Charlottesville Podcasting Network has a new podcast today that is particularly relevant to our local regional real estate market. The podcast features the Charlottesville Young Professionals, a local networking group that was founded to bring young professionals together and to help companies retain their talent.This demographic is important, as it is part of the future of Charlottesville and its real estate market…. I am sponsoring this podcast in the hopes of building local business, grass-roots style, but also hoping to get more of these professionals before they move to the area…. He represents a larger and larger part of our market and one into which I am diligently trying to tap.
Date Archives September 2005
Another Big-box development?
Good story in this week’s C-Ville about another potential development on 29 North.The area Wood wants rezoned comprises 230 acres on the west side of Route 29N and south of the Hollymead Town Center (most of which was also developed by Wood). He wants the zoning changed from industrial service to mixed use, allowing development that Wood said would be similar to the Hollymead Town Center, including a big box “larger than 65,000 square feet.  He said an unnamed retailer would fund the extension of Berkmar Drive in that area, a road project the County also wants to see.This is progress at least, but it potentially conflicts with the current Places 29 Master Plan that is underway. Anybody with interest in the future of the 29 North Corridor should either attend the work sessions or at least read the discussions.Growth on the 29 North Corridor is doing many things.
Am I missing something?
They are representing the Northern VA purchasers of a condo I am marketing. She asked whether I charged my Sellers any “admin fees” or “processing fees.”… I guess the Northern VA market bears junk fees on the Realtor side as well. I am not aware of any companies in the Cville market charging additional fees like this, and do not foresee them gaining a foothold.You learn something every day.
Southern Pines development in Fluvanna
While it was clear that the Fluvanna County Planning Commission was unhappy with Barry Meade’s proposed Southern Pines development, some members felt they did not have the necessary legal grounds to reject it…. 630 (Mountain Laurel Road) in the Columbia district.Speakers cited concerns about a dwindling water supply, displaced wildlife, increased traffic, overcrowded schools, overburdened emergency services, and lack of infrastructure. Some castigated the commission for penning a set of zoning ordinances they viewed as “disastrous.â€And then the Developer’s attorney speaks – “We appreciate the citizen input,†said Boyd, but reiterated that Southern Pines is a by right development. “We are fully confident that we have addressed the ordinances’ requirements.â€She told the commissioners that Meade was trying to create a neighborhood that anyone would be happy to live in. While the homeowners association would not own the open space, the landowner would continue to grow and harvest trees and would grant homeowners an easement around the houses that could contain walking trails.By right is one thing; but should developers be held responsible for providing the necessary infrastructure that will enable their developments and the surrounding community, will be sustainable?
New listing in Crozet
I just put this house on the market this evening. It is located here. The house is located in Parkside Village, one of the most appealing (in my opinion) neighborhoods in Crozet, due primarily to its true “neighborhood” feel. 5 minute walks tend to take 30 minutes to an hour, due to all the the neighbors!
16 steps to selling your home.
From a NoVa. blog I follow – good advice.
NOLA Perspective from a VMI alumnus
QandO has become one of my favorite blogs, which led me to this – “I don’t see that the level of funding was really a contributing factor in this case,” said Lt. Gen. Carl Strock, chief of engineers for the corps. “Had this project been fully complete, it is my opinion that based on the intensity of this storm that the flooding of the business district and the French Quarter would have still taken place.”Despite the fact that Lt. Gen. Strock is a fellow VMI graduate, he has the credibility inherent in being a military officer, not a politician with decidedly political goals. Yes, Bush cut the budget for the levee system, but Lt. Gen. Strock answers that question as well – The other question is, in general is the civil works budget of the Army Corps of Engineers suffering because of the war in Iraq?… And the reason I say that is that if you look at the funding levels of the corps from pre-war days of 2001 and 2002, it has been a fairly steady level.