Even as President Bush is ordering an increase in the U.S. military presence in Iraq, two Virginia senators—both former Marines—are calling for a different policy. Newly elected Democrat Jim Webb took Bush to task in his rebuttal to the State of the Union address: “The president took us into this war recklessly. …We are now, […]
The Sustainable Endowments Institute (www.endowmentinstitute.org), a young nonprofit based in Massachusetts, has issued a “sustainability” report card for the 100 North American colleges and universities
“When somebody says you can’t write, what are you going to tell ‘em?” shouted Alvin Edwards, City School Board (www.ccs.k12.va.us) chair. “I can!” yelled back the seventh grade of Buford Middle School. Such was the call and response at Alumni Hall on January 31, part of the official kickoff of what will be a five-and-half-year […]
After a year with Phillip E. Dukes at the helm of the Monticello Area Community Action Agency (MACAA) (www.avenue.org/macaa), the Board of Directors has decided to cut ties. “MACAA needs to move in a different direction and that will require new leadership,” said Robert Smith, president of the Board of Directors. MACAA is a nonprofit […]
Fresh out of college, newly wed Teresa Tapscott went looking for a job in 1979. She hasn’t had to look for one since. “Sometimes I compare it to being a professional athlete, that they actually pay me to do something that I love to do so much,” says Tapscott, executive director of the Albemarle Housing […]
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville, the local chapter of the nonprofit Christian housing builder, has announced it will be buying the 100-acre Southwood Mobile Home park. Habitat intends to redevelop the site of 371 trailers for a
A new report concludes: The Charlottesville area has a shortfall of affordable housing, low-wage workers have a difficult time finding affordable rentals, a lot of people commute to work in Charlottesville and Albemarle, and college students drive up rental prices. Pretty obvious stuff for any working person who’s tried to find housing recently in the […]
On the streets outside the Westminster Presbyterian Church, gaggles of undergrads migrated toward frat row for Thursday night festivities on January 18. Inside the church, youth was in shorter supply, but energy and emotion were certainly not during the monthly meeting of Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population (ASAP) (www.asapnow.org). Billed as a discussion of […]
When the Board of Visitors of UVA (www.virginia.edu/bov) is in session, as it will be February 8, the 17 board members gather around a large oval table in the Rotunda. There is one student who has a place at that table—but no seat for University faculty. They are relegated to the chairs that line the […]
While it’s one thing to complain about Charlottesville traffic, it’s quite another to figure out how to manage itâand that was at the heart of a City transportation work session on January 18 with City Council and the Planning Commission