The Soccer Organization of Charlottesville is seeking to build, and build big near its current facility on Polo Grounds Road.The project proposal consists of an outdoor, lit, synthetic surface, full-size soccer field; a small, indoor soccer field with synthetic surface; two mini-soccer fields suitable for pick-up play and training; and the club’s permanent offices…. No public address or amplified sound system has been proposed as part of the project.I received an email yesterday seeking Realtors to speak in favor of this proposed soccer facility.Neighbors in nearby subdivisions believe their property values could be adversely affected (specifics not sited yet but I’m thinking traffic count and lights)…. This agent was going to say that property value is in the eye of the buyer and that the added facilities could just as easily attract potential buyers as dissuade them from buying- that it would likely not affect property values.Can anybody speak definitively to an increase in property values?… That [facility] is not appropriate around our place.”The reality is that this is a much-needed facility that will serve to enhance all property values by providing an asset that the community can use (assuming that in practice, this is the case).
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The simplicity and power of thank you.
I have written numerous times before on the power and importance of customer service. Few places in this world does “thank you” carry as much weight as the open source community.If you’re curious, start here to see unreasonable expectations and then here to see what a simple “thank you” can elicit.For those of you who blog, take the time to thank those who support us. When you’re at the DMV (as I was last week) say “thank you.” It is amazing what a those two words combined by a smile can accomplish.Geico may have the cavemen, but Liberty Mutual have a better commercial.
Monday links 12-11-2006
What happens when X number is reached?Conversation in Harrisonburg. C’ville has had the occasional blogger meetup, and this seems quite intriguing. Zillow, Realtor.com, Trulia, Propsmart, google base – in Google Trends.Taming the RSS beast. Question of the day – How many Realtors will there be in 2010?
Thoughts on working online
Off-topic, but … having to work from a backup laptop while I 1) wait for my PowerBook to be repaired and 2) wait for my new MacBook Pro (200gig hard drive!) has given me time…
PowerBook deceased
My hard drive died. Again. It did this a year ago; the 90-day warranty on the replacement hard drive has clearly expired. I have a fairly recent backup, but the time involved is very irritating…
A minor addition to the blog
It’s a real work in progress, but if you are in the Central Virginia region, take note of the “people who do stuff” wiki I have added…. Make it the one-stop resource for those seeking HVAC, carpenters, plumbers, etc. Is this a realistic goal? Maybe not, but if you don’t aim high, where should you aim? What’s a wiki?… is a type of website that allows the visitors themselves to easily add, remove and otherwise edit and change some available content …So … if you know of a good contractor, plumber, etc. feel free to add them to the “Other People Who Do Stuff Page.”* Please bear with me, as this is the first time I’ve done one of these, so … there will be changes and alterations as we evolve.It’s running on PhpWiki, an open source software that is conveniently provided by my host, Bluehost. (note, my site has been very slow lately, due to what I perceive to be the consequences of renting space on a shared server.)
Correct attribution?
I cannot discern to whom attribution should be credited, but this thinking is one of my primary goals of every transaction with which I am involved. Just get it done, and get it done right.It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.- William James- Ronald Reagan- Harry S.