On Wednesday, the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce released sales and use tax data on for the first half of 2018 and every locality in the area is reporting increases in retail sales. Sales tax data shows retail sales in Albemarle County were up 2.61 percent for the year so far with Charlottesville up 4.42…… Continue Reading
Community And Veteran Job Fair
The City of Charlottesville is gearing up for its Community and Veteran Job Fair on Sept. 12th at the Jefferson School City Center Carver Recreation Center from 10 am to 2 pm. More than 50 companies representing a wide variety of local industries are expected to participate at next Wednesday’s event, including S&P Global, Dynamic…… Continue Reading
Cville Billboard Says Remove Confederate Monuments
On Tuesday, a controversial billboard was installed in Charlottesville by a national organization called the Make It Right Project. According to a release, the billboard on East High Street near the Route 250 Bypass shows the statues of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson flanking the words “monumental change needed”. Project director Kali Holloway says…… Continue Reading
Rivanna Solid Waste Authority Announces Fall Waste Collection Days
The Rivanna Solid Waste Authority has announced its fall special collections dates for household hazardous waste, commercial hazardous waste and bulky waste amnesty days. Charlottesville, Scottsville and Albemarle County residents can bring household hazardous waste items to the Ivy Material Utilization Center on Dick Woods Road on Sept. 28th and 29th and bulky waste items…… Continue Reading
Charlottesville Launches Ale Trail
Charlottesville is launching a new trail to help attract more people to the city’s expanding selection of craft breweries. The Ale Trail officially launches on Sept. 8th with the six breweries that are currently located in Charlottesville: Hardywood, Random Row, Brasserie Saison, South Street Brewery, Three Notch’d Craft Kitchen, and Champion Brewing Company. The organizers…… Continue Reading
Poison Center Issues Nicotine Warning On Electronic Cigarettes
The Blue Ridge Poison Center has issued a warning regarding one brand of electronic cigarettes that resembles a computer flash drive and, according to a release, the popular device called JUUL could leave teens addicted to nicotine. The release points out that JUUL use has skyrocketed by 800 percent since 2011 — and a separate…… Continue Reading
City Re-Groups After West 2nd Cancellation
Tuesday’s sudden announcement that the West 2nd Development Project has been cancelled has left Charlottesville City Council to re-address the downtown site and the city’s vision for the best options for what is now a metered parking lot – city council member, Heather Hill – HILL: “They’re looking at what are the priorities for this…… Continue Reading
Monticello High School Coach Released On Bond
The former teacher’s aide and coach at Monticello High School charged with sending inappropriate electronic messages to a juvenile is now free on bond. On Monday, 28-year-old George Trae Payne III, of Charlottesville, was released on a $2,000-dollar bond and is expected back in Court on September 24th. Payne is facing a felony count of…… Continue Reading
Albemarle County Service Authority: Crozet Water Advisory
On Wednesday, the Albemarle County Service Authority issued an advisory to its Crozet customers that a new pump station will be starting up at 8am on Thursday for a 30-day test period. The increased flow rate caused by the start-up could result in discolored water in both commercial locations and residential households that may last…… Continue Reading
Charlottesville’s West 2nd Project Cancelled
On Tuesday, the announcement came that a major downtown Charlottesville development project that has been in the works for almost 5 years has been canceled. According to a release, Keith O. Woodard of Woodard Properties has decided to immediately end the development of the West 2nd project – a project across from the Water Street…… Continue Reading