#cville — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/news/public-relations-contacts/2026-regional-news-releases/virginia-health-officials-investigating-a-measles-case-in-the-central-region/ “VDH has reason to suspect that measles virus is circulating in the Buckingham County area, and that there are likely more cases than have been reported.” #Buckingham #cville #Measles #Virginia #PublicHealth

https://c-ville.com/albemarle-and-charlottesvilles-top-officials-lead-walk-across-new-pedestrian-bridge/ “People were playing Frogger with their lives, crossing the major, major highway” #cville #walkable #WarOnCars #BikeTooter

https://infocville.com/2026/04/09/governor-spanberger-signs-bill-allowing-charlottesville-to-tax-land-and-improvements-at-different-rates/ Thanks to Sean Tubbs for covering this. #cville #TaxReform #LandValueTaxes #SplitRateTaxation

I of course agree with my colleagues Danny Yoder and Ben Chambers that state funding should support multimodal regional safety priorities and not picayune highway onramp and off-ramp tweaks but agreed that the new Smart Scale prioritization fails to do this. Instead of embracing failure to snag tax dollars for bad projects we should work together to fix what is broken. #VDOT #SmartScale #cville #BikeTooter #walkable #BudgetsAreValuesDocuments https://open.substack.com/pub/communityengagement/p/april-21-2026-charlottesville-reps

https://communityengagement.substack.com/p/week-ahead-for-april-20-2026-charlottesville Budget drama! I’m happy to see the $1.1 million in pedestrian safety improvements. I have been singing that song for many years now. #cville #walkable #BudgetsAreValuesDocuments

Thanks to Sean Tubbs for covering the zoning fixes here in Charlottesville. Upset something was broken? Maybe it's fixed! #zoning #cville #housing https://infocville.com/2026/04/17/nds-working-on-communications-roll-out-for-changes-to-the-development-code/

Very excited about this. For many years we have struggled in Charlottesville with the custom oversized million dollar plus fire trucks with two year wait times available on the market. They do not fit historic streets and sometimes you cannot wait two years. #BikeTooter #FireSafety #cville #BudgetsAreValuesDocuments https://cvillerightnow.com/news/208802-charlottesville-looks-to-downsize-its-firetrucks/

I am excited to go to another puppet parade in sunny Charlottesville this month to honor Stan Winston and Steve Warner https://www.arch.virginia.edu/events/stan-winston-steve-warner-festival-moving-creature-2026 #cville #puppet #StanWinston #UVa

I am excited to go to another puppet parade in sunny Charlottesville this month to honor Stan Winston and Steve Warner https://www.arch.virginia.edu/events/stan-winston-steve-warner-festival-moving-creature-2026 #cville #puppet #StanWinston #UVa

I am excited to go to another puppet parade in sunny Charlottesville this month to honor Stan Winston and Steve Warner https://www.arch.virginia.edu/events/stan-winston-steve-warner-festival-moving-creature-2026 #cville #puppet #StanWinston #UVa

I am excited to go to another puppet parade in sunny Charlottesville this month to honor Stan Winston and Steve Warner https://www.arch.virginia.edu/events/stan-winston-steve-warner-festival-moving-creature-2026 #cville #puppet #StanWinston #UVa

I am excited to go to another puppet parade in sunny Charlottesville this month to honor Stan Winston and Steve Warner https://www.arch.virginia.edu/events/stan-winston-steve-warner-festival-moving-creature-2026 #cville #puppet #StanWinston #UVa

I see a lot of anxiety about nuclear war on the timeline. As a child of the Cold War I find this very familiar. I don't know if it helps you, but here is a fictional account of how that would go here in only slightly radioactive Charlottesville https://www.nps.gov/articles/charlottesville-1979.htm #cville #Charlottesville #NuclearWar #disaster

I see a lot of anxiety about nuclear war on the timeline. As a child of the Cold War I find this very familiar. I don't know if it helps you, but here is a fictional account of how that would go here in only slightly radioactive Charlottesville https://www.nps.gov/articles/charlottesville-1979.htm #cville #Charlottesville #NuclearWar #disaster

I see a lot of anxiety about nuclear war on the timeline. As a child of the Cold War I find this very familiar. I don't know if it helps you, but here is a fictional account of how that would go here in only slightly radioactive Charlottesville https://www.nps.gov/articles/charlottesville-1979.htm #cville #Charlottesville #NuclearWar #disaster

I see a lot of anxiety about nuclear war on the timeline. As a child of the Cold War I find this very familiar. I don't know if it helps you, but here is a fictional account of how that would go here in only slightly radioactive Charlottesville https://www.nps.gov/articles/charlottesville-1979.htm #cville #Charlottesville #NuclearWar #disaster

I see a lot of anxiety about nuclear war on the timeline. As a child of the Cold War I find this very familiar. I don't know if it helps you, but here is a fictional account of how that would go here in only slightly radioactive Charlottesville https://www.nps.gov/articles/charlottesville-1979.htm #cville #Charlottesville #NuclearWar #disaster

