Little High Neighborhood Association

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

Neighborhood Summer Picnic, June 1

Little High Neighborhood Summer Picnic 2023Our Summer Neighborhood Picnic will be held Sunday, June 1, from 5:00 to 7:00pm in and around the Meade Park Pavilion.

The neighborhood association will provide a variety of pizzas from Vita Nova, sides, and dessert.

BYO: drink, seat, and $10 (payable in cash, check, or via Venmo) for optional annual neighborhood association dues.

Join us in meeting the Charlottesville City Council candidates (Juandiego Wade, Brian Pinkston, and Jennifer Fleisher) running in the June 17, 2025 election.

Members of CHIPP (Charlottesville Invasive Plant Partnership) will be joining us. Learn how CHIPP is collaborating with our neighborhood to help save the tree canopy.

Most importantly, our summer picnics have always been a great opportunity to get to know or reconnect with neighbors so we encourage absolutely everyone to come — and bring another neighbor!

City of Charlottesville transparency portal

City of CharlottesvilleAs 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.

Central Water Line Project Update

Central Waterline project revised route as of June 2024

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.

Neighborhood Association Constitution & Bylaws

Progress on sidewalks at last!

13th on the corner with East JeffersonCity 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

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

About the Little High Neighborhood

The Little High Neighborhood in Charlottesville, Va

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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…

Helping the Haven

The Haven: Updated List of Needs

Needed day shelter items

  • Shampoo*
  • Men’s underwear (Underwear is the most requested but least donated item in our day shelter.)
  • T-shirts (no other clothing, please!)
  • Washcloths
  • Bath towels
  • Kitchen dish towels

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New Dominion Bookshop

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