Nearly $10 million in funding for Phase II of Kindlewood was finalized last week, supporting the multi-year, resident-led redevelopment effort to transform the affordable-housing community formerly known as Friendship Court. Phase II of the Kindlewood redevelopment broke ground in January, with an anticipated completion date of Fall 2026 and total cost of $86 million. The […]
Nearly $10 million in funding for Phase II of Kindlewood was finalized last week, supporting the multi-year, resident-led redevelopment effort to transform the affordable-housing community formerly known as Friendship Court. Phase II of the Kindlewood redevelopment broke ground in January, with an anticipated completion date of Fall 2026 and total cost of $86 million. The […]
March means longer days, warmer temperatures (hopefully!), and, for many in central Virginia, getting out the rake, trowel, and gardening gloves. Lovers of flowers, shrubs, and beauty anticipate the splendors of Garden Week, while those gearing up for soil and sun are looking forward to eating the fruits (and vegetables) of their labor. If you […]
The University of Virginia Board of Visitors voted February 21 to continue providing gender-affirming care for youth “in a manner compliant with existing law”—with some caveats. Trans rights and health care have been at the forefront of national political debate, with the Trump administration and conservative lawmakers stripping protections for LGBTQ+ Americans. For trans community […]
Unlike in some communities, there is no one entity responsible for building and maintaining trails in the Charlottesville area. The Rivanna Trails Foundation has a mission to “promote, create, and protect pathways, trails, and greenways in the Rivanna River Watershed that connect communities and people to one another and nature,” but it is a volunteer […]
Local activist Zyahna Bryant has spent more than a decade fighting for monumental causes, beginning in 2012, when, at age 12, she organized a rally for Trayvon Martin. In 2016, she wrote a letter to Charlottesville City Council calling for the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue from a downtown park that was then […]
Charlottesville is mourning the loss of its former two-term mayor Satyendra Huja, who died on February 14. He was 83 years old. A prolific figure in local government, Huja held numerous leadership positions during his more than three decades of work for the City of Charlottesville. One of his most notable projects was opening—and keeping […]
Construction of infrastructure for places to walk and bike in the United States can take a long time as the political world goes through different seasons and as competing priorities demand funding and attention. The Rivanna Trails Foundation, for instance, was created in 1992 to stitch together various stretches of trails and roadways to create […]
The University of Virginia Board of Visitors voted February 21 to continue providing gender-affirming care for youth “in a manner compliant with existing law”—with some caveats. Under the resolution, providers can continue to treat current patients, but all “new patients seeking gender-affirming care of the nature described in the presidential executive order should be referred […]
The University of Virginia is moving ahead with an initiative to house more students on Grounds, and one component has shifted slightly this month. A subcommittee of the Board of Visitors is scheduled to hold a special meeting February 19 to approve the schematic design for a $160 million project to build hundreds of bedrooms […]
An executive order signed by President Donald Trump earlier this month would shut down the Federal Executive Institute, a leadership training center based in Charlottesville since 1968. Located on a 14-acre campus about a mile from the University of Virginia, the FEI has trained more than 30,000 senior federal employees over the past 57 years. […]