Charlottesville Seeks Image Rebound from Nazi Rally

Thu., Nov. 29, 2018

By Kevin McCauley

Charlottesille The Charlottesville tourism bureau wants to hire a PR firm to bolster the city's image that was tarnished by the year-ago white supremacist rally. It views effort as "akin to crisis communications." (2 reader comments)

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Nov. 30, 2018, by Joe Honick

Having just recently become a Charlottesville resident after careful "auditioning", and witnessing terrific traffic for the wonderful cultural, entertainment, culinary, educational and residential joys, the successful PR firm's task should be fun.

Nov. 29, 2018, by Ronald N. Levy

They are so right to seek PR remediation and perhaps win major new highs in well-deserved tourism. It's a lovely community. PR can easily and at low cost present Charlottesville as an inspiring bastion of American goodness.

Also, may this not seem too crass, this city is close enough to major population clusters so that skilled PR can bring in a ton of money. They have happiness for sale and PR can sell it.