He’s a snappy dresser. His office above Water Street is beautifully appointed. He’s enormously successful, and unfailingly generous. Locally, his philanthropy extends to the Legal Aid Justice Center, Little League and other causes. Most recently he and his wife donated $5 million to kick-start a post-Katrina Mississippi rebuilding effort with their Rebuild the Coast fund. […]
Tuesday, October 18 Got my MoJo working— somewhere else Today City Hall bid farewell to communications director Maurice Jones, who is leaving the City’s employment after six years to go help UVA’s Miller Center raise money. Besides crafting press releases and offering quotes to reporters, Jones—a former television news sports guy—produced and starred in “Inside […]
Aberdeen Barn Barn Potatoes Why is the potato the king of vegetables? Because it requires so very little to make its majesty known. Consider the truly excellent Barn Potatoes at the superior steakhouse that for lo these 40 years has been owned by the same family in the same location. On paper, these quartered spuds […]
Tuesday, October 11 Don’t build affordable housing on sand In 2004, Albemarle County adopted an “affordable housing” policy. But what does that actually mean? The Albemarle Planning Commission wrestled with that question during a work session tonight. With political pressure mounting to soothe the effects of an escalating real estate market, the County is considering […]
Tuesday, October 4 West Coast architects tapped for South Lawn Today UVA architects began scrutinizing the work of Moore Ruble Yudell Architects, the firm selected to design the first four buildings of UVA’s new Arts and Sciences complex, known as “the South Lawn” project. Design for the South Lawn has been controversial: After the Board […]
Tuesday, September 27 Big Ben to chime in the Senate? The Washington Post’s “Reliable Source” reports today that politics could be the reason Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner were in Charlottes-ville four weeks ago. While it’s been widely speculated that the very pregnant Garflecks were house-hunting here, the Post suggests there’s an urgent reason for […]
uesday, September 20Charlottesville lessaffordable than D.C. Today the nonprofit research firm Accra released a cost-of-living study that confirmed what many of us already knew—Charlottesville is expensive as hell. The area’s combination of relatively low wages (the median income is about $34,000) and a cost of living that’s about 9 percent higher than the national average […]
On July 26, NASA launched the shuttle Discovery, the first manned space mission since the Columbia disaster in January 2003. The Discovery’s mission was to deliver supplies to the orbiting International Space Station as well as test new equipment and procedures. But during the 15 days in space a problem was discovered with the shuttle. […]
Tuesday, September 13 Forbes bails on UVA UVA head basketball coach Dave Leitao’s hopes for a winning debut season took a blow this week, when guard/forward Gary Forbes announced he will transfer to the University of Massa-chusetts. The 6’6" junior averaged 9.4 points for UVA last season, and was a likely starter this season, but […]
Tuesday, September 6 Jefferson School finally making progress Members of the Jefferson School Task Force and a local architect charted a future for the former African-American public school in a presentation to City Council tonight. M. Kirk Train of Train and Partners Architects presented designs for the refurbished Jefferson School, which will feature a library, […]