Albemarle County Continues Struggles with Urban Chickens
The City of Charlottesville allows them; the County of Albemarle neither allows nor disallows them (my personal preference). I noted this for the first time in 2009, when the City of Charlottesville codified their allowance of chickens. The street on which the subject of the…
5 Points on School Redistricting and Uncertainty when Buying a Home in Albemarle
Albemarle County is HUGE (PDF) One of the first posts written here was about redistricting schools in Albemarle County; sadly I hadn't yet mastered the art of proper out-linking, so the stories to which I pointed are mostly dead. Today's story by Aaron Richardson in…
Low Housing Inventory Stinks – in Charlottesville – Albemarle
If you're a buyer in the Charlottesville market, you know that right now, inventory is low. Quality inventory is lower. Depending on your market segment, much lower. Be prepared to wait. And then, be prepared to move quickly when the right house comes on the…
What Happened to the Daily Progress’ URLs?
https://www.dailyprogress.com/news/article_5885bff4-e808-5ab6-ad42-fcb60512f9b5.html https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/12548-scottsville/ In doing brief research for an upcoming post, I discovered that (sadly) the Charlottesville Tomorrow article displays a snippet and the "Read More" goes to the Daily Progess article, the URL of which is at best a scrambled-alphabet with do decipherable logic whatsoever.…
The Charlottesville Trader Joe’s is Open
The Charlottesville Trader Joe's is open for business, from 8 am to 9 pm, as of 14 November 2012. Last March, I wrote about Five Ways Trader Joe's is going to be good (or bad) for Charlottesville. I'm curious to see what the grocery landscape…
Walking the Crozet Trails
Did you know there's a movement within Crozet (with help/leadership/guidance from Albemarle County) building trails throughout Crozet? My little one and I walked a section of them on Saturday and were a bit amazed at how great the trails were and by how quickly we…
USB Wall Charger
A USB wall charger - one of those things you see and wonder, "Why has it taken so long?" I suspect we will be seeing more and more of these as options in new construction … we're thisclose to a time when buyers choose to…
Foreclosure Relief Sunlight
I know, this is national news and I really strive to focus on matters local to the Charlottesville area, but this is striking (and sadly not surprising). $66.5 Million: The amount of money Virginia received as part of the massive mortgage settlement in April 2012.…
Why Condos and Attached Homes are In Demand
It's the lifestyle. I have been here for about a year and a half and I always tell my friends to consider condos when they talk about looking at houses. It's like having all the advantages of an apartment, but cheaper and with the financial…
Reshaping of Martha Jefferson Neighborhood Begins
The CFA Institute is formally launching (re)construction of the Martha Jefferson hospital into their new, 144,000 square foot complex. I wonder what the neighborhood will look like in five years, after this "once in a generation opportunity" to reshape this part of downtown Charlottesville.