Sarad Davenport, the first executive director of Charlottesville’s City of Promise initiative, will leave the community for a new job next week.  Davenport will become associate director for culture and connections at Communities in Schools, a national organization based in Arlington that coordinates with community partners to bring resources ...

At the Tom Tom Founders Festival’s Future Forum on Wednesday, local leaders in business, government and community design spoke about their accomplishments in Charlottesville and their aspirations for the years ahead.   “[Charlottesville is] not just about Jefferson, and we are not just about history,” said Tom Tom Founders Festival ...

A panel of education experts on Tuesday discussed some of the challenges that educators and policymakers must face to improve early childhood education in America. The “Innovations in Education” discussion at the Paramount Theater was part of the Tom Tom Founders Festival’s “Future of Ideas” series. The event was ...