Little High Neighborhood Association
Information for and about the Little High Neighborhood in Charlottesville, VA
The City is working on hiring the next Police Chief. As part of this process, the City would like you to go to the link below and complete a short survey on what you would like to see in a Police Chief. The deadline to complete the survey has been extended to August 22
The neighborhood association is helping our neighbors at the Mews create a few small gardens in various spots around that property. So far these small neighborhood gardens have morning glories, zinnias, irises, cosmos, marigolds, nasturtiums, and sunflowers. Herbs include lavender, lemon verbena, Corsican mint, Greek basil and oregano, sage, rosemary, thyme, western wood sorrel, and Thai basil. There are also two climbing bean plants, tomatoes of 3 varieties, peppers, and squash and they would like to add blueberry shrubs and fruit trees like apple, fig, etc. Everything is landscaped and decorated creatively — except for the climbing vines which need work!
The Mews gardens have several specific needs at the moment:
The Mews gardeners would also like shade trees in back to replace several elms lost to disease or because of damage they caused to roofing.
Contact Rita Fravel at ooo.ritaf@gmail.com if you can help or have items to donate.
Update: Public comment period extended to September 6, 2022
(The following is adapted from a newsletter from Cville Plans Together that went out on 7/23/22. If you wish to receive emails directly from Cville Plans Together, you can subscribe to their newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/51691bce24a8/sign-up-for-the-email-list)
If you haven’t already, we encourage you to review the Zoning Diagnostic + Approach Report, the first report of the zoning rewrite. This document identifies issues with the current zoning ordinance and establishes a proposed approach to the zoning rewrite. It can be considered a conceptual plan for our new zoning ordinance, laying out a set of ideas that could be included in order to advance the goals and strategies of the Comprehensive Plan.
On the Cville Plans Together website, you can view the report as well as summary materials (English, Spanish) from the June 27 open house event at Ting Pavilion.
The community review and comment period for the report extends through August 2022. September 6, 2022
There are several ways to share your comments and questions:
Engage@cvilleplanstogether.com (or send comments via the Cville Plans Together website)
Neighborhood Development Services, City Hall, P.O. Box 911, Charlottesville, VA 22902
Comments provided at the open house on June 27 are also being reviewed by the Cville Plans Together team and will be included in the set of public comments.
While we may not be able to respond directly to all comments, we are preparing an FAQ (a list of responses to common questions), which we plan to distribute in early August.
Our next backyard concert will be held Tuesday, August 16, at 7pm sharp at “the Farm” (the big antebellum slave plantation with the historical marker that doesn’t actually mention slaves) on East Jefferson between Farm Lane and 12th Street.
Performers include:
The next Little High Neighborhood Association Board meeting will be held Wednesday, July 27, at 7pm via zoom. All neighborhood residents or friends are welcome to join us.
Director of Neighborhood Development Services James Freas will join us and take questions.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9750688087?pwd=NkJXRldEd1VYRGxJMHE2amRpcjFDZz09
Meeting ID: 975 068 8087
Passcode: 239565
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