From the monthly archives:

January 2012

Central VA is Comparatively Prosperous

January 31, 2012

The website at Salon published some of their research regarding the economic recovery of particular sections of the U.S.   They have designated some areas which remain in persistent decline as ‘permanent dead zones’.     At THIS LINK you can find a map of their zones and details about why they believe certain areas will continue to [...]

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Virginia Inns and Restaurants Earn Diamonds

January 30, 2012

AAA has awarded nearly 2 dozen Virginia inns and restaurants their ‘Diamond’ awards and rankings for this year.   Their top ranking is 5 diamonds.  Among their criteria are:  ongoing impeccable standards of excellence, and meticulous service. This year, two Virginia properties received their 5 Diamond Award….. the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond and the Inn at [...]

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UVA Miller Center Forum: U.S. Intelligence in the Wake of September 11: The Rise of the Spy Commando

January 30, 2012

February 13, 2012 @ 11:00AM UVA Miller Center UVA Miller Center Forum: U.S. Intelligence in the wake of September 11: The Rise of the Spy Commando. Speaker will be Frederick P. Hitz. Mr. Hitz served as CIA Inspector General and is currently a senior fellow at the Center for National Security Law at UVA School [...]

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Gap Between New Homes and Resales

January 29, 2012

The chart below has been compiled by an Economics Blog named Calculated Risk ….  to illustrate the home sales in the country for the past 8 years… with lines showing sales of new construction vs. resales of existing homes.  It’s dramatic and it speaks for itself.  Of course like many others, we believe one of the fastest [...]

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Charlottesville’s Beer Gets Nod

January 28, 2012

A site called Livability.com makes its living by constructing Top Ten lists.  It must have been a slow news day for them, because they decided to make a list of the Top 10 Beer Cities in America…. and yes, Charlottesville is among them.  While our local breweries such as Starr Hill Brewery, South Street Brewery, and [...]

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UVA Miller Center Forum: Ten Letters: The Stories Americans Tell Their Presidents

January 27, 2012

February 10, 2012 @ 11:00AM UVA Miller Center UVA Miller Center Forum: Ten Letters: The Stories Americans Tell Their Presidents. Eli Saslow is a staff writer at the Washington Post.   A Book Signing will follow this forum. For more information please visit the Miller Center website.

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USDA Offers New Guide to Planting

January 26, 2012

Don’t plant those flowers just before a frost! There’s a great new tool from the U.S. Dep’t of Agriculture.  They have developed a GPS-based site where you can go to investigate the recommended planting dates for gardens in your area.  The last time the USDA developed a plant-hardiness map was in 1990, and this time [...]

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Cocoal Mill Chocolates Come To Staunton VA

January 25, 2012

Staunton Virginia is a small town that’s approximately 40 miles west of Charlottesville.  Its scenery … up against the Blue Ridge Mountain foothills in the Shenandoah Valley … is amazingly beautiful.  And the town itself is wonderfully charming.  From a real estate point of view, the homes in Staunton range from cute bungalows to stately brick [...]

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Civil War Writings Discovered in Culpeper VA

January 24, 2012

A piece of Civil War history has been discovered in Virginia.   But it wasn’t intentional.   It’s still here in part because the Civil War Hospital in Culpeper became so dirty that people referred to it as The Graffiti House. Often Civil War patients at the hospital …. out of boredom …. apparently used charcoal to [...]

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UVA Miller Center Forum: TBA. Speaker Kenneth M. Pollack

January 23, 2012

February 6, 2012 @ 11:00AM UVA Miller Center Speaker will be Kenneth M. Pollack. Mr. Pollack is Director of the Saban Center of Middle East Policy at Brookings. He is an expert on National Security, Military Affairs and The Persian Gulf. For more information please visit the Miller Center website.

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