We cannot deny it. We’ve picked up some trade secrets in the past 20 years—at least as far as living local goes. But we’ve also done more than our fair share to make sure some things, like the City Market, remain well-known, public treasures. Year after year, we have compiled lists of summer must-dos and […]
We cannot deny it. We’ve picked up some trade secrets in the past 20 years—at least as far as living local goes. But we’ve also done more than our fair share to make sure some things, like the City Market, remain well-known, public treasures. Year after year, we have compiled lists of summer must-dos and […]
It’s a tale as old as time: Politician, down on his luck, shacks up with a nice, unassuming little municipality.
The drive west on Ivy Road is nothing out of the ordinary: shopping malls, few restaurants, residences and university apartments. The architecture is traditional, Victorian at times. But at the intersection with Old Ivy Road, the landscape is about to change dramatically. Where the University Car Wash once stood, a new, state-of-the-art facility will be […]
Although Old Trail Village was put up for sale at the end of April, construction of the commercial space is going full speed. The Old Trail Village is host to a new, scaled back, 8,500-square-foot ACAC. In addition to the gym, the commercial center will feature shops, restaurant and a newly added cafe and wine […]
On Friday, June 12, UVA President John Casteen announced his retirement after what will be 20 years at the helm of the University.
“We are waiting to hear what Judge Swett decides and it’s been a month already and we think that’s a good sign, because he is giving it a lot of consideration,” says John Cruickshank, president of the local chapter of the Sierra Club and member of the Coalition to Preserve McIntire Park. On May 19, […]
Last November, Charlottesville’s City Council passed a resolution calling for a raft of studies related to the community’s 50-year water supply plan. The move came amid continued controversy about the plan that Council and other local bodies adopted in 2006, and followed an announcement that Gannett Fleming, the engineering firm hired to implement the plan, […]
“Hello, I’m from the Virginia Organizing Project, which is a non-partisan group, and I was wondering if I could ask you about what issues are important to you,” says Caty Kirk Robins. Robins is one of seven college-age VOP interns, part of a VOP canvassing summer internship, who recite these words about 50-60 times a […]
Dear Ace, My fiancé and I live in Charlottesville, but we plan to get married in Italy next summer. Will we need to have a ceremony in Virginia as well? My mother is already being a nightmare about the first wedding; I don’t want to have to go through it all twice.—Ida Due Dear Ida, […]
Is there anything that won’t thrive in Charlottesville? In 24 weeks of looking back through our 20-year archives, the answer seems to be no. Whether it’s local rock or a rock-hard will to reconfigure local buildings and public spaces, people in Charlottesville get things done. Take Jessica Nagle, for instance. Her drive to remake Downtown […]