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Charlottesville Community Engagement

Town Crier Productions

Regular updates of what"s happening in local and regional government in and around Charlottesville, Virginia from an award-winning journalist with nearly thirty years of experience. communityengagement.substack.com

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26:49

February 6, 2024: Councilors float potential real...

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2024/02/06

When I was younger, the phrase “News You Can Use” became quite popular in television journalism. I’m not entirely sure what that was intended to convey, but I can state that much of what appears in the editions of Charlottesville Community Engagement can be described as “Information I Want To Know.” I’m Sean Tubbs, and I sincerely hope you can use some of this material. On today’s program:* No one speaks at two City Council public hearings related to the Development Code held on a Thursday* A broad

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13:23

February 5, 2024: CAAR report documents continuing...

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2024/02/05

What should the length be for an edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement? The answer depends on a variety of different factors and the mathematics and algorithms have yet to be worked out. With 631 editions already floating down the river of time, some information is unknown. At a minimum, there must be three segments, unless one of them is ridiculously long. An exact rubric cannot be guaranteed until there are 6,031 editions of the program. I’m Sean Tubbs, happy to keep on providing test

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18:56

February 2, 2024: UVA working group releases report...

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2024/02/02

I got you babe, as in this is Groundhog Day, and I’m Sean Tubbs here with another edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement and whether or not Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, this is another program about the mundane and routine that when added up becomes whatever happens with local government. This edition of the program is dedicated to the late Ken Boyd, an Albemarle County Supervisor who routinely invoked the 1993 comedy directed by Harold Ramis to convey the sense that all of this has

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21:08

January 31, 2024: CRHA to purchase Downtown Mall...

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2024/01/31

The final day of January 2024 is upon us, and please turn in your rankings on the quality of the month based on a variety of considerations. Have you accomplished what you wanted to do? Did you learn something new? How many editions of Charlottesville Community Engagement did you read or listen to? I’m Sean Tubbs, and for the next 3,000 words or so, none of those questions are relevant. On today’s show:* The average property in Charlottesville has increased in value by five percent in 2024 according

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13:39

January 29, 2024: Louisa's population has grown 7.5...

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2024/01/29

A reader informed me today that I am saying too much about my personal life in these opening segments of Charlottesville Community Engagement. That may or may not be the case and perhaps it’s time to turn all of this over to artificial intelligence and I’ll go back to waiting tables and cooking people food. However, that sounds like more work than simply proceeding with the January 29, 2024 edition of the newsletter and podcast. I’m Sean Tubbs, beep beep, boop boop. On today’s show:* A boil water

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24:31

January 26, 2024: Albemarle assessments up 4.07...

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2024/01/26

According to one way of looking at the world, January 2024 is now over 83 percent of the way to its completion. Charlottesville Community Engagement, however, will likely be sorting through meetings that have been held so far with the goal of weaving together narratives of how decisions were made. I’m Sean Tubbs, and it’s in this manner that I’ve come to terms with reality. On today’s show:* A boil water advisory remains in place in the Hollymead area in Albemarle County following a water main break

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23:26

January 23, 2024: CAT director makes pitch for...

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2024/01/23

What should be done about January 23? The one for this year marks 6.8 percent of the way through the orbital cycle. Items in this and every edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement happened at different points and the goal is to capture as much as possible. I’m Sean Tubbs, continuing to try to not look at fake holiday calendars for easy opening copy. On today’s show:* Charlottesville City Manager Sam Sanders announces a new deputy and a working group on a potential city landbank * A piece of

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23:32

January 19, 2024: Lawsuit claims Charlottesville...

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2024/01/19

We are now more than halfway through the first month of the year, and all of the usual markings of the season time are present. This January 19 edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement captures at least one of them, including an observation that this is perhaps one of the first installments produced while there is snow on the ground in a week with two storms! I’m Sean Tubbs, wondering if the statute of limitations of one particular holiday song can be extended a little longer. On today’s

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27:41

January 16, 2024: Albemarle approves funding for two...

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2024/01/16

If 2024 were an Olympics, today would be the closing ceremony. Yet, there are 351 days left until this year wraps up and there’s a lot of work to do. It is January 16, 2024, and this is the corresponding edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement. I’m Sean Tubbs, already wondering what I will wear the next time the ball drops. On today’s show:* A quick look at recent building statistics in an Albemarle County that has a set housing goal for 2040* Albemarle approves funding to subsidize rental

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19:36

January 12, 2024: Two top UVA land use officials...

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2024/01/12

If you’ll forgive an attempt at neologism, today is the dozenth day of 2024. And as I typed that word, there are no squiggly lines to indicate that I have made something up. Does this word already exist? That is definitely not the purpose of Charlottesville Community Engagement, a newsletter and podcast that exists to describe a little of what’s happening. I’m Sean Tubbs, and I’m very careful to not make things up. On today’s show:* City Manager Sam Sanders names a Pennsylvania official as his

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19:11

January 9, 2024: Charlottesville Schools providing...

