On July 1, UVA’s much-ballyhooed “restructuring” will finally come to pass. The change, codified in the Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act, is just as complicated as its name suggests. Basically, the new law gives UVA more freedom from State oversight in exchange for fewer State dollars. Restructuring gives UVA more flexibility when […]
On July 1, UVA’s much-ballyhooed “restructuring” will finally come to pass. The change, codified in the Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act, is just as complicated as its name suggests. Basically, the new law gives UVA more freedom from State oversight in exchange for fewer State dollars. Restructuring gives UVA more flexibility when […]
On Friday, June 23, UVA grad Ron Suskind addressed a packed house at the Miller Center, as part of its Forum series. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist discussed his latest book, The One Percent Doctrine, which tackles the core of the United States’ playbook on terror following the September 11 terrorist attacks.The book’s title comes from […]
Keith Woodard’s plans for a massive nine-storey project on the Downtown Mall are still in limbo, while another nine-storey development on Water Street is sailing through the City approval process. Woodard wants to revamp the Mall by adding a full city block of mixed-use commercial space (80 residential units and 180 below-ground public parking spaces) […]
Memorial services were held last week for Qroe CEO Robert Baldwin and Qroe Regional Director David Brown in Bedford, New Hampshire, and Hartford, Connecticut, respectively. The two men died in an Albemarle County plane crash on June 14 while trying to land in bad weather on the Bundoran Farm property they were working to develop. […]
City officials released plans Friday for 18 Charlottesville neighborhoods, from Greenbrier to Woolen Mills. “Everything that you see [in the plans] comes from a citizen,” says Neighborhood Planner Brian Haluska. The common themes? Transportation. Things like sidewalks, bus service and parking are referenced in all the plans, according to Haluska. He notes that affordable […]
It’s a sunny Friday afternoon in late May, that time of year when school is almost over and the days begin to feel like summer. Ari Berne, a 16-year-old junior at Charlottesville High School and a rapper who goes by the name Ghetti, has no time this afternoon to either study for finals or enjoy the fine weather.
When Selena Garcia began working with the Jefferson Area Comprehensive Health Investment Program (CHIP), public health nurse Amy Chenoweth “became part of the family.” Along with a family support worker, Chenoweth helps Garcia with appropriate health information and resources for her sons, 6-week-old CaÃson and nearly 3-year-old Cesar.
It looks like outgoing Councilors Rob Schilling and Blake Caravati are leaving City Council on good terms. At least Charlottesvillians better hope so, because Mayor David Brown just gave them keys to the city. The ever-jocular Caravati quipped: “Now that they’ve given us keys, they’ll probably change the locks.” Judging from their farewell remarks on […]
Summer is here, and with it comes a host of jobs offered by your local government. Maybe you want to switch careers, or maybe you just want to expose your teen to actual sunlight. Fortunately for eager job seekers, Albemarle County and Charlottesville have dozens of open positions for part- and full-time workers of […]
Chocolate may be an aphrodisiac, but now, thanks to Mars, Inc., it has another, more educational function: history lessons. To sweeten the deal, the company (which, according to the release, “has played a sweet role in American history”) even incorporated our very own Thomas Jefferson, the nation’s third president, into the gooey mix. The famed […]