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Month: May 2010

OFF-TOPIC

Memorial Day.

The real meaning of Memorial Day is not the start of summer and it's not merely a three-day weekend. Memorial Day is a day to remember those who have served, fought and died for our country. To those who have served and died, thank you.…

SIDEBLOG

Twitter Week in Review

RT @jg_howard: Matt Simmons Tells Bloomberg Only Way To Contain Oil Leak Is With Small Nuclear Bombs, http://www.zerohedge.com/article/matt-simmons-tells-bloomberg-only-way-contain-oil-leak-small-nuclear-bombs-top-kill-just-dis # I just became the mayor of Crozet Farmer's Market on @foursquare! https://4sq.com/bXjQei # Properties Put Under Contract in May - Looking at historical Trends https://post.ly/hoGv #…

CHARLOTTESVILLE

Charlottesville’s Buy Fresh Buy Local 2010 Guide

Thanks to Erika at C-Ville for pointing out that the Buy Fresh Buy Local 2010 Guide has been released. You can download the guide from the Buy Local Virginia site. Your list of Farmer's Markets, local farms, orchards, vineyards, CSAs, supporting Charlottesville area restaurants, retailers…

CHARLOTTESVILLE

Bows and Arrows or Wolves? Which Will Dunlora Residents Choose?

An interesting dilemma in a suburban environment: With a proposal to cull deer before their community association, some Dunlora residents are hoping they'll be able to keep bow hunters out of the bucolic neighborhood. They're hoping that the board will table the idea or, barring…

SIDEBLOG

Why Doesn’t UVA buy the Charlottesville Ice Park?

Just a thought. From today's C-Ville: As its June 30 closing date approaches, the Charlottesville Ice Park faces the real possibility of lying dormant. There are currently no interested buyers or tenants for the venue, according to co-owner Roberta Williamson. Where will UVA Men's and…

ALBEMARLE

Where to Watch the World Cup in Charlottesville – 2010

I love soccer. I play it, I coach it, I watch it. I live within walking distance of a soccer field. Now I'm getting ready for soccer nirvana/overload. Charlottesville is a good soccer town; we're privileged to have outstanding soccer teams to watch - UVA…

SELLERS

Pricing a Home to Sell in Charlottesville

Update - 26 July 2021; once again, youtube has stripped the coding that embedded this video many years ago. Darn it. Too simplified? (more…)

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Twitter Week in Review

RT @NBC29: Cville cyclists came together Saturday to brainstorm how to make the city's streets more bicycle-friendly. https://ht.ly/1OElp # @MaggieMcCoy Points? There are points in foursquare? #foursquare in reply to MaggieMcCoy # Recaptured 70 gigs on my macbook pro by moving imovie files to Time…

ALBEMARLE

Did you Know? About Terremark in Culpeper

Tying a couple snips together to speculate and wonder ... Just up the road in Culpeper, there's a massive datacenter? That just got bigger? Culpeper's Terremark campus just doubled in size, thanks to a recent acquisition of 27 acres adjacent to its sprawling facility —…

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Jim Duncan has been helping buyers and sellers in Charlottesville’s neighborhoods for 25 years. Get local insight born of experience.