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New Owner for Charlottesville Downtown Mall Hotel

February 3, 2012

The unfinished Landmark Hotel sits right in the middle of the Charlottesville downtown mall neighborhood.  Its steel beam structure has been a vacant hulk for several years as the previous owner went through various changes on his way towards bankruptcy.  It has had serious impact on the other businesses that have sat in its shadow [...]

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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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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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They Like Us

January 14, 2012

There are days when it feels like the whole world is looking for a getaway retreat in Virginia.  They call us from all over the country (and outside the country too)…. looking for those perfect few acres where their families can find a piece of heaven.   We try to keep things in perspective because after [...]

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Charlottesville’s Keswick Hall To Be Sold

January 6, 2012

Yesterday we learned that Charlottesville’s spectacular resort hotel, Keswick Hall, has been sold to a prominent Richmond businessman philanthropist, William Goodwin.  Mr. Goodwin is also a UVa Darden School graduate and former Board member, and he owns other prominent luxury resorts in the U.S. such as Sea Pines and The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island. The [...]

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The Tavern Ends An Era

December 20, 2011

For Charlottesville residents …. and especially for UVa students and their friends and families … the little restaurant on the corner of Barracks and Emmett streets holds a long history of treasured memories. It’s hard to miss the place if you know what to look for… it’s the greeting on its roof.  “Where Students, Tourists, [...]

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Charlottesville Will Get A New Park

December 17, 2011

One of my favorite features of the City of Charlottesville, is what we call a pocket park, or mini-park.    In various spots around town there are cute little outdoor settings reserved for community use … sometimes with kids’ equipment… or maybe with trails in the larger parks.   Residents make good use of these little havens.   Now [...]

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Retirement Mecca: Is Central VA Ready For The Boomers?

November 26, 2011

Is central Virginia doing enough to prepare for the inevitable needs of aging Boomers?   As the Charlottesville area continues to frequent national lists of “best places to live” or “best places to retire”, there is bound to be some strain on the public services as retirees choose our area for their retirements. The Jefferson Area [...]

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In Praise of Domes

November 17, 2011

The University of Virginia is known for its rotunda and dome.  Likewise, much of the Charlottesville Jeffersonian architecture features a dome of some kind.  Though it has needed maintenance throughout the years, it has recently been determined that UVa’s dome is still structurally sound enough that repairs will be sufficient and it will not have to be [...]

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Mileage From Charlottesville To…

November 17, 2011

One of our most common questions from out-of-towners centers on the distance from Charlottesville to various other cities, both inside Virginia as well as along the Eastern U.S.   Below are 2 charts, one for Virginia mileage to Charlottesville, the other for ‘outside’ Virginia distances.  Sometimes the results are not what you’d expect.  Did you know that [...]

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