On this day/April 15

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

April 15:

1954 – Charlottesville voters approved establishment of a Redevelopment and Housing Authority “by a narrow margin of 36 votes in a climax to five years of effort to get a slum clearance and low-rent housing program organized.” The total vote of 2,174 was heavier than usual for a special election in which only one issue was involved. ^[1]
1986 – High Meadows in Albemarle County is listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register ^[2]
2019 – At the regular council meeting, the 2018-2019 City Council voted to approve Tarron Richardson to take over as the next Charlottesville City Manager. Richardson replaces Maurice Jones, who left in July 2018 to become the town manager of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.^[3]

↑ Web. Housing Body for City Voted by Slim Margin, staff, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, April 16, 1954, retrieved January 13, 2020. Print. April 16, 1954 page one.
↑ Web. 002-1020 High Meadows, Virginia Landmarks Register, October 16, 2018, retrieved January 27, 2020.
↑ Web. City manager hire made official, Tyler Hammel, The Daily Progress, April 15, 2019, retrieved April 16, 2019.

[1] Web. Housing Body for City Voted by Slim Margin, staff, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, April 16, 1954, retrieved January 13, 2020. Print. April 16, 1954 page one.

[2] Web. 002-1020 High Meadows, Virginia Landmarks Register, October 16, 2018, retrieved January 27, 2020.

[3] Web. City manager hire made official, Tyler Hammel, The Daily Progress, April 15, 2019, retrieved April 16, 2019.

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