Photo: WINA CHARLOTTESVILLE (WINA) – In what County Executive Jeff Richardson said was the first county celebration since January 31, 2020, he and four members of the Board of Supervisors cut the ribbon at Darden Towe Park on a mobile field office. It’s a white-and-gold Ford Transit van upfit to enable service delivery and community engagement. He said it was 14 months ago when they unveiled programs at the Yancey Community Center. Board Chair Ned Galloway said the idea for this van was born from the county effort during COVID to distribute cloth coverings at various places last year. He said this van can store and deliver materials to anywhere in the community, and be a county presence that looks good. The van has conversation bubbles on its side on which community members when they see it can write sayings with dry erase markers provided by whomever is manning the van. Galloway said the van is funded from federal COVID dollars that came to the county.