New to Charlottesville from Atlanta (professionals, mall, things to do)

[ATL2C-ville]

Hi, Im a 28 year old single professional female that recently moved to C-ville from Atlanta (literally one week ago) for an awesome job opportunity. The good part is that I found my dream job and the city is beautiful,...
The bad part is that I know absolutely NOBODY here.

Does anyone have any ideas of the best way/places to meet people/friends/dating in Charlottesville??

Also, I feel like I’m stuck in an Abercrombie & Fitch Ad. So any suggestions on where to mingle with young (late 20's- late 30's) DIVERSE professionals would be most helpful. Thank you.

[VirginiaGal]

You have aptly described one of Charlottesville's drawbacks with your Abercrombie and Fitch parallel. Besides this annoying phenomenon, it is simply a hard town to break into if you don't have a ready-made community (ex: sorority). Even as a native, when I moved back in my 20s to go to UVa, I found it quite hard to create a community for myself. Don't fear, there is diversity in the town and plenty to do! I would suggest looking for events and things to do on and around the downtown mall area. Pick up a C-ville and the Hook to see what's around that interests you... It is a wonderful place. Good luck to you!

[ATL2C-ville]

Thank you so much, I will definitely start picking up these publications to find things to do in C-ville on the weekends. It'll be a little weird doing things by myself at first, but hopefully Ill began to meet people soon. Thank you again.