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2024/01/09

We are now nine days into 2024 and the question is whether I will be able to get through an entire year without resorting to telling you what item or issue or individual is being honored. The goal of the past few weeks has been to avoid that entirely based on the note of one podcast listener of Charlottesville Community Engagement who felt the bit had played out. Has it? Continue listening throughout the year to find out. I’m Sean Tubbs, a believer that there’s much worth celebrating and honoring

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15:47

January 8, 2024: UVA infectious disease expert...

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2024/01/08

Anyone wishing to pass judgment or make a ranking on 2024 so far should consider that only 2.2 percent of the year has taken place so far. More evidence should be gathered. Perhaps each edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement will assist you in your evaluation? Either way, I’m Sean Tubbs, here to capture as much as I can. On today’s show:* Christopher Fairchild is the new chair of the Fluvanna Board of Supervisors* An expert on infectious diseases from the University of Virginia Health

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19:50

January 5, 2024: Charlottesville police respond to...

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2024/01/05

There’s nothing like January 5, 2024 to have the 621st installment of Charlottesville Community Engagement, a newsletter and podcast that may or may not have had 620 previous installments so far. Anyone who wishes to conduct an audit should contact the management. That’s me, Sean Tubbs, increasingly working to bring more information through the polishing of more mirrors. On today’s show:* Charlottesville Police have “diffused” a situation in Belmont where a heavily armed man caused a shelter in

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23:21

January 3, 2024: Andrews becomes Chair of Albemarle...

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2024/01/03

The third day of the year may or may not have a special topic or issue associated with this particular 24-hour period. One way to begin each edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement is to look up these bits of trivia as a way to lull the reader or listener into the narrative constructed for each edition, and this is the one for January 3, 2024. I’m the Sean Tubbs that corresponds with this day. In today’s edition:* There’s new leadership on the Albemarle Board of Supervisors with Jim Andrews

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17:56

January 2, 2024: Juandiego Wade is Charlottesville's...

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2024/01/02

January 2 is the 2nd day of 2024, a year so new that there have not yet been any editions of Charlottesville Community Engagement, a newsletter and podcast that seeks to inform humans in a small section of Central Virginia about local government and other issues. I’m Sean Tubbs, glad to be back to work piecing it all together for a growing audience. In today’s program:* Charlottesville selects a new mayor for 2024 and 2025* UVA’s Buildings and Grounds Committee gets a first look on student housing

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27:39

Look Back for December 27, 2023: Early March through...

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2023/12/27

This is the second in a series of installments that seeks to take a look back at 2023, a year in which a lot seems to have happened and a year in which I think I did not write nearly enough. This review is intended to help me figure out where to prioritize in 2024 and what I need to follow up on. This edition also carries the podcast version of the December 22 edition. That’s the one that sought to document City Council’s adoption of a new zoning code. I didn’t have enough time to produce the audio

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20:34

December 19, 2023: Preservation Piedmont honors...

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2023/12/19

In the many years I worked for someone else as a reporter, I always had the idea of creating a podcast version of the stories I was writing because I got my start in radio. I love hearing other people’s voices and trying to capture events in a sonic fashion. The December 19, 2023 edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement once again focuses on a single meeting in a fashion approaching my vision. I’m Sean Tubbs, still trying to figure out how one listens to something visible. On today’s show:*

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18:57

December 18, 2023: Split Council agrees to maximum...

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2023/12/18

There are two weeks to go until the end of 2023 and tonight is expected to be the final vote on a new zoning code for the City of Charlottesville. Most editions of Charlottesville Community Engagement seek to cover multiple stories but thankfully the format is flexible enough to have at least one more edition that seeks to document the process by which a generational change has been made. I’m Sean Tubbs, looking forward to the new set of stories. On today’s edition:* Charlottesville City Council

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20:31

December 14, 2023: City Council makes some decisions...

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2023/12/14

There are only 18 days left in 2023, and the December 13, 2023 edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement begins with a reminder that there is only about a week to go before the days will begin to have more light. To some this will bring great comfort and to others there may be a lament. Many will not notice either way. I’m Sean Tubbs, capable of imagining multiple points of view. In this edition:* Charlottesville City Council held a four hour work session last night on the new Development

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28:46

December 13, 2023: Council to decide remaining items...

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2023/12/13

The land use reform currently underway in Charlottesville dates back to January 2017 when the Planning Commission at the time began work on a review of the Comprehensive Plan. I wrote about that work for the next 18 months before I took a break from journalism and out of the light. The Cville Plans Together process began just before the pandemic, a crisis that prompted me to step out of the shadows and back to the grind of documenting meetings. The first segment on Cville Plans Together in

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