Charlottesville Community Engagement

In today’s Patreon fueled shout-out : The Local Energy Alliance Program, your local energy nonprofit, wants to help you lower your energy bills, make your home more comfortable, and save energy. Schedule your Home Energy Check-Up to get started - now only $45 for City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County residents. You’ll receive energy-saving products and expert advice customized to your needs...

Do you still have got some Holiday shopping to do? Today’s Patreon-fueled shout out is for you to check out a curated gift guide from local Charlottesville Black-owned businesses. Follow this link to learn more and get new gift ideas! In today’s newsletter: * Delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy resigns to run for Virginia Governor * Former Governor Terry McAuliffe also enters the race, as does Delegate...

Today's Patreon-fueled shout-out is for the Plant Northern Piedmont Natives Campaign , an initiative that wants you to grow native plants in yards, farms, public spaces and gardens in the northern Piedmont. Native plants provide habitat, food sources for wildlife, ecosystem resiliency in the face of climate change, and clean water.  Start at the Plant Northern Piedmont Natives Facebook page and te...

In today’s Patreon fueled shout-out : The Local Energy Alliance Program, your local energy nonprofit, wants to help you lower your energy bills, make your home more comfortable, and save energy. Schedule your Home Energy Check-Up to get started - now only $45 for City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County residents. You’ll receive energy-saving products and expert advice customized to your needs...

Today's Patreon-fueled shout-out is for the Plant Northern Piedmont Natives Campaign , an initiative that wants you to grow native plants in yards, farms, public spaces and gardens in the northern Piedmont. Native plants provide habitat, food sources for wildlife, ecosystem resiliency in the face of climate change, and clean water.  Start at the Plant Northern Piedmont Natives Facebook page and te...

Today’s episode is brought to you by all of those who have opted to pay for the show through various means. I’ll run down those ways at the end of the show. On today’s program: * Governor Northam discusses how a COVID vaccine may soon be distributed in Virginia * A Greene County woman was shot early Tuesday morning, the latest in a series of homicides in the region * Albemarle Board of Supervisors...

In today’s Patreon fueled shout-out : The Local Energy Alliance Program, your local energy nonprofit, wants to help you lower your energy bills, make your home more comfortable, and save energy. Schedule your Home Energy Check-Up to get started - now only $45 for City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County residents. You’ll receive energy-saving products and expert advice customized to your needs...

Today's Patreon-fueled shout-out is for the Plant Northern Piedmont Natives Campaign , an initiative that wants you to grow native plants in yards, farms, public spaces and gardens in the northern Piedmont. Native plants provide habitat, food sources for wildlife, ecosystem resiliency in the face of climate change, and clean water.  Start at the Plant Northern Piedmont Natives Facebook page and te...

In today’s Patreon fueled shout-out : The Local Energy Alliance Program, your local energy nonprofit, wants to help you lower your energy bills, make your home more comfortable, and save energy. Schedule your Home Energy Check-Up to get started - now only $45 for City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County residents. You’ll receive energy-saving products and expert advice customized to your needs...

Welcome to the 332nd day of the year, otherwise known as Friday, November 27, 2020. I’m Sean Tubbs, and this is the 102nd installment of the Charlottesville Community Engagement newsletter and newscast.  One of today’s monikers for today is Buy Nothing Day, and in that spirit, no pitches today. Extended gratitude to all of those who have indicated support, financial or moral.  In today’s newslette...

This program comes to you thanks to the financial support from about a fifth of the audience. I am grateful for these contributions, which are helping me to make this a viable option. This is work I believe in doing, and I’m here to work for the community. I’ll make my pitches later in the program but for now, my sincere gratitude to each of you.  In today’s newsletter: * An update on COVID cases...

For today’s message of support, if you need help with a big clean-up job, consider Monster Cleaning of Charlottesville . Live your best life in a clean, healthy environment.  No judgment, professional cleaning services for your home. Owner Charlene Munford now has equipment to help fight COVID. Visit monstercleaningcville.com today.  In today’s newsletter: * An update on COVID numbers in Virginia...

In today’s Patreon fueled shout-out : The Local Energy Alliance Program, your local energy nonprofit, wants to help you lower your energy bills, make your home more comfortable, and save energy. Schedule your Home Energy Check-Up to get started - now only $45 for City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County residents. You’ll receive energy-saving products and expert advice customized to your needs...

