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Riding it out

Remember all those specialty shops that went belly-up when the internet came along? Freestyle wasn’t one of them....

A leg up

Since 2012, locals wanting to start their own businesses have been turning to the Community Investment Collaborative...

Deer crossing

There are more than 50,000 deer-vehicle collisions in Virginia each year. One local scientist has a low-cost solution...

Pulling in talent

Thinking of hiring vendors from beyond Charlottesville to help put together your big day? Maybe you want to source...

Behind the magic

It’s not hard to see why a ceremony backdrop is a key visual element for your wedding. If you’re on the hunt for a...

Crowded house

Choosing the big date? Don’t forget to consider Charlottesville’s busy calendar of events, which can mean local...

Video Q&A

You know your maid of honor will slay them during her toast. If you hope to be laughing at her jokes decades from now...

Life with death

I am going to tell you a bunch of stories about killing and death, but the first one is a story about a story. It was...

Land here now

In the Anthropocene, what does it mean to paint the landscape? Pristine, unspoiled wilderness no longer exists (even...

Steering the bus

From its origins in 1975 as a public service corporation transporting elderly and disabled customers, JAUNT (that’s...