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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

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

5:30pm

Our Community Table The Paramount TheaterWAITLISTRavi Respeto • Caroline Emerson

6:00pm

Cville Gives Grant Night: Cocktail Hour Mixer Common House: NorthNOW OPENPosner Wealth Management

6:45pm

Cville Gives Grant Night Common House: NorthALMOST FULLPosner Wealth Management

8:00am

Countdown to 2026 Common House: NorthNOW OPENSarah McConnell • Leslie Greene Bowman • Gary Sandling • Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello

10:00am

Recruiting Talent in a Tight Job Market Community Investment CollaborativeALMOST FULLJim Powers • Nathan Swanson • Brendan Richardson • Brett Willsie • Community Investment Collaborative • Wellspring Workforce

11:00am

Creating Users Not Addicts: Social Media Community Investment CollaborativeWAITLISTJeremy Cherry • Community Investment Collaborative • Journey Group

12:00pm

Developing Healthier Employees Community Investment CollaborativeNOW OPENCommunity Investment Collaborative • SanaVi Health What is Mediation? Common House: NorthNOW OPENCathy S. Pales • Walter F. Megonigal, Jr. • Anita Holmes

1:30pm

Buti Yoga Beginners Playshop ACACNOW OPENJessica Weinstock • ACAC

1:45pm

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

2:30pm

Starting up Your Startup Common House: NorthWAITLISTBob Smith • Central Virginia Small Business Development Center

3:00pm

New Way of Networking Community Investment CollaborativeWAITLISTWaverly Davis • Jessica Norby • Linnea White • Community Investment Collaborative

4:00pm

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

5:00pm

International Rescue Committee Open House International Rescue CommitteeNOW OPENInternational Rescue Committee

5:30pm

For Us, By Us? The Constitution 231 Years Later Common House: NorthNOW OPENPrice Thomas • Jamelle Bouie • Hannah Scruggs • James Madison's Montpelier

6:00pm

Untold Stories in Charlottesville: A Screening & Conversation with Local Filmmakers Vinegar Hill TheaterNOW OPENSarad Davenport • Tanesha Hudson • Lorenzo Dickerson • Light House Studio & Vinegar Hill Theatre

6:30pm

Community Fundraiser Mixer for Abundant Life, African American Teaching Fellows, and City of Promise Old Metropolitan HallNOW OPENAfrican American Teaching Fellows • Abundant Life • City of Promise

8:00pm

Free Screening of Black Panther and Community Fundraiser The Paramount TheaterNOW OPENAfrican American Teaching Fellows • Abundant Life • City of Promise

8:00am

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

11:30am

LEAP into Energy Savings Central Place TentNOW OPENKara West • Heather Eggleston

12:00pm

How to Breathe Old Metropolitan HallNOW OPENFabian Kuttner • The Whole Man Strategies for Telling Your Story Without Fear, Stress, or Angst Studio IXWAITLISTLorraine Sanders • Spirit of 608 Community Home Cooking at the Haven The HavenNOW OPENThe Haven

4:45pm

Students as Change Agents: Bringing Participatory Budgeting to Schools Common House: SouthNOW OPENSerena Gruia • Common House

5:30pm

Hello Data, Meet the People Vault VirginiaNOW OPENGiles Morris • Sheila Dugan • Beena Raghavendran • Larry Terry • John Killeen • Charlottesville Tomorrow • Vault Virginia

6:00pm

A Sense of Place: How Preservation Creates the Future Common House: NorthALMOST FULLOverton 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 FM WTJU 91.1 FMNOW OPENRob Sheffield • WTJU 91.1 FM

12:00pm

Career & Life Design: Designing Your Path Forward Common House: NorthALMOST FULLJulia Lapan • Marga Odahowski

4:30pm

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

5:00pm

Immersion / Inversion: A Rivanna River Sensory Encounter Vault VirginiaNOW OPENLewis & Clark Exploratory Center • Morgan McLeod • Chroma Projects • Vault Virginia

6:30pm

Wild and Scenic Film Fest Prescreening Vinegar Hill TheaterNOW OPENLight House Studio & Vinegar Hill Theatre • Wild Virginia

7:00pm

Impact Investor Cocktail Hour Common House

10:00am

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

12:00pm

Intro to Fire & Ice Central Place TentNOW OPENFabian Kuttner • The Whole Man Raising Tree Huggers: Introducing Children to the Magic of Charlottesville's Special Trees Jefferson-Madison Regional Library, Central BranchNOW OPENPaige Lindblom • Carolyn Schuyler

5:00pm

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

10:00am

City in a Garden: Rural Exploration of an Urban Center Market Street ParkNOW OPENEdward Strickler Using Social Media Marketing To Expand Your Business Jefferson-Madison Regional Library, Central BranchALMOST FULLNatasha Kalergis • Hannah Watson • John Laudisio • Central Virginia SCORE

11:00am

Trackless Trams: A Transformative Opportunity for Charlottesville? CitySpacePeter Newman

12:00pm

Yellowstone, Glacier and Grand Teton National Parks Jefferson-Madison Regional Library, Central BranchALMOST FULLDarius Nabors CIC Showcase Market Street ParkCommunity Investment Collaborative

1:00pm

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

1:30pm

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

4:00pm

Fight Like A Grrrl: Workshop Rapture Restaurant & Night ClubNOW OPENJoshua Copson • Sally Rose Monnes • Fight Like a Grrrl

8:00pm

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

10:00am

Vertical Farming & Urban Agriculture Babylon Micro-FarmsWAITLISTAlexander Olesen • Babylon Micro-Farms

11:00am

Urban City Tree Walk with Wildrock Washington ParkNOW OPENPaige Lindblom • Crutchfield • Wildrock • Atlantic Builders • Ben & Jerry's • Carpet Plus

2:00pm

Fire & Ice Market Street ParkNOW OPENFabian Kuttner • The Whole Man Community Mixer Showcase Market Street Park