Charlottesville Community Engagement Podcast
1) Podcast for September 5, 2025: Charlottesville City Council briefed on anti-camping ordinance while many audience members heckle
There is a different gravity to holidays weeks as the routine is challenged in exchange for the illusion of a day off. Or at least, that’s definitely the case with this edition of Charlottesville Comm...Show More
2) Podcast for August 30, 2025: City Council to take up camping and storage ban; Virginia Senate panel fails to confirm four appointees to UVA Board of Visitors
There are perhaps more than two ways to experience Charlottesville Community Engagement, but the audio edition is one of the ones that I know about. I’m Sean Tubbs, a journalist who got his profession...Show More
3) Podcast for August 22, 2025: Albemarle Supervisors adopt an economic development strategic plan
Once more into the breach we go, though we’re not headed for battle but for another bout of audio stories collected and packaged as the Charlottesville Community Engagement podcast. This is an element...Show More
4) Podcast for August 15, 2025: Charlottesville zoning, transit funding, Free Bridge Lane stays car-free, and CRHA's Board meets with City Council
A glimpse behind the scenes as this audio edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement begins. These introductory paragraphs are often nothing more than text that serves to begin a program that sou...Show More
5) Podcast for August 8, 2025: Interim UVA president, school zone cameras, Charlottesville fireworks enforcement, and more stories about the community
The time has come for another audio edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement. Or at least it is time for me to produce one. I’m Sean Tubbs, the publisher at Town Crier Productions, an extravaga...Show More
6) Podcast for August 2, 2025: Developing Albemarle County's next economic development strategic plan
Program note: Every Saturday at 6 a.m., an audio version of this newsletter airs on WTJU. The copy for this newsletter is the for the one that aired today Good morning and welcome to another archive e...Show More
7) Podcast for July 25, 2025: Audio stories on Charlottesville zoning, budget scenarios for expanded transit, and implementing Albemarle’s next Comprehensive Plan
At long last, another sonic edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement. It’s summertime and the podcasting isn’t as easy due to a combination of travel, heat, and other factors but this edition w...Show More
8) Podcast for July 11, 2025: Five radio stories from Charlottesville and one from Albemarle
What is the purpose of journalism? What is the purpose of the government? What makes up society? How did we get here? All the questions David Byrne asked in Once in a Lifetime? This is the audio editi...Show More
9) Podcast for July 5, 2025: Naturalization ceremony held at Monticello for 74 new citizens; Hundreds protest Ryan’s ouster at UVA
There are now 364 days to go until the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a historic document that remains relevant as we approach the semiquincentennial. Eight days have passed sin...Show More
10) Podcast for June 20, 2025: Several stories from Charlottesville City Council's second meeting in June
In this edition:* There’s a new vote-counting system in Charlottesville City Council but this past week, Council had to take a series of voice votes because it wasn’t quite ready.* City Council briefe...Show More