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Belevedere Neighborhood Maturing
I’ve always liked the Belvedere neighborhood; I think it’s a great place – great neighborhood, great location and well-designed energy efficient houses.
Charlottesville Tomorrow reports on how Belvedere is growing up and taking shape.
“The homes are built right by the sidewalk and you can talk to the neighbors when they walk by,” said Perpetua, who is retired and moved here from Pittsburgh. “It’s just a different kind of community.”
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Another part of this urban vision is a “civic core,” modeled as a public square, which will include a community meeting space, a Montessori school and facilities for the Soccer Organization of Charlottesville-Albemarle.SOCA plans to locate its new headquarters in Belvedere and also has three separate parcels in the works for the neighborhood — a covered indoor field and training facility, a lit all-weather artificial turf field and four natural grass fields.
Bill Mueller, executive director of SOCA, said that final approval for the offices and indoor field in the first parcel was “imminent” and that SOCA would soon start a $4 million fundraising campaign for the facility.
Last night I had an extended conversation via the handy-dandy “Live Support” widget you see to the right with someone about the Belvedere neighborhood. We talked about a lot and I referenced a lot of stories. I thought recapturing those links would be helpful, both for me as a resource, and you as a reader (and prospective buyers) Continue reading
Belvedere in Charlottesville – Now Growing. Fast
The neighborhood may not be 100% what was originally envisioned, but from my outsider’s point of view, I would argue that it is better – the neighborhood has taken ownership and initiative. … 2 – It’s in a great location; well-positioned to both Downtown Charlottesville and the 29 North (DIA/NGIC) Corridor 3 – The inventory has shifted and adjusted to the market – quite a few townhomes are selling there now. … Walking back down to the heart of the neighborhood, we ran into one of my clients who has lived in Belvedere for nearly a year and she spoke of how much she and her family love living here. … We go into the builder’s model home, talk for a while and upon coming outside, see that the cookie-and-lemonade-sellers have been joined by a girl on a stool in a tie-dye shirt strumming a guitar. Continue reading
Two Years in Belvedere in Charlottesville
Friends/clients note two years in the Belvedere neighborhood ; they provide a candid look at the good and the not-so-good of living in a green neighborhood in Charlottesville that was hit hard by the recession. Continue reading
Nature, Children, Play and Neighborhoods
I learned a tremendous amount from listening to the discussion on Sunday’s Wake-Up Call on WNRN as Kate and Rick discussed nature, interacting with nature, play, roaming, neighborhoods … this post will be expanded with show notes when I make time to listen to it again, but here is my question –
Particularly if you live in the Charlottesville area, which areas or neighborhoods do you perceive to be best located, designed or implemented to take advantage of nature?
I mentioned Belvedere, Farm Colony and Bundoran Farm, (Bundoran Farm) but surely there are others that are … Continue reading…
Belvedere Pioneers Celebrate One Year
A fascinating and insightful post from Kate at Belvedere that is clearly heartfelt and one she may have struggled to write. She highlights some of the ups, downs, surprises and disappointments. As I represented them and they are friends, I’m delighted with her closing: "but overall, my expectations have been met and even exceeded."
Sitting down to write this blog entry has been hard. I dragged my feet to this spot. I have been thinking about it for at least a month. I kept telling myself, it will be easy. But it hasn’t been. I could easily cite
Belvedere is Moving Along
Kate says that clear, definite and positive progress is happening in Belvedere:
And then joy of joys, we learn a family with kids is moving in next door, one is a boy my son’s age! I mention this to my son and he says, Don’t obsess about it mom.
The other day, the four of us (Bret, myself and our two kids) hopped on our bicycles after dinner and cycled all around Belvedere and Dunlora. As we arrived back in our garage, I lifted up a tennis racket and said, Tennis Anyone? My son yelped with delight. Well, it
This is What a Foreclosure Auction Looks like in Charlottesville
It was actually quite boring until you think about the pain that the builders, homeowners, contractors, community members and banks are suffering. 
Here is my Twitter stream from the auction –
Basically, the bank bought all the properties for themselves; they believe there is a market for the properties and they’re right … it’s the price that matters. Continue reading
