Dave Mcnair at The HooK has a great story about the impact the Vanderlinde single-stream recycling facility has had on the government’s own trash business. There are two issues – 1) The lawsuit 2) The future of the government-run operation – the RWSA – in light of what seems to be competition that, left to the open market would close down the RWSA’s trash business. … So, will Van der Linde’s MRF become our area’s landfill of the future? … Do we, as trash-producing, tax paying citizens need or want government to keep doing what’s obsolete?
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.
Vineyards in Albemarle are Good – Right?
It seems that well enough may not be left alone ; Cathy Harding reports in this week’s C-Ville: Recent discussions between the Albemarle County Planning Department and county wineries raise questions about exactly what comprises normal activity at a winery—and even, to a degree, what constitutes a farm winery, itself. Planners want to bring the county’s current zoning ordinance in line with the State Code that regulates farm wineries. It seems that, so far at least, the language and stipulations they’ve come up with are leaving a sour taste in the mouths of some local wine professionals. It boils down to three areas of concern: hours of operation; limits on numbers of people that can attend winery events without a zoning variance; and, as mentioned, the definition of farm wineries as well as agritourism.
What’s Your Neighborhood’s Friendliness Score?
Here’s how my clients and I assess neighborhoods perceived friendliness factors: if you’re driving through a neighborhood, how many people walking on the streets wave to you? … It’s something that when I moved to Charlottesville 20 some years ago, my mom and my sister were driving through a neighborhood and after we went through the neighborhood my mom looked at us and said: “kids, what did you all think about that place?†and one of us, either my sister or I said: “you know, we didn’t like it mom because those boys didn’t wave at us†and it was really simple, but quite profound and we didn’t end up moving there, but we did move to a neighborhood that was quite friendly and still is frankly. So my question is for buyers and sellers: what is your neighborhoods or the neighborhoods that you’re searching perceived friendliness value?
Re-Invigorating the Charlottesville VMI Alumni Chapter
Update 7 September 2011: There is now a Charlottesville VMI Alumni page with contact information and information on the monthly happy hour meetings. The Charlottesville VMI alumni chapter is becoming much more active.
DP and Charlottesville Tomorrow begin Four-Part Series on Traffic and Growth
Part One started yesterday in the Daily Progress . The difficulty in balancing growth pressures and a decline in transportation infrastructure spending is growing more acute, but there is little movement toward solutions. How would you solve the transit/traffic/transportation issues the Charlottesville/Albemarle region is facing?
Charlottesville Real Estate – Twitter Week in Review – 29 November 2009
Negotiating real estate contracts is *nothing* compared to negotiating w/ a 5yo re: spinach #fb # This could turn out to be a very fulfilling week – on three levels. # @bjt contact @DaniloB –…
“Everything’s on the Table” – Albemarle County Schools Budget
Brandon Shulletta writes in today’s Daily Progress : School division leaders drafting budget requests are also wondering whether next year’s supervisors are more likely to maintain the current real-estate tax rate of 74.2 cents per $100 of assessed value or increase the rate to 77.2 cents — two options officials have keyed on. At the 77.2-cent rate, county heads project that the average homeowner would pay the same real-estate taxes next year as under this year’s rate because assessed home values are declining. … Rather than complain about or note how ridiculous it is for local governments to decide how much they are going to spend before they know what their actual income is going to be , I’d rather come up with possible solutions . … Have all the kids meet at the front of the subdivision. – What impact would year-round schooling have on the budget? – How much money would be saved by turning off lights methodically and religiously?