building on the 1st and 2nd floors….
Charlottesville is a city that has had much turnover and many high profile vacancies. That includes the position of fire chief. Michael Thomas has been serving on an interim basis since Hezedean Smith left to take a position in Florida. There were 30 applications to become the new chief. “The in-house review committee, which included representatives of…
Once every three months, leaders of neighborhood associations in Charlottesville have an audience with the City Manager. The latest meeting was on June 15 though outgoing interim City Manager Michael C. Rogers was not on the Zoom call. Instead the meeting was facilitated by Alex Ikefuna, the director of the Office of Community Solutions. He…
One of Charlottesville’s two deputy city managers is City Council’s choice to be Charlottesville’s next top official. “It’s a big job and I’m ready to give it my all,” said Sam Sanders who has been Deputy City Manager for Operations since July 2021. Sanders had been hired by then-City Manager Chip Boyles. He came to…
Editor’s note: I have decided to begin posting items from the Week Ahead to this archive of Charlottesville Community Engagement in order to be able to find items more easily as I search for when things took place. As I write this on this date, I know that in the future I want to take…
The city of Charlottesville will soon have a new City Manager after a year and a half of service from an employee of a government services firm. Interim City Manager Michael C. Rogers has announced to city staff that he will withdraw from consideration to be hired as the permanent top official. “While I would have loved…
The closing date has passed for comments for the third module of Charlottesville’s draft zoning ordinance, but there has been plenty of discussion from members of the public as well as the city’s various committees. One of those uttered at the June 13 meeting was from the Bike and Pedestrian Committee. Planning Commissioner Carl Schwarz is…
The Charlottesville Planning Commission will review a proposal to build 245 units on land within the floodplain of the Rivanna River to see if infrastructure that would be built there is consistent with the city’s Comprehensive Plan. “Internally we’ve had that conversation and it’s the desire of the chair to call that item to their…
The five-member City Council will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday for a closed session with the regular session beginning at 6:30 p.m. Usually there are public presentations at the beginning of the meetings but this time Council will discuss appointments to Boards and Commissions. This is a very rare meeting that’s being held on an…
Charlottesville City Council has agreed to Interim City Manager Michael C. Rogers’ choice for the city’s top legal official. Jacob Stroman will be the next city attorney. His most recent position was in the equivalent position in the City of Chesapeake. “We’ve consented that this was the best candidate that emerged after a very competitive…