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Charlottesville · CharlottesvilleCharlottesville’s adopted budget for fiscal year 2025 anticipates the collection of $9.95 million in transient occupancy taxes, an increase of 15.2 percent over the current year. The FY25 budget anticipates that over $1.5 million will go to the Charlottesville-Albemarle Convention and Visitors Bureau for the purpose of tourism marketing. “Our mission is to generate overnight visitation,” said Courtney Cacatian, the executive director of the CA…See the Story
Charlottesville City Council gets briefing on how tourism bureau works
Charlottesville · CharlottesvilleIs college worth it? Well, it depends on what degree you're getting and where you're getting it, according to a new paper from the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP), an economic opportunity think tank. While more than three-quarters of all bachelor's degrees have a positive return on investment (ROI), according to the paper, master's and associate degrees are much riskier bets—with many costing students in the long run. The p…See the Story
Nearly half of all masters degrees aren't worth getting
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Charlottesville · CharlottesvilleThe Albemarle Board of Supervisors has given the Piedmont Housing Alliance just under a tenth of the cost for them to build between 40 and 60 apartments on U.S. 29 at Premier Circle. “Their total project cost is $22.05 million approximately and Piedmont Housing Alliance is requesting $2,000,025 toward the project,” said Stacy Pethia, the county’s assistant director of housing. This is one of three proposed phases at the site which used to be a …See the Story
Albemarle Supervisors approve $2 million for Piedmont Housing Alliance’s 60-unit Premier Circle project
Charlottesville · CharlottesvilleThere are five days until the General Assembly returns to Richmond for a special session to finish up legislative work in 2024. The Commissioners of the Thomas Jefferson Planning District got an update last Thursday. When the General Assembly session ended in early March, the House and the Senate had adopted a budget. Before the veto session on April 17, Governor Glenn Youngkin had made several amendments to the revenue and spending plan but the…See the Story
TJPDC legislative update: Charlottesville gains ability to increase Council salaries
Charlottesville · CharlottesvilleThere are 270,319 people in the six localities that make up the Thomas Jefferson Planning District and the median household income is $81,318. Those are two numbers to monitor over time as economic development efforts continue. One such effort is something called a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy that has been put together by the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission, a government agency that coordinates all manner of activit…See the Story
TJPDC adopts regional plan for economic development
Charlottesville · CharlottesvilleA store that collects donated goods and resells them from a storefront on Route 240 in Crozet is celebrating its 45th year this month. The Green Olive Tree began in 1979 at the Brownsville Market Fruit Stand, but moved to its current location in 2011 according to the store’s website. “The shop has provided new life and use for household goods and clothing for use by local families with growing children or those looking to start again after a fir…See the Story
Crozet thrift store recognized for 45-year history
Charlottesville · CharlottesvilleAlbemarle County has completed a two month process to finalize a plan for revenue and expenditure in the year that begins on July 1, 2024. Supervisors adopted the $642.2 million operating and capital budget at their meeting on May 1. Supervisors and staff worked through the budget in over 15 hours of budget work sessions held in March and April. There were also several town hall events. When the budget was first introduced in late February, th…See the Story
Albemarle Supervisors adopt FY25 budget
Donald Trump · CharlottesvilleTrump lashed out at Biden in a blizzard of new video rants that included false attacks and minimizing the deadly White supremacist Charlottesville riot.See the Story
‘He Doesn’t Know He’s Alive!’ Trump Rages At Biden — Name-Checks Deadly White Supremacist Riot In Bonkers Video Rants
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