A long-anticipated mediation session between the city and the Charlottesville Parking Center last week failed to produce an immediate settlement in their ongoing dispute over rates and ownership of the Water Street Parking Garage. The City Council discussed the dispute and a settlement offer in a closed session Monday. Councilor ...

As more businesses take root on Harris Street, walkability concerns grow As more firms seek to open offices on Harris Street in Charlottesville, owners of existing businesses want city officials to pay attention to what they say are unsafe conditions for pedestrians. “Frankly it’s dangerous,” said Martin Chapman, president ...

The Charlottesville Albemarle Convention & Visitors Bureau is exploring the possibility of bringing a conference or convention center to the region. The CACVB’s board in January approved up to $30,000 in funding for a feasibility study to be completed in fiscal year 2018. A request for proposals was issued ...

The University of Virginia is hoping to relocate its orthopedic services from the Fontaine Research Park as part of its redevelopment of an area along Ivy Road, east of the U.S. 29 and U.S. 250 intersection. UVa officials presented plans to Charlottesville and Albemarle County leaders at the ...

A team of urban and environmental planning master’s degree students is proposing numerous ways to improve pedestrian and bicycle connectivity between Charlottesville and Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. The group of University of Virginia graduate students presented their planning study — entitled “Charlottesville to Monticello & Beyond” — to community stakeholders at CitySpace ...

As new technology companies continue to percolate in Charlottesville and Albemarle County, the University of Virginia wants to know if its graduates can help provide more of the talent. “Every May, we have over 3,500 students largely leaving this area and going elsewhere in the country,” said Pat Hogan ...

As Charlottesville continues to experience a building and redevelopment boom, some officials are hoping increased public participation in the Comprehensive Plan update can help ensure that the city grows in a manner that benefits all its residents. “We keep getting the message that we are not getting all the different ...

As Charlottesville embarks on the latest update of its Comprehensive Plan, City Council wants to find new ways of getting more residents involved in a process to help shape future development. “We’re a fast-changing city and there is a lot of fear and concern about change and displacement particularly ...

A panel of elected officials, business owners and citizens met for the first time Thursday to begin planning for the future of the intersection of U.S. 29 and Hydraulic Road. They were told at the outset the outcome may not be the same as at Rio Road. “We’re ...

The Piedmont Council of the Arts adopted a cultural plan in September 2013 intended in part to foster additional government support for the region’s arts community, but the city of Charlottesville is wrestling with its role three and a half years later. “There has been a concern in the ...

The Charlottesville City Council has reacted favorably to suggestions made in a $101,250 efficiency study, but members want direction from City Manager Maurice Jones before implementing any of the 83 recommendations.   “I think it’s important for the public to see we are not bloated with excess staff or ...

Virginia’s secretary of transportation was in Charlottesville on Thursday to celebrate completion of one major project on U.S. 29 and to announce that planning soon will begin for a future one. “At your request, we are kicking off a study of Hydraulic Road and the Route 29 intersection ...

Charlottesville staff has been asked to perform a preliminary investigation of whether the city should have an official architect or a staff person who assists the arts community. Mayor Mike Signer asked fellow councilors at the end of their meeting earlier this week whether the city could play a bigger ...

The western end of Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall has been officially designated as Vinegar Hill Park. Charlottesville’s Historic Resources Committee has spent much of the last four years planning a new park to memorialize Vinegar Hill, a predominantly African-American neighborhood and business district that the city razed in 1964 ...

Charlottesville City Council on Monday approved a resolution directing City Manager Maurice Jones and his staff to find ways to funnel local workers to jobs associated with the Belmont Bridge replacement project. The measure passed, 5-0, as part of the council’s consent agenda, a list of measures that do ...

As the price of housing in Charlottesville continues to climb, city officials are weighing several options to ensure that some homes remain affordable for those with lower incomes. City Council was presented Monday with a list of 35 policy recommendations made by the Housing Advisory Committee (HAC), which has spent ...

Charlottesville’s City Council recently directed City Manager Maurice Jones to develop a resolution designed to strengthen the relationship between local worker-training programs and the area’s emerging tech economy. The directive came after Councilor Kathy Galvin presented the rest of the council with a proposed resolution that directs city ...

The University of Virginia is considering an ambitious mixed-use redevelopment of land along Ivy Road that would include a 130-foot-wide linear park at its center. “In March 2015, our Board of Visitors and our administration charged us with studying this almost 14.5-acre parcel for potential redevelopment to look for ...

The City of Charlottesville plans to pay $2.85 million to purchase a half-acre lot at the corner of Market Street and 9th Street to address the growing parking needs downtown, officials said Tuesday. The money will come out of a $4 million capital improvement plan contingency fund, said City ...

Booming growth on West Main Street, the artery connecting the University of Virginia and the Downtown Mall, has provoked hope and concern in equal measure. Towering mixed-use buildings promise pumped-up tax revenues, jobs and walkability, at the cost, opponents say, of Charlottesville’s small-town historic charm. But tax revenue estimates ...

The leadership team of the Senior Center appeared before the Charlottesville City Council this week to argue the benefits of public investment in the organization’s proposed new facility. “The Center at Belvedere will triple our capacity to meet the needs of an aging population,” said Peter Thompson, executive director ...

Albemarle and Charlottesville’s elected officials agreed Tuesday to work with a facilitator to discuss the formation of a regional transit authority. “I think going to a facilitated meeting is a great next step,” Supervisor Ann H. Mallek said at a joint meeting Tuesday of the City Council and the ...

The University of Virginia now owns several properties on Roosevelt Brown Boulevard south of the railroad tracks that separate its hospital from the Fifeville neighborhood. The university paid $8.73 million in late August to acquire a total of 2.63 acres on seven properties on Grove Street and King ...

Charlottesville residents living near the University of Virginia raised concerns about unruly students before the Charlottesville City Council at a community forum Thursday. At the same time, UVa students in attendance voiced an intent to achieve a more peaceful coexistence with their neighbors. The Our Town series was established in ...

The Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization on Wednesday officially endorsed area applications for future transportation projects in the second round of the Virginia Department of Transportation’s new funding process. “These are the requests from both the city of Charlottesville and Albemarle that come locally,” said Chip Boyles, executive director of ...