What will 29 look like in 5 years?
CvilleTomorrow has an excellent summary of the recent North Pointe hearing, highlighted (in my opinion) by Supervisor Ken Boyd's question; “I have [a question] for staff and the applicant. On the one side you feel like you have met the neighborhood principles, and staff says…
Where are these negative ads?
I have heard a great deal about the purported negative ads being broadcast by WINA. I caught the tail-end of reports on WVIR and and watched the report on WCAV (who has some of the ad text, thankfully) There are new radio ads that go…
Friday afternoon …
I was in class all morning, so am in the midst of catching up. I leave you this Friday with these - (which have interesting headlines, but I haven't read them all yet) If Michigan Is Looking at Rapid Transit, Can Virginia Be Far Behind?…
Albemarle County BoS goes RSS?
An alert reader just tipped me to this - Subscribe to the Board of Supervisors' RSS Feed for Board Meetings RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, is a convenient way to keep up with the County of Albemarle Board meetings. Once you subscribe to the Board's…
Afternoon links, regional real estate stuff
Predatory Lending article (PDF) Orange County is joining the trend and raising property taxes Biscuit Run headed to the Albemarle County Planners Do you want your employer to provide health care or buy you a house? It's not so far-fetched! Mandate Clustering developments? As Growth…
Morning reading 02-16-06
I went to the General Assembly yesterday for the Realtors' Day on the Hill. Thus, I have a great deal of catching up to do. In the meantime ... The House Transportation Package Driven to Despair Suing a real estate agent for misrepresentation. Bottom line:…
Albemarle Place discussion
Charlottesville Tomorrow again provides an excellent service and podcast of today's discussion on WINA about Albemarle Place. I held a Realtor's Open House at my listing on Minor Ridge Road this morning. Thankfully, we had quite a bit of traffic from fellow Realtors - about…
Morning reading
Spread of the "Urban Village" concept Transfer of Development rights Politics in a nutshell: "What I'm saying is, don't be bellyaching about 'we've got all this new money and we want to cut rates to reduce the amount of money,' and then not talk about…
Stay ’til you have a solution!
The Washington Post reports this morning that Gov. Tim Kaine ... will force the issue by calling a special session or extending the current one, which is scheduled to end March 11. "I'm not going to walk away without a deal," Kaine said. "If something…
Crozet Growth “town meeting” Feb. 9
I received the following in the mail the other day - (I'm not that special, I just happen to live in Crozet) - an invitation to a public hearing in Crozet regarding growth, the discrepancies in the projected number of residents of Crozet and much…