(RECAP: On Monday, the Charlottesville City Council approved changes to a policy that limits how much money the city can give to nonprofits and community agencies outside of a yearly application process that is part of the annual budget development process. Brandon Collins, an organizer with the Public Housing Association of Residents, said the funding would pay for the salaries of housing residents who apply for the pilot program, which is being established in partnership with PHAR, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville, Piedmont Virginia Community College and the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority. The pilot program is expected to start with the repair of 20 public housing units that the housing authority recently deemed uninhabitable.)

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(RECAP: Bristol Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s new CEO Lisa Porter hopes to build on the successes of her predecessor. Porter, a Wise County native who came to Bristol after working for 18 years at Marion’s Housing Authority, recently replaced David Baldwin, who served in that role for 14 years. “I want to build on his legacy and protect it,” Porter said in a recent interview.)

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(RECAP: A $1 million grant from the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development will help fund a business district revitalization project that includes façade improvements, new signage, landscaping, street furniture, pedestrian crosswalks, development of a marketing website and a marketing plot for the town.)

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