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August 1, 2026
Podcast for August 1, 2026: Charlottesville City Council briefed on transportation projects and four other recent stories
<p>For some reason, there has only been one other August 1 edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement and <a target="_blank" href="https://communityengagement.substack.com/p/august-1-2024-recount-underway-in?utm_source=publication-search">that was back in 2024</a> with a recount underway in the Fifth District Republican Primary. This is a podcast edition that provides audio versions of stories and thus does not count toward a total number of produced newsletters. That number is 1,374 which comes from 375 Week Ahead versions and 1,099 general ones. There have been 2,210 days since #1. Somewhere here in may be a relevant statistic, but the best I can come up with is 0.62.</p><p>But what does it mean?</p><p><strong>In this edition:</strong></p><p>* Charlottesville City Council votes to move forward with a sales tax referendum this November (<a target="_blank" href="https://infocville.com/2026/07/29/charlottesville-city-council-votes-to-move-forward-with-sales-tax-referendum/">read the story</a>)</p><p>* Charlottesville City Council allocates funding from speed cameras to cover the cost of providing the service (<a target="_blank" href="https://infocville.com/2026/07/31/charlottesville-city-council-allocates-funding-from-speed-cameras-to-cover-cost-of-service/">read the story</a>)</p><p>* Albemarle Supervisors approve policy to streamline installation of solar roofs (<a target="_blank" href="https://infocville.com/2026/07/31/albemarle-supervisors-approve-policy-to-streamline-installation-of-solar-roofs/">read the story</a>)</p><p>* Albemarle supervisors seek tighter regulation of concentrated agricultural feed operations (<a target="_blank" href="https://c-ville.com/albemarle-supervisors-seek-tighter-regulation-of-concentrated-agricultural-feed-operations/">read the story on C-Ville Weekly</a>)</p><p>* Charlottesville City Council briefed on efforts to lower speed limits, prepare new mobility plan (<a target="_blank" href="https://infocville.com/2026/07/31/charlottesville-city-council-briefed-on-efforts-to-lower-speed-limits-prepare-new-mobility-plan/">read the story</a>)</p><p></p><p><strong>A sponsored message: Panorama Natural Burial</strong></p><p>At<a target="_blank" href="https://www.panoramaburial.com/"> Panorama Natural Burial</a>, we believe caring for the deceased can be simple, meaningful, and deeply connected to the natural world. As a natural burial ground just outside Charlottesville, we offer families an alternative to traditional burial that honors both the people we love and the land that will carry them forward.</p><p>Whether you are planning ahead, navigating a recent loss, or are just curious about natural burial, we welcome the conversation. We host regular tours and community events throughout the year. At Panorama we are building new ways of understanding death, land, ecology, ritual, memory, and community. We believe that building community around death care helps us all to live fuller lives. We are open to the public daily 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Come visit!</p><p></p><p><strong>A shout-out for Town Crier Productions: Not entirely cut and paste from last week!</strong></p><p>It is Saturday and the final thing for me to do to end one week and begin another is to post this edition. The right move would be to produce the podcast version as soon as the WTJU version is completed, but that usually happens at a time when I want to stop working on a Friday.</p><p>After six years, I have found ways to directly cover the cost of producing the written newsletter and the Information Charlottesville. I have absolutely no direct revenue from producing the audio version as the work for WTJU is free. I do the work because it’s enjoyable. And I could just put the radio version in the podcast feed.</p><p>I choose not to because of the sponsor above. In the last few months I’ve been experimenting with charging for advertising across multiple products. I’m happy to send the media kit to anyone upon request so you can see the details.</p><p>I’ve also had at least one paid subscriber ask me if I could put all the shout-outs at the end. I cannot do that. If I’m to continue this newsletter I must diversify my revenue. I want to provide an affordable way for entities to reach an audience that I am still trying to understand myself.</p><p>In any case, thank you for reading! And now the cut-and-paste bit intended to get your help in getting more eyes on the stories:</p><p>* I post stories over at BlueSky but don’t really do much else than that at this point.<a target="_blank" href="https://bsky.app/notifications"> Here’s the account</a> for<a target="_blank" href="https://infocville.com/"> </a><a target="_blank" href="https://infocville.com/">Information Charlottesville</a>.</p><p>* You can also subscribe to get<a target="_blank" href="https://infocville.com/"> </a><a target="_blank" href="https://infocville.com/">Information Charlottesville</a> postings via email Wordpress. This is where I confess I don’t entirely know the link for this. Might be a pop-up?