We look forward to seeing you this Thursday at Ix @brazos.bsky.social for our monthly social!

Come and join us Wednesday!

Want to try out an e-bike? Our friends at the Cville E-Bike Lending Library and the Belmont-Carlton Neighborhood Association are hosting a demo event this Saturday at 1030am at Belmont Park.

Our next social is a week from today! Come join us at Ix @brazos.bsky.social from 5-7pm on Thursday, June 11. Stay as long or as short as you want. Always a good time!

Come out to Random Row Brewing Sunday from 12pm-3pm for the Bike Month Closing Party!

It’s exciting to see the city’s investments in resident led affordable housing coming to fruition! Already accomplished: Crescent Hall renovations and phase 1 of both South 1st St and Kindlewood. Right now phase 2 of South 1st St and Kindlewood are underway, as well as phase 1 of 6th St.

Although he is talking about New York City, @mayor.nyc.gov’s comments about people who once called a city home being priced out resonate deeply with what is happening in Charlottesville. His solution? Build more housing and deliver it to working class people.

A nice video from Mr. Barricade on a simple and affordable design to improve crosswalks safety while being ADA accessible

Our next social is coming up! Come join us at Ix @brazos.bsky.social this Thursday from 5-7pm. Looking like it will be a beautiful evening.

Fantastic video about how car dependency is forced upon us, then walkable areas are commodified and sold back to us because we like them so much.

As part of Bike Month, today at McIntire Skate Park it’s Family Bike Day starting at 1pm. Come on out for a good time!

It’s Bike Month!! Check out bikecville.com to learn about a whole bunch of events happening in May in our area to support biking. And let’s work to make it so that every month is bike month in the Charlottesville area!

Here are a couple maps if you’d like to have a better sense of where this development would be

Some good housing news: @sandymarks.bsky.social is on track to win the Alexandria City Council special election by a significant margin! Whether Charlottesville, Albemarle, or Alexandria, pro-housing candidates regularly do well in Virginia local elections when they go against NIMBY’s.

Making your plans for the week? Come join us at Bar Botanical in Crozet this Thursday from 5-7pm for our next Albemarle County social! It will be a great time to meet people, enjoy some food and drink, and reflect on what we can do to make Albemarle County a better place for everyone.

We hope you can make it to Carver Rec Center Monday (tomorrow!) from 5:30-7:30pm to learn more about possible improvements to Rose Hill Dr and the city’s broader transportation planning efforts. More info here: connect.charlottesville.gov/RoseHillRest...

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Come and join us this Thursday at Ix @brazos.bsky.social from 5-7pm for our monthly social!

Suburban strip mall style developments are bad for land use, transportation, and ultimately the whole community. Here’s a smart video on how municipalities can change zoning to encourage better development.

Excellent video on homelessness, public spaces, and freedom. Definitely worth your time.

We encourage you to attend the IMPACT Nehemiah Action this Tuesday at 630pm. IMPACT will seek clear commitments from public officials on affordable housing, public transportation, and community safety & fair policing. 🧵

We also encourage you to attend one of the Albemarle County Community Budget Town Halls. While you are there, make sure to advocate for increased funding for affordable housing.

2) Take five minutes today to email the Board of Supervisors (bos@albemarle.org) and let them know that you want your taxes to support affordable housing for your neighbors. Here is some sample text you can use for public comment or email:

Come get some tacos and a beverage with us at Ix @brazos.bsky.social this Thursday from 5-7pm! This is a great opportunity to meet like minded people and talk about your hyper-local opinions. We look forward to seeing you there!

Second, also at 6pm on Wednesday, the Charlottesville Fire Department is holding a Strategic Plan Town Hall at City Space. We encourage you to show up and ask for CFD to encourage rather than discourage safe street design. And it’s a good opportunity to press for smaller fire trucks!

We look forward to seeing you this evening at Ix @brazos.bsky.social!

Our monthly social is next week on the 12th at Ix @brazos.bsky.social. We look forward to seeing you there!

Looking to be around other people after a week stuck at home? Come join us at our Albemarle County social Thursdays evening! We checked with Bar Botanical and they are planning to be open. Use common sense about getting there safely. Stay as short or long as you want.

Eating good tacos On a sunny winter day Outside with your friends. Come join us tomorrow!

We encourage you to take a couple minutes to listen to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social talk about the human cost of traffic violence and the urgency to make sure it doesn’t happen any more.