Is there a method to the madness that is Charlottesville Community Engagement? Like a complex solar system with bodies dancing to a gravity not fully understood, there is sometimes a need to break programming and produce an audio version mid-week. This October 15, 2025 edition is required because at least one of the stories will be obsolete at the end of this day. So, here he goes:

* Albemarle Supervisors set to adopt AC44 on Wednesday night after public hearing (read the story)

* There’s also an update on transportation projects in Albemarle County (read the story)

* Charlottesville and Staunton area officials briefed on ten years of regional transportation planning (read the story)

* Transit agency gearing up for update of Virginia’s State Rail Plan (read the story)

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The calendar now reads 10-10, which is CB Code for Standing By. That’s how Charlottesville Community Engagement remains most of the time, waiting to report whatever it is that a one-person information outlet can put together for a growing number of subscribers. The goal is to produce one audio version a week, and this is that. I’m Sean Tubbs, and I began my professional career in public radio thirty-years ago and somehow I’m still doing this thanks to over 800 paid subscribers. Join them so I can plan for the next thirty years!

In this installment:

* Albemarle’s next Comprehensive Plan passes through Planning Commission (read the story)

* AstraZeneca will invest $4.5 billion in next-generation pharmaceutical plant at Albemarle County’s Rivanna Futures site (read the story)

* Council holds first reading on use of $7.95 million in surplus funds (read the story)

* Charlottesville City Council briefed on financial headwinds at annual retreat (read the story)

* City Council agrees to two leases for agricultural use (read the story)

* Deputy City Manager Freas addresses pedestrian fatality on Emmet Street (read the story)

* City Manager Sanders hires an assistant (read the story) NEED TO PRODUCE

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We have reached the end of another week here at Charlottesville Community Engagement and all that is left to do is put together an audio version using the stories already told. Listening might become habit-forming if you have an interest in discussions about the future, and if you want to spot the mistakes. Is this the one where I leave in the curse words? Tune in!

If not, this edition also serves as a way to remind you of some of the stories this week.

In this edition:

* Albemarle Planning Commission takes a look at the county’s draft Comprehensive Plan (read the story)

* Albemarle Supervisors discuss 2025 build-out analysis (read the story)

* Albemarle PC recommends approval of new rule to allow taller buildings in industrial districts (read the story)

* Manning Institute of Biotechnology director outlines hope for creating new medicine (read the story on C-Ville Weekly)

* Charlottesville poised to appropriate fourth state grant for flood preparation (learn more)

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