Charlottesville Community Engagement

This brief look and listen at our region is sponsored today by the Charlottesville Podcasting Network , bringing you public affairs programming since 2005, cvillepodcast.com offers hours of audio from the community’s recent past. That’s cvillepodcast.com.  * The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors and the Charlottesville City Council have both voted to limit occupancy in indoor restaurants and t...

Today’s sense of what’s going on is brought to you by the College Inn, a place that is ready to bring you a variety of food and beverages throughout Charlottesville via delivery. That includes ice cream! Place your order online at thecollegeinn.com or phone 977-2710.  * Both the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors and Charlottesville City Council will convene today in special meetings to discuss...

This burst of words and soundbites comes to you courtesy of Rapture , open outside only on the Downtown Mall for lunch, drinks and dinner, with brunch served Friday through Sunday. But only if you feel safe. Take-out options available.  * The Virginia Department of Health is reporting another 1,127 cases of COVID-19 today, the highest such number in the past month.  However, the seven-day positive...

Today’s edition materializes thanks to the French Press, open every day from 7 to 7 in Waynesboro for delicious coffee and light treats. Cool snacks, and cold and frozen bevvies. Order in advance on the @cloosiv app or call ahead 540.221.6568. See you there at the French Press?  * The number of new cases of COVID-19 in Virginia reported today is 844, a lower number than in recent days. There are a...

Today’s assemblage of pertinent information is brought to you by the College Inn, a place that is ready to bring you a variety of food and beverages throughout Charlottesville via delivery. That includes ice cream! Place your order online at thecollegeinn.com or phone 977-2710.  The governors of both New York and New Jersey have placed Virginia on a list of states from where travelers are expected...

Today’s edition of the program is sponsored by Mead Oriental Rugs , located on 4th Street NE. Open by appointment, call 971-8077 to set up your visit. Learn more at the Instagram account Rug Merchants Daughter .  * The Virginia Department of Health has posted another 996 new COVID-19 cases this morning, and the seven-day positive rate for all testing encounters has risen to 8.2 percent statewide,...

Today is the 51st anniversary of the first people stepping foot on the moon. Today’s installment comes to you from Rapture, now serving lunch and dinner on Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall weather permitting. Open from noon to nine Tuesday through Saturday, visit Rapture on Facebook to learn more.  * There have now been nearly a million COVID-19 tests conducted in the Commonwealth, according to dat...

Today’s edition materializes thanks to the French Press, open every day from 7 to 7 in Waynesboro for delicious coffee and light treats. Cool snacks, and cold and frozen bevvies. Order in advance on the @cloosiv app or call ahead 540.221.6568. See you there at the French Press?  The number of cases of COVID-19 in Virginia has increased by another 1,002 cases, and the percent positive rate rate for...

Today’s assemblage of pertinent information is brought to you by the College Inn, a place that is ready to bring you a variety of food and beverages throughout Charlottesville via delivery. That includes ice cream! Place your order online at  thecollegeinn.com  or phone 977-2710.  * Virginia’s COVID-19 death toll is now 2,007 based on new information released this morning . The Virginia Department...

Today’s edition of the program is sponsored by Mead Oriental Rugs, located on 4th Street NE. Open by appointment, call 971-8077 to set up your visit. Mead Oriental Rugs.  Governor Ralph Northam held his first press conference in three weeks Tuesday and stated there are currently no plans to move on with an additional phase in the Forward Virginia plan. That’s because there is an increasing number...

The  Virginia Department of Health is reporting  another 801 cases of COVID-19 this morning, bringing the cumulative total to 72,443. Nine more deaths have been reported for a total of 1,977. The 7-day percent positive rate for all testing encounters has risen again to 6.8 percent. That’s the third day in a row that metric has increased by a tenth of a percent.  In the  Thomas Jefferson Health Dis...

This is the first in a series of newsletters and newscasts about community engagement in the area around Charlottesville. I’ve spent the last thirteen years very close to many different processes, and my goal with this newsletter is to bring you information every single day about what’s going on. * Over the weekend, there were three consecutive days where more than 800 new cases of COVID-19 were r...