Little Planets, a Charlottesville business that began by setting up mobile play areas for children at summer music and arts festivals, has opened a permanent space on Water Street. The storefront also houses the Front Porch Music School, a...
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Local startup Snowing in Space taps into collaborative, innovative spirit A former brewery on West Main Street is once again filling with tap handles, the bar is being painted and staffers are writing new menus, but beer will be...
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Charlottesville-based horse bedding importer Old Dominion Hemp picked up its first client at a horse show less than a year ago and last month moved about 4,000 bales of its unique stable liner. The bedding, which Old Dominion imports...
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Albemarle County Public Schools will pay nearly $20,000 to reimburse 23 Monticello High School students, three coaches and a bus driver for personal items lost in a Jan. 13 school bus fire on Interstate 64. The county School Board...
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When Lawrence Levine pulled in large outside investments in SecurePipe, the information security firm he founded in Charlottesville in 1996, the financial windfall came with a price. Levine, now a member of the Charlottesville Angel Network investment group, spent...
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Paul Bishop and Lyle Camblos moved their 30-person medical research company from Staunton to Charlottesville nearly four years ago to be closer to their labor pool and attract new employees. Since then, the Atlantic Research Group, which manages Food...
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Claire Mitchell and Sara Yeatman Currier took a roundabout path to starting a small business. Both have full-time careers in education — Mitchell as a research associate at the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia and...
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Albemarle County School Board candidate Julian Waters has a front-row seat to local education issues. He attends Western Albemarle High School. As a minor— Waters turns 18 in September — he also has to rely on friends and family...
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The GO Virginia Region 9 Council met Monday at the University of Virginia Research Park to discuss the council’s makeup, purpose and governing documents. The 23-member council includes government officials and businesspeople from Charlottesville, Albemarle and the surrounding counties....
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Three years ago, Matteus Frankovich decided to take his interest in an emerging technology and see if he could get a foothold in a brand-new business sector. He founded SkyClad AP, which uses drone-mounted cameras to shoot promotional videos,...
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If not for the generosity of his mother-in-law, Sal Giordano and his family would not be able to go on their annual beach vacation. Without the familial support, a vacation rental and travel for Giordano and his wife and...
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The first four Albemarle County Public Schools projects to be paid for using a $35 million bond referendum will begin to go to bid next month, and construction will begin this summer, schools staff told the Albemarle County School...
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