Albemarle County is working on a new strategic plan to guide economic development efforts that will put a priority on defense, intelligence, and biotechnology businesses. This document is being put together at the same time as an update of the county’s Comprehensive Plan. At a special meeting of the Economic Development Authority on July 22, […]
Albemarle County is working on a new strategic plan to guide economic development efforts that will put a priority on defense, intelligence, and biotechnology businesses. This document is being put together at the same time as an update of the county’s Comprehensive Plan. At a special meeting of the Economic Development Authority on July 22, […]
International students at the University of Virginia are facing new questions and concerns this summer following a barrage of updates and changes under the Trump administration. According to UVA’s International Studies Office, there were 2,236 international students in the 2023-24 academic year, including 845 Chinese citizens and 63 students from other countries who are now […]
Since February 2024, Charlottesville has processed dozens of land use applications under a new zoning code intended to increase the number of housing units in the city. All of that work was placed on hold June 30, when Circuit Court Judge Claude Worrell entered a motion of default judgment because a law firm working for […]
Even before Jen Fleisher became an official Charlottesville City Council candidate, she was a public figure—or at least a quasi public figure. Not public figure classic, but public figure lite. A Virginia Department of Health official since March 2020, she led the Blue Ridge Health District’s mobile COVID vaccination efforts. Fleisher spoke often with the […]
The number of hotel rooms under construction in the United States is at a five-year low, according to data collected by the company CoStar. The publication Construction Dive reports that the number of rooms being built decreased 11.9 percent year over year in June. While the exact data for Albemarle and Charlottesville is not available, […]
Update 3:51pm July 25, 2025: The Trump administration has released $5.5 billion, the total outstanding balance of withheld funds, in grants following bipartisan pressure. More than $1 billion for after-school programs was previously released. Fund dispersal is expected to begin the week of July 28. This is a developing story. Charlottesville City and Albemarle County […]
Less than a year after the publication of a letter of no confidence, the top three executives at University of Virginia Health have all resigned. The latest departure, UVA Medical Center CEO Wendy Horton, was not named in the original complaints. The letter, published September 5, 2024, and signed by 128 UVA Physicians Group faculty, […]
July has brought more than scorching temperatures and humidity to Charlottesville. There has also been a sharp increase in spotted lanternfly sightings. First found in the United States in Pennsylvania in 2014, the spotted lanternfly is an invasive species from Asia. How the insect arrived in the country is unknown, but it likely entered on […]
Albemarle property owners who want to install solar-energy facilities or battery-storage systems now have an easier pathway to do so. At its July 16 meeting, the Board of Supervisors adopted a new ordinance regulating solar facilities as well as battery-energy storage systems. Under the new regulations, “accessory” energy facilities are allowed in any zoning district […]
The Albemarle Board of Supervisors adopted the Places29 Master Plan in February 2011 as a vision to guide the transition of commercial spaces into areas where people could live. “There is no timeframe for the vision,” reads an introduction to the plan. “In fact, it may be decades before the area builds out in fulfillment […]