OTHER REFERENCES

Habitat Presents at CJ Plenary
Dan Rosensweig, Executive Director, Charlottesville Habitat for Humanity, was a panelist at the February 2010 CJ Plenary “2009 Southwood Survey and Habitat’s Response.” Click here to access his power point presentation.

Habitat hires consultant to survey residents and service providers
Habitat contracted Communitas Consulting to survey Southwood residents and service providers to obtain information to “improve collaborations with area agencies and to have a positive impact on the quality of life for current and future residents.” The survey report was released in November 2009; click here to view it. Also available is a power point presentation about the survey, used at the February 2010 CJ plenary.

Bus service to Southwood
Since March 2007, CTS has been offering bus service from downtown Charlottesville to Southwood. The service is 6am – 6 pm, Monday thru Saturday. Community activists are advocating for Albemarle County support of the Charlottesville initiative. There are also demands for extended service since many Southwood residents work in the area’s large service industry in the evenings. For a bus schedule and map, visit: http://www.charlottesville.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=6657

Habitat Southwood Progress Report for Albemarle County
August 2008

Latino Health Survey.   Between October 2007 and February 2008, a qualitative assessment was conducted through both semi-structured door-to-door interviews with eighty Southwood Latino residents and four focus groups with twenty-five Latinos recruited at the Bubbles Laundromat on Carlton Road.  Additionally, six service providers, five Latinas and one Spaniard married to a Mexican, were also surveyed.  The survey aimed to learn what the local Latino community considers as its most important health problems to assist the CJ Health Promoter Working Group design appropriate interventions to respond to them. To view the report of findings, published on March 1, 2008, visit http://www.cj-network.org/cjinitiatives/HealthSurvey.doc

A Message To Southwood Residents
A bilingual flyer circulated to Southwood residents by Habitat in late February 2007. Following the flyer, Habitat invited residents and agencies involved in Southwood to enjoy coffee and donuts on March 5 – 7, 2007 (between 7 and 10 am) in the trailer park’s parking lot.

Images of Southwood Trailer Park and its Residents
These twelve photos were taken by Billy Hunt for Habitat for Humanity. View them at: http://www.billyhunt.com/southwood.html

Habitat announces it will purchase Southwood
A Habitat Press Release (May 2006)
http://avenue.org/habitat/sunrise/Announcement.pdf

New connecting road through Southwood being considered
On December 19, 2006, the Albemarle County Planning Commission mentioned during a Board of Supervisors meeting that a connecting road is being planned that would be constructed through the Southwood neighborhood to connect Biscuit Run to Old Lynchburg Road. Source: http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/biscuit_run_development/index.html Click here for a related Daily Progress article

School Enrollment
For the 2008-2009 school year, some 270 Southwood children were transported by Albemarle County School buses to County elementary (148), middle (55) and high (67) schools. (Source: ACDT). Children residing in Southwood attend Cale (Elementary), Burley and Walton (Middle Schools; students were split in 2006 between two schools), and Monticello (High School). Click here for a chart reflecting the growth of Latino students in these schools between 1999 and 2010. To view statistics on Latino students for all Albemarle County schools visit Latinos in Our Area.

Map of Southwood
A simple street drawing showing locations of Southwood trailers.

Taking out Southwood’s Trash: A Social and Legal History of Mobile Homes and the Implications for Albemarle County
A paper prepared by a UVA student, May 2006.

Homelessness in Southwood
The minutes of an October 2005 meeting of the 2012 Task Force on Homelessness reads: “Mr. Rue distributed copies of the 2005 Homeless Census. Mr. White and others wished to remind us of the invisible nature of homelessness, especially in rural areas. He gave the example of the Southwood trailer park, where as many as 15-18 people sometimes live in the same mobile home, and yet these people are not considered homeless despite deplorable conditions.” Location: http://www.tjpdc.org/pdf/housing/2012_Task_Force/minutes_2005_10_24.doc

Southwood Pollutes?
Southwood owns and operates a sewage treatment facility that has been repeatedly cited for violating the instantaneous fecal coliform standard and for polluting Moore’s Creek. Online references on this problem includes:

A February 2005 Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission Report
http://www.deq.state.va.us/tmdl/implans/mooresip.pdf

A 2004 report of the Virginia State Water Control Board (Page 76)
http://legis.state.va.us/codecomm/Register/vol20/ISS21%5CV20I21.PDF

A 2004 State Water Control Board Action against Southwood for a pattern of pollution between October 2001 and September 2003. http://www.deq.state.va.us/enforcement/finalorders/southwood.pdf