Charlottesville as a Great “Place” – to Live, Be, Grow Business
There was a great discussion last night at the Tom Tom Founders Festival's Social Media Innovation Track. The panelists were fantastic - - Evan Cooper, Director of Digital Strategy, Red Light Management - Tobias Dengel, CEO Willow Tree - Marijean Jaggers, President of Jaggers Communication…
Rebutting the Realtor Rip-off Argument
"The great realtor rip-off" - what a great attention-grabbing headline from The Economist. But … the author seems to have had a bad experience with a real estate agent that must have precipitated his rant. (try as I might, I cannot find the author's name…
Why Isn’t Bicycling to School More Accepted/Viable/Practiced?
Accessibility/proximity to schools and parks are two of the most common criteria my buyer clients specify when searching for homes in Charlottesville, and more often, bikeability is a factor in addition to walkability. Walkability increases property values; This is an excellent article from Bicycling magazine…
I’ll Know Housing Recovery in Charlottesville When I’ve Seen It
The housing recovery in Charlottesville (and presumably everywhere, but knowing this market is hard enough) is kind of like pornography. I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description ["hard-core pornography"]; and perhaps…