PCOB gets new director Charlottesville interim City Manager Michael Rogers announced the appointment of Inez M. Gonzalez as executive director of the Police Civilian Oversight Board on Monday, April 17. “We are excited to both welcome Inez to the city and to ensure that our Police Civilian Oversight Board has proper staffing to engage in […]
PCOB gets new director Charlottesville interim City Manager Michael Rogers announced the appointment of Inez M. Gonzalez as executive director of the Police Civilian Oversight Board on Monday, April 17. “We are excited to both welcome Inez to the city and to ensure that our Police Civilian Oversight Board has proper staffing to engage in […]
Sen. Tim Kaine visited Southwood Mobile Home Park to tour the redevelopment site and meet with residents and Habitat for Humanity on April 21. Located just south of Charlottesville, the Southwood community is home to more than 1,500 people, and spans over 100 acres. After experiencing extreme sewage problems and pressures from law enforcement, Southwood’s […]
The Jefferson Cup, a professional and amateur USA Cycling road race that is one of the longest-running races in the United States, returns to the area on Sunday, April 30. The Jeff Cup is a 10-mile loop that takes racers on rolling country roads through estates and vineyards, and “has been a staple of the […]
For fans who enjoy pointing to their televisions and saying, “I watched them back when they played for UVA,” this University of Virginia athletics season is required viewing. From marking national bests and setting school records, to going on championship streaks to taking teams to the postseason, athletes are making UVA history this year—and they’re […]
For several years, a burned-out husk of a 20th-century motel has remained standing at 140 Emmet St., near one of the main entrances to the University of Virginia. Now, the structure is set to come down. After a May 2017 fire destroyed the Excel Inn, where Martin Luther King Jr. stayed during his 1963 […]
Grad students rally for timely pay UVA students and faculty rallied outside Madison Hall earlier this month, while, inside, five representatives from United Campus Workers discussed untimely graduate stipend payments with Executive Vice President and Provost Ian Baucom and his team. Outside, protesters waved signs reading “I just finished my dissertation and I’m here to […]
In the market for live music, a laser light show, and information about cannabis? Look no further than Greenwood, Virginia, on 4/20. The Virginia 420 Festival at the Misty Mountain Camp Resort celebrates “all things cannabis,” according to Winston Marsden, the event’s planner. The agenda for the day features live music, cannabis-growing classes, and cooking […]
On April 15, the University of Virginia football team returned to Scott Stadium for the first time since the murders of three players in November. Memorials to Lavel Davis Jr., Devin Chandler, and D’Sean Perry were present throughout this year’s Blue-White spring game, from the opening remarks to the field itself. The end zone beneath […]
Does the Tom Tom Founders Festival, now in its 11th year, really need an introduction? The fest’s aged a lifetime in a decade, from its quixotic first years—“like, what even is Tom Tom?”—to its formative middle years, and its wizened old age. The 2023 version’s vision, “Future Forward,” is appropriately expansive, with ample breadth to […]
Our spring of zoning continues this month with more rollout of new rules that will determine what Charlottesville’s future looks like. “At this point, we are proposing no minimum parking requirement in order to support reuse and redevelopment of sites within the city,” said James Freas, Charlottesville’s director of Neighborhood Development Services. “We fully […]