Charlottesville Virginia Living

50 Largest Employers – Greene County VA

staff — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:34:08 +0000

Green County VA lies just north of Charlottesville. In addition to its wonderful mountain views, small towns and farms, it also has the Rt. 29 corridor running through it…. bringing businesses along that stretch too. HERE is a link where you can find all of the demographics about Greene County’s profile. From page 21 of that [...]

50 Largest Employers in Nelson County VA

staff — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:31:12 +0000

As with our other companion articles about the employers in central Virginia counties, HERE IS A LINK to the profile of Nelson County. Below we will list Nelson’s biggest employers, but first we want to give you other demographics and information about beautiful Nelson County (in the Blue Ridge Mountains, west of Charlottesville), see links [...]

50 Largest Employers – Fluvanna County VA

staff — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:41:59 +0000

Fluvanna County is adjacent to Charlottesville’s Albemarle County in the center of Virginia. Real estate in Fluvanna County varies from farms and rural settings to the hundreds of homes that line the shores of the gated community of Lake Monticello. HERE IS A LINK TO DETAILS of the profile of Fluvanna County (employers on page [...]

50 Largest Employers – Albemarle County VA

staff — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:58:03 +0000

It seems only logical that the 2nd article in our series about 50 Largest Employers in Virginia … features Albemarle County, home of Charlottesville City, the University of Virginia, medical centers and government facilities. Albemarle County is a hub for employers. HERE IS A LINK to the details of the census description for Albemarle workers. And below are [...]

Harlem Globetrotters Coming To Charlottesville

Sue — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:03:47 +0000

Charlottesville is ready to hear Sweet Georgia Brown. The Harlem Globtrotters will bring their 2012 world tour to Charlottesville on March 8, 2012 @ 7:00PM. For those of you who’ve watched the Globetrotters since Goose Tatum and Meadowlark Lemon, you’ll be amazed by this year’s team, which features three 7+ feet tall players, include 7’8″ Biggie McClain. [...]

300 New Housing Units Scheduled for Charlottesville VA

staff — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:10:11 +0000

Recently Charlottesville’s Planning Commission endorsed a plan for construction of a new 300-unit housing building, scheduled for the Corner of Arlington and Millmont St. (behind Barracks Rd. shopping center). Construction is proposed to begin in May and to be completed in 2013. You can read the details in the link above. The building is proposed [...]

Refinancing Details from Freddie Mac

staff — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:27:02 +0000

Due to historically low interest rates, many home owners are refinancing their existing homes and loans. There are many options for loans as we all know, but HERE are new statistics from Freddie Mac that they’ve gathered from the secondary loan market. Among their findings: in the 4th quarter of 2011, 37 percent of refinancing borrowers maintained approximately their same [...]

50 Largest Virginia Employers

staff — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:59:51 +0000

Very often our Buyers ask us about employment opportunities in the central Virginia area. Of course it’s difficult to provide targeted help until we know what sort of employment might interest our Buyer. To help with that answer and to help clients assess employment in our area, this is the first in a series of [...]

Listening in Charlottesville – Moving Children

staff — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:02:56 +0000

“Most children are unhappy about moving, which is why it is so important, at each stage in the move preparation process, to sit down with them, one on one, and lie to them.” ~ Dave Barry .

When Do You Eat And Drink?

staff — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:22:52 +0000

Oh dear. It’s come to this. Now there is apparently some kind of scientific quantification that I am nearly alone when I hit the popcorn or peanuts at 10:00 p.m. I just always assumed that a lot of people got The Nibblies sometime during the late evening. The more disciplined among us may not indulge [...]