In recent years, community members in Charlottesville worked to update and improve the city’s zoning codes. These rules determine what gets built, where construction can happen, and how it will affect residents.
Every town revises its zoning laws from time to time. But the effort in Charlottesville was different. It took shape as “C’ville Plans Together,” a project that engaged community members reflecting much of the diversity of Charlottesville. And the promising results have people talking.
One year after the plan took effect, we’ll ask: What lessons did Charlottesville learn from C’ville Plans Together? And how’s it going?
Our panel includes three people centrally involved in C’ville Plans Together:
Sunshine Mathon, Executive Director of the Piedmont Housing Alliance
Carmelita Wood, President of Fifeville Neighborhood Association
James Freas, Deputy City Manager of Charlottesville