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Cats Zestimates Wane Transition | May 2021 Note from Jim
June 2021 Monthly Note – valuing relationships with clients, Letters from buyers to sellers, answering one question about the market for many, Zestimates and actual market values. #JimsNote
CharlAlbemarle Transit Authority – What’s Next?
The fate of a proposed Regional Transit Authority (RTA) could depend on who is selected in January to represent the City Council and the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors on two regional transportation bodies.
…Earlier this year, the General Assembly passed a bill authorizing Charlottesville and Albemarle to create a transit authority , but a companion bill that may have provided a funding source for enhanced service did not make it out of committee. That legislation would have authorized a referendum in which city and country residents would have voted on a sales tax increase to pay the RTA’s operating and capital costs.
… The Charlottesville/Albemarle region needs some form of transit that helps alleviate the traffic and congestion that, while not as bad as other areas (Northern Virginia/LA/etc) – is bad by Charlottesville standards – and frankly, those are the standards that matter to me.
Google Transit in Charlottesville
Read all about it at Charlottesville Tomorrow . Shame Google’s Street View folks decided Charlottesville wasn’t worthy .
A great comment on mass transit in Central Virginia
In a discussion at Charlottesville Tomorrow:We still have a narrow window of opportunity to buy right-of-way for transit; use existing shoulders; use existing rails; even put BRT lanes on the Meadowcreek Pkwy…. If you can’t walk to a bus/trolly; if you can’t get there on a safe bicycle lane; if you can’t park & ride, the system will be underused. The system MUST connect and serve all of our county growth areas.There’s a lot more there, and it’s well worth reading in its entirety. The Central Virginia region is likely to look much, much different in fifty years than it does today.
Bus Rapid Transit in CharlAlbemarle?
How cool (and expensive!)Â would that be?Read more at:Bacon’s RebellionCVillainDaily ProgressCharlottesville Tomorrow (the most comprehensive)My thoughts from earlier this monthFor a County that’s considering charging students to ride the bus to school, I’m wondering how much it would cost to ride the BRT.
The first significant builder “transition” in Charlottesville
Wade Builders, Inc. will be transitioning their company from a predominately Residential Retail Home Builder to a Property Management Business during the remainder of 2007 and throughout 2008…. Wade Builder will perform on all contracts, warranties and deliver the quality construction we have come to expect.And – Courteney Stuart has an excellent cover article about Wade’s transition in today’sHooK.Indeed, in recent days, several other local builders acknowledged they’ve had to cut their own workforce and that in the upcoming year they expect to build about half the number of houses they’ve completed in other years. Mike Gaffney, of Gaffney Homes, says he’s cut his staff by about half and is discounting some of his existing inventory and converting others to lease-purchase options. Church Hill Homes has cut staff and plans to build about 50 homes this year, down from 80 annually in recent years.How long before buyers (and good Buyers’ Agents) start asking for financial proof that the builders will be in existence long enough to service their warranties?