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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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18:36

March 6, 2024: Sanders recommends $251M FY25 budget...

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2024/03/06

There are an even 300 days until the end of 2024 now that it is March 6. A lot of things have happened on this day in history, There are likely a lot of newly created holidays for this day, but Charlottesville Community Engagement is currently not using either frame to create these opening paragraphs, paragraphs whose function has never been beta-tested or shown to a test audience. I’m Sean Tubbs, lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. On today’s show:* Charlottesville City Council has directed City Manager

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21:29

March 5, 2024: Public has three days left to weigh in...

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2024/03/05

There are only a few days left before most Americans will adjust their clocks to continue a practice that readjusts time away from the regular sequence, shifting patterns that will disrupt some but may not be noticed by others. Will the 106th transition to daylight savings time affect the production of Charlottesville Community Engagement? I’m Sean Tubbs, and I won’t know the answer for another 130 hours or so. On today’s show:* The regional body that makes decisions on transportation projects

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15:28

March 4, 2024: City's transit union asks Council to...

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2024/03/04

Recent editions of this newsletter and podcast have demonstrated my thrill at the existence of Leap Day, and that is followed up by my absolute love of March 4th, a position on the calendar that is also a triumphant command! This is the Charlottesville Community Engagement edition for the 64th day of 2024. I’m Sean Tubbs, a lover of calendars. In this edition:A lecturer at the University of Virginia School of Architecture and former chair of the public housing authority is now a member of the

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24:31

March 1, 2024: Belmont Bridge construction to be...

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2024/03/01

Now we march into the third month of the year, having leapt to our heart’s content in the previous 24 hour period. This is the March 1, 2024 edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement, a newsletter and podcast that now can also be heard on the radio every Saturday morning at 6 a.m. on WTJU 91.1 FM in Charlottesville. I’m Sean Tubbs, glad to be able to do this. On today’s show:* There’s another delay in the completion of the $38 million Belmont Bridge* Several speakers ask for adjustments in

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17:07

February 28, 2024: Charlottesville to respond to...

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2024/02/28

It’s the final day of February - usually. Instead the word penultimate can be used to describe this 24-hour period in relation to its placement in the month. There is something about Leap Day that thrills me, but otherwise this has nothing to do with what’s in this particular installment of Charlottesville Community Engagement. I’m Sean Tubbs, a person of simple pleasures. .On today’s show:* The City of Charlottesville will respond by March 15 to a lawsuit calling for the overturning of the new

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23:14

February 24, 2024: Details from VDOT on work expected...

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2024/02/24

Saturday editions of Charlottesville Community Engagement are rare, but then again the existence of February 29 is also rare and we have one of those going on this week as well. This newsletter and podcast exists to bring you and thousands of others some but not even close to all information about decisions made that affect what’s known as the built environment. I’m Sean Tubbs, hopeful that this work may lead to a better community. On today’s show:* There was a shooting on the downtown mall just

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20:10

February 21, 2024: Richardson unveils $629M Albemarle...

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2024/02/21

There are now eight days until Leap Day, a 24-hour-period that only happens every four years and for which there do not appear to be any large celebrations. Will there be an edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement on that day? For now, it may be better to simply proceed with the February 21, 2024 edition of the program. I’m Sean Tubbs.On today’s show:* A man is dead after being struck last evening by a moving vehicle on U.S. 29 between Stonefield and Seminole Square Shopping Center*

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20:00

February 20, 2024: TJPDC gets support for road safety...

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2024/02/20

According to data collected by the website eBird and curated by the American Bird Conservancy, there are at least 488 species of our feathered friends in Virginia. Every edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement, including this February 20, 2024 edition, is fueled by observations of the activities of winged creatures who are unaware of the existence of journalism. I’m Sean Tubbs, and perhaps there’s grant funding available to attempt translations to penetrate an untapped market? On today’s

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22:25

February 16, 2024: RWSA completes installation of...

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2024/02/16

The Wikipedia entry for Writer’s block currently suggests five distinct causes for the phenomenon ranging from “physiological and neurological basis” to “negative self-beliefs and feeling of incompetence.”None seem to apply to the inability for Charlottesville Community Engagement to swiftly write up all of the desired stories in the timeliest of manners. Time is required to sift through all of the elements to see what segments result. I’m Sean Tubbs, understanding there are no more than seven days

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26:32

February 14, 2024: After one week, Lyons is out as...

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2024/02/14

Today is a day intended to celebrate one version of love, but there are many forms of devotion. This is the 636th edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement, a newsletter and podcast that seeks to provide as much information as possible about a particular region of the United States of America. I’m Sean Tubbs, and this love is what I got. On today’s show:* One of Charlottesville’s Deputy City Managers is no longer with the city, and there are two other new top vacancies* The United States

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21:19

February 13, 2024: Sanders puts decarbonization study...

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2024/02/13

We are in an age where perhaps we need new metaphors to describe 21st century life. Sometimes people will say they are “drinking from a firehose” when they’re placed in a new situation, or perhaps “in the deep end” or perhaps “in the weeds.” These may no longer be relevant. Sadly, the research budget for Charlottesville Community Engagement does not include funding for neologisms, but your suggestions for phrases, new and old, are requested. I’m Sean Tubbs, not sure if this a sequitur or the non

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26:09

February 8, 2024: Council approves city’s purchase...

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2024/02/08

Ordinarily we could say that February 8th marks the beginning of the second quarter for this particularly-shaped month, but we’re in one of those years with an extra day.How are your plans to mark Leap Year shaping up? Would you support an alternate plan to make that extra rotation its own special month, and if so, what would it be called? This assemblage of information is called Charlottesville Community Engagement and I’m called Sean Tubbs, and this is called the last sentence of the intro. On

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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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