A coalition of area congregations has long spent time advocating for various issues including better medical care and more local investment in housing for people with low incomes.
This year, IMPACT focused its attention asking elected officials in Albemarle and Charlottesville to spend enough money on Charlottesville Area Transit to enable the city-owned agency to hire enough drivers to implement long-planned frequency upgrades.
In late July, one of the group’s co-presidents attended a meeting of a new group formed to bring in additional revenue for the area’s transit providers. Both City Council and the Board of Supervisors agreed to join the Charlottesville Albemarle Regional Transit Authority late last year…