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|style="color:#000"|'''cvillepedia''' is a resource on government and the community in [[Albemarle County]] and [[Charlottesville]], and ''we need your help!''
|style="color:#000;font-size:120%;"|[[File:Handout.jpg|right|thumb|[http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/docs/cvillepedia/cvillepedia-handout.pdf View a 2-page user guide]]]'''cvillepedia''' is a wiki hosted by [[Charlottesville Tomorrow]] dedicated to sharing and building community knowledge.  It is built with the same software as Wikipedia and has a hyperlocal focus on the people, places, and events in [[Charlottesville]] and [[Albemarle County]]. It is a free, public, collaborative encyclopedia that anyone can edit and improve.
 
Have you ever wondered what the relationship is between the [[City of Charlottesville]] and the [[Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority]]? Why are the Central Grounds for the [[University of Virginia]] technically in [[Albemarle County]]? Why do County residents pay taxes to the City of Charlottesville through the [[Revenue sharing agreement|revenue sharing agreeement]]? The answer to these questions can often be hard to find.
 
That's where cvillepedia comes in. cvillepedia is a wiki hosted by [[Charlottesville Tomorrow]] to document the history and explain the structure of civic life in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. The goal is to create a destination for all residents to learn about our community.
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What is cvillepedia?

cvillepedia is a wiki hosted by Charlottesville Tomorrow dedicated to sharing and building community knowledge. It is built with the same software as Wikipedia and has a hyperlocal focus on the people, places, and events in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. It is a free, public, collaborative encyclopedia that anyone can edit and improve.

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"Wherever the people are well informed they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.” Thomas Jefferson, 1789

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