Albemarle Co. adopts new COVID-19 occupancy limits
Albemarle County adopts Emergency Order 21 By Elizabeth Holmes | April 8, 2021 at 5:23 PM EDT - Updated April 9 at 2:46 PM
ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - Albemarle County is adopting Emergency Ordinance 21-E(1), relaxing previous occupancy restrictions to better align with the Executive Order 72 and Virginiaâs Phase 3 guidelines.
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors voted to adopt the order Wednesday, April 7..
Restaurants, bars, wineries, and distilleries can now have 50 people inside and 100 people outside. Gatherings can also have 50 people inside and 100 people outside. Gatherings are not bound to distancing guidelines.
âThe big difference is if youâre at a gathering you can all stay intermingled. If you are parties that cumulatively total 50 people indoors or 100 people outdoors, you must maintain a minimum of 6 feet difference between your party and your table and another party and their table,â�
Albemarle County Supervisors ask questions, praise parts of schoolsâ budget
Albemarle County Supervisors ask questions, praise parts of schoolsâ budget By Max Marcilla | March 15, 2021 at 10:09 PM EDT - Updated March 15 at 11:58 PM
ALBEMARLE Co., Va. (WVIR) - On Monday, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors had its first chance to review and ask questions about the county schoolâs budget plan.
One of the first questions was about the new plan to replace school resource officers with safety coaches.
âWhat that group might look like, or how theyâre trained, can you just expand on that a little bit for me?â asked Supervisor Diantha McKeel.
ACPS shares details on proposed minimum wage hike, teacher salary increases Educators at Murray Community Charter School in Albemarle County share lessons learned from the first half of the 2020-21 school year. By Max Marcilla | February 25, 2021 at 10:19 PM EST - Updated February 25 at 10:19 PM
ALBEMARLE Co., Va. (WVIR) - Albemarle County Public Schools is working toward raising the minimum wage for its employees and gave insight into what it may look like at a budget meeting with the school board on Thursday evening.
ACPS has wanted to move to a $15 hourly minimum wage for a while, but then the pandemic hit. Now itâs in the schoolâs budget proposal.
Albemarle County to expand affordable housing opportunities at Southwood redevelopment
Albemarle County to expand affordable housing opportunities at Southwood redevelopment By Max Marcilla | February 9, 2021 at 9:14 PM EST - Updated February 9 at 11:01 PM
ALBEMARLE Co., Va. (WVIR) - Albemarle County is trying to make multifamily housing more accessible through a federal program.
As the Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville prepares for a $250 million redevelopment of the Southwood community, there is a new effort to expand affordable housing opportunities.
“We see the Southwood development, and our small part in it, as a way to kind of meet that goal of ensuring that people have a safe, secure place to live that’s affordable to them,” said Phil Holbrook, the housing program manager at Albemarle County’s Office of Housing.
Survey shows support for Virginia L. Murray Elementary Schoolâs name
Survey shows support for Virginia L. Murray Elementary Schoolâs name By Max Marcilla | February 3, 2021 at 10:31 PM EST - Updated February 4 at 12:34 AM
ALBEMARLE Co., Va. (WVIR) - Thereâs overwhelming support in Albemarle County to keep an elementary schoolâs name.
A community survey from January 12 to February 2, 2021, says just over 92% of the 458 area residents surveyed support keeping the name of Virginia L. Murray Elementary School.
Virginia Lee Murray was the first Black supervisor of elementary education in the county. The elementary school originally only served Black students before becoming desegregated in 1965.