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Habitat for Humanity will buy Carlton Mobile Home Park
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville will buy Carlton Mobile Home Park. Tuesday night, the nonprofit housing organization announced that the Bolton family, the longtime owners of the park, had accepted its offer. Habitat’s offer to purchase was a counteroffer. In late May, the Boltons received an offer from an...
Warmer temperatures mean devastating E. coli outbreaks like the one at Lake Anna could become more common
For Lynn, June was a nightmare. Her family had been coming to Lake Anna for eight years, so it wasn’t unusual for them to spend Sunday of the Memorial Day weekend there on their boat with their friends. The weather was great, and the water was warm. But then,...
Habitat for Humanity will try and buy Carlton Mobile Home Park before it’s sold to an unnamed buyer Aug. 6
A reporter from Charlottesville Tomorrow was not allowed into a meeting where Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville asked Carlton Mobile Home Park residents’ permission to try and buy the park. But she could hear the shouting from outside. Within the first hour, a few residents stormed out, shouting...
UVA student protesters enter the job market without their degrees while awaiting judiciary committee trial
Cady de la Cruz wasn’t surprised when the University of Virginia withheld her diploma. She knew it was a possibility, she said. After all, UVA wasn’t the first university to hold back degrees from students arrested during the breakup of the pro-Palestine encampments that spread across the country this spring.
Charlottesville Tomorrow wins national support for its Voter Guide
A few months ago, we launched our 2024 Voter Guide by seeking voter feedback. And we are so energized to work with communities across central Virginia. Charlottesville Tomorrow has been producing a voter guide since its founding in 2005. Last year, we expanded to cover 58 local and state races in Charlottesville and 12 central Virginian counties. We saw a huge need for information in rural counties and did our best to fill the holes.
Her downtown art exhibit was vandalized. Here’s why she’s keeping the damage
I’m curious about who is paying attention. Not specifically to the art I created and installed as a part of the Paramount Theater’s Third Street Box Office project, but to our community and our collective history in Charlottesville. How often do we disrupt our daily hustle to the next meeting, to the next dinner, to the next event to be present in the spaces we pass through and the spaces we occupy?
Six months after local Head Start provider closed, its executive director has resigned
Sarah Hanks, executive director the Monticello Area Community Action Agency, has resigned from her position, according to the organization’s website. Hanks’ resignation comes about six months after MACAA decided to surrender its Early Head Start and Head grants to the national Office of Head Start. The resignation occurred at MACAA’s June board meeting, which the Board did not allow members of the public to attend.
Charlottesville Tomorrow’s newest reporter wants to get to know what matters to you
Ana joined us in mid-May and our organization is already feeling the impact of her passionate and thoughtful journalism. Her focus is public health and safety, and she takes a broad view of all the things that impact our well-being. She is a Russian-born and U.S.-made journalist with a master’s...
Local groups are scrambling to find the money to buy Carlton Mobile Home Park before the owner sells it to an unnamed buyer
After Charlottesville Tomorrow published a report in late June about the pending sale of Carlton Mobile Home Park, local groups and residents have mobilized to try to buy the park — and prevent its residents from possibly being displaced. Last month, Carlton Mobile Home Park residents received a letter...
Here’s how to give feedback on the Cville Tool Library — whether you use it or not
The Cville Tool Library wants to know how it can better serve the community. In order to find out, the organization is doing an online survey about its services. The mission of the Cville Tool Library is in its name: It’s a lending library for tools. Anyone who needs, say, a drill or a chainsaw for a home project can become a member of the library and check out a tool. Membership costs are on a sliding scale so that people of various incomes can access the library.
Here’s how to have a say in the future of four public parks in Charlottesville
Throughout the month of July, Charlottesville residents have a few opportunities to tell Parks & Recreation what they’d like to see in some city parks. During a series of input sessions, city staff want to hear about Court Square, Market Street, Benjamin Tonsler, and Booker T. Washington parks. They want to know what people like about these parks, and what could be improved.
Albemarle County Public Schools will have a new elementary school for the first time in 20 years
Albemarle County is expecting an increase in its student population over the next few years, but it doesn’t have enough space for them. The solution? More schools. Albemarle County Public Schools is constructing its 16th elementary school, the first new elementary school in the county in 20 years, near the southern end of the county.
Pools in the city are open, but Charlottesville still needs more lifeguards
After four years of restricting hours, Charlottesville’s Parks and Rec Department says it has hired enough lifeguards to keep the city’s public pools open as usual this summer. But they still need more lifeguards. The three city-run, public pools — Onesty Family Aquatic Center, Washington Park Pool, and...
Carlton Mobile Home Park residents fear losing their homes as news arrives that the park will be sold
Joel Carraseo spent many years turning his family’s trailer into a home. He built solid stairs up to the front door, laid a stone patio, built an awning to cover it, and then added a little picket fence to make sure the family dog, Max, doesn’t run into the street.
Charlottesville School Board extends Superintendent Royal Gurley’s contract for another year
Royal Gurley will serve as the superintendent of Charlottesville CIty Schools until 2028. The Charlottesville City School Board voted unanimously to extend Gurley’s contract through June 30, 2028 at a June 10 School Board meeting. The contract extension comes with a 5% raise, bringing his salary up to $212,399, according to the updated contract.
Here’s where your kids can get free breakfast and lunch this summer
Children 18 years and younger can now get free breakfast and lunches this summer at sites across the commonwealth as a part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Sun Program. Families can check out the Summer Meals for Kids Site Finder on the USDA website to find locations near...
Reporter Tamica Jean-Charles talks ‘the power in identity’ on Saturday radio show
Tamica Jean-Charles started out writing short stories as a kid. But it wasn’t until she discovered journalism that she realized she could use her passion for storytelling to help those around her. United Way of Greater Charlottesville featured Jean-Charles on Envision Radio, where she spoke about her journey in...
Charlottesville denies that sharing a lawyer with the Police Civilian Oversight Board is an issue
The City of Charlottesville denies that one of its new attorneys had a conflict of interest because she already represented the city’s Police Civilian Oversight Board. The Board’s chair, Bill Mendez, said last week he believes this to be the case. The Board is changing firms to ensure independent counsel going forward, he said.
Local agencies shock Charlottesville City Council members with latest data on the number of folks experiencing homelessness
Charlottesville City Councilor’s faces were stoic Monday afternoon as representatives from local homeless service agencies presented a startling update on the state of homelessness in the area. The news wasn’t good: On any given day, their best estimates are that around 200 people in the community are experiencing homelessness,...
Does your child qualify for free or reduced lunch? A new federal program promises $120 in extra summer grocery money
Sometime this summer, an unspecified number of low income families with school aged children will be eligible for free grocery money. The money will come from a new pilot program called Sun Bucks that’s administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and it promises an extra $120 per child for any eligible families with school-aged children.
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