From the monthly archives:

August 2012

Pasture For Charlottesville

August 30, 2012

There are a couple of existing restaurants in Richmond VA named Pasture and Comfort.   Now the owners of those restaurants have made a commitment to open another Pasture restaurant in Charlottesville’s new Shops at Stonefield.  It’s scheduled to open in the winter of 2012 and will feature a chef-driven menu with local food sources.  You can read more about [...]

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VA Appalachian Trail Named Best For Hikers

August 28, 2012

Another accolade for Central VA.   Men’s Fitness magazine has include the Virginia Appalachian Trail in its Top Ten National Park Hiking Locations.   Here are DETAILS of how you can get a park permit for hiking, and how to arrange a weekend hike of 27 miles along the gorgeous Appalachian Trail.  Information just in time for autumn [...]

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Community Firefighting Effort

August 27, 2012

Wow.  Talk about your community spirit.  Sometimes our clients ask about how friendly or supportive our neighbors are…. here’s one to tell them. Crozet in Western Albemarle County is not a very large area.  And Greenwood is a relatively sparsely inhabited portion of Crozet.  So it caught our eyes when we learned that more than [...]

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What Percent Are You In

August 27, 2012

This could either make or break your day.  Here’s a link to an online calculator that can show you with one click… where your income ranks in comparison to other household incomes across the country.            INCOME CALCULATOR .

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National Planting Day

August 26, 2012

Sept. 8th marks the kickoff of a first annual event, when communities throughout the country will be busy sharing a similar task…. National Planting Day.   A main goal of the event is to take advantage of the fall planting season to encourage people to plant local species of plants that support local ecosystems.   In addition, communities [...]

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Charlottesville Home Instead Program Helps Seniors Avoid Fraud

August 25, 2012

Some people just stand out from the crowd because of their dedication to causes that are undeniably helpful to the rest of us.  Charlottesville resident Jeanne McCusker is one of those people.  For over a dozen years, Ms. McCusker has guided the Charlottesville office of “Home Instead”, an organization whose mission is to help people stay in [...]

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See Central VA Skies Through UVa Telescope

August 24, 2012

One of the interesting benefits of living near the University of Virginia,  is the access to special programs and tools that the university shares with the rest of the community.   Such is the case tomorrow (Saturday) night when the UVa Astronomy Department teams up with the Charlottesville Astronomical Society for a presentation in conjunction with the [...]

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JPA Bridge Celebration in Charlottesville

August 24, 2012

Hey.   We take our bridges seriously here in Charlottesville.  We even throw celebrations for their repair…. in advance of the bridge being reopened! Such was the case last week when the Fry’s Spring neighborhood came together to celebrate the ‘almost-opening’ of the repaired bridge on JPA. For those unfamiliar with C’ville… JPA is local-speak for [...]

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Crozet Through a Visitor’s Eyes

August 23, 2012

Usually we like to write our own material about our topics.  But every now and then a story comes along that can only be told through the eyes of a visitor to our area.  And that is the case with the following link, a story of a Lynchburg VA man’s visit to the Charlottesville area [...]

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Taste of the Mountains Street Festival – Madison County

August 16, 2012

Taste of the Mountains Street Festival September 1, 2012 9AM to 4PM The 20th Annual Taste of the Mountain Street Festival is sponsored by the Madison County Chamber of Commerce. Some of the activities include live entertainment, food vendors, arts and crafts, antique cars, re-enactment of civil war camp life, pony rides and childrens games. [...]

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