http://www.realcentralva.com/2006/02/08/vptc-economic-development-forum/ Tracking Charlottesville's Real Estate Market since 2005 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.realcentralva.com/2006/02/08/vptc-economic-development-forum/#comment-506 Central VA real estate news, trends and opinions - Central Virginia’s first and premier real estate blog. Real estate buying and selling news, trends from the perspective of a Charlottesville area Realtor. » What will become of Charlottesville Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:46:01 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/?p=1042#comment-506 [...] I had several reactions after receiving this email from my clients, the most striking was that of utter disappointment. Good growth is good. Too much growth, combined with growth of the wrong kind, will destroy what makes our region special. An awful lot of people choose to come to the Charlottesville area because they want to move here for the reasons that make Charlottesville special. In the words of an off-line commenter: If C’ville continues to try to imitate No VA (i.e. concerns centering around Crozet development, developers squeezing in as great a density as permitted—well there goes the QOL and the neighborhood).  Again, I reiterate, it’s the “country” of Charlottesville with the little flair of charm, artsy craftsy, good restaurants, etc.  created by UVA in downtown and “clean,pure wine country, that is C’ville. [...] [...] I had several reactions after receiving this email from my clients, the most striking was that of utter disappointment. Good growth is good. Too much growth, combined with growth of the wrong kind, will destroy what makes our region special. An awful lot of people choose to come to the Charlottesville area because they want to move here for the reasons that make Charlottesville special. In the words of an off-line commenter: If C’ville continues to try to imitate No VA (i.e. concerns centering around Crozet development, developers squeezing in as great a density as permitted—well there goes the QOL and the neighborhood).  Again, I reiterate, it’s the “country” of Charlottesville with the little flair of charm, artsy craftsy, good restaurants, etc.  created by UVA in downtown and “clean,pure wine country, that is C’ville. [...]

]]> http://www.realcentralva.com/2006/02/08/vptc-economic-development-forum/#comment-460 Central VA real estate news, trends and opinions - Central Virginia’s first and premier real estate blog. Real estate buying and selling news, trends from the perspective of a Charlottesville area Realtor. » Affordable Housing Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:17:18 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/?p=1042#comment-460 [...] The part about the jobs is an excellent argument for Albemarle joining TJPED, economic development partnership whose goal is to court good businesses - if we bring in more low-impact, high wage businesses, we all benefit. [...] [...] The part about the jobs is an excellent argument for Albemarle joining TJPED, economic development partnership whose goal is to court good businesses – if we bring in more low-impact, high wage businesses, we all benefit. [...]

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