And how they do things that would get normal people fired. It’s ten minutes. I know, but it’s worth it.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
The Onion Speaks – About Real Estate Signs
I Wasn’t Going To Buy This House Until I Saw The Realtor’s Headshot On The Sign Have you seen our signs ? It’s about our clients and their houses, not us.
Maybe the City Should Just say No to the Meadowcreek Parkway
Meadowcreek Parkway Staging Area in Albemarle County, along Rio Road Rather than drag this out any further , maybe the City of Charlottesville should just end the discussion and say they’re not going to support/build/move forward with their part of the Parkway. Just stand up for what you believe in and say no. (and pay VDOT back) It’s only been 43 years since they started talking about it . … Related reading: – The most comprehensive source for Meadowcreek Parkway information – Charlottesville Tomorrow – What if the Meadowcreek Parkway didn’t exist? (travel patterns and settlement patterns have changed in the past 40 years) – Heck, I’ve been writing about it since 2005 . (ignore the Daily Progress dead link) – Meadowcreek Parkway study by the Free Enterprise Forum * Photo courtesy of
Charlottesville Real Estate Market Update – As of 15 March 2010
Just a brief update on where we are in the Charlottesville real estate market –
What does the housing inventory volume look like in Charlottesville, Earlysville and Crozet? Here is a quarter-by-quarter comparison, this quarter versus last: PDFs:
…Here’s an interesting chart – percent of homes for sale in Charlottesville, Earlysville and Crozet that have been re-listed, as in, put back on the market so as to have the days on market reset.
Twitter Week in Review
RT @GetOpenSpace: Representing Charlottesville at the #Coworking Meetup at #SXSW [woo-hoo!] # RT @CVilleKim: Bake sale in Crozet at Great Valu Sunday 1-5 to benefit Jesse from the store. Bake or buy something [ http://bit.ly/9A3qNK ] # Riding my bike to show two houses in Crozet. I'm glad spring is almost here! # RT @brendengrace: @johnchapin Happy 30th … its all up-hill from here! #…
Daylight Saving Time Saves Pedestrians’ Lives
DOT conservatively identified a 0.7% reduction in traffic fatalities during DST, and estimated the real reduction to be 1.5% to 2%, [58] but the 1976 NBS review of the DOT study found no differences in traffic fatalities. [39] In 1995 the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety estimated a reduction of 1.2%, including a 5% reduction in crashes fatal to pedestrians . … [59] Single/Double Summer Time (SDST), a variant where clocks are one hour ahead of the sun in winter and two in summer, has been projected to reduce traffic fatalities by 3% to 4% in the UK, compared to ordinary DST. … [62] A 2009 U.S. study found that on Mondays after the switch to DST, workers sleep an average of 40 minutes less, and are injured at work more often and more severely.
Albemarle County Wants Google’s Fiber!
Albemarle County, Charlottesville and the University of Virginia are putting in a joint application to bring Google Fiber for Communities to central Virginia, and we are looking for help from the community. … According to Google, “ In the same way that the transition from dial-up to broadband made possible the emergence of online video and countless other applications, ultra high-speed bandwidth will drive more innovation – in high-definition video, remote data storage, real-time multimedia collaboration, and others that we cannot yet imagine. … There are two ways to get involved: First, Albemarle County, Charlottesville and the University of Virginia are jointly submitting a request to Google to be considered for this trial – you can help by filling in this brief survey to provide info that will be helpful in our submittal. http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform? formkey=dHdMd2hVVUwtbTQyNFVyYTFQaFFTcVE6MA Second, Google is accepting nominations from residents and community groups saying why Google Fiber should come to their area – visit the following link and make your best case for why we should be the selected region, Google has said that community support will be important in making their choice. http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/public/options Links to both of these items are posted on the county and city websites, http://www.albemarle.org/googlefiber and www.charlottesville.org We need to submit our request by March 26, so we need survey responses and community nominations to be submitted by March 22.