</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/TownCrierProductions">Town Crier Productions </a><a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/TownCrierProductions">has a Facebook page</a> but I’m really not sure if it’s worth keeping as the site doesn’t really seem to like Substack material. Or Wordpress material. In six years of doing this, I’ve never had a post “go viral” and I think it’s all throttled. I don’t pay them any money anymore</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/towncrierproductions/">And then there’s Instagram</a> which gets a couple of likes every now and then though I am really bad at images!</p><p><p>Thanks for reading Charlottesville Community Engagement ! This post is public so feel free to share it.</p></p><p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://communityengagement.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">communityengagement.substack.com/subscribe</a>
July 25, 2026
Podcast for July 25, 2026: Charlottesville City Council hears both support and opposition for upcoming removal of Free Bridge encampment
<p>On July 25, 1788, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._40_(Mozart)">Symphony No. 40 in G Minor</a>, a fact we know because the composer kept intricate records. I can tell you that so far there have only been two other July 25 editions of Charlottesville Community Engagement and they were in <a target="_blank" href="https://communityengagement.substack.com/p/july-25-2023-albemarle-master-plan">2023</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://communityengagement.substack.com/p/july-25-2024-redevelopment-of-1193">2024</a>. What were you doing on any of those three days? </p><p>In this week’s stories:</p><p>* Charlottesville City Council will not take another vote on design review of The Mark (<a target="_blank" href="https://infocville.com/2026/07/24/charlottesville-city-council-will-not-take-another-vote-on-design-review-of-the-mark/">read the story</a>)</p><p>* Charlottesville speakers provide multiple perspectives on how to help those without a home (<a target="_blank" href="https://infocville.com/2026/07/24/charlottesville-speakers-provides-multiple-perspectives-on-how-to-help-those-without-a-home/">learn more</a>)</p><p>* City of Charlottesville develops brochure in advance of encampment “transition” (<a target="_blank" href="https://infocville.com/2026/07/24/city-of-charlottesville-develops-brochure-in-advance-of-encampment-transition/">read the story</a>)</p><p>* Albemarle County Supervisors learn about human services needs in the community (story posting Monday!)</p><p>* Albemarle Supervisors get update on transportation projects (<a target="_blank" href="https://infocville.com/2026/07/24/albemarle-supervisors-get-update-on-transportation-projects/">learn more</a>)</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>A sponsored message: Panorama Natural Burial</strong></p><p>At <a target="_blank" href="https://www.panoramaburial.com/">Panorama Natural Burial</a>, we believe caring for the deceased can be simple, meaningful, and deeply connected to the natural world. As a natural burial ground just outside Charlottesville, we offer families an alternative to traditional burial that honors both the people we love and the land that will carry them forward.</p><p>Whether you are planning ahead, navigating a recent loss, or are just curious about natural burial, we welcome the conversation. We host regular tours and community events throughout the year. At Panorama we are building new ways of understanding death, land, ecology, ritual, memory, and community. We believe that building community around death care helps us all to live fuller lives. We are open to the public daily 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Come visit!</p><p></p><p><strong>A house shout-out for Town Crier Productions at the end of 1096-A</strong></p><p>The posting of the podcast marks the end of one week and the beginning of another. These days it takes me a lot longer to do the very simple task of restripping the WTJU version with fresh audio. Fridays are usually very intense production days and it is my true hope to eventually have someone to assist with putting it all together.</p><p>All of this work is the result of one person with a vision for how to put it all together. When I look back in my archives, I see that this is what I wanted to do with the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cvillepodcast.com/">Charlottesville Podcasting Network</a> back in 2005 but all of the tools were not in place yet to make it work.</p><p>We’re now six years into the experiment of Town Crier Productions which has allowed me to document a lot of events and decisions and details in this newsletter. This week we crossed the threshold of 5,000 subscribers in Substack, with about 820 of them paying into this newsletter. I’m going to write more notes to those paying because I need help thinking through some of the next steps of the business plan.