XYZ

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07

March 7, 2010 by Sasha Farmer · Leave a Comment 

• delish chicken dinner! calling it an early night before a busy day tmrw… photographing a new listing, listing presentation, showings, woo! #
• Open house at a BEAUTIFUL home this afternoon 1P-3P, then showing homes to a couple good friends, then maybe dinner and the UVA game? #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28

February 28, 2010 by Sasha Farmer · Leave a Comment 

• another 6 hours of home showings today- fun! but tiring too! happy to be home with the hubby and a clean house! #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21

February 21, 2010 by Sasha Farmer · Leave a Comment 

• exhausted after showing homes all morning. quick lunch, nap, prep, then off to the junior league casino night fundraiser at boar's head! #
• #ff #GetActive10 faves! @mattwilkins @LoCoHeather @rvabusiness @NRVLiving @JovanH @mrg7175 @tinainvirginia @DRPnet @NashvilleBrian @bkmcae #
• just getting home from VAR's #GetActive10 conference- awesome event & new ppl! pleasantly surprised to return to a ratified contract too! #
• a huge thanks to @JovanH and @bkmcae for bringing @nashvillebrian to #getactive10 & asking him to challenge us. GREAT class. hope he returns #
• On the bus to Richmond to represent The Cville Association of Realtors at our Virginia legislative conference- home late tomorrow #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-14

February 14, 2010 by Sasha Farmer · Leave a Comment 

• RT @JoshDavisTPort: Albemarle County Public Schools will be closed on Friday February 12. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-07

February 7, 2010 by Sasha Farmer · Leave a Comment 

• Tough loss for the Hoos today but JPJ was packed! Quick lunch stop at McGradys and then back home for some Wiilympics with John! #
• oops- here is the iphone and mobile-friendly Dominion power outage page- bookmark it! http://ow.ly/14pT0 #
• If you have Dominion VA Power & are worried about an outage, check out this outage map and maybe save it to your phone. http://ow.ly/14pl3 #
• finally home from the office! 2 listing presentations tomorrow and a walk-through of a new property. looking like another long day #
• 8 a.m. listing appointment… I can definitely think of better times for this sort of thing. #
• Go Hoos! U.Va. mens bball against UNC in the background, pricing presentations and spreadsheets up front. Busy, busy week ahead. #

Check Out The United Way- Thomas Jefferson Area “All Around Town” Auction in Charlottesville February 3-10

February 1, 2010 by Sasha Farmer · Leave a Comment 

The United Way- Thomas Jefferson Area is holding their All Around Town Auction from February 3-10, and there are definitely some great items up for auction, all for a great cause!

The All Around Town Auction features tons of participating companies around town, all of whom have different auction items present at their stores and shops, that shoppers may bid on while they peek around.

All proceeds benefit the United Way-Thomas Jefferson Area toward furthering their mission to serve those at the greatest risk and with the greatest need.

Areas all over Charlottesville are participating, and are broken down into the following segments of town;

• 250 West
• 29 North
• Barracks Road
• Crozet
• Downtown Charlottesville
• Pantops/East

There are definitely plenty of stores participating, so if you’re out and about taking care of your shopping, or looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day gift, consider stopping in some of these stores to bid on their featured items.

Click here for a PDF Auction Brochure of all of the stores represented, along with their auction items! PDF Auction Brochure

Additionally, here is a brochure listing all auction items, and where they can be found! AuctionList2010.pdf

This is a great program, for a great cause- keep it in mind over the next two weeks!

Happy Shopping!

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-31

January 31, 2010 by Sasha Farmer · Leave a Comment 

• how is the real estate market supposed to rebound with all this snow?! boooo. #
• RT @CvilleKiTK: Hey Cville! Don't forget about Kids in The Kitchen! 3/27 from 9-1 in the AHS Cafeteria! Bring the kids for lots of fun! #
• RT @bosykes: Boil water advisory for the following neighborhoods in *NORTHERN Albemarle County: Camelot, Briarwood, and North Pines. #
• it is absolutely beautiful in Cville today! windows open for the first time in a LONG time! happy, happy! #
• showing property, showing property, and then- showing more property. wish the rain would go away! Happy Sunday! #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-24

