From the monthly archives:

June 2011

Charlottesville Unemployment Rate Update

June 30, 2011

Charlottesville area unemployment rates at 4.9% at end of May 2011 …. remaining well below the high rates of 6.8% in January of 2010. This link has more information.

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Fireworks in Charlottesville Virginia

June 30, 2011

Communities in central Virginia have lots of fireworks activities on the 4th of July. Here’s the link to the SCHEDULE OF FIREWORKS in our area…. Charlottesville, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Orange, Nelson and Madison counties… plus more!   Even some of the towns like Scottsville and Stanardsville have their own parades and events. To lead the Charlottesville [...]

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Time to Eat Asparagus

June 26, 2011

Here’s A LINK to an article we just completed…. about how to raise asparagus in Charlottesville and central VA,  as well as links and recipes for preparing asparagus.

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Realtors Know

June 24, 2011

One Realtor’s opinion time. Honestly…. whether you use our services or those of one of our competitors… you owe it to yourself to utilize the services of a full-time Realtor.   A good Realtor can almost always get more money for his seller than the Seller could get on his own… even including the real estate [...]

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Louisa County VA Highway Plan

June 23, 2011

Zion Crossroads is a location that continues on its path towards its planned growth.   As a point east of Charlottesville toward Richmond, with north/south access into Fluvanna and Louisa counties…. it’s the targeted location for motels, big box stores, and residential development.  It’s the current site of the Spring Creek community and golf course and a new WalMart.   Though the growth [...]

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You Say Tomato, I Say…

June 18, 2011

I guess there’s a technical difference between a street speed ‘bump’ and a speed ‘hump’.   The width and height of the road obstruction is one way the difference is measured, and apparently a speed hump is a more gradual incline.    But regardless of which terminology is used, speed bumps or speed humps are used to slow [...]

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CFA Institute Expands Charlottesville Operations

June 18, 2011

Today we’ve learned that the Charlottesville training center for financial investors…. CFA Institute… is relocating its Charlottesville operations.  They have successfully obtained the Charlottesville structure of the former Martha Jefferson Hospital on Locust Street for their expansion. CFA Institute is a global company of investment professionals.  Currently their Charlottesville business is occupying 3 different locations around town in [...]

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Charlottesville’s Rt. 29 Western Bypass

June 17, 2011

What did you want in 1990?  Do you even remember what you were planning?   It now appears that after decades of contentious debate and studies and discussion, the long-awaited Charlottesville Rt. 29 Western Bypass…  first proposed in 1990 … may be coming.    The purpose of the bypass was to redirect traffic around Charlottesville from the western/Lynchburg [...]

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Say It Isn’t So – Closing the Batesville Store near Charlottesville

June 12, 2011

The Batesville Store near Charlottesville VA will be closing soon.  As THIS STORY details, they have run into a regulatory quirk whereby they are ordered to operate as a “restaurant” and not as a “store”…. but apparently they are unable to get zoning approval as a restaurant.    What a shame.  The store is a cultural [...]

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Homeowner’s Underwater Financing Pressures

June 11, 2011

Inman News (using a data aggregator called Core Logic, a real estate information source), has released an article this week about the impact of homeowner’s utilization of home equity loans.  Their numbers reveal the struggle that homeowners are having as they try to hang on in financially troubled times. They say that 40% of underwater borrowers took [...]

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