A Better Way to Organize Homes rarely become dysfunctional overnight. More often, they fall out of sync with the people living in them. Families grow, careers change, children leave home, and new routines gradually replace old ones until a house becomes less...
Inside Rhoback’s Journey from a Darden Startup to a National Active Lifestyle Brand Parked outside coffee shops, shopping centers, and weekend festivals, a handcrafted wooden camper attracted curious shoppers who wandered over to investigate. Inside were performance...
A Community Guide to the University You don’t have to be a student to experience some of the best things that the University of Virginia has to offer. From concerts and championship athletics to public lectures, historic gardens, and museums, UVA offers area residents...
Where Students and Townspeople Meet Every university leaves its mark on the surrounding community. Some impacts are easy to measure through jobs, research, healthcare, and economic activity, while others are built more quietly through relationships that develop over...
The University of Virginia is so much a part of everyday life in Charlottesville that it can be easy to overlook the full scope of its massive influence on the area. Many people think first about students and professors, the Lawn, and football Saturdays. But UVA’s...
The Evolution of Farmington One of Virginia’s most historic buildings, Farmington unfolds in layers, with each generation leaving its mark, and each era still visible to those who know where to look. George Divers, an Albemarle County landowner and merchant who served...
The Story Behind Barracks Road Today, Barracks Road and the Barracks Road Shopping Center are familiar landmarks, known to nearly every Charlottesville resident. Fewer realize that the name points to a long-vanished prisoner-of-war camp that once stood just outside...
A conversation with Jane Kamensky Monticello has always stood as both a symbol of America’s promise and a reminder of its contradictions. For historian Jane Kamensky, Thomas Jefferson’s mountaintop home is also a vast, wide-reaching classroom. Before coming to...
A Local Guide to the 250th As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence this year, communities are preparing to reflect on the Revolution and the founding ideals that shaped the nation. The American Revolution can sometimes feel...
How Central Virginia helped shape the American Revolution The foothills around Charlottesville are known today for vineyards, historic estates, and picturesque views. In the decades surrounding the American Revolution, this small corner of Virginia produced thinkers,...