Regional cigarette tax board for Charlottesville area and beyond turns five this October
The cigarette tax generated around $1.75 million across all localities in the first half of the current fiscal year and about $259,000 in revenue in January
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Albemarle Supervisors get update on Shenandoah National Park
Albemarle is one of eight counties that are adjacent to the park
Regional housing group unveils dashboard
The Central Virginia Regional Housing Partnership’s dashboard continues a trend of making data more accessible to the public.
TJPDC briefed on new law allowing more virtual meetings
The new rules only apply to appointed bodies that are advisory in nature, but could pave the way to more information about what these groups talk about by allowing reporters and other interested people to watch the conversations.
TJPDC adopts regional plan for economic development
The regional economic development strategy is intended to work in concert with the plan for each locality
Regional planning body endorses grant applications for RideShare, Mobility Management
A look at two programs run by the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission intended to help people get around without a car.
New faces join the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission
The first in a series of reports from the February 8, 2024 meeting of the regional planning body
Albemarle Supervisors decline to amend language governing public comment periods
As one of their first acts of business for 2024, the Albemarle Board of Supervisors adopted rules of procedures for…
Charlottesville City Council to get decarbonization update, review of social and human services
A summary of what to expect from the October 16, 2023 meeting of the Charlottesville City Council.
Public comment being taken for TJPDC’s use of federal funds
“Several new affordable housing construction projects are either underway or in the planning stages but making significant progress has been challenging due to a tight real estate market in the city and in the wider region and the space constraints the city faces, along with the challenges posed by the lingering effects of the COVID pandemic,”