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Tom Tom Festival 2019

THE BIG FESTIVAL ABOUT SMALL CITIES
Tom Tom champions civic innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship in America’s hometowns.

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8:00am EDT

Downtown Business Passport Downtown MallDowntown Business Association of Charlottesville • Cville Escape Room

5:30pm EDT

Our Community TableWAITLIST The Paramount TheaterRavi Respeto • Caroline Emerson

6:00pm EDT

Cville Gives Grant Night: Cocktail Hour MixerNOW OPEN Common House: NorthPosner Wealth Management

6:45pm EDT

Cville Gives Grant NightALMOST FULL Common House: NorthPosner Wealth Management

8:00am EDT

Countdown to 2026NOW OPEN Common House: NorthSarah McConnell • Leslie Greene Bowman • Gary Sandling • Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello

10:00am EDT

Recruiting Talent in a Tight Job MarketALMOST FULL Community Investment CollaborativeJim Powers • Nathan Swanson • Brendan Richardson • Brett Willsie • Community Investment Collaborative • Wellspring Workforce

11:00am EDT

Creating Users Not Addicts: Social MediaWAITLIST Community Investment CollaborativeJeremy Cherry • Community Investment Collaborative • Journey Group

12:00pm EDT

Developing Healthier EmployeesNOW OPEN Community Investment CollaborativeCommunity Investment Collaborative • SanaVi Health What is Mediation?NOW OPEN Common House: NorthCathy S. Pales • Walter F. Megonigal, Jr. • Anita Holmes

1:30pm EDT

Buti Yoga Beginners PlayshopNOW OPEN ACACJessica Weinstock • ACAC

1:45pm EDT

How to Tell Your Organization's Story to Get Media CoverageWAITLIST Community Investment CollaborativeCommunity Investment Collaborative • Matt Charles Public Relations

2:30pm EDT

Starting up Your StartupWAITLIST Common House: NorthBob Smith • Central Virginia Small Business Development Center

3:00pm EDT

New Way of NetworkingWAITLIST Community Investment CollaborativeWaverly Davis • Jessica Norby • Linnea White • Community Investment Collaborative

4:00pm EDT

Race and Place Walking Tour: The Streets of CharlottesvilleWAITLIST The Rotunda, UVALouis Nelson • University of Virginia Office of the Provost

5:00pm EDT

International Rescue Committee Open HouseNOW OPEN International Rescue CommitteeInternational Rescue Committee

5:30pm EDT

For Us, By Us? The Constitution 231 Years LaterNOW OPEN Common House: NorthPrice Thomas • Jamelle Bouie • Hannah Scruggs • James Madison's Montpelier

6:00pm EDT

Untold Stories in Charlottesville: A Screening & Conversation with Local FilmmakersNOW OPEN Vinegar Hill TheaterSarad Davenport • Tanesha Hudson • Lorenzo Dickerson • Light House Studio & Vinegar Hill Theatre

6:30pm EDT

Community Fundraiser Mixer for Abundant Life, African American Teaching Fellows, and City of PromiseNOW OPEN Old Metropolitan HallAfrican American Teaching Fellows • Abundant Life • City of Promise

8:00pm EDT

Free Screening of Black Panther and Community FundraiserNOW OPEN The Paramount TheaterAfrican American Teaching Fellows • Abundant Life • City of Promise

8:00am EDT

Ending Poverty in CharlottesvilleWAITLIST Common House: NorthFrank Friedman • Ridge Schuyler • Frank Squillace • Garreth McAdam • Network2Work at PVCC

11:30am EDT

LEAP into Energy SavingsNOW OPEN Central Place TentKara West • Heather Eggleston

12:00pm EDT

How to BreatheNOW OPEN Old Metropolitan HallFabian Kuttner • The Whole Man Strategies for Telling Your Story Without Fear, Stress, or AngstWAITLIST Studio IXLorraine Sanders • Spirit of 608 Community Home Cooking at the HavenNOW OPEN The HavenThe Haven

4:45pm EDT

Students as Change Agents: Bringing Participatory Budgeting to SchoolsNOW OPEN Common House: SouthSerena Gruia • Common House

