by Channing Mathews When I think of cornbread, I am immediately transported to my maternal grandma’s Floridian kitchen, where both my grandma and...
Business
Finartech Podcast Launches
Arts, Business, Community Development
The founders of Finartech are Yolanda Rush and Sarad Davenport. They are both serial entrepreneurs with a track record for building sustainable...
The Right to be Misunderstood: Work As A Place to Actualize
Business, Community Development
by Sarad Davenport George S. Clason wrote in his classic book, The Richest Man in Babylon, among many platitudes, that, “Hard work is the best...
Vinegar Hill Magazine Awarded $50,000 Grant from Borealis Philanthropy
Business, CIM Project, Community Development
Vinegar Hill Magazine is proud to announce that we have been granted a $50,000 award from the Borealis Philanthropy’s Racial Equity in...
The Women Who Get It, Get It
Arts, Business, Health and Wellness, Style
by Khalilah Jones Photographer: Brian Dunn Wardrobe Stylist: Khalilah Jones Models: Ciera, Courtney, Juanika, Khalilah, Reyshawn, Sabrina,...
A Helping Hand
Business, Community Development, Health and Wellness, Katrina Spencer
by Katrina Spencer Having grown up in a family with four siblings, entrepreneur and Charlottesville native Shenise Gray is no stranger to developing...
Former Charlottesville Reporter Jasmin Caldwell Makes History
Business, Community Development, National Headlines
Former Charlottesville reporter Jasmine Caldwell is among the 3 Black women recently taking the lead as anchors in Texas. Excerpt from Black...
Vinegar Hill, Black History 24/7 | 365
Business, Community Development, Education
At Vinegar Hill, we are Black History 24/7 | 365. Check out this montage of people we have covered over the past few years. Photos by: Locs Image,...
Proposal for Black-Owned Richmond Casino Rejected by Voters
Business, Entertainment, Politics
Post written by Tamara D. Fair It’s no dice for Richmond’s Urban One casino project. The casino, which allegedly would have been the country’s first...
There is Always a Next: From Me2U Celebrates a Year in Business
Business, Community Development
by Sarad Davenport | Photos by Harmony Branding Back in 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, Pastor Windy Cooper did something that seemed illogical...
Pharrell Pulls His Music Fest From Virginia, Cites Upset Over Cousin's Fatal Shooting
Pharrell / Photo Credit: David Buchan / Stringer Pharrell Pulls His Music Fest From Virginia, Cites Upset Over Cousin's Fatal Shooting Donovan...
Energy Titan Generating Sustainability through Wind and Hope
Contributed by Milton Steppe of SteppeMedia Recently, I took a trip by boat with a group of community leaders to visit the wind farm currently under...
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Why a crossing guard will suggest Charlottesville’s City Council install speed cameras near schools
by Adrienne Dent Next Monday, I’ll appear before City Council to represent the Charlottesville City Schools crossing guards to appeal for a pilot program to enforce speed limits by camera. It’s a new intervention legalized by the Virginia General Assembly in 2020....
Arts, Authors, Community, Community Development, Jessica Harris
Jay Simple and The Bridge
by Jessica Harris Photography may be a hobby to some, but to Jay Simple, it serves as a compass for navigating life’s terrain. Recently appointed Executive Director of The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative (PAI), a Charlottesville-based community arts...
Community, Community Development, Entertainment, Health and Wellness, Katrina Spencer
Black Love: Symposium & Soirée
by Katrina Spencer We’re always singing about it. Pick your era! “I wanna be living for the love of you” ~The Isley Brothers, 1975 “Dream lover come rescue me” ~Mariah Carey, 1993 “You're my water when I'm stuck in the desert” ~Daniel Caesar & H.E.R., 2017 We...
Community, Community Development, Health and Wellness, Naila Smith
Prolyfyck: Getting Through Something Hard with Somebody
By Naila A. Smith, PhD In 2006, William “Will” Jones III moved to Charlottesville, Virginia. A barber by profession, he started cutting hair at Cavalier Barbers which was located in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Charlottesville. About two years later, he...
Community Development, Katrina Spencer, Travel
Exploring Black Brazil
by Katrina Spencer Days before thousands of Brazilians stormed the National Congress in the capital of Brasília, protesting the beginning of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s third yet non-consecutive term, an event closely mirroring the January 6, 2021...
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