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Monthly Archives: May 2010

Dunlora Neighborhood versus the Deer

May 26, 2010 – 12:20 pm

This is an interesting dilemma in a suburban environment : With a proposal to cull deer before their community association, some Dunlora residents are hoping they’ll be able to keep bow hunters out of the bucolic neighborhood. … “We do need to limit deer because, in addition to being a problem for people by eating landscape plants and being in the roadways, deer are impacting other species, such as birds that require low-growing plants for habitat. The best way to accomplish this would be for people to learn to live among the coyotes that have moved into Virginia now that the bigger carnivores are mostly gone,” she wrote. The Dunlora neighborhood in Charlottesville is known for being a place with trees, slightly larger lots and spacing between neighbors.

By Jim Duncan | Posted in Dunlora | Comments (0)

Charlottesville Single Family Homes Real Estate Market Update

May 23, 2010 – 11:35 pm

2010 is trending to be a decent year in real estate…so far.  Well, maybe I should re-phrase that: it’s not any worse than 2009.  We continue to hear some troubling news regarding foreclosures and defaults on a national level (stay tuned to the Nest Report later this week), but positive signs and trends continue to [...]

By Jonathan Kauffmann | Posted in Charlottesville, Greenbrier/Rutledge, Market Reports, North Downtown, Robinson Woods, Rugby | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Things to Do: Walk for Kids

May 16, 2010 – 9:14 pm

As Charlottesville residents we are blessed by so much that the city and region has to offer. And occasionally, we have the opportunity to give something back. On June 5, we have that opportunity; and I for one, plan to do my part. In 2003, my wife and I were blessed by the birth of [...]

By wkdavis | Posted in Charlottesville, Nest Belief System | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Albemarle County Single Family Home Sales

May 10, 2010 – 11:48 pm

I know we’ve got a few loyal readers out there who live for our market reports…and to you we apologize for the delay in getting our most recent report up. Thankfully for everyone, April was one of the busiest months we’ve had in a long time.  The expiration of the tax credit caused a lot [...]

By Jonathan Kauffmann | Posted in Albemarle County, Market Reports | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Things to Do in Charlottesville – Go to an Orchard

May 3, 2010 – 8:21 am

In this case, local strawberries at Chiles Orchard in Crozet. These are some of the orchards in Charlottesville, Albemarle, Fluvanna and Greene: And besides, spending an hour or so with the family is a much ore fulfilling experience than going to the grocery store.

… Thanks to BuyLocalVirginia.org, these are some of the orchards in Albemarle, Charlottesville, Fluvanna, Greene and Nelson : Carter Mountain Orchard Chiles Peach Orchard Dickie Brothers Orchard Drumheller’s Orchard Fitzgerald’s Orchard Flippin-Seaman, Inc. Fruit Hill Orchard Henley’s Orchard Saunders Brothers Farm Market Seamans’ Orchard Silver Creek Orchards Spring Valley Orchard The Apple Shed Vintage Virginia Apples

By Jim Duncan | Posted in Crozet, Things To Do in Charlottesville | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)