Sean Tubbs moved to Charlottesville in 2002 and has since sought to understand why development occurs the way it does. Since 2005, he’s helped innovate information-gathering to try to help people know they belong and how they can have their say. In addition to writing a C-VILLE Weekly column on real estate, Tubbs is also the person behind Town Crier Productions, which seeks to rebuild journalism for the rest of the 21st Century.
How a coalition is trying to return Black grocery store ownership to Charlottesville
There are no places on Cherry Avenue or West Main Street where residents of the Fifeville neighborhood can walk to buy fresh ingredients to prepare nutritious meals, but Aleen Carey doesn’t want you to call the area a food desert. “A desert is a naturally occurring state,” said Carey, the co-executive director of Cultivate Charlottesville. […]