January 24, 2010 by Sasha Farmer · Leave a Comment 

• its sunny out & there's a great concert for a great cause tonight- hoos for haiti! doors open at 5:30 at fry springs! http://ow.ly/ZL7a #
• I hope you'll join us tmrw night for Charlottesville's effort to raise funds for Haiti- great concert too! See you there? http://ow.ly/ZAjS #
• back from VLA and so excited for the year ahead! lucky to surround myself with so many incredible real estate pro's from around the state! #
• off to the stonewall jackson hotel in Staunton until Thursday! #
• Embarking on first session of year-long Virginia Association of REALTORS leadership academy tomorrow, so excited to be chosen, can't wait! #
• John & I are heading to Hoos For Haiti benefit concert on Sat. night- wanted to get a group together. Anyone wanna join? http://ow.ly/XKCV #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-17

January 17, 2010 by Sasha Farmer · Leave a Comment 

• Cville- Save the date for next Saturday! Benefit concert/auction for Haitian relief- great time & greater cause! Please RT http://ow.ly/X85R #
• RT @CBS19: Dr. Teresa A. Sullivan has been named President of UVa. She is the first female president in the university’s history. #
• At 2:30P today; live streaming of selection of new UVA President here- http://ow.ly/V4bE / At 4P- Open Reception at Newcomb. See you there? #
• According to @DailyProgress, UVA to announce new President tomorrow! Big day! http://bit.ly/6kuavq #

Blue Ridge Outdoors Reader Poll Reveals Several Charlottesville Favorites!

January 9, 2010 by Sasha Farmer · Leave a Comment 

The Blue Ridge Outdoors January Issue “Best of the Outdoors” article highlights several beautiful areas in Charlottesville. This article is reader voted- polling readers from Baltimore to Atlanta to pick their favorites of the Blue Ridge.

Here are a few of the places that Charlottesville was competitive;

1. Favorite Section of the Blue Ridge Parkway; Humpback Rock voted #3!
2. Favorite Waterfall Section in the Blue Ridge; Crabtree Falls is voted #1! (biggest waterfall East of the Mississippi)- Nelson County
3. Best Ski Runs in the Blue Ridge; Wintergreen Resort Cliffhanger mile long run voted #2!
4. Best Snowboarding Event in the Blue Ridge: Blue Ridge Double Cross voted #1!
5. Favorite Section of the Appalachian Trail: Shenendoah National Park Section voted #5!
6. Best Road Race: The Charlottesville Ten Miler voted #5!
7. Favorite Terrain park: Wintergreen Terrain Park voted #6!

Check out the full video interview of Tom Daly, from Blue Ridge Outdoors on the Newsplex website here and be sure to read the full article at the Blue Ridge Outdoors website here!

Photo Credit: http://www.blueridgelocksmithing.com

Charlottesville’s Restaurant Week January 25-31!

January 6, 2010 by Sasha Farmer · Leave a Comment 

I could not have been more excited than I was to hear that Restaurant Week was coming to Charlottesville last year, and now, it’s back! From January 25 – 31, Charlottesville has 20+ restaurants participating in “Restaurant Week”, which involves $26/person prix-fixe menus, all of three courses- an appetizer, entree, and dessert. Last year only about 10 restaurants participated, but this year the list is much longer. Book your reservations now!

So far, the following restaurants are participating;

• Aberdeen Barn
• Blue Light Grill
• The Boat House
• Brassiere Montiel
• C&O
• Camino
• Carmello’s
• Cassis
• Fossett’s at Keswick Hall
• Horse and Hound
• l’etoile
• Maya
• The Melting Pot
• Old Mill Room at The Boar’s Head Inn
• The Pointe at The Om
• Ventana
• Vivace
• Zinc

Visit the Restaurant Week website to check out the prix-fixe menus for each restaurant!

From the Restaurant Week website;

“For any diner who has ever dreamed about fine dining without breaking the bank, Restaurant Week is that dream… come true. Modeled on similar events in other cities, this is seven days of good food and good fun. Diners get to choose from each participating restaurant’s special prix fixe menu and enjoy three courses— an appetizer, an entree, and dessert— for just $25 [CORRECTION- actually $26 this year]. (Beverages, tax, and gratuity not included.)

