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1 week ago | 
cvilletomorrow.org | Erin O'Hare
Charlottesville City Council is funding 66 full-time bus drivers for the local public transit authority — more than ever before. But community groups are advocating for more. They’d hoped the Council would put up the money for at least 82 drivers to get Charlottesville Area Transit bus wait times to 30 minutes or less. On April 14, the Council adopted a $265.2 million budget for the 2026 fiscal year.
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3 weeks ago | 
cvilletomorrow.org | Erin O'Hare
Monday afternoon, Charlottesville City Council received its annual affordable housing update during the opening session of the April 21 Council meeting. “It’s a mirror, a reflection, of how we’re doing,” said Antoine Williams, housing program manager in the city’s Office of Community Solutions, who delivered the report. The Council seemed satisfied with what it saw — all of them smiled or nodded at some point during Williams’ presentation.
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4 weeks ago | 
cvilletomorrow.org | Erin O'Hare
Three local affordable housing projects are facing additional hurdles after Congress cut planned federal dollars for neighborhood projects in its most recent stopgap funding bill. On March 14, Congress passed, and President Donald Trump signed, a bill continuing to fund the federal government through the rest of the fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, 2025.
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1 month ago | 
cvilletomorrow.org | Erin O'Hare
On Saturday, March 15, David Plunkett’s phone rang off the hook. Every time he picked up, the person on the other end asked a version of the same question.
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1 month ago | 
cvilletomorrow.org | Erin O'Hare
The Virginia Department of Transportation is conducting a study of the Ridge/McIntire intersection in Downtown Charlottesville — one of the busiest in the city — and the agency wants input from community members through an online survey. The survey is part of a STARS (Strategically Targeted Affordable Roadway Solutions) study, which is a collaboration between VDOT and the City of Charlottesville. Over the next couple of years, the study will assess how the intersection operates.
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1 month ago | 
cvilletomorrow.org | Erin O'Hare
For years, residents of Midway Manor struggled with the living conditions in their building. They dealt with small nuisances like dark hallways and unreliable HVAC systems, and serious safety hazards like days-long elevator outages that left many of the building’s residents — all of whom are low-income seniors and people with disabilities — unable to access their first-floor mailboxes containing bills, checks, and vital medications. But residents are now hopeful those days are in the past.
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1 month ago | 
cvilletomorrow.org | Erin O'Hare
On Saturday, March 22 at 3 p.m., the City of Charlottesville will continue its ongoing efforts to educate the public about local history with the unveiling of a new state historical marker and accompanying Green Book plaque at the site of the former Carver Inn on Preston Avenue in Charlottesville. The historical marker, approved by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources in June 2024, will read:“The Carver Inn (ca.
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2 months ago | 
cvilletomorrow.org | Erin O'Hare
It’s budget season, the time of year when local governments in Virginia decide what to fund — and what not to fund — in the upcoming fiscal year. Albemarle County Executive Jeff Richardson, the County’s top administrator, presented a recommended budget and capital improvements program to the Board of Supervisors on Feb. 26, 2025.
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2 months ago | 
cvilletomorrow.org | Erin O'Hare
It’s budget season, the time of year when local governments in Virginia decide what to fund — and what not to fund — in the upcoming fiscal year. Charlottesville City Manager Sam Sanders, the City’s top administrator, presented a recommended operating and capital improvement budget for the 2026 fiscal year to the City Council on March 4.
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2 months ago | 
cvilletomorrow.org | Erin O'Hare
Monday afternoon, a few dozen people gathered along the brick wall at the south end of Court Square Park in downtown Charlottesville — the oldest section of the city. Some pulled on hats and scarves as a cold wind sliced through the sunshine and kicked the smell of fresh mulch into the air. But the wind couldn’t chill their spirits.
