
Charlottesville Area Transit promotes City as a Canvas
In collaboration with the Tom Tom Founders Festival, Charlottesville Area Transit (CAT) has decided to keep one of its retired buses in service a bit longer.

In collaboration with the Tom Tom Founders Festival, Charlottesville Area Transit (CAT) has decided to keep one of its retired buses in service a bit longer.

After 37 years of service, Charlottesville Fire Chief Charles Werner has announced that he will retire from the City of Charlottesville in the summer of 2015.

Satyendra Huja, Mayor of Charlottesville, is once again joining mayors across the country in asking residents to make a commitment to conserve water and cut pollution by taking part in the 4th Annual Wyland Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation from April 1st -30th.

An oyster shell recycling program through Virginia Commonwealth University’s Rice Rivers Center has expanded its operations to Charlottesville.

Charlottesville Area Transit (CAT) is gearing up to upgrade to its fareboxes in mid-May. The transit system plans to replace its aging SPX (formally known as GFI) CENTSaBILL fareboxes with new EZ Fareboxes designed by the Trapeze Group.

University of Virginia President Teresa A. Sullivan today issued the following statement regarding the results of the Charlottesville Police Department investigation of the allegations described in a November 2014 Rolling Stone article:

On November 19, 2014 an article appeared in Rolling Stone magazine depicting a violent sexual assault of a University of Virginia student identified as “Jackie.”

The entrance ramps from Route 29 (Emmet Street) southbound onto the Route 250 Bypass will be closed overnight Thursday while construction crews restripe lane markings on the westbound ramp where it will be widened for an additional lane.

Battelle sees a direct corollary between early science education and workforce development in Charlottesville. That’s why its charitable giving spans from support for preschoolers to middle-schoolers and—through scholarships— to students on the cusp their of professional science careers.

Yesterday afternoon, U.S. District Court Judge Norman K. Moon ruled in favor of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Virginia in a case involving a Charlottesville prohibition on begging in certain parts of the downtown pedestrian mall.
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