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Man arrested on Charlottesville Downtown Mall

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 9, 2020

On Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at 5:34 p.m., a citizen called 911 to report a 45-year-old male on the ground at 200 W. Main Street.  The Charlottesville Police Department, Charlottesville Fire Department, and the Cha...

Joint Statement Regarding Charlottesville Fire Department

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 2, 2020

A Joint Statement from the City Manager, Charlottesville Fire Department and the Charlottesville Professional Firefighters Association

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - On Tuesday, June 30, 2020, a meeting was held between the City Man...

City of Charlottesville Announces $750,000 in Small Business Relief Grants to Support Local Business

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 2, 2020

The grant funds will help small businesses that have endured significant business interruption due to the required closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - In an additional response to the impact that...

Charlottesville Parks & Recreation To Remain in Phase 2 Restrictions

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** UPDATED **July 1, 2020

City Manager has determined City government’s facilities and operations will remain in Phase 2 restrictions

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - As part of Governor Ralph Northam’s “Forward Virgi...

City of Charlottesville seeks dissolution of injunction related to Confederate statues

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 26, 2020

A Community Update on Charlottesville’s Confederate Statues

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - Earlier this month, the City of Charlottesville filed a petition for appeal in the case of Payne v. Charlottesville to the Virgini...

A joint Statement from the Charlottesville City Council, City Manager, and Chief of Police

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 18, 2020

A joint Statement from the Charlottesville City Council, Charlottesville City Manager, and Charlottesville Chief of Police

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - On Saturday, June 13, 2020, a demonstration called the Defund the Police Bloc...