The Hope Community Center can continue to operate a homeless shelter in the coming months while the organization seeks a permit from the city to permanently keep its doors open, Charlottesville’s zoning board decided on Thursday.

After more than a year of twists and turns, the Woolen Mills “taking by typo” saga may soon come to a conclusion.
Bill Emory, who believes that a disputed property in his neighborhood should be protected by a historic designation, has dropped a lawsuit against the city. Emory had been asking the Charlottesville Circuit Court to alter the zoning classification of the site, behind the Mary Williams Senior Center.