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Community Profile: Charlottesville


Char lottesville region at a glance Population 1


Population 2010


1 2016 estimate 2


Jobless rate 2


3


Va. jobless rate 2


231,349 218,705 3.2% 3.6% November, nonseasonally adjusted numbers


2012-16


U.Va. applications rise Meanwhile, U.Va., where white


supremacists marched with burning torches the night before the rally, hasn’t seen a drop in applications since August. Undergraduate applications to the uni-


Median family income 3


Median family income (Va.) 3


Adults (25+) with bachelor’s degrees


$77,352 $66,149 41.7%


versity increased 1 percent from last year. U.Va. formed a working group look-


ing at ways the university could have responded more effectively to the torch- lit march. The university already has taken steps, including increasing safety


Average weekly wage $913 SOURCES: Virginia Economic Development Partnership, Virginia Employment Commission, U.S. Census Bureau


and security personnel at large public events; hiring outside firms to review its safety and security infrastructure; and prohibiting open flames on campus, or campus facilities, with the exception of outdoor cooking and laboratory equipment. “In response, the group is also


contemplating a number of long-term investments and initiatives to advance our commitment to being a diverse and welcoming community,” says U.Va. spokesperson Anthony P. de Bruyn. “The university remains confident these efforts will further enhance its learning and living environment as we move forward.” Also drawing increased interest is


the Tom Tom Founders Festival. Tom Tom hosts a weeklong downtown festival each spring and a two-day block party in the fall. Fourteen thousand people came downtown for the block party in late September, up from roughly 10,000 the year before. Paul Beyer, the festival’s founder, believes the community was looking for an opportunity to come together and celebrate the Charlottesville it knows. That includes a city that, in recent years, has built an identity as a fertile place for startups. “In light of this, Tom Tom has a


renewed commitment to fostering con- versations that illustrate economic and entrepreneurial opportunity for all mem- bers of society, especially those that have historically been marginalized,” Beyer says. The upcoming spring festival, for example, will include a panel discussion on how to best honor African-American history. When asked whether the community


has become stronger since last August, Blue Ridge Group’s Payne says it has in some ways and not in others. However, she has hope for the future. “This is a very heartbreaking


chapter, but I do think that in the end this community will come together,” she says.


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