Walkability on 29 North – A Work in Progress?
Erika Howsare walks from Laurel Park behind the Hollymead Town Center to the Harris Teeter in said Town Center. From what is supposed to be a "walkable" area, she walks in drainage ditches and discovers sidewalks and stairways to nowhere. From C-Ville: I stepped onto…
Charlottesville’s OpenSpace gets cVillain Love
From cVillain: Jeff Gunther has a slightly different idea for a slightly different workforce here in Charlottesville. For many local mobile warriors, turning wherever you find yourself into a workspace is the status-quo. However, without access to printers, actual desk space, big screen monitors, and…
Bing Maps Versus Google Maps in Charlottesville
The world is flat. I just got off the phone (although I have Skype, too) with a client overseas who had been questioning whether the railroad near the Belvedere development was abandoned. She answered her own question when she said, "I'm looking at it now,…
Affordable Housing in CharlAlbemarle – Treesdale Park
The development is moving forward off of Rio Road (it's not done yet; it still needs site plan approval) ...  Location of Treesdale Park off Rio Rd, between Towne Lane and Stonehenge Road. Treesdale Park is an 88-unit multi-family community that will be located…
Charlottesville Bubble Blog Analyzes Whether to Buy or Not to Buy
And grab a cup of coffee; it's a long post with lots of analysis, market data and a bit of opinion.
Twitter Week in Review
Thanks for the wi-fi, Google https://post.ly/CdjC # Heading to the airport. Grateful for my friends in this (real estate) world. #nar09 # Off to dinner with a friend. Then red-eye back to Charlottesville. #nar09 # In which @robhahn pronounces the death of #RPR http://www.notorious-rob.com/2009/11/14/in-which-i-announce-the-death-of-rpr/#more-1467 #nar09…
Thanks to WCAV
For including me on their list of "Wired Business people in Charlottesville" From the story: CBS19's Bianca Spinosa profiles a list of three local business leaders who are "wired-in." They use all the high-tech tools to communicate and keep their businesses prospering. From cyber space…
Speaking at National Association of Realtors Convention in San Diego
I'm sitting on a panel discussing the Future of the MLS at the National Association of Realtors convention in San Diego. After the announcement of RPR last week, the future is bright/cloudy/great/muddled/uncertain. As with every conference I attend, I go with a couple goals: 1…
Zipcars in Charlottesville
You might have seen the occasional Zipcar in Charlottesville - usually they're from the DC Metropolitan area. But now it seems that Charlottesville has their own Zipcars - 6 of 'em in fact. It was good of UVA to have sorted out a deal with…
Proof There is a Market for Recycling in Charlottesville (and Albemarle)
You may remember a story a few months ago in which I discussed recycling options in Charlottesville and Albemarle. It used to be that there were no options, then there was one and now there are a few. Three years ago I ran a poll…