■ Community Profile: CHARLOTTESVILLE REGION
An ‘entrepreneurial
ecosystem’ City welcomes startups but shuns Confederate icons
Plans to sell this statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, which sits in a Charlottesville park, have been blocked by an injunction.
C by Carlos Santos
harlottesville has made news in recent months for its positions on hot-button issues. City Council
has tried to boot a Confederate statue out of a downtown park, and the mayor has declared Charlottesville a “Capital of the Resistance” to President Trump’s immi- gration policies.
62 JUNE 2017 Less well known, however, is the
city’s growing reputation as a hub for entrepreneurs and high-tech companies. That storyline doesn’t capture as many headlines. Critics of the city’s equestrian
statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee consider it a symbol of racism.
Charlottesville City Council voted 3 to 2 on April 17 to request bids to buy the statue, which now sits in the center of Lee Park just north of the downtown pedestrian mall. Asking for bids gives the council “some control over where it goes,” says Miriam Dickler, the city’s spokes- woman. “Their preference is that it go to a
Photos by Mark Rhodes
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