DP and Charlottesville Tomorrow begin Four-Part Series on Traffic and Growth
One of the primary reasons my clients move to the Charlottesville region* is because, relatively, our traffic is insignificant compared to what they are used to. But for how long? Part One started yesterday in the Daily Progress. The difficulty in balancing growth pressures and…
Charlottesville Real Estate – Twitter Week in Review – 29 November 2009
Negotiating real estate contracts is *nothing* compared to negotiating w/ a 5yo re: spinach #fb # This could turn out to be a very fulfilling week - on three levels. # @bjt contact @DaniloB - he's great, I trust him & he lives in Reston.…
“Everything’s on the Table” – Albemarle County Schools Budget
Everything's been on the table for non-government people for years. Next year is going to be an interesting budgetary year. Brandon Shulletta writes in today's Daily Progress: School division leaders drafting budget requests are also wondering whether next year's supervisors are more likely to maintain…
October Home Sales Up. Meh.
Bear with me ... I'm working through something here ... I'm beginning to think that anyone who says that "next year, the (Charlottesville) real estate market is going to be better" is either uninformed, lying or delusional. I could be wrong. Buy smart. From the…
CharlAlbemarle Transit Authority – What’s Next?
Thanks to Charlottesville Tomorrow's Sean Tubbs: The fate of a proposed Regional Transit Authority (RTA) could depend on who is selected in January to represent the City Council and the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors on two regional transportation bodies. Since a joint meeting in…
Electronic Signatures – Not Groundbreaking but Great all the Same
Why Use Electronic Signatures? 1 - It's secure 2 - It's easy 3 - It saves time and money 4 - It's environmentally sound - instead of driving 30+ miles to meet clients, I can just email them. Think about it - by using electronic…
Albemarle County Board of Supervisors Agenda – 2 December 2009
There's a whole lot of important stuff on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors' agenda next week - the bold parts are most interesting to me. The next Albemarle County Board of Supervisors meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 starting at 9:00…
Curbside Recycling Goes Big in Charlottesville and Albemarle
It's amazing to look at how fast the recycling economy has moved in the past eighteen months. First, Albemarle County had no curbside recycling, while the City offered it as part of property taxes. Then, we had (and still have) at least one curbside recycling…
UVA’s Construction Plans – Current and Near Future
I frequently tell my clients that at any given time, UVA has a couple hundred million dollars of construction underway. Turn out, I wasn't far off. Charlottesville Tomorrow reports: Pace Lochte, UVA's director of economic development, said that a “miniature intelligence community” is developing around…