CvilleDave

One of the things that I most enjoyed about serving in public office was being asked to perform weddings for various friends, constituents a...

[Note: today I learned of the death of Gordon McKeeman, a kindly, gentle soul and retired Unitarian-Universalist minister who was active in...

On April 22, 2013, in response to a call to action by PHAR , a large number of citizens spoke at a Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housin...

Seven years ago this month, I launched my first campaign for Charlottesville City Council. I had never run for anything in my life, not eve...

Today is a big day for me: I am taking one of the first steps on my next journey in life, by going public with a new venture, The Charlotte...

As of next Tuesday evening, Charlottesville will have a new Mayor. After serving two terms in that role, it's time for me to hand over ...

Working two full-time jobs, raising a passel of kids, trying occasionally to have a social life, and grabbing rare bits of sleep here and th...

Between monetary and in-kind donations, the Charlottesville-Winneba Sister Cities Committee has raised about $26,500 toward the cost of our ...

Morgan Rowe, the fabulous Fundraising Chair for the Charlottesville-Winneba Sister City Committee, has organized a series of benefit events ...

Several Charlottesville residents will be traveling to Winneba, Ghana in May 2011 to help our newest Sister City make plans for their first ...

Among all of the misinformed assertions made during the course of the water supply debate, one of my favorites was that clear-cutting a matu...

If you support the whole "Buy Local" movement, or if you yourself run a locally-owned business, you should check out this workshop...

Stay tuned... Winneba, Ghana, May 2009

"Dear Dave, May the Christmas night be full of happiness and peace for you, your family, and the community of Charlottesville." --...

Today the City of Charlottesville released a follow-up report from engineering firm Black & Veatch on the feasibility and cost of reno...

The City of Charlottesville has been engaged with an engineering firm named Black & Veatch to explore a more cost-effective and envir...

Today I had the great pleasure of joining with Kate Barton of Skylight Studios and Maggie Guggenheimer of Piedmont Council of the Arts to...

At our last City Council meeting on November 15, 2010, Charlottesville adopted a "Complete Streets Resolution," officially marking...

A member of our Charlottesville police force has been fighting cancer and is now in danger of losing his home to foreclosure. Please read th...

Dan Bieker is a local biologist who teaches field ornithology at Piedmont Virginia Community College and is the former president of the Ivy ...