Charlottesville Podcasting Network

For the next set of stories to be written for Charlottesville Community Engagement, the audio versions of the previous ones must be distributed. That’s the purpose of this particular edition which collects four stories from the past week with an extra one thrown in from the archive. The podcast version is also slightly different from the version […]

Happy Birthday to the Associated Press which incorporated as a non-profit news cooperative on May 22, 1846 to share the costs of covering a war between the United States of America and Mexico. Charlottesville Community Engagement is an experiment in bringing people stories about an area that seems to be in constant change. Once a week there’s an audio version […]

Charlottesville Community Engagement is a publication of Town Crier Productions

Today’s edition is sponsored by Nola Builds Five times five is not 125, but May 5 is the 125th day of the year and goes by 5/5 no matter what side of the Atlantic you are on. Charlottesville Community Engagement has so far been produced on the Western side but one potential future would be for at least […]

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The end of the week has rolled around again which means it is time to scramble out another audio edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement. This time around there is a big focus on municipal budgeting because the purpose of Town Crier Productions is to focus on the details of revenues and expenditures with a hope toward greater […]

What has happened in the last week? There are many different organizations that document current events and affairs through the telling of stories and then packaging a look back. This is a journalistic tradition that dates back many years and Charlottesville Community Engagement seeks to continue with this Monday morning look and listen for people to catch […]

In a democracy, local governments play a vital role in providing services to the people who live there and the budget process is a glimpse into the priorities of a locality. There are many complexities for decision-makers to consider, knowing their time in office only continues if they have support of the electorate. This podcast […]

Charlottesville Community Engagement is the name of a newsletter and podcast created in the summer of 2026 as a new way of getting information out to people. The show is delivered primarily by Substack but as this year continues, there will be an exploration of other ways to distribute the audio version. This is a […]

December 22, 2025 has arrived and so has this sonic edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement. Many of the longer versions of stories are produced as if they are going to air on the radio, and for this edition two have already done so! The other two have not, but will be among the stories that may be […]

The Charlottesville Podcasting Network was created in April 2005 to produce audio programming for the community. There has not been any new content for a while and it is unclear if and when that might happen. But, today I’m cross-posting an edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement. Four stories in this edition:

The Charlottesville Podcasting Network was created twenty years ago this month. I’m Sean Tubbs, the person who launched the site. These days I’m the president of Town Crier Productions and this website is now under that umbrella. My other platforms at the moment are Charlottesville Community Engagement and Information Charlottesville. The former is a newsletter … Continue reading "Audio from an April 2010 discussion on the Downtown Mall"

Want to know about Albemarle's Comprehensive Plan and where that stands? This podcast is a good place to get caught up on where things are as August 2024 begins.

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Welcome to the April 6, 2024 edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement. I’m Sean Tubbs of Town Crier Productions, a company that seeks to increase awareness of what’s happening at meetings of local government in the greater Charlottesville area. If you click through to the podcast, you will hear a series of stories that have appeared … Continue reading "CCE: Several stories about Charlottesville’s draft budget for FY25"