Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority (CRHA) announced a new executive director last night. Charlottesville native and former CRHA deputy director Randy Bickers replaced Noah Schwartz, who left the post on December 12 after accepting a job in Arizona.
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Leonard Sandridge said UVA’s state funding will be reduced by $23 million over the next two years: $12.4 million for 2009-2010 in addition to earlier cuts of $10.6 million, for 2008-2009.
Fun fact of the day: Albemarle is a “primary federal disaster area.” So are Buckingham, Fluvanna and Greene Counties. The reason? Drought.
PVCC announced today that the fall 2008 semester enrollment of 4,874 was the highest in the college’s 36-year history.
Governor Tim Kaine announced this morning that declines in sales taxes and other revenue streams have led him to revise the two year budget again, cutting $139 million more this year and $230 million more from next year’s budget.
This afternoon, a three-judge panel in Albemarle Circuit Court officially shortened Tom Perriello’s title from “Presumed Congressman Elect†to “Congressman Elect.â€
Six sustainability gurus give their take on local gifts. It’s good news for jam and jelly lovers and anyone who likes recycled fleece (and really, who doesn’t?). Shopping ideas follow.
Edward Thomas paints places that may soon disappear. Meanwhile, not so far away, things even bigger than city neighborhoods are disappearing.
Another domino falls. The latest casualty of the nation’s economy is Innisfree World Artisans on the east side of the Downtown Mall.
It’s Monday. That means yet again, construction workers are ripping up bricks to fix leaking water pipes on the Downtown Mall.