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{{Infobox Officeholder
| name = Blake Caravati
| photo = 2006-Blake Caravati.JPG
| caption =Blake Caravati, ca. 2006
| office1= [[Mayor of Charlottesville]]
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| term_start1 = 2000
| term_end1 = 2002
| preceded1 = [[Virginia Daugherty]]
| succeeded1 = [[Maurice Cox]]
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| term_end2 =December 31, 2007
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| spouse = Paula Caravati
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'''Blake Caravati''' served on [[City Council]] from 1999 to 2006 and was [[Mayor of Charlottesville|Mayor]] of [[Charlottesville]] from 2000 to 2002. He was elected as Mayor on July 3, 2000. <ref>{{minutes-citycouncil|when=July 3, 2000|id=69921}}</ref>

He is the owner of Vector Construction and served on the board of [[Piedmont Council for the Arts]] and [[Offender Aid and Restoration]].
<ref name=hookcharged>{{cite-hook|url=http://www.readthehook.net/100822/caravati-charged-former-mayor-arrested-spouse-assault |title=Caravati charged: Former mayor arrested for spouse assault |author= Courteney Stuart |publishdate=Sept 14th, 2011 4:18pm}}</ref>. 

==Previous experience==
Caravati served on the Planning Commission and that body's representative to the [[Board of Architectural Review]]. <ref>{{Minutes-citycouncil|newid=69586|when=November 6, 1989|accessdate=October 12, 2020|id=69586|url=http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/DocView.aspx?id=46378&searchid=ed3c42f5-0ed5-49ac-b490-8f2e56cb5978&dbid=0}}</ref>
 
==Meadowcreek Parkway==
Caravati has described himself as the "swing vote" on the [[Meadowcreek Parkway]]. <ref>{{cite-hook|title=Mayorsville: Here, everybody's a mayor|url=http://www.readthehook.net/79706/cover-mayorsville-here-everybodys-mayor|author=Lisa Provence|pageno=|printno=0532|printdate=August 10, 2006|publishdate=August 10, 2006|accessdate=July 3, 2020}}</ref> 

"I had campaigned against it-- then changed my mind as an elected official," Caravati said. 

==Election history==
Caravati ran as a Democrat in both elections. He opted not to seek a third term in early January 2006. <ref>{{cite web|title=City Councilor Caravati not seeking 3rd term|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/7786-city_councilor_/|author=|work=|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=January 9, 2006|accessdate=May 21, 2015}}</ref>

===[[2002 election]] for City Council===
{{2002 election/CityCouncil}}

===[[1998 election]] for City Council===
{{1998 election/CityCouncil}}

==Arrest==
On September 9, 2011 Caravati was arrested on a charge of misdemeanor assault against his wife.<ref name=hookcharged/><ref name=courtdate>{{cite-progress|title=Caravati court date set for Friday|author=staff reports|publishdate=September 13, 2011|url=http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2011/sep/13/caravati-court-date-set-friday-ar-1307245/}} 
</ref> Ron Morris, the Commonwealth's Attorney in [[Greene County]], was appointed as a special prosecutor. <ref>{{cite-progress|title=
Special prosecutor appointed in Caravati case|url=http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2011/sep/16/special-prosecutor-appointed-caravati-case-ar-1314987/|author=Daily Progress Staff Reports|pageno=|printdate=September 16, 2011|publishdate=September 16, 2011|accessdate=September 19, 2011|cturl=}}</ref> Caravati appeared in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court on October 21, 2011 and was ordered to undergo nine months of counseling. <ref>{{cite-hook|title=Anger management: Former mayor Caravati will get counseling|url=http://www.readthehook.net/101593/anger-management-caravati-sentenced-counseling|author=Lisa Provence|pageno=|printno=1043|printdate=October 27, 2011|publishdate=October 21,2011|accessdate=June 28, 2012}}</ref>

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[[Category:Developers]]
[[Category: Former City Councilors]]
[[Category: Former Charlottesville Mayors]]
[[Category:Democratic party members]]