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Local search engine company Hotelicopter bought by big hotel groups
A hotel room search engine founded and operating in downtown Charlottesville is now the technology division for a new online booking service owned by six large U.S. hotel chains.
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Property tax arrangement between UVA and city is unclear, unexamined
Local governments almost always fund their operations by taxing real estate, and that is no different here in Charlottesville, where the city collects $50 million per year in property taxes. Some of the most valuable property, though—from a hospital complex to parking decks to an unused basketball arena—is exempt from the tax under state law [...]
NEW C-VILLE COVER STORY: Master of the art
On the cover of this year’s "President’s Report 2009-10" from UVA is a painting of the President’s house by art professor Richard Crozier.
From the owner's suite: 20 years of C-VILLE
I have had two business partners: a tall one, Hawes, and a shorter one, Rob. Each had their strengths. Hawes was a lively editor who dutifully ran the paper when I moved to New York for several years, but left the company seven years ago; much later I stuck around when Rob, known around here [...]
Parachute: cleaning up the band name
Guest blogger (and owner of C-VILLE) Bill Chapman fills in for Brendan Fitzgerald, who is on a top-secret Feedback mission in Texas.
While you were out: A message from stand-in columnist, Bill Chapman
Damn! I was supposed to do a few posts to this bloggie thingie while C-VILLE music guy Brendan Fitzgerald was out of town! And I didn’t!