2025 Dogwood Festival dropped
The 2025 Charlottesville Dogwood Festival has been cancelled. Organizers hope to bring the celebration back in 2026, but the future of the 76-year-long tradition is murky. Founded as the Apple […]
Coalition seeks zoning change in Louisa County to allow churches to be used for overnight stays in winter
The arrival of spring brings the end of the season for PACEM, a network of churches that provides overnight shelter for hundreds of unhoused individuals in the Charlottesville area each […]
Several plans call for tunnels beneath area railways, but none under active consideration
This week, Norfolk Southern periodically shut down three at-grade railway crossings in Charlottesville to perform maintenance on the underlying tracks. While the closure was temporary, it raises questions about how […]
School Resource Officers return to Charlottesville City Schools
School Resource Officers will return to Charlottesville City Schools following a 4-2 vote at the Charlottesville School Board meeting on March 27. CCS removed SROs in 2020, when the school […]
A Christian congregation buys Dairy Road property for just under a million
In the past year and a half, at least three different Charlottesville congregations have purchased former churches for a permanent place of worship. Now, there is another example. In January, […]
Charlottesville is gearing up for its first election using ranked choice voting
Charlottesville’s experiment with proportional ranked choice voting is swiftly approaching, with the Democratic primary for City Council set for June 17. The new (to Charlottesville at least) voting system was […]
Brownfield land in Albemarle should have solar on top by end of 2025
The 2020 Virginia Clean Economy Act requires Dominion Energy to generate all of its power from renewable sources by 2045—but the company began looking at ways to add solar generation […]
Three housing projects seek to secure tax credits to finance future affordability
Virginia Housing, a state agency, has published a list of applications from developers seeking tax credits to cover the cost of building apartments guaranteed to be rented to people with […]
UVA releases heavily redacted reviews of 2022 shooting on Grounds
On March 21, the University of Virginia released the long-promised external reviews of the November 13, 2022, shooting that killed students Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis, Jr., and D’Sean Perry. The […]
UVA hires Ryan Odom to lead men’s basketball team
The University of Virginia men’s basketball team welcomed Ryan Odom, its new head coach, to John Paul Jones Arena on March 24. Odom is no stranger to Charlottesville or UVA […]