Been a bit, hello again all. I think the most interesting thing that happened while the server was down is I did a quick analysis of what legislative changes the Charlottesville Planning Commission requested and Council approved and what came. I count seven bills introduced and six passed and heading to Governor Spanberger. This has been an exceptionally productive year here. #cville #VALeg

https://progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/boom-unanimous-vote-puts-land-value “With the passage of HB 282, Virginia now appears perfectly-poised to actually implement LVT. Perhaps Charlottesville will be the first city to try it out.” #cville #TaxReform #housing #SplitRateTaxation #VALeg #HB282

https://www.29news.com/2026/03/05/charlottesville-early-learning-center-be-built-walker-elementary-campus/ “Because it has so many preservation covenants and different pieces that just means we can’t move as quickly as we need to” #preservation #education #cville #CharlottesvilleCitySchools #OakLawn

https://infocville.com/2026/03/06/sanders-proposing-two-cent-real-estate-tax-increase-to-balance-charlottesvilles-fy27-budget/ “A tax relief specialist to continue to work on our tax relief program specifically because as we have had challenges and the need has grown, we have had more work that now requires an additional set of hands to manage” #cville #TaxReform #displacement #TaxRelief #BudgetsAreValuesDocuments #transit #housing

https://infocville.com/2026/02/27/charlottesville-pc-looks-ahead-to-next-set-of-zoning-changes/ Thanks to Sean Tubbs for covering the large, complicated, but important update process to our diminishingly new zoning code. #zoning #cville #housing #aesthetics #shortage #ProcessImprovement #CleanWater

Thanks to Sean Tubbs for covering this very very busy year in legislation potentially affecting the Charlottesville area #cville #VALeg #TaxReform #education #zoning #housing https://infocville.com/2026/02/19/general-assembly-at-midpoint-bill-advances-that-would-allow-split-taxation-in-charlottesville/

I see it's been quite a while since I posted about this. HB 282 allowing Charlottesville, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, and Newport News to tax land at a higher rate than buildings has passed overwhelmingly from the senate subcommittee. Still a ways to go but we are on track for success. #HB282 #cville #TaxReform #FallsChurch #Fredericksburg #NewportNews #SplitRateTaxation #housing https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB282

'An [ICE] official who resigned this month from his job instructing new recruits came forward on Monday as a whistle-blower, describing what he said was a “deficient, defective and broken” training program... even in the final days of training, the cadets cannot demonstrate a solid grasp of the tactics or the law required to perform their jobs.'
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/us/politics/ice-training-whistle-blower.html

#ICE #meltICE #Charlottesville #cville #Dems

https://www.29news.com/2026/02/16/charlottesville-begins-tree-work-5th-street/ “it’s much easier to preserve what we have than replace it” #cville #TreeCanopy #conservation

I don’t think I posted this when it was fresh, but if you share my affection for safe public space in Charlottesville, there is a sixteen page report about that here https://charlottesvilleva.portal.civicclerk.com/event/2027/files/attachment/5036 #cville #walkable #trees

I was looking at a lecture at #UVA #cville from a Univ of MI scholar tomorrow and I can't go (is there a word coined already for heavily icy snowpocalypse?)... so I looked up his book ....AAR gave it a Best First Book Award in the History of Religions
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/undocumented-saints-9780197630228?cc=us&lang=en&subjectcode5=1798231|AHU01049#

https://mlkcommission.dls.virginia.gov/kinginvirginia/charlottesville.html 1963: “King in Charlottesville” #cville #uva #segregation #CivilRights #freedom #MLK #MartinLutherKing

Thanks to Sean Tubbs for covering the #cville Planning Commission https://infocville.com/2025/12/19/charlottesville-planning-commission-seeks-some-changes-to-citys-five-year-cip/ #BudgetsAreValuesDocuments #housing #BikeTooter #solar #CharlottesvilleCitySchools #CapitalImprovementPlan

https://open.substack.com/pub/communityengagement/p/week-ahead-for-january-12-2026-public Thanks to Sean Tubbs for pre-covering the #cville Planning Commission meeting #zoning #housing #scrivener

https://cardinalnews.org/2025/12/26/virginia-needs-more-housing-but-what-kind-and-where/ “It found Roanoke and Charlottesville to be the most friendly toward multifamily housing.” #cville #roanoke #housing #zoning #shortage #inflation #VAPol #Loudoun #Virginia

I am very proud of my students’ work this semester trying to think through a safe educational path between the University and Monticello. https://www.instagram.com/p/DSdbstYEp1S/ #UNESCO #cville #uva #monticello #preservation #education #BikeTooter #WorldHeritageTrail #I64

https://www.29news.com/2025/12/11/charlottesville-turns-oyster-shells-into-chesapeake-bay-restoration-tool/ “Those oyster shells, once they’re bagged, we deliver them out to VCU to their one of their facilities, and that’s where they go ahead and take it over. Create an environment that encourages the continued growth in population growth of all these different species” #cville #food #recycling #oysters #OysterRecycling #conservation #SaveTheBay #ChesapeakeBay #VCU

