Erin O'Hare

2 weeks ago | cvilletomorrow.org | Erin O'Hare

A June 16 virtual lunch and learn about data center regulations in Albemarle County has been cancelled. The county said in an email June 13 that the session was canceled due to an ongoing cybersecurity incident that has affected some of the county’s digital systems. The event, planned for noon on Monday, was supposed to help educate the community on data centers — what they are and what other communities do to regulate them.

2 weeks ago | cvilletomorrow.org | Erin O'Hare

This year’s update on the state of homelessness in the broader Charlottesville community felt like déjà vu to some City Councilors. During the afternoon of Monday, May 19, the Council heard from five different homelessness services agencies, all of whom said that, despite their best efforts, the number of unhoused people in the Charlottesville area continues to rise. On any given night, an estimated 220 people in the community are experiencing homelessness — up from about 200 last year.

3 weeks ago | cvilletomorrow.org | Erin O'Hare

A third Amazon Web Services data center could be coming to Louisa County, the Engage Louisa newsletter reported on June 4. Last month, the tech giant filed an application to construct a multi-building data center on 1,370 acres just north of the Northeast Creek Reservoir in central Louisa. The center buildings themselves would cover up to 7.2 million square feet, or about 165 acres — the size of about 125 regulation football fields.

3 weeks ago | cvilletomorrow.org | Erin O'Hare

Albemarle County is revising its regulations on data centers, and it wants the community to be involved. Throughout the month of June, the county is hosting two community information sessions — a lunch and learn on June 16 and a community information session June 30 — on the topic. Data centers are large, often warehouse-like buildings that hold rows and rows of computer servers that store and process digital information.

1 month ago | cvilletomorrow.org | Erin O'Hare

Wednesday afternoon, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors will hear from county staff about how it might create an affordable housing trust fund — something local housing advocacy groups have been asking the county to do for years. A housing trust fund is a special type of fund established by a local government specifically for the purpose of building and repairing low-cost housing.