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On this day in history...
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April 20:
- 1861 – Civil War: That evening the Scottsville Guard, a militia unit commanded by Captain Henry Gantt, received a telegram ordering them to arms. Their immediate assignment was to board a Charlottesville train destined to capture the weapons and storage arsenal in Harpers Ferry.
- 1902 – Monticello lost a long-time resident when Willis Sheldon, who has been gatekeeper for nearly a half century, died on Jefferson’s mountain. He “was buried this afternoon at 3 o’clock in the colored burying grounds near the Jefferson mansion,” the Daily Progress reported the day after he died. “The deceased had been blind for years, and was always found at the post until a few days ago he became too feeble for duty."
- 1991 – With violinist Boyd Tinsley of the Boyd Tinsley Band as a guest, the newly formed Dave Matthews Band played their first public performance at Charlottesville's Earth Day Festival.
- 2006 – The Free Speech Monument is dedicated on the Downtown Mall.
- 2019 – City of Charlottesville officially opens McIntire Park pedestrian bridge and McIntire Skate Park.
- 2020 – The Downtown Grille announced it is closing up after more than 20 years in business on Charlottesville's Downtown Mall.
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The List of Charlottesville neighborhoods and List of Albemarle communities. For planning purposes, the Charlottesville is divided into 18 neighborhoods by the Department of Neighborhood Development Services.
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The COVID-19 Emergency is an ongoing crisis affecting the Charlottesville area, the nation, and the world. Information is changing rapidly — sign up and click "Edit" to add the latest updates.
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The Revenue Sharing Agreement refers to a 1982 legal agreement between the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County that prohibits annexation efforts by the city in exchange for a share of the county's revenue. In FY2016 Albemarle paid $15,767,084 to the City of Charlottesville.
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The Dewberry Hotel is a partially constructed building on the Downtown Mall, proposed as a nine-story, 100-room luxury hotel. The idea was to build a $30 million, nine-story luxury boutique hotel. Construction was abandoned in January 2009. The Charlottesville City Council directed staff in January 2016 to pursue legal action to either force construction or to force public acquisition through eminent domain.
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Fifeville is a city-designated neighborhood in southwest Charlottesville. The neighborhood contains Tonsler Park, Forest Hills Park, and Fifeville Park, as well as Buford Middle School and the Smith Aquatic Center. Parts of the neighborhood are part of the Fifeville-Castle Hill Historic District.
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