Thanks to VPAP, we know that the Rio District race in which David Slutzky lost to Rodney Thomas cost $150k , the Samuel Miller District race cost nearly $100k, and in the City of Charlottesville with its traditionally non-competive elections cost a mere $20k. It’s a damn shame that local elections cost a quarter of a million dollars.
Posts Published by Jim Duncan
A Charlottesville Realtor who tries to stay on the bleeding/cutting/functional edge of technology and real estate trends. I have been selling real estate for the past 10 years, lived in C'Ville for twenty+ and am married to one of few Charlottesville natives left.
10 Ways to Go Green in Charlottesville
Lots of folks, apparently: Fifty million American homes are banned from hanging clotheslines on their property.
 Project Laundry List, a clothesline advocacy group, lists the Rosemont Homeowners Association in Ivy, as one local region where the use of clotheslines is banned.
…As childhood obesity rates skyrocket, hoofing it is increasingly regarded as a heroic effort in a region where new development tends to leave kids further from schools, and closer to the candy store. All of this in a world that grows less safe with each passing day. … solar panels , clotheslines, flagpoles (# Barfoot ) … what’s next?
Charlottesville is going to have a LGBT center
As an aside, I was at Cville Coffee this morning for a meeting … they seem to be stepping it up a notch. A nice paver patio in front for the warmer months, a stage is being built in the “adult” section for music and other acts, and I noticed an ABC license application on the front door. … But inside, amid the antique wood furnishings, chandeliers and Oriental carpets, owner Candace DeLoach has fashioned this guesthouse into one of the most gay-friendly hotels in Virginia. While much of the clientele is straight — parents of university students, business executives, couples in town for a getaway — gay men and lesbian travelers know this as a welcoming haven where they can check in and kick back without worries of second glances or raised eyebrows.
Crozet Tweetup – 10 December
We’ve had Charlottesville Tweetups before . As Crozet continues its growth towards self-sufficiency – coffee shops, grocery stores, restaurants, hardware stores, Christmas trees – there are fewer and fewer reasons to come to Charlottesville (other than work … and even in that category Crozet has made progress over the past few years ) … now it’s time for a Crozet Tweetup . Date : 10 December Time : Noon – 2 Location : Fardowners in the Square in Crozet RSVP either via the twtvite below or in the comments … or email or Twitter …
Crozet Lunch Tweetup Just a friendly neighborhood lunch time get together…
Thoughts on Crozet Library’s Further Delay
I suspect no one has or will move to Crozet because of the library, but having a good library, as we do now, is a component of a community with a high quality of life. … Based on those standards, if Crozet’s service area population (that is, the population within 6 miles of the library) reaches 25,000, the public library should be in the square foot range of 15,000 SF – 20,000 SF. … John Halliday, Library Director Jefferson-Madison Regional Library 201 East Market Street, Charlottesville Virginia 22902 Mike Marshall at the Crozet Gazette noted last month : County leaders have notified the Crozet Library Steering Committee that they will recommend to supervisors that the project be pushed back yet again (it was originally slated to open in 2011) and not be considered for funding before 2015. … The County should take advantage of currently depressed construction costs by either borrowing money, getting a slice of the $787 billion the federals are looking to spend on “shovel ready†projects, or by suspending the County’s annual tribute payment to Charlottesville—the so-called “revenue sharing agreement†in which only the County does the sharing—a sum which next year will run about $18 million.
Twitter Week in Review
WTH is the House Doing? – House Helps to Pick College Football No. 1 http://post.ly/EHBR # I've been up for too long this morning. # I just became the mayor of anytime fitness crozet on…
Friday Chart – Price Changes in Charlottesville MSA – 12-4-2009
Looking at a wider timeline, this time 1 November through 4 December 2009 and 5 December 2008: For 2009 versus 2008, for the previous seven days – there were 262 price changes this year versus 157 during the same time period last year.
… PDFs : Price changes – Charlottesville MSA – 2009 Price changes – Charlottesville MSA – 2008 The data below is still not as accurate as it will be, as the Charlottesville and Albemarle real estate markets do not have (and didn’t in the “boom” years) sufficient transactional volume to make all of these charts as trend-able as they are in other markets. … Frames not supported * “Condo” in this context = attached + condo Frames not supported Frames not supported Frames not supported If you’re interested in receiving these reports every month, please sign up below. Honestly, I think these charts are useful and cool; while they are still a work-in-progress as the data is still being analyzed, I think the trend lines are becoming more accurate.