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C-BIZ

It’s a match: A little green helps grow local businesses

For small business, money is manure– it fosters growth. Charlottesville’s Office of Economic Development has launched an innovative program to provide financial fertilizer for budding businesses, encouraging them to put […]

Carol Diggs | December 24, 2019

News

New vacancy: Downtown bookstore shuts its doors, and neighbors wonder what’s next

As the Hallmark greeting card and gift store morphs into a Bank of America, and the lights have gone dark over Read It Again, Sam’s shelves of used books, some […]

Samantha Baars | October 24, 2018

News

‘White hot:’ Building still booming—but not for everyone

What a difference a decade makes. Ten years ago, the housing bubble had burst, the hottest area in real estate was foreclosures, and the Downtown Mall was littered with vacancies. […]

C-VILLE Writers | September 20, 2018

News

In brief: A booze trail, one new declaration, two new job openings, and more…

‘United by beer’ City boosters and brewmasters have come together to blaze the Charlottesville Ale Trail, a two-mile stretch they’re calling the premier urban and pedestrian beer trail in Virginia. […]

C-VILLE Writers | September 19, 2018

News

Management issue(s): Mark Brown says city in default on Water Street Garage

  The battle between Charlottesville Parking Center owner Mark Brown and the city got more heated with an April 6 letter from Brown that said the entity that runs the […]

Lisa Provence | April 11, 2016

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