JABA plays bigger part in housing game
Over the past decade, a somewhat unexpected player has emerged on the development scene: the Jefferson Area Board of the Aging (JABA).
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JABA plays bigger part in housing game
Aiming to be a part of Jefferson School project
Over the past decade, a somewhat unexpected player has emerged on the development scene: the Jefferson Area Board of the Aging (JABA).
Planners consider rebalancing city density
In 2003, in an attempt to attract more development, the city increased the density allowed in swaths around the city. But after a wave of tall Downtown buildings won approval—and with the first of these, the Landmark Hotel at 200 E. Main St., finally under construction—the city seems to have bitten off as much development […]
Passing the BAR
The nine-story tower planned for the tiny lot at 600 E. Water St. that is currently used for C&O Restaurant parking won conceptual approval from the Board of Architectural Review last month, and as a by-right project, doesn’t need approvals from City Council. The building is slated to primarily house residential units, with some office […]
Homeless take to street while city looks for solutions
According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), a chronically homeless person is “an unaccompanied disabled individual who has been continuously homeless for over one year.” There are certainly some of those in our area, people who have bottomed out for one reason or another and cannot get back up on their […]
Inmates prepare for life after jail
A little after 10am on a sunny May 30, five women in orange prison garb filed into a closed room in the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail for their graduation from a re-entry program.
Charlottesville Dreamers move on and up
Financial advisor Chris Poe was a college student when he first heard of the I Have a Dream Foundation while watching a “60 Minutes” segment on the program, which started 20 years ago to help poor inner city kids with school and life. “I thought that would really be cool to do someday,” he says. […]
Your tax dollars, at work
Worked for the city for: 30 years Resides in: Charlottesville Job title: Commissioner of Revenue. Raymond’s office assesses personal property, handles state income, estimated income, daily rental and transient taxes, among others, and runs housing relief programs. Lee Richards Best of times: “You seem to be able to get the same amount of work done […]
Candid camera
The night of the Charlottesville High School prom, April 26, it’s raining. In front of the school, three kids are standing under an overhang to keep their hairdos and clothes out of the drizzle. A lone white limo lumbers away from the curb. Most everybody who’s going to come is already here. They’ve already walked […]
A life in pictures
More feature articles Candid camera Photo giant Mary Ellen Mark turns her lens to the Charlottesville High School prom Dwindling supply Adventures in Polaroid Land The first picture of Mary Ellen Mark’s I remember seeing is one of her most famous. It shows the Damm family—a sometimes-homeless clan—during a period in 1987 when they were […]
World financial leaders to invade Charlottesville
For three days in September, Charlottesville will become ground zero for finance leaders from around the world. This fall, The Miller Center of Public Affairs will host “The New Financial Architecture: A Global Summit” on September 7 to 9.