Today's Patreon-fueled shout-out is for the Plant Northern Piedmont Natives Campaign , an initiative that wants you to plant native plants in yards, farms, public spaces and gardens in the northern Piedmont. Native plants provide habitat, food sources for wildlife, ecosystem resiliency in the face of climate change, and clean water.  Over 25 partner organizations all want to help you! Start at the...

Today’s program is supported by all of the listeners and readers who are able to make a financial contribution, but also to those who cannot do so at this time. The information in this program is for everyone as everything in it is intended to be for all of us. We are now four months into this program and I’m continuously working on new ways to get civic information to you. Please let me know what...

Today's Patreon-fueled shout-out is for the Plant Northern Piedmont Natives Campaign , an initiative that wants you to plant native plants in yards, farms, public spaces and gardens in the northern Piedmont. Native plants provide habitat, food sources for wildlife, ecosystem resiliency in the face of climate change, and clean water.  Start at the Plant Northern Piedmont Natives Facebook page and t...

For today’s show, I want to take an owner’s draw and tell you to take a listen to the latest edition of the Charlottesville Quarantine Report , a podcast I began back in March to help document Virginia’s response to the pandemic. Just before I finished this program, I published the 50th episode which expands on many of the soundbites you’ll hear in this one. Thank you to all who are financially su...

Today's Patreon-fueled shout-out is for the Plant Northern Piedmont Natives Campaign , an initiative that wants you to plant native plants in yards, farms, public spaces and gardens in the northern Piedmont. Native plants provide habitat, food sources for wildlife, ecosystem resiliency in the face of climate change, and clean water.  Start at the Plant Northern Piedmont Natives Facebook page and t...

Today's Patreon-fueled shout-out is for the Plant Northern Piedmont Natives Campaign, an initiative that wants you to plant native plants in yards, farms, public spaces and gardens in the northern Piedmont. Native plants provide habitat, food sources for wildlife, ecosystem resiliency in the face of climate change, and clean water.  Start at the Plant Northern Piedmont Natives Facebook page to lea...

This installment of the show comes with support from readers and listeners who have opted to make a contribution to keep it going. There’s Patreon to fund my general research, Substack for this newsletter and occasional enhanced content, and Venmo for a one-time payment. I’ll even take checks! Contact me for details.  * The Virginia Department of Health is reporting its highest one-day total of CO...

A sudden announcement of further COVID-19 restrictions yesterday has triggered a need for a special Saturday installment of Charlottesville Community Engagement for November 14, 2020. I’m your host Sean Tubbs. To begin today, I want to draw attention to my friend Charlene Munford’s Go Fund Me campaign to help take her Monster Cleaning business to the next level. Earlier this year, Charlene tackled...

Do you have triskaidekaphobia? Then today is not the day for you, for it is November 13th, 2020, the second time this year that the 13th day of the month has fallen on a Friday. The last time was back in March, and we all know what happened next. So let’s be extra careful today after hearing this installment of the Charlottesville Community Engagement newscast and newsletter. I’m your host, Sean T...

Today's Patreon-fueled shout-out is from a supporter who wants you to consider a donation for Monica Johnson, a Pro Strongwoman who will be competing in a charity powerlifting event on November 21 called Make Every Rep Count . Gregory Carey-Medlock is donating 30 cents for every pound Monica squats to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. You can choose between three other charities.  Learn more at Shena...

The eleventh day of the eleventh month has arrived, and we remember our veterans today, especially those who may not have made it through this difficult year. This November 11, 2020 edition of the program is dedicated to their memory.  Today's Patreon-fueled shout-out is from a supporter who wants you to consider a donation for Monica Johnson, a Pro Strongwoman who will be competing in a charity p...

Today’s Patreon-fueled shout-out comes from an anonymous supporter who wants to say again - "We keep each other safe. Wear a mask, wash your hands, and keep your distance." * There are another 1,435 new cases of COVID-19 in Virginia today , and the seven-day daily average for new cases is 1,437. The seven-day average for positive tests has increased to 6.2 percent, up from 6.1 percent yesterday. ...