Why Are Albemarle County Schools Building a Fiber Network?
Why is Albemarle County building their own private fiber network? I noted in early 2014 that Albemarle County Schools were looking for money to build a dark fiber network; now it's real. Charlottesville Tomorrow reports that the school division is building "its own private network." Broadband access…
Links for 25 June – Zillow, Homeownership & Bicycles
A few of my open tabs that I’ve been mulling over for the past few days — a friend suggested that I add a “what I’m reading” section to my monthly note; I’m going to start that section today on the blog.This makes a lot…
Wegman’s Fellow Tenants Announced
Set to open in the Fall of 2016, the developers of the Fifth Street Station announced new tenants today. Via Charlottesville Tomorrow: Long, counsel for 5th Street Station Ventures, confirmed additional planned tenants include Field & Stream, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Mattress Warehouse, Panera Bread, Lee Nails, PetSmart,…
How Will Albemarle Grow?
Charlottesville Tomorrow reports that Albemarle’s Board of Supervisors are going to vote in September on whether to expand the growth area by 82 acres to the southwest of US 29 and 64. There is just too much meat in Sean Tubb’s article to accurately summarize here,…
Correcting Data from the May Note. Darn it.
This month, I'm embracing fallibility. Bad things can happen when I don’t listen to the editors. In this case, that “bad thing” is confusion amongst readers. If you're interested in the Note, please subscribe here. Also note that were I to run the following numbers…
Why Do you Live Where you Do?
Home - is about more than a house; it’s where you choose to live that makes home home. Why do you live (or want to live) where you do? That’s a question I ask my seller clients - to help me better describe and market…
Two Thoughts on Downtown Charlottesville’s Now & Future
Two questions from this week’s C-Ville struck me as they highlight the sort of crossroads at which Charlottesville finds itself.First, in commenting on the closure of one of my all-time favorite Charlottesville restaurants, Eppie’s, which closed not from lack of business but from the owners…