Albemarle Redistricting
Brian Wheeler has a great post that about the current Albemarle County redistricting process. This part is stunning - However, this report does not include Old Trail Village or Wickham Pond (two developments in Crozet submitted after the committee started its work). It also does…
Speaking of Growth
Why is my daughter sitting three-to-a-seat on the bus to middle school?
Blogging Summit.
I am excited and privileged to attend the blogging summit happening today. I hope it is as productive and interesting as I expect it to be. There is a good interview with the Executive Director of the Sorensen Institute at Cvillepodcasting. WINA reports.
Great. (please note the sarcasm)
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Friday cautioned Americans against thinking the value of their homes and other investments will only go higher, saying "history has not dealt kindly" with that kind of optimism. From BusinessWeek. Maybe now people will listen and begin regarding houses…
Brief market update
Our market is shifting, not bursting, not hissing, but shifting slightly. Many properties seem to be staying on the market for a couple, if not several, days instead of hours. For a good doomsday analysis, read this RealEstateJournal article. How to prepare for a downturn…
False advertising
Throughout the day on WINA, I hear commercials stating the splendors of Old Trail Village, with townhouse prices starting at $175,000 and single family homes from $300,000 up to one million. Ha. They might have been $175k before they hit the market, but certainly not…
A way to make New Urbanism work
My decision to inhabit just 100 square feet arose from some concerns I had about the impact a larger house would have on the environment, and because I just do not want to maintain a lot of unused or unusable space. Nifty concept - Tumbleweed…
This should prove interesting
From WINA - The Virginia ACLU and the Albemarle-based Rutherford Institute are going to bat for a recent candidate for the General Assembly. Property rights and free speech - two of the most base freedoms we possess. I mentioned this situation when it first occurred;…
Affordable housing?
This caught my eye in today's story on Old Trail Village in Crozet. Developer Justin Beights says Old Trail Village will include affordable housing and park land.Hmmm. What is affordable housing? Albemarle County defines (pdf) affordable housing as Affordable Housing, in general terms means safe,…