
Bite-sized newsletter breaking down sustainable living trends and headlines for the Charlottesville area and beyond.
✅ Climate stories and hot takes
🏡 Curated houses and pets to love
📊 Weekly personalized polls
⚠️ Road closures and other annoying life things
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🖍️ Written by Charlotte Salley, formerly at Morning Brew now at The Cool Down
“This is the BEST newsletter ever” — spouse, in exchange for me getting us Bodos
CVILLE CLASSIFIEDS (Feb 27 - March 6)
🐶 Pet of the week: Everest! Age is just a number, yall. This lady is in her golden years and ready to live it up with games of fetch and cuddling on the couch watching Jeopardy, aka the dream (poodle x golden retriever, 9 years, 44 lbs).
🏠 Historic charmer of the week: Worth it for the classic fireplace inserts alone. Fully renovated kitchen, bathrooms, and HVAC, with restored hardwood floors (4 beds, 2 baths, $214,900 in downtown Lynchburg).
🏡 Cool rental of the week: Storybook stone cottage on one of the best-kept secret roads in the city (4 beds, 2 baths, $2,000/month). Vintage kitchen sink, also vintage everything else.
🎇 Lunar New Year party: Ethos is hosting, with hot pot stations and a full menu of other amazing food to sample (like Vietnamese braised pork belly and daikon radish cakes). Also hot tea and a full bar. This Saturday, 5:30-9pm.
🫎 We have what in Virginia? Elk! Learn about the Virginia Elk Restoration Project and how we can create natural corridors for these guys to travel safely (webinar on Thursday, March 5 @ 6:30pm).
🌃 Late-night science: The first edition of the Big Science Show is this Sunday at 9pm, featuring black holes and blood glucose explained in normal speak.
📺 Movie of the week: Looks like there are still a few tickets for Banff Film Fest next weekend. Proceeds support the Shenandoah National Park Trust. There’s also a raffle, which one day I will win.
💼 Cville jobs of the week: Landscape Architect at Waterstreet Studio (no salary listed) + Marketing and Storytelling Strategist at The Front Porch ($57k).
💾 Remote job: Vice President of Regional Programs at American Rivers ($142k - $180k).