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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I think after that last touchdown we can be happy!

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I would like both teams to lose. I will also accept a tie.

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

96 apartments behind university heights.

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I wonder if that’s a good one or an invasive one. We had an invasive on our deck last year 🥲

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

That website regularly adds incorrect information into its “articles” and misspells a lot of local stuff!

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Taylor Swift bought a house in Cleveland (burbs but close enough) and now has a song called Cleveland!? It’s time… Time for her to buy the Browns.

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It was very hard to report on BOS meetings when they had asked all their questions in meetings ahead of the meetings 😅

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It’s not but the board changed the CAC area in 2022ish

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

All CAT buses are free now and you can take the trolley or the 7 from downtown to UVa!

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Yes, maybe even worse! I need to go count mine compared to theirs. I also have very obscure times like 6:51 a.m., 7:27 a.m., 7:41 a.m. and 7:47 a.m. and more!

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Even more crazy - my hometown has approximately the same number of people as Charlottesville (if you go by the census counts/estimates)! But mayors are elected by the people, and apparently no one ever runs against this guy!

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

1. This is the cutest thing ever 2. I’ve met the 2 mayors of my hometown who’ve served in my lifetime (lol crazy). The first one served for 25 years then died in 2003 and the other has served since. 3. The current mayor in Charlottesville has no idea who I am (maybe he would recognize my name).

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“Allison, why do you have so many pre-saved alarm possibilities on your phone?” Well, because apparently my phone’s auto setting for new alarms is no sound, and then when I set new alarms I don’t notice they have no sound and I oversleep for appointments!

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Looking at his/this firm’s instagram, this architect seems like he really dislikes planners and seems kind of bitter that his idea wasn’t chosen for the county courts? His idea being… building parking and storage under court square park. I think he didn’t understand the full scope of the problems.

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I feel like the times to complain were/are years ago when they started this and in 15-20 years when maybe some changes could be warranted. Students don’t even live over there yet! The trees are still baby trees! Also, you’re building along 2 major roads. It’s never going to be the lawn 2.0 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I think they want it on the yellow line!

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Yeah. And they state just gave uva a boatload of money for the performing arts center 🥴

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I have so many thoughts but the first is a big LOL to light rail. But uva did quietly buy up the other side of Ivy (except for the church), so maybe they can make that side better?

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The county is going to do a multi model transportation plan soon, you might want to keep an eye out for that to share input. I think there’s still a VDOT easement for some of the southern parkway.

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

And the city had tried to add some smaller allowances for commercial uses in neighborhoods for small restaurants/shops, but people fought against it. There was a lot of fear mongering at the time about the types of shops that might utilize these properties.

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

There’s been a few vendors at the market who started there and have retail spaces now, or do both. There’s just limited commercial space, especially actually in the city limits. I’ve recently seen people online say they just wish they had a restaurant in their neighborhood…

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

But we can’t allow commercial in neighborhoods because we’ll get vape shops in greenbrier…. Because that makes sense.

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I always think about how my former coworker (who commented on that Facebook post!) got an aggressive email in 2016ish from the child of someone who was killed downtown in the 90s. I was like killed downtown? Harassing you now? Cool cool.

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Embarrassingly, up until very recently I didn’t know that the sound EVs make were artificial 😅

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Meanwhile, our second to last coach supported the Black players who boycotted football activities until the system president quit/got removed over his handling of racism. I miss Gary.

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Lolol I have that one! A friend got it for me

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I feel like those burgers aren’t too bad, but maybe I’m just ruined by other places lol

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I think it’s less common (someone can correct me on that), and it also has a different process than normal jury service.

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

That’s just for grand juries, according to David’s reporting.

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I’m not gonna lie, that company forcing all their djs to make social media videos about random stuff has been bothering me so much lately.

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Just a reminder, even if you can’t physically be there, you can speak at public hearings via zoom in the county still: www.albemarle.org/government/b... (unless they’ve changed it in the last two months 😅, but it doesn’t look like it)

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I didn’t care enough to go searching for the actual “report” but it was really bothering me that they didn’t actually cite what it was, so thank you!

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The fact that this is probably one of the coldest summers in Charlottesville I’ll have for the rest of my life is fuckibg insane. I’m just going to be a sweaty mess always. Please do not judge how I look or smell, I’m just trying my best.

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

And as much as people want to pretend we’re in some unique situation, this is happening all over the country. I see stuff from my college town every week about homelessness, crime (perceived and actual issues), rent increases, housing needs, etc.

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It’s definitely going to be more of a thing with the conversion of office buildings to residential.

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Oh yeah, I would never rent or want someone to live in an entirely windowless apartment/studio situation. That’s crazy. But I don’t mind windowless bedrooms, and all the ones I’ve lived in have had sprinklers. I don’t really love the idea of a windowless bedroom in a non-sprinklered unit.

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

My whole building would not be residential if you could not have windowless bedrooms. Tons of downtown Charlottesville apartments would not exist without windowless bedrooms. I’m not tortured! I can go in my living room and kitchen or out on my deck for sunlight!

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Ohio university. They’re in the MAC.

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

There are only a few reliably good months a year to open windows where I live, and the only time growing up I recall leaving windows open is when the power went out.

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I hiked it in 2018 and this flooding and the fire that destroyed the lodge at the north rim last year make me so sad.

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Even in college I had windowless bedrooms! But I was only in my bedroom to sleep! I guess my senior year bedroom could have a had a window to the exterior hallway, but who wants that in student apartments.

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I’ve slept in windowless bedrooms for 7 out of the last 11 years, and lots of the responses here are wild to me. In fact, my current building wouldn’t be possible for residential without having windowless bedrooms. And it was built in the 90s!

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Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I never went because it was too expensive and my friends didn’t like to go because of stories from employees.

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