Members of Charlottesville’s Invasive Plant Partnership (CHIPP) will be in our neighborhood Sunday, November 24 to walk with neighbors and identify invasive plants and discuss strategies for dealing with them. The group will gather at 1137 Meriwether Street at 3:30pm.
This is a great opportunity to learn about what invasive species are and why they are a problem.
** All neighborhood and nearby residents are invited and welcome to join us! **
For more information, check out the City of Charlottesville’s website on how you can help contain invasive species and help regrow a healthy urban forest.
Note: The following is adapted from a City of Charlottesville Press Release on 10/22/24 and the leaf collection page on the city’s website.
Charlottesville leaf collections start on Monday, November 4th. Please follow the City’s guidelines and make a note of the collection schedule for your address. The leaves collected by the City of Charlottesville are taken to a local farm where they are turned into compost that is used by area residents, farms, and landscaping companies.
No bags, please
Leaves will be collected loose at the curb (no bags). Residents should pile un-bagged leaves as close to the curbside/street as possible. Please do not block sidewalks or bike lanes but you can put them in on-street parking areas no sooner than three days before pickup is scheduled.
If you are unsure where to put your leaves for pickup you can call the City’s hotline at 434-970-3830, email us, or snap a picture and send us a tweet @CvillePW with your questions.
Little High Neighborhood schedule
For the purposes of leaf collection, some of our neighborhood is in Zone A and some of it is in Zone C. City leaf collection trucks will come by at any point during the week that your zone is scheduled so you should try to have all your leaves gathered at the curb for the first day.
Zone A
Nov. 4-8
Dec. 9-14
Jan. 21-24
Zone C
Nov. 18-22
Jan. 6-10
February 10-14
The dividing line within our neighborhood between Zone A and Zone C is East Market Street.
Text Alerts
If you want a reminder, you can sign up for text alerts reminding you of when your collection week is coming up. Text your street address (no city, state, or zip) to 434-771-0251 and put “leaf pickup” on the next line.
Drop-off location
Miss leaf collection day or can’t wait? City residents (no contractors of business entities) can take their leaves to 1505 Avon Street Extended, Charlottesville, VA 22902 on Saturdays from 10am-3pm during leaf collection season (Nov 4 – Feb 14).
No bags or containers will be accepted so it’s recommended that you use your recycling container or a large trash can to bring your leaves in.
Or deal with it yourself
You don’t have to rake your leaves according to the City’s schedule and guidelines — you can always just let them lie or compost them yourself.
As part of City Manager Sam Sanders commitment to improving communication between residents and city government, the City of Charlottesville website now includes a “Transparency Portal.” Please check it out and see for yourself if it includes everything you think it should, is easy enough to use, etc. You can contact the City Manager’s office with questions or concerns — and let the neighborhood association know, too, so we can keep track of the city’s responsiveness to residents.
At yesterday’s Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA) meeting, it was announced that the route planned for the City’s Central Waterline Project is being revised (see the above map). As the proposed route shows, the waterline project will now go almost the full length of Little High Street. The project is scheduled to begin sometime in 2025. To date, no effort has been made by the RWSA or City officials to notify the residents who would be most affected by this very late in the day proposed change. The original route planned for the Central Waterline Project evoked significant neighborhood concern two years ago.
Please note: The following is a provisional draft of the Little High Neighborhood Association’s Constitution and Bylaws. It is open to neighborhood comment and feedback and input. [Read More…]
City Manager Sam Sanders has taken seriously the complaints of many Charlottesville residents about the lack of adequate sidewalks and he has made sidewalk construction a top priority. An adequate sidewalk network is essential as the city’s population density increases while the need to reduce our carbon footprint remains imperative. We all have to walk more, and now the city is working to take away our excuses.
Here is a link to the city’s list of sidewalk projects and the priority assigned to each. We certainly aren’t getting everything we wanted for our neighborhood but we don’t begrudge other neighborhoods getting better sidewalks and something is better than nothing. Check it out and decide for yourself.
Sustainability: Things We Can All Do for the Environment
The Rivanna Solid Waste Authority (RSWA) is offering Charlottesville and Albemarle residents the opportunity bring specific types of household items to the Ivy Waste & Recycling Center for FREE disposal. These special collections days are a great opportunity to rid homes of hazardous waste, such as pesticides and cleaners, as well as household items like refrigerators, mattresses, furniture, and tires. For full details, please visit: http://www.rivanna.org/hhw/.
The specific types of household items listed below can be taken to the Ivy Recycling Center (address below) for free disposal only on the dates listed below.
The Little High Neighborhood is located due east of the Downtown Mall and is bounded by East Water Street by the Belmont Bridge to Meade Ave at the railroad crossing; Meade Avenue from the railroad crossing to where it meets East High Street; East High Street to 9th Street NE; and 9th Street NE to (but not including) the Belmont Bridge where it goes off-road to East Water Street. The neighborhood is a good mix of single family residential homes, several apartment and condominium buildings, and small locally owned businesses (including some very popular restaurants: Beer Run, La Michoacana, and Holly’s Diner). More…
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