Gov. Timothy M. Kaine announced Tuesday that Virginia is awarding $8.7 million in grants to homeless and emergency shelters around the state, including six in Central Virginia.

I was fortunate to see Pastor Harold Bare and Lori Ann Strait of Hope Community Center interviewed on the Ryal Thomas Show.  There could be much to expand upon from their comments on Hope’s care for Charlottesville’s homeless. 

So. Praise for Charlottesville’s yurt plan was premature.

What to get a shelter for battered women and children as a housewarming gift is not the kind of question you mull every morning, but there are some local folks who hope you’ll consider it soon.

Under pressure from city officials and hemorrhaging money, the owners of the Hope Community Center will close their homeless shelter by the end of the month.

The Hope Community Center can continue to operate a homeless shelter in the coming months while the organization seeks a permit from the city to permanently keep its doors open, Charlottesville’s zoning board decided on Thursday.

After more than a year of twists and turns, the Woolen Mills “taking by typo” saga may soon come to a conclusion.
Bill Emory, who believes that a disputed property in his neighborhood should be protected by a historic designation, has dropped a lawsuit against the city. Emory had been asking the Charlottesville Circuit Court to alter the zoning classification of the site, behind the Mary Williams Senior Center.

The Charlottesville area’s homeless population increased this past year and fewer people living in shelters and on the streets are employed, according to a new survey.