Local groups are involved in opposition to a very large coal-burning power plant proposed for Surry County. It’s estimated that it would contribute to as many as 200,000 lost work days, due to downwind residents’ health problems, over its 60-year life span. (File photo) Life churns along, and with it a mixed bag of environmental […]
Local groups are involved in opposition to a very large coal-burning power plant proposed for Surry County. It’s estimated that it would contribute to as many as 200,000 lost work days, due to downwind residents’ health problems, over its 60-year life span. (File photo) Life churns along, and with it a mixed bag of environmental […]
The 2012 state legislative session was David Toscano’s first as top Democrat in the House of Delegates, and though Republicans came out of the high-profile session claiming victory for Governor Bob McDonnell’s agenda, Toscano said Democrats saw some triumphs of their own as he helped push for a more unified party.
OpenGrounds is more than a building. The students and faculty who designed this network model hope to connect differing University departments in new ways. (UVA Center for Collaboration and Innovation) “How can we move beyond protecting what we ‘know’ to embrace what we don’t even know we don’t know?” Among some two dozen other […]
Ric Barrick, the city’s director of communications, abruptly announced his resignation last week, telling WVIR TV that his job had become too stressful and citing the Huguely trial and a recent internal investigation into his conduct as factors. Ric Barrick, the city’s director of communications, resigned last week amidst allegations that he had violated procedure […]
A hotel room search engine founded and operating in downtown Charlottesville is now the technology division for a new online booking service owned by six large U.S. hotel chains.
Charlottesville and hip-hop have a troubled relationship; every time a scene gets going, something screws it up. The problem can be traced back to 2001, when the now-shuttered Tokyo Rose ended its hip-hop shows because someone brandished a gun outside the sushi restaurant. The now infamous Outback Lodge also shut down its weekly “Underground Hip-Hop […]
This image from the 2004 McIntire Park Master Plan shows how McIntire Park East could be used as a community open space and a transportation anchor connecting the Meadowcreek corridor to Schenk’s Greenway and Downtown. (Courtesy Charlottesville Parks and Recreation) New York’s Central Park. The Boston Common. Hyde Park in London. These world class […]
With the presidential race once again focused on every issue other than the environment—which, to my mind, is kind of like arguing about a card game on the sinking Titanic
(Illustration by Matt Pamer) It feels a little like musical chairs, doesn’t it? There are only so many jobs and too many people vying for each one. It’s scary to think that when the music stops, you might be left without. But, if a February statement from President Obama is any indication, things are looking […]