The Virginia Department of Health’s Blue Ridge Health District and UVA Health are partnering to launch a second COVID-19 community vaccination site, which will provide its first vaccinations Sunday. The first group vaccinated at the site Sunday will include Phase 1A front-line workers and Phase 1B essential workers.
The COVID-19 Vaccination Center at Seminole Square will be located at 393 Hillsdale Dr. in Charlottesville, between the Marshalls and Ferguson stores. The 25,000-square-foot facility offers ample parking outside the front entrance and is on a Charlottesville Area Transit bus line. The existing community vaccination site on Hydraulic Road in the Kmart parking lot will continue to operate, with both sites staffed by UVA Health and the Blue Ridge Health District. Both sites will provide vaccinations by appointment only.
“This second community location will greatly increase the community’s ability to scale up vaccine distribution as additional vaccine is made available,” said Dr. Denise Bonds, health director of the Blue Ridge Health District. “We thank UVA Health for expanding their partnership with us to vaccinate the community.”
The COVID-19 Vaccination Center space at Seminole Square has been generously provided by Great Eastern Management Co., with funding and logistics support from Red Light Management and the Bama Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band. Additional contributions to make these community vaccination sites possible include funding from the Quantitative Foundation, the private family foundation of Merrill and Jaffray Woodriff, along with other donations.
Alongside support of the new Seminole Square vaccination location, JAUNT Inc. and Charlottesville Area Transit will offer transportation at no cost for individuals needing transportation assistance to and from vaccination appointments.
