SOUTHWOOD
The Southwood Club is located in the Southwood Mobile Home Park off 5th Street Extended, near the Covenant Upper School and the County of Albemarle office facility. This Club opened in 2000, and currently serves 200 members, with an average daily attendance of more than 100 members, ages 6-18. The Southwood Club is highlighted by ballet, forest education and leadership programs, and has a vibrant Teen Center, with a specific focus on teen-led programming and expanded hours to accommodate the growing teenage demographic located here.
Southwood Club
Contact Information:
Dylan Cope, Unit Director
dcope@bgclubcva.org
Phone: 434.295.0037
Fax: 434.977.5180
Hours of Operation:
Monday-Friday School Year:
Elementary school age : 2:30pm – 6:00pm
Middle and High School: until 7:00pm
Summer:
ALL AGES: 8:00am -5:30pm
Address:
383 Hickory Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902
A native of Nashville, Tennessee, Eric Dewane Johnson graduated from the University of Virginia, where he majored in psychology. He served as the City of Charlottesville first coordinator of the Victim/Witness Assistance Program in which he provided crisis intervention services and court preparation to victims and witnesses of violent crimes. One of his responsibilities was to educate students about establishing healthy relationships to prevent domestic violence. Eric developed an affinity for teaching youth.
Ernie was born and raised in Palo Alto, California. Upon graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1987, he was commissioned in the U.S. Marine Corps. Ernie served in the Marines for 20 years, in various capacities and all over the world. After serving as an artillery officer with the First Marine Division, Ernie earned his J.D. from The George Washington University School of Law in 1994, and served as a judge advocate in the Marine Corps. Highlights of his service include shipboard deployment as the Staff Judge Advocate to the 22d Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), 2000 – 2002 and as Commanding Officer of Region 3, Embassy Security Group, commanding the U. S. Marines guarding U.S. Embassies and other diplomatic missions in Asia, 2005 -2007. He retired from military service in 2007, with the rank of lieutenant colonel.