Charlottesville Community Engagement
Charlottesville Community Engagement
Podcast for December 22, 2025: Charlottesville ends use of Flock Safety cameras and also transitions to AI-powered recognition software for public garage payment
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Podcast for December 22, 2025: Charlottesville ends use of Flock Safety cameras and also transitions to AI-powered recognition software for public garage payment

Plus: Charlottesville’s Capital Improvement program and measuring the efficiency of Albemarle’s growth areas

December 22, 2025 has arrived and so has this sonic edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement. Many of the longer versions of stories are produced as if they are going to air on the radio, and for this edition two have already done so! The other two have not, but will be among the stories that may be chosen for the December 27 edition that will air on WTJU at 6 a.m. Between now and then the goal is to spend the holiday period combing through a backlog of potential topics. I’m Sean Tubbs, and I’m glad that this is what I do.

In this edition:
  • Charlottesville Planning Commission seeks some changes to city’s five year CIP (read the story)

  • Charlottesville ends use of Flock system (read the story)

  • Charlottesville transitions parking garages to AI-powered access management (read the story)

  • The Albemarle Planning Commission takes a look at a new tool to be used to measure how the county’s growth area land is being used (read the story)

Not quite in this edition but recently written all the same:

Shout-out to Patreon-fueled shout-outs!

Since the beginning of this newsletter, several organizations and one business have been supporters of Town Crier Productions with a $25 monthly contribution funded through Patreon or some other financial method! That system is slowly giving away to something different but I thought I would take this special Monday morning slot to thank the following for still sticking to it:

If you have a moment, take a look at any of the ones that sound interesting to you. Learn something new!

A new system of shout-outs will come into place in 2026 and if you are interested in sponsorship opportunities, please drop me a line. I’m a one-person information outlet and for that number to go up, I have to continue to grow revenue.

The latest glimpse into the Story Spreadsheet that runs all of this!

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