NGIC expansion: slimmer pickings than expected
All those home builders banking on selling houses to new National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) employees may be in for a rude awakening. An estimate from the Charlottesville Area Association […]
CHO gets $4.5M for runway expansion
The Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport (CHO) is now ready to spread its wings. The Virginia Aviation Board announced that it has approved tentative allocations of funds for 33 of the state’s airports […]
Places we've lost
When she took over as city preservation planner in 2003, no one told Mary Joy Scala to keep tabs
So that's what it is!
Ever had trouble finding the Mall? City officials (prodded by Downtown merchants) want to make sure that Charlottesville tourists have no problem figuring out where they can drop some dough […]
Miller Center overrun by old, well-dressed men
In academics as in life, timing is everything, folks. Twenty-four hours after the Bush Administration announced the bailout of financial giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, UVA’s Miller Center of […]
New studio art building focuses on exhibits
A massive steel staircase, exposed ducts and a naked concrete floor welcome faculty and students to the new home of UVA’s Studio Art program. The 42,000-square-foot, three-story facility brings together […]
Sick of football? Try field hockey.
The football team is off to an underwhelming start (blown out by U.Conn??!) and the men’s soccer team has fallen to 4-3. Where’s the sports excitement this season for the […]
What's In Your Backpack?
Year: Junior Major: Biology Hometown: Northern Virginia What’s in your backpack? The Christians as the Romans Saw Them by Robert Lewis Wilkin, The Shape of a Pocket by John Berger, […]
South Lawn gets its skeleton
As of this weekend, Jefferson Park Avenue has the outline of the South Lawn stretching above it between West Main and Emmet streets. In the wee hours of Saturday morning, […]
County faces worst revenue shortfall in 30 years
County Executive Bob Tucker has worked for Albemarle County for 30 years, and he has never seen a revenue situation as bad as this one. Until this year, the worst […]