Nearly 400 students from the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture will spend the next week re-imagining the Rivanna Rivercorridor from Pen Park to Woolen Mills. They filled the Hunter Smith Band Building on Monday for a lecture kicking off the Rivanna River Vortex design competition.
Officials with Charlottesville Area Transit unveiled minor adjustments Monday to routes that serve the southern side of the city, just a month after being told by City Council to gather feedback on changes that had been crafted without public input.
On September 18, 2012, the 16 people who sit on the Albemarle andCharlottesville planning commissions gathered around a table Tuesday to hash out potential ways the two communities can cooperate on economic development, environmental protection and other areas of common concern.
Rick talks with Sean Tubbs, senior reporter with Charlottesville Tomorrow, about the Rt. 29 Western Bypass.
Sean Tubbs joined Charlottesville Tomorrow in 2007 as its first Program Officer. Now Charlottesville Tomorrow’s Senior Reporter, Mr. Tubbs began his journalism career in 1992 while working for a Virginia Tech school newspaper. He transitioned to radio news and has worked at both non-profit and public radio stations in Virginia, including a stint as news director at WNRN. His 2001 documentary on Virginia’s Eugenics Movement won a regional Edward R. Murrow Award. Mr. Tubbs founded the Charlottesville Podcasting Network in 2005 where he pioneered the use of audio podcasts for public media in Central Virginia.
You can read Charlottesville Tomorrow on the web at http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/
Charlottesville Tomorrow held its first ever “community conversation” on January 10, 2011. Land use expert Ed McMahon with the Urban Land Institute delivered an hour long presentation about the connection between a community’s self-image and its economic performance. Read more at Charlottesville Tomorrow.
At their meeting on October 19, 2010, the Albemarle County Planning Commission held a public hearing on a critical slopes waiver for a new Pantops fire station. Planning commissioner Cal Morris asked during the meeting that the station be expanded to accomodate a meeting space. Read more at Charlottesville Tomorrow.
Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris joins the program to talk a variety of issues including the latest on the water supply plan and the future of the Martha Jefferson Hospital building. The interview starts with a discussion about red light cameras.
09.14.10
Brian Wheeler, Executive Director of Charlottesville Tomorrow, talks with Coy about media literacy, the Fontaine Research Park and the latest on the water debate.
09.07.10 Coy Barefoot, host of WINA’s Charlottesville Right Now talks a variety of local issues with Executive Director of Charlottesville Tomorrow, Brian Wheeler.
8.9.10- Richard Lloyd and Dede Smith give Coy an update on the 50 Year Water Supply Plan. Today’s topic includes discussion of the results of the latest study which shows that the Rivanna Dam is in better condition than it was assumed to be.
8.9.10- Brian Wheeler, Executive Director of Charlottesville Tomorrow, discusses his resignation from the Albemarle School Board with Coy Barefoot. Topics included Brian’s hopes for the future of the School Board.
8.3.10- Brian Wheeler, of Charlottesville Tomorrow, gives Coy a weekly update of growth and development. Today’s topics include Charlottesville effort to become three demensional on Google Earth, the water supply plan, RWSA, water conservation,and Albemarle Place.
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