Big donations in Albemarle politics
The news came out yesterday regarding the largest donations to local political races. There surely may have been more critical elections locally, but I can't remember one. Financially, one can't argue that the monetary donations help the candidates - but what is the potential risk…
Rumors of Albemarle Place’s demise are greatly exaggerated
While rumors were out as early as June (and probably earlier) that Whole Foods was moving to the K-mart shopping center, but the Daily Progress has an informative article this morning on the status of Albemarle Place saying that things are moving along quite well,…
No better science than you’ll find in Vegas
Timing the bottom of the housing market. You might as well go to Vegas. The odds there are probably as good or better than one's chances to "time" the bottom of the real estate market. When will we reach "bottom"? Finding a consistent definition of…
November Referendum on Growth in Albemarle
Will Goldsmith with C-Ville has an excellent summary of next month's Albemarle County BoS election: In electoral terms, this is an off year, with no federal offices up for grabs. Typically, voter turnout is particularly low in Virginia during odd years like these, when there's…
Where did Albemarle Place’s site go?
It's gone. Much has been written about the massive development known as Albemarle Place over the last couple of years ... most recently the news that it will be delayed by at least a year. Where'd their site go?
$270,000,000
Heads-up. The transportation conversation in the Charlottesville/Central Virginia region is about to get a whole lot more interesting. We may have to pay for our region's indecision and inability to move forward. That's the estimated cost for the Western Bypass, which has been debated and…
Water supply and drought in Central Virginia
With the news that the drought warning will continue ... Update 2023: dead link the HooK) As of last month, my family has cut our water usage by 28% below our average usage. For the first time, buyer clients of mine have specifically chosen to…
3rd Quarter Market report for Charlottesville area real estate market
What a difference a year makes. The Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors releases its Third Quarter Market report today. (The full PDF report is here) There were 2,875 homes sold in the first nine months of 2007, which was down 647 (-18.4%) from last year.…
Open houses in the Charlottesville area this weekend
PDF of Charlottesville/Albemarle is here. PDF of Fluvanna/Greene/Louisa here. Don't forget about the Parade of Homes this weekend as well - go see all the cool new "stuff" being put into homes today.
Growth issues abound in Charlottesville and Albemarle
Free Enterprise Forum's October newsletter - they attend more meetings than most people know exist. Bless them. Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) Program still seeking traction Ah, the "greater good" argument: The request creates a conundrum for the Board, a conundrum most succinctly spelled out…