Once again, Charlottesville Tomorrow is leading the pack with its thorough reporting … if you want to get insight into how a candidate is likely to vote, take a look at the sources of their donations. It’s a shame that $150k is being spent on politics rather than something more worthwhile. While Labor Day marks the traditional start of the local campaign season, the race…
How Do You Suggest Albemarle Pay for Infrastructure?
Pantops wants sidewalks. But apparently Albemarle doesn’t have money for much of anything right now. What are the solutions? Gas tax? Local tax district with guaranteed dedicated funding to infrastructure? We know that if we don’t specify up front how taxpayers’ money will be used, it will be frittered away elsewhere … would you be willing to pay a gas tax or sales tax that…
Growth, Politics, Money, Development and Albemarle County
And a local land baron to boot. Very interesting conversation at Cvillenews centered around the Daily Progress’ excellent piece on the possibility of a(nother) Wal-Mart on 29 North. As with most anything in this world, it seems that money talks. And Places 29 needs a whole lotta work.
Twitter Week in Review
Maybe it's time for UVa to renew its rivalry w/ VMI; it's liable to be competitive. #fb # Just got back and am watching the UVA tweets – http://bit.ly/16s1p4 – apparently, UVA's football team isn't so great. # RT @morganb: RT @Jesse: Want an Unpaid Internship So You Can Get Valuable Experience ? – Screw You ! (by @mcuban) http://bit.ly/4kPpe1 # RT @pauljacobson: Self-hosted WordPress…
What’s the Charlottesville Real Estate Market Going to do In 2010?
Let’s ask Google: Home inspection peak due to the $8k Tax Credit?
Google Real Estate Trends
Google Trends for Finance … this is for real estate. A few years ago I wrote a story titled What if Zillow is Right?. Replace "Zillow" with "Google". Yet I have been wondering – what if Zillow’s reach becomes so great, their data become so vast and inclusive, that their Zestimates significantly impact what is fair market value? What if the purchasing and selling population refer to…
Friday Chart – Home Vacancy Rate for Charlottesville MSA
Looking at the data a little bit differently: Charlottesville MSA for this post is comprised of Charlottesville, Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Nelson. Update 10 September 2009 … I’m still working on this … (w/ help from @wkdavis)