Charlottesville named Va.'s healthiest city
By Margot Bolon | September 15, 2003The latest edition of Organic Style magazine has named Charlottesville the healthiest city in Virginia and the 26th healthiest city in the nation. The rankings were based both on opinion and empirical evidence from "Rating Guide to Environmentally Healthy Metro Areas," a book by author Robert Weinhold, which focused on air quality and toxin release in cities.