Little High Neighborhood Association

Information for and about the Little High Neighborhood in Charlottesville, VA

Have you seen an otter in the Rivanna River? (seriously)

If you happen to spot an otter in the Rivanna River please report this to the Rivanna Conservation Alliance. The Rivanna Conservation Alliance is a local 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with the goal of working with the community to conserve the Rivanna River and its watershed through water quality monitoring, restoration, education, and stewardship. According to the RCA, otters have been spotted throughout the Rivanna River watershed. The RCA’s Rivanna River Otter Monitoring Project was created to document and monitor the presence of otters to help with its overall monitoring of the health of the Rivanna River. Otters depend on clean river water to survive, so the presence of otters in a given part of the river is a key sign that the water in that area is clean.

According to the RCA, otters are most active at dawn and dusk, but may be seen at any time of day. Just keep your eyes open whenever you’re within sight of the river and be sure to submit any sighting to the RCA.

Invasive Tree Walk

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.

Click for a list of invasive trees and plants in Virginia

Upcoming Household Hazardous Waste and Special Collection Events

Note: This post is adapted from a press release from the City of Charlottesville dated 9/4/24

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.

Ivy Solid Waste & Recycling Center,
4576 Dick Woods Road,
Charlottesville, VA 22903

Electronic waste collection day (Registration Required*)

*Registration is only required for Electronic Waste Collection Day.*

  • Saturday, 9/14/24, 9am – 3pm

Household hazardous waste collection days

  • Friday, 9/20/24,  9am – 3pm
  • Saturday, 9/21/24, 9am – 3pm

Special collection days

  • Furniture/Mattresses: Saturday, 9/28/24, 8:30am -4pm
  • Appliances: Saturday, 10/5/24, 8:30am – 4pm. Household Appliances Include ONLY: refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, stoves, furnaces, water heaters, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, heat pumps, microwaves, toasters.
  • Tires (oversize tires will not be accepted; maximum of 12 tires per household) Saturday, 10/12/24, 8:30am – 4pm

Our sidewalks suck — update April 2024 — LESS

Construction and maintenance of sidewalks is one of the most basic responsibilities of any city government. But generations of Charlottesville city leaders have neglected this mundane yet absolutely essential job. The Little High neighborhood association and many neighborhood residents have been asking city officials for years to help make our neighborhood more walkable by building more and better sidewalks. We’re still waiting.

Providing for this basic infrastructure need is especially important now because of the City’s pledge to sharply reduce carbon emissions within just a few years and because the new zoning plan will increase housing density. More people mean more cars no matter what the pious wishes of city leaders may be and more cars and more people mean it’s no longer going to be safe to walk in the roadways as we have long been accustomed to doing. The slideshow below highlights the many areas of our neighborhood where sidewalks don’t exist, end abruptly, or are inadequate and not compliant with ADA standards (among other things, ADA standards require sidewalks to be a minimum of 3 feet wide).

New Dominion Bookshop

New Dominion Bookshop, Charlottesville, Va

New Dominion Bookshop is an independent bookshop located on the Charlottesville Downtown Mall at 404 East Main St. We are an all-new bookstore, and we host events featuring renowned authors and local writers. To place a book order, to receive personalized book recommendations, or to purchase a gift card, please visit our contact page to speak with our staff.

 

Carpe Donut

Carpe DonutCarpe Donut is a locally owned and operated maker of exquisite organic donuts since 2007.  The only ingredients in our donuts are: organic flour, organic eggs, organic apple cider, organic spices, pure organic sugar, and non-aluminated baking powder. We cook all our donuts in 100% pure soybean oil. No hydrogenation, no trans-fats, no shortening. Continue…