Communities face countless issues every day: public transportation, fair housing, clean water. Often citizens feel powerless to address those concerns alone, even if they have good ideas that could help. Maybe they're not confident they have the background or technical abilities to make solutions happen, or perhaps there hasn't been a good place to bring up the ideas in the first place. The Charlottesville region has a new way for community members to work together on common problems. TheCenter for Civic Innovationlaunched Wednesday, in partnership with faculty from the University of Virginia schools ofEngineering, Architecture, Data Science and Continuing and Professional Studies, along with local nonprofitSmart Cville, which sensed a need for a community-centered program and a collaboration space in downtown Charlottesville.