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Revision as of 14:07, 8 May 2009
Charles Barbour served as Mayor of Charlottesville from 1974 to 1976. He was the first African-American to hold the position.
He supported a site for Fashion Square Mall within City limits, though the project was eventually built in Albemarle County.
Downtown Mall
Barbour presided over the opening of the Downtown Mall in 1976. Mitch Van Yahres called Barbour 'the father of the Downtown Mall'[1].
Notes
- ↑ 'Mayorsville: Here, everybody's a mayor', 10 Aug. 2006. Lisa Provence. The Hook. 2 May 2009