Passing the test: Educational company bets on tech, wins big
How do you get kids to learn math and science? It’s a question that has vexed many a teacher, but Charlottesville-based ExploreLearning has some pretty good answers. Founded in 1999 […]
Flow of the co-op: Chancellor Street Preschool is owned and run by parents
At the Chancellor Street Preschool Co-operative, the business manager is a parent. The person who refills the supplies and maintenance closet with soap and toilet paper is also a parent. […]
Global workers, local business: With help from the IRC, local companies hire refugees
Refugees flee violence and persecution to rebuild their lives—and careers—in new places, and over the years, the Charlottesville area has been the initial home for more than 3,500 refugees from […]
Power players: Could Charlottesville be the next big hub of renewable energy?
In 2017, renewable energy generated 18 percent of U.S. electricity, doubling its share from 2008. Here in Charlottesville, a growing cluster of companies is developing and building projects that draw […]
Good work: Doing good is good business
Cristine Nardi asks us to imagine Charlottesville without the nonprofit sector. No Paramount Theater or Discovery Museum on the Downtown Mall. No WNRN to listen to in the car. No […]
Cross talk: A wearable solution to storage
Necessity, as they say, is the mother of invention. At least, it was for Margaret Murray Bloom, who as a local event planner (and a woman tired of hauling around […]
Ask a technologist: Should I invest in cryptocurrency?
Late in the evening of Halloween 2008, the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakomoto published a white paper to an obscure email list. The paper described a new system of exchanging value, named […]
Ink positive: With national ambitions, Custom Ink continues to grow
Custom Ink has been operating out of Charlottesville for nearly a decade, but the company has only recently put its name up for all to see. The custom design and […]
Moving money: Thinking of buying in Charlottesville? Here’s what you should know
Spring is traditionally a time of year when the real estate market begins to heat up and people look to move homes. In the Charlottesville area, we have the benefit […]
The big fifty: 50 largest employers in Charlottesville and nearby counties
Remember when there was so much talk about supporting the coal industry in West Virginia and it turned out that coal only employed about 12,000 people in a state with […]