As a member you will get a monthly newsletter.  These are published by SSV Board member Jim Peterson.

You can view PDF samples of previous newsletters:

• December 2008 – 2009 officer nominees and tribute to Francis Fife
• August 2009 – tribute to Gene Ecton Smith Davis as “Honored Independent Senior” and memorials to Peyton Weary, Dorothy Bomar and Wilma Hartung
• May 2010 – memorial to SSV President Marvin Henry Hilton
• August 2010 – Fifth Congressional District Candidates Showcase
• September 2010 – summary of the Candidates Showcase
• January 2011 – acknowledgement of SSV contributors
• February 2011 – summary of David Marotta’s presentation
• August 2011 – City Council candidates
• September 2011 – Albemarle County Board of Supervisors candidates
• January 2012 – Charlottesville and Albemarle police chiefs and summary of annual meeting
• April 2012 – Delegates Rob Bell, Matt Fariss, Steve Landes, and David Toscano report on the 2012 General Assembly
• December 2012 – Annual luncheon and meeting with a summary of “250 Years of Charlottesville” by Steven G. Meeks, president and chief executive of the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society
• March 2013 – Global shift in petroleum fuels and summary of Douglas Blackmon’s talk on re-enslavement of blacks after the Civil War
• May 2013 – Mayor Satyendra Huja & Albemarle board chair Ann Mallek
• December 2013 – Officer candidates and annual luncheon announcement
• June 2014 – Gerrymandering causing gridlock
• December 2014 – Annual luncheon meeting with elections of officers, and January meeting announcement
• April 2015 – General Assembly Report from Delegates David Toscano and Rob Bell
• August 2015 – Charlottesville City Council and Albemarle Board of Supervisors Candidates Forum
• June 2016 – Passenger Rail Service with Meredith Richards
• November 2016 – Policing Issues in Albemarle and Charlottesville
• August 2017 – Lieutenant Governor Candidates Forum
• January 2018 – Commonwealth’s Attorneys and summary of mediation panel
• April 2019 – A Free-Enterprise Solution to Climate Change
• June 2019 – When Fascists Came to Town with Nicole Hemmer of the Miller Center
• March 2020 – The Center at Belvedere: A vision becomes a reality with Peter Thompson
• October 2020 – Redistricting and Gerrymandering: Virginia Constitutional Amendment
• November 2021 – Virginia and Climate Change
• June 2022 – Initiatives to Mitigate Local Climate Change
• July 2023 – Public Safety & SSV History Preservation