Circus Grounds Preservation Corporation

Circus Grounds Preservation Corporation is a group of neighbors in Charlottesville, Virginia raising money to help a government or tax-exempt entity purchase the riverfront property known as the Circus Grounds, on the banks of the Rivanna River. The site describes the parcel's history as Bagby's Show Grounds, which hosted circuses and carnivals from the 1940s for about fifty years, and notes a proposed 245-unit apartment complex and parking lot submitted for city review in 2022 and 2023. The organization frames its work as giving the community a tangible way to help preserve the land.

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