Much of the work currently going on involving the Downtown Mall stems from a 16-page action plan published in May 2024 by the City of Charlottesville. That document lists 22 steps to take with the first being the creation of a “Downtown Mall Division” in city government and for that staff to “update and expand the existing maintenance plan incorporating the new management structure for the Downtown Mall.” (view the action plan)
Action #18 in the plan is to “include attention to the repair and maintenance of crosswalks and sidewalks around The Mall in the responsibilities of the Downtown Mall division.”
The Downtown Mall Crossings themselves are not acknowledged directly in the plan but are part of the ongoing work of that new Downtown Mall division…