https://www.29news.com/2025/12/11/charlottesville-turns-oyster-shells-into-chesapeake-bay-restoration-tool/ “Those oyster shells, once they’re bagged, we deliver them out to VCU to their one of their facilities, and that’s where they go ahead and take it over. Create an environment that encourages the continued growth in population growth of all these different species” #cville #food #recycling #oysters #OysterRecycling #conservation #SaveTheBay #ChesapeakeBay #VCU

https://www.29news.com/2025/12/11/charlottesville-turns-oyster-shells-into-chesapeake-bay-restoration-tool/ “Those oyster shells, once they’re bagged, we deliver them out to VCU to their one of their facilities, and that’s where they go ahead and take it over. Create an environment that encourages the continued growth in population growth of all these different species” #cville #food #recycling #oysters #OysterRecycling #conservation #SaveTheBay #ChesapeakeBay #VCU

https://www.29news.com/2025/12/11/charlottesville-turns-oyster-shells-into-chesapeake-bay-restoration-tool/ “Those oyster shells, once they’re bagged, we deliver them out to VCU to their one of their facilities, and that’s where they go ahead and take it over. Create an environment that encourages the continued growth in population growth of all these different species” #cville #food #recycling #oysters #OysterRecycling #conservation #SaveTheBay #ChesapeakeBay #VCU

https://www.29news.com/2025/12/11/charlottesville-turns-oyster-shells-into-chesapeake-bay-restoration-tool/ “Those oyster shells, once they’re bagged, we deliver them out to VCU to their one of their facilities, and that’s where they go ahead and take it over. Create an environment that encourages the continued growth in population growth of all these different species” #cville #food #recycling #oysters #OysterRecycling #conservation #SaveTheBay #ChesapeakeBay #VCU

Thanks to Sean Tubbs for covering Commissioner Joy’s report from the University (but nothing else we did!?) https://open.substack.com/pub/communityengagement/p/december-11-2025-uva-engineering #cville #uva #ImNotMad

https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/planning-commission-ruling/ I had not realized that an entire basket of zoning process improvements I had taken for granted had been killed in Virginia since 2012. This change has caused a process we intended to be fast and inexpensive to become a six month ordeal for requests as small as a fence or shed. #Virginia #zoning #housing #RedTape #cville

https://www.charlottesville.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2351 “The positive climate impacts, cost savings, and educational benefits made this an extremely important project for the City to pursue” #cville #CATECH #solar #climate #BudgetsAreValuesDocuments #education

Thanks to Sean Tubbs for covering the #cville Planning Commission https://open.substack.com/pub/communityengagement/p/december-1-2025-planning-commission #housing #parks #BudgetsAreValuesDocuments #Education

I believe tonight was the first time I vogued during a public meeting. Capital improvement planning can be challenging. My dance was to illustrate my commitment to aesthetics in the context of transit replacement budgeting and catenary wire vs. battery electric and hydrogen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybus #Transit #cville #climate #vogue #trolleybus

"The man who threw a Subway sandwich at a federal officer in the early days of the Trump administration’s law enforcement surge in Washington, DC, earlier this summer has been found not guilty of assault....One juror told reporters after the verdict that she didn’t think the officer felt threatened by the sandwich and laughed when asked if she felt the sub “exploded” as the officer claimed."

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/politics/sean-dunn-dc-sandwich-thrower-verdict

#Charlottesville #cville #Dems #sub #sandwich #DC #Trump #nullification

https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/charlottesville-virginia-zoning-lawsuit-settlement/804135/ “The city’s updated zoning eliminates single-family zoning and parking space requirements at new developments, moves intended to address the city’s housing affordability crisis.” #cville #housing #litigation #zoning #shortage #ParkingReform #MissingMiddle

https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/charlottesville-virginia-zoning-lawsuit-settlement/804135/ “The city’s updated zoning eliminates single-family zoning and parking space requirements at new developments, moves intended to address the city’s housing affordability crisis.” #cville #housing #litigation #zoning #shortage #ParkingReform #MissingMiddle

https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/charlottesville-virginia-zoning-lawsuit-settlement/804135/ “The city’s updated zoning eliminates single-family zoning and parking space requirements at new developments, moves intended to address the city’s housing affordability crisis.” #cville #housing #litigation #zoning #shortage #ParkingReform #MissingMiddle

https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/charlottesville-virginia-zoning-lawsuit-settlement/804135/ “The city’s updated zoning eliminates single-family zoning and parking space requirements at new developments, moves intended to address the city’s housing affordability crisis.” #cville #housing #litigation #zoning #shortage #ParkingReform #MissingMiddle

https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/charlottesville-virginia-zoning-lawsuit-settlement/804135/ “The city’s updated zoning eliminates single-family zoning and parking space requirements at new developments, moves intended to address the city’s housing affordability crisis.” #cville #housing #litigation #zoning #shortage #ParkingReform #MissingMiddle

Tomorrow October 28th the #cville Planning Commission meets to discuss the "Environmental Regulations and Policy Review Project" https://charlottesvilleva.portal.civicclerk.com/event/2564/files/agenda/5990 #zoning #housing #CleanWater #SaveTheBay #conservation