</p><p>An issue with being on Substack is that most people who find this newsletter through the algorithm don’t have a connection to the area so they disappear fairly quickly. Aside from a few Facebook boosts, I’ve never done any targeted marketing to attract new people since the beginning when I emailed as many people as possible an update of what I was doing.</p><p>So this shout-out concludes with me once again giving you the opportunity to sign-up through various social media platforms.</p><p>* I post stories over at BlueSky but don’t really do much else than that at this point. <a target="_blank" href="https://bsky.app/notifications">Here’s the account</a> for <a target="_blank" href="https://infocville.com/">Information Charlottesville</a>.</p><p>* You can also subscribe to get <a target="_blank" href="https://infocville.com/">Information Charlottesville</a> postings via email Wordpress. This is where I confess I don’t entirely know the link for this. Might be a pop-up?</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/TownCrierProductions">Town Crier Productions </a><a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/TownCrierProductions">has a Facebook page</a> but I’m really not sure if it’s worth keeping as the site doesn’t really seem to like Substack material. Or Wordpress material. In six years of doing this, I’ve never had a post “go viral” and I think it’s all throttled. I don’t pay them any money anymore</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/towncrierproductions/">And then there’s Instagram</a> which gets a couple of likes. I’d like to have better images but that is another skill set I don’t have.</p><p>Okay. I have procrastinated a lot by writing this.</p><p><p>Charlottesville Community Engagement is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p><p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://communityengagement.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">communityengagement.substack.com/subscribe</a>
July 18, 2026
Podcast for July 18, 2026: Five out of six localities in the Thomas Jefferson Planning District to move forward with sales tax referendum
<p>The rhythm of being an independent journalist who strives to cover a lot of ground sometimes is affected by alternate beats. The last two Saturdays have not been favorable to produce a new audio edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement so archive editions went out. But now it is time for the July 18, 2026 edition. I’m Sean Tubbs. This week’s return to the usual studio means more ability to focus so there are stories from all six localities on the same topic. Then there are some two stories from the week before I am only just getting around to completing.</p><p>This work is made possible by paid subscribers and the ratio is just below one in five at the moment. I’m grateful for those with means to support the time and research that goes into this public service.</p><p><strong>In this edition:</strong></p><p>* Fluvanna Supervisors are the first in the region to initiate a process for a ballot question(<a target="_blank" href="https://infocville.com/2026/07/05/fluvanna-supervisors-vote-to-initiate-sales-referendum-process/">read the story</a>)</p><p>* Louisa County Supervisors pull sales tax referendum resolution from agenda (<a target="_blank" href="https://infocville.com/2026/07/12/louisa-county-supervisors-pull-sales-tax-referendum-resolution-from-agenda/">read the story</a>)</p><p>* Greene Supervisors support sales tax referendum requested by Greene School Board (<a target="_blank" href="https://infocville.com/2026/07/17/greene-supervisors-support-sales-tax-referendum-requested-by-greene-school-board/">read the story</a>)</p><p>* Nelson Supervisors also vote to proceed with the referendum for school construction (<a target="_blank" href="https://infocville.com/2026/07/17/nelson-supervisors-vote-to-proceed-with-sales-tax-referendum-for-school-construction/">read the story</a>)</p><p>* Albemarle County Supervisors vote to move forward and this story won’t be printed until Monday so hear it here first!</p><p>* Charlottesville City Council discusses the finer points of how to use revenue from a sales tax increase to finance school construction (<a target="_blank" href="https://infocville.com/2026/07/18/charlottesville-city-council-discusses-how-12-million-a-year-from-sales-tax-increase-might-be-used-for-financing-school-construction/">read the story</a>)</p><p>* Albemarle Supervisors make brief announcements on Biscuit Run Trail, drought watch, and federal housing bill (<a target="_blank" href="https://infocville.com/2026/07/17/albemarle-supervisors-make-brief-announcements-on-biscuit-run-trail-drought-watch-and-federal-housing-bill/">read the story</a>)</p><p>* Albemarle and Charlottesville transportation planners identify next locations for further study (<a target="_blank" href="https://infocville.com/2026/07/17/albemarle-and-charlottesville-transportation-planners-identify-next-locations-for-further-study/">read the story</a>)</p><p>* Charlottesville City Council reviews process for funding nonprofit agencies (<a target="_blank" href="https://infocville.com/2026/07/17/charlottesville-city-council-reviews-process-for-funding-nonprofit-agencies/">read the story</a>)</p><p><p>New here? Go ahead and sign if you want to learn more about what’s happening in local and regional government around Charlottesville </p></p><p></p><p><strong>First sponsored message: Panorama Natural Burial</strong></p><p>At <a target="_blank" href="https://www.panoramaburial.com/">Panorama Natural Burial</a>, we believe caring for the deceased can be simple, meaningful, and deeply connected to the natural world. As a natural burial ground just outside Charlottesville, we offer families an alternative to traditional burial that honors both the people we love and the land that will carry them forward.