Morning links 08 May 2006
Behind the scenes on the NGIC deal - NGIC is one of the major driving forces of our local economy; this is a little bit of what it took to keep them here. Is buying a place far from the city worth it? Maybe not,…
Charlottesville Blog Carnival 05-05-2006
I accepted this challenge not fully understanding the time that is required to read (or at least attempt to read) all of the offerings of the Charlottesville blogging community. If anyone feels left out, I apologize. This week was punctuated by the Charlottesville City elections…
Links of interest 05-05-06
It's a busy week; these are a few of thing items worth paying attention to. Thus, even with both the price increases and the recent the upward creep in interest rates, homes are still more affordable than they were before 1992.After much debate, Albemarle BoS…
Charlottesville Blog Carnival
I will be hosting the Charlottesville Blog Carnival this Friday. If you have seen any posts that are particularly resonant, pithy or intriguing, please email me. Submission deadline is Thursday at 9pm. Anoop Ranganath will be hosting next week. Volunteers for the week after?
Too much retail in CharlAlbemarle?
SELC thinks so. The 19 page PDF makes for fairly interesting reading. When I finish it, I'll post more. With soaring gas prices, maybe that trip to Short Pump won't be so appealing and staying home to shop will be more economical. What do you…
Charlottesville Blog Carnival
The Charlottesville Blog Carnival is hosted this week by Duane Gran. Next week's carnival will be hosted here. If you see a particularly fascinating or insightful (or not) post between now and next Thursday at 7pm, please email me. Golly, what's a carnival? If you…
May Newsletter is out!
The May Newsletter is finally complete. Please email me if you would like a copy.
5th Street/Avon Road coming soon?
If only ... A major feature of the project will be a developer-funded public road that will link Fifth Street and Avon Street Extended, a connection that the County is eager to see—especially now that the massive Biscuit Run development has County drivers fretting about…
Gas prices and real estate
Finally - something to distract from all the talk about a possible real estate bubble - gas prices that may reach four, even five dollars a gallon. These current and projected increases raise at least a couple of questions - Have you changed your daily…