2012
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Events
- City councilors voted to include themselves in the city’s employee medical and dental insurance coverage plans. Employees and councilors who already had medical insurance from another source were allowed to opt out of coverage and receive a $500 annual stipend paid over the course of the year. [1]
- January 3 – Satyendra Huja elected Mayor of Charlottesville [2]
- January 3 – The Chamber of Commerce officially organized what would later be renamed the Minority Business Alliance [3] [4]
- January 6 – Albemarle County's portion of the John Warner Parkway is dedicated. The city's portion would remain incomplete for three more years. [5]
- February 6 – Charlottesville City Council hears report from Human Rights Task Force [6]
- April 25 – Court hearing for lawsuit filed by Coalition to Preserve McIntire Park against the Federal Highway Administration regarding the Meadowcreek Parkway [7]
- June 27 – Virginia Transportation Secretary Sean Connaughton addresses the North Charlottesville Business Council about progress being made to build the Western Bypass. [8]
- July 1 – VA Senate Bill 604 goes into effect granting added additional privileges to the brewery license by allowing the retail sales of beer on brewery premises and in public tasting rooms. Brewers formerly were required to obtain a second license to sell beer for off-premises consumption and to obtain a restaurant license in order to sell beer for on-premises consumption. Under the new law, brewers were able to operate more like a Virginia farm winery. August would later become Virginia Craft Beer Month.
- July 7 – Nine families move into Sunrise Park [9]
- September 15 – Sara Bon-Harper becomes director Highland [10]
Deaths
Images
- Picture Gallery
View of City Hall from Main Street (2012)
References
- ↑ Web. City Council approves pay raise, taking its salaries to maximum, Chris Suarez, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, May 2, 2017, retrieved October 25, 2019.
- ↑ Web. Charlottesville City Council meeting minutes, .pdf, Council Chambers, City of Charlottesville, January 3, 2012.
- ↑ Web. Chamber of Commerce creates Chamber Minority Business Council, Nate Delesline, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, January 30, 2012, retrieved September 7, 2012.
- ↑ Web. [https://civicclerk.blob.core.windows.net/stream/CHARLOTTESVILLEVA/7b1f9c64-18b5-43b3-97b0-c8fc27be7fc9.pdf?sv=2015-12-11&sr=b&sig=30ts4%2Ft7RN4cGzqURx22D0McS8Wnn2i4Hw1VgVK235Q%3D&st=2022-09-07T16%3A36%3A26Z&se=2023-09-07T16%3A41%3A26Z&sp=r&rscc=no-cache&rsct=application%2Fpdf Minority Business Alliance of the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce 10th Anniversary], Proclamation, City of Charlottesville, September 6, 2022, retrieved September 7, 2022.
- ↑ Web. [Albemarle opens John W. Warner Parkway Albemarle opens John W. Warner Parkway], Aaron Richardson, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, January 6, 2012, retrieved April 14, 2024.
- ↑ Web. Charlottesville City Council meeting minutes, .pdf, Council Chambers, City of Charlottesville, February 6, 2012.
- ↑ Web. Parkway interchange awaits result of federal lawsuit, Sean Tubbs, Charlottesville Tomorrow, February 26, 2012, retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ↑ Web. Transportation Secretary Connaughton addresses area business leaders, Sean Tubbs, News Article, Charlottesville Tomorrow, June 27, 2012, retrieved July 20, 2024.
- ↑ Web. Habitat for Humanity wants to turn trailer parks into town centers. Will the model work?, Laura Ingles, C-VILLE Weekly, Portico Publications, August 6, 2012, retrieved February 23, 2020. Print. August 6, 2012 , 24.32, .
- ↑ Web. Ash Lawn-Highland names new Director, Daily Progress Staff, The Daily Progress, August 28, 2012, retrieved January 18, 2020.