</p><p>Whether you are planning ahead, navigating a recent loss, or are just curious about natural burial, we welcome the conversation. We host regular tours and community events throughout the year. At Panorama we are building new ways of understanding death, land, ecology, ritual, memory, and community. We believe that building community around death care helps us all to live fuller lives. We are open to the public daily 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.panoramaburial.com/">Come visit</a>!</p><p></p><p><strong>Second message: An improvised bit about the state of shout-outs and the like</strong></p><p>Will the words written here match what I say in the audio version? I don’t know. I’ve not done the narration yet. In addition to paid subscriptions, I diversify revenue coming in through a lot of different forms of advertising, underwriting, sponsorship and so on. The <a target="_blank" href="https://www.pecva.org/">Piedmont Environmental Council</a> has been sponsoring the Week Ahead since the beginning, for instance.</p><p>In the early days, some people opted for a $25 month tier or more on Patreon which got them a shout-out. Many of the shout-outs you see come from just that, though that’s no longer being offered. Others came through combinations like having a paid Substack subscription and Patreon member. That worked for a while but I’ve simplified.</p><p>Several have taken me up on an advertising package that offers placements at the top of the newsletter, in the two “shout-out” slots, and in visual ads on <a target="_blank" href="https://infocville.com/">Information Charlottesville</a>. I only send this out on request at this point because I’m at a point where I am trying to figure out things like inventory and scheduling and trying to ascertain audience. Are people really reading?</p><p>In any case, yes, they are, and that makes me work harder to keep it going and that includes offering additional ways to support.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://information-charlottesville.monkeypod.io/give/support-town-crier-productions">Charitable gifts can be made to the Tiny News Collective </a>and those are being directed to hiring additional people to assist me in the near future.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.patreon.com/c/seantubbs">Patreon still exists </a>as a way to contribute to the business, but this may in the future become something more artistic if I get up the courage to try to make music for an audience. It will be weird all the same.</p><p>* Share stories on social media! Add a comment and share your thoughts as you do! The whole point of this is to spread information and discussion.</p><p>Thank you to all of the advertisers and sponsors and readers and more!</p><p><p><p>An experimental to read only paid subscriptions </p><p>I’m toying with the idea of making the epilogue something only paid subscribers can read. Or a portion of it each time. Perhaps “behind the scenes” stuff should be for those who have decided to take a stake in it by paying? </p><p>I’m not sure. Substack only started offering this up this time. And I’m not sure if I have any real “bonus” content here except to say that sometimes the soundbites in the audio version have extra phrases in them. This is because I try to not run quotes run too long. </p><p>I can also say I am so glad to finally get this edition done. Two weeks ago I had to turn in the WTJU version a day early and I didn’t have time to record new stories. I also figured July 4 was a good day for an archive.</p><p>The next week I was out of town and not in a place where it was easy to record audio. I’m grateful to be back in a place where all of my stuff is and where I can fix issues as they come up. </p><p>Anyway, I’m grateful you’re paying into this. I hope you’ll keep doing so. If you do have concerns about the subscription or what to switch to a different form of support, drop me a line. </p><p>Hooray! This edition is done! </p></p><p><p><p>This post has a very small amount of bonus content for paid subscribers. Behind the scenes stuff. Upgrade to get full access and to support the work. </p></p></p></p><p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://communityengagement.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">communityengagement.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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