Charlottesville Restaurant Week is January 25-31 and July 12-18, 2010.

[From About Restaurant Week » Charlottesville Restaurant Week - ]

Give Where You Live: December: Charlottesville SPCA Blanket Drive

December 29, 2009 by Sasha C. Farmer Realtor · Leave a Comment 

The December “Give Where You Live” focuses on the Charlottesville Albemarle SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). They are currently partnered up with the City of Charlottesville for their 4th Annual Blanket Drive.   

There is no better time than now to support this drive, as I’m sure we are all mindful of the bitter temperatures Charlottesville has been experiencing! While we are all trying to keep warm from the bitter cold this winter, many of the SPCA animals are housed in outdoor runs and kennels and can use any extra warmth that we might be able to spare! If you have old blankets that won’t hold up in your home much longer, make sure to drop them off at the Albemarle SPCA (Berkmar Drive) or Charlottesville City Hall in Downtown Charlottesville!

[From 4th Annual SPCA Blanket Drive - NBC29]

Charlottesville is teaming up with the SPCA for the 4th Annual Blanket Drive to make sure man’s best friend isn’t left out in the cold.

The shelter houses dozens of animals, and while a lot of the kennels are indoors, several have an outdoor component as well. Last year, the drive brought in 600 blankets. This year the city is hoping for 750.

Susanne Kogut of the Charlottesville – Albemarle SPCA said, “It’s really incredible, I mean during the winter it gets pretty cold. We have the outdoor runs and it gets pretty cold no matter what you do so having the dogs have the blankets, it’s really awesome.”

If you would like to help, you can drop off your donation in the front lobby at Charlottesville City Hall or the Charlottesville – Albemarle SPCA on Berkmar Drive.

For more information, call 434-970-3129.

[Photo Credit: Charlottesville Albemarle SPCA]

—–

Every month, I will post a segment called “Give Where You Live,” which will be focused on Charlottesville and the surrounding counties, reminding us of little things we can do to make our community a better place. There are tons of incredible non-profits and charities around the area, and hopefully these segments will help residents become more familiar with some of the different needs in the community and maybe even inspire some giving!   

I will try to post about a variety of needs and programs, from big to small, so if you know of a great local cause that is running a donation-based or volunteer campaign, please feel free to send the details my way and I will make an effort to include them in an upcoming “Give Where You Live”!

Charlottesville is extremely lucky to have been the home of Dave Matthews!

December 24, 2009 by Sasha C. Farmer Realtor · Leave a Comment 

$222,000 lucky, in fact! Dave Matthews has again given out another set of grants to Charlottesville non-profits, totaling $222,000 in grants, and benefitting 39 grateful (and deserving!) non-profit organizations here in town. Evidently BAMA Works holds a competitive grant application process and selects the groups most in need of their funds every year (side note- this is very similar to the United Way’s Program Review and Funding Committee, that determines the allocation of the United Way’s grant monies each year.) We are blessed to have such strong supporters of our non-profits here in Charlottesville! Take a look at some of the grants, and what they are going to be used for.   

If any of the projects sounds interesting, I’d venture to say that many of these non-profits are likely looking for volunteers to help carry them out!

The following is a complete list (Credit to Newsplex.com):

1. Albemarle County Schools (Monticello High School) – $3,000 for school supplies, books, field trips, glasses, and clothing to financially needy Monticello High School students.

2. Albemarle County Schools (Stony Point Elementary School) – $1,000 stipend to a professional songwriter who will teach music literary to students in Pre-K classes.

3. Albemarle Pipes and Drums Band, Inc. – $1,500 for musical instruments for the volunteer Celtic band at various community functions.

4. Charlottesville Abundant Life Ministries – $5,000 to support a dance instruction curriculum to enhance the 5th-8th grade tutoring program at Walker Upper Elementary and Buford Middle School.

5. Charlottesville Area Dental Access – $10,000 to support the Community Children’s Dental Center that provides full service pediatric dental care for low-income children in Central Virginia.

6. Charlottesville City Public Schools (Adult Education Program) – $2,000 to help fund a one-day Festival of Cultures in Lee Park in the spring of 2010.

7. Charlottesville Jazz Society – $3,