Charlottesville Community Engagement audio recap for April 20, 2024

Charlottesville Podcasting Network

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For most of its time, Charlottesville Community Engagement has been a newsletter and podcast. The recent creation of a radio version that airs on WTJU Radio on Saturdays at 6 a.m. has disrupted much of the workflow. This week, the WTJU Rock Marathon pre-empted my show. That gave me some extra time on Saturday to produce this edition.

Here’s what you will hear:

• Charlottesville City Council adopts a budget that reflects a move toward unionization of the city’s workforce, higher salaries for city employees, and lower education funding from the state due to increasing property values (read the story)
• There’s a problem with excessive dog waste being left at the city’s newest park (read the story)
• Charlottesville’s parks and recreation officials want your input on the next master plan to guide the future of public spaces in the city (read the story)
• The city has a plan to fix drainage issues in Oakwood Cemetery and will further discuss the issue on April 24 (read the story)
• Albemarle and Charlottesville both need more lifeguards for the summer season (read the story)
• Charlottesville’s Planning Commission gets an update on the new Development Code (read the story)
• Albemarle Supervisors have comments on recent deployment of the HART team and a bomb threat at Planet Fitness (read the story )
• The Albemarle Department of Social Services helps a lot of people each year and Supervisors get a briefing (read the story)
• Albemarle Supervisors weigh in on expanded uses in the rural area as part of the Comprehensive Plan process (read the story)