5:30pm EDT

Hello Data, Meet the PeopleNOW OPEN Vault VirginiaGiles Morris • Sheila Dugan • Beena Raghavendran • Larry Terry • John Killeen • Charlottesville Tomorrow • Vault Virginia

6:00pm EDT

A Sense of Place: How Preservation Creates the FutureALMOST FULL Common House: NorthOverton McGehee • Donovan Rypkema • Ellen M. Bassett • Ebony Walden • Common House • Preservation Piedmont • Preservation Virginia • School of Architecture, University of Virginia The New Radio: WTJU 91.1 FMNOW OPEN WTJU 91.1 FMRob Sheffield • WTJU 91.1 FM

12:00pm EDT

Career & Life Design: Designing Your Path ForwardALMOST FULL Common House: NorthJulia Lapan • Marga Odahowski

4:30pm EDT

History of Vinegar Hill: Race & Inequality in CharlottesvilleNOW OPEN Vinegar Hill TheaterCharlene Green • Charlottesville Office of Human Rights • Light House Studio & Vinegar Hill Theatre Tiny Worlds Terrarium Party with WildrockNOW OPEN Kardinal HallPaige Lindblom • Wildrock • Great Outdoor Provision Co. • Fifth Season Gardening • Kardinal Hall

5:00pm EDT

Immersion / Inversion: A Rivanna River Sensory EncounterNOW OPEN Vault VirginiaLewis & Clark Exploratory Center • Morgan McLeod • Chroma Projects • Vault Virginia

6:30pm EDT

Wild and Scenic Film Fest PrescreeningNOW OPEN Vinegar Hill TheaterLight House Studio & Vinegar Hill Theatre • Wild Virginia

7:00pm EDT

Impact Investor Cocktail Hour Common House

10:00am EDT

Sylvia Earle, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medalist In Citizen Leadership, Keynote AddressNOW OPEN Monticello's West LawnThomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello • Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, UVA

12:00pm EDT

Intro to Fire & IceNOW OPEN Central Place TentFabian Kuttner • The Whole Man Raising Tree Huggers: Introducing Children to the Magic of Charlottesville's Special TreesNOW OPEN Jefferson-Madison Regional Library, Central BranchPaige Lindblom • Carolyn Schuyler

5:00pm EDT

Fight like a Grrrl: DemoWAITLIST Central Place TentSally Rose Monnes • Joshua Copson • Fight Like a Grrrl Startup and Innovation Fair Market Street Park

10:00am EDT

City in a Garden: Rural Exploration of an Urban CenterNOW OPEN Market Street ParkEdward Strickler Using Social Media Marketing To Expand Your BusinessALMOST FULL Jefferson-Madison Regional Library, Central BranchNatasha Kalergis • Hannah Watson • John Laudisio • Central Virginia SCORE

11:00am EDT

Trackless Trams: A Transformative Opportunity for Charlottesville? CitySpacePeter Newman

12:00pm EDT

Yellowstone, Glacier and Grand Teton National ParksALMOST FULL Jefferson-Madison Regional Library, Central BranchDarius Nabors CIC Showcase Market Street ParkCommunity Investment Collaborative

1:00pm EDT

Peloton Station and New Belgium Bike Tuneup Station New Belgium Activation Tent, Market Street ParkNew Belgium • Peloton Station

1:30pm EDT

Spotting Pseudoscience in the MediaALMOST FULL Jefferson-Madison Regional Library, Central BranchLinnea Saby • Sean Cuddy • Caitlin D. Wylie • Science Policy Initiative at UVA

4:00pm EDT

Fight Like A Grrrl: WorkshopNOW OPEN Rapture Restaurant & Night ClubJoshua Copson • Sally Rose Monnes • Fight Like a Grrrl

8:00pm EDT

Big Blue Door at the Bridge The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative galleryNauder Namaky • Jessie Conover

10:00am EDT

Vertical Farming & Urban AgricultureWAITLIST Babylon Micro-FarmsAlexander Olesen • Babylon Micro-Farms

11:00am EDT

Urban City Tree Walk with WildrockNOW OPEN Washington ParkPaige Lindblom • Crutchfield • Wildrock • Atlantic Builders • Ben & Jerry's • Carpet Plus

2:00pm EDT

Fire & IceNOW OPEN Market Street ParkFabian Kuttner • The Whole Man Community Mixer Showcase Market Street Park