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Charlottesville City Council (2022-2023)
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| Electoral District | At-large (Citywide) | |
| Term Start | January 1, 2022 | |
| Term End | December 31, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Charlottesville City Council (2020-2021) | |
| Succeeded by | Charlottesville City Council (2024-2025) | |
Next Election: November 7, 2023
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Biographical Information
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| Website | https://www.charlottesville.gov/677/City-Council | |
| 2023 Democratic Nomination Contest | ||
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| Charlottesville City Council - At Large (3 seats) - Regular Primary | ||
| The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Charlottesville City Council At-large on June 20, 2020. | ||
| Candidate | % | Votes |
| Dashad L. Cooper | 15.38% | 2,934 |
| Michael K. Payne | 25.26% | 4,819 |
| Natalie Oschrin | 26.46% | 5,047 |
| J. Lloyd Snook, III | 23.12% | 4,411 |
| Robert F. "Bob" Fenwick, Jr. | 9.77% | 1,864 |
| Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Top 3 Vote Getters are highlighted | ||
| Voter Turnout: | 23.68% | |
| Ballots Cast: | 7,968 | |
| Registered Voters: | 33,650 | |
| Source: Virginia Board of Elections | ||
July 27 *2005 – The Charlottesville Pavilion amphitheater opens, featuring a distinctive white roof that some derided as a “lobster trap” or a “Conestoga wagon.”
April 20 *2006 – The Free Speech Monument is dedicated on the Downtown Mall.
May 1 *2006 – A second vehicular crossing opens at Fourth Street East on the Downtown Mall.
May 1 *2006 – A second vehicular crossing opens at Fourth Street East on the Downtown Mall.
Jan. 28 *2008 – With deteriorating bricks and failing lights and fountains, a renovation proposal that addressed the Downtown Mall's, problems and explores new features is unveiled.
July 21 *2009 – City Council votes, 5-0, to proceed with the Downtown Mall renovation project, despite a $7.5 million estimate and a shrinking project scope.
November *2009 – On the Downtown Mall, a historic storefront façade, built in 1921 and once home to Victory Shoe Store, is demolished. In December, the city’s Board of Architectural Review said it never should have happened.
November 27 *2009 – After closing for renovations in 2006, the Jefferson Theater on the Downtown Mall re-opens as a music venue, featuring Jason Isbell and Charlottesville’s Sons of Bill that night. The building dates back to 1912.
April 5 *2011 – The Charlottesville Pavilion at the end of the Downtown Mall is renamed the nTelos Wireless Pavilion under a five-year sponsorship.
June 18 *2012 – Following years of stalled construction, the skeletal Landmark Hotel on the Downtown Mall is sold at auction for $6.25 million to developer John Dewberry.
April *2013 – Five ambassadors, the “eyes and ears of the Charlottesville Police Department, start patrolling the Downtown Mall. Chief Timothy A. Longo had requested more officers for the mall, but City Council settled on a part-time liaison program.
Aug. 4 *2013 – The Vinegar Hill Theatre, which showed first-run, independent and foreign films, closes after 37 years on the Downtown Mall.
Sept. 13 *2013 – University of Virginia student Hannah Graham is last seen in a Downtown Mall restaurant. Her body would be found later and an Albemarle County man would plead guilty in her murder.
October 30 *2015 – The Violet Crown Cinema Charlottesville opens on the Downtown Mall where the Regal Cinemas once operated.
December 15 *2015 – A grand illumination ceremony celebrates the Paramount Theater's rebuilt blade sign and caps off a renovation project that began more than two decades ago.
March 3 *2016 – After 89 years of business on the Downtown Mall and elsewhere in the area, the Young Men’s Shop announces it will close in the spring.
May 17 *2016 – The nTelos Wireless Pavilion is renamed the Sprint Pavilion.
May 24 *2016 – Rather than moving forward with a plan to condemn and purchase the unfinished Landmark Hotel on the Downtown Mall, city councilors now say it could open in 2018.
June 30 *2016 – The Downtown Mall ambassador program ends. Over a three-year period, the city plans to hire 22 new officers to provide more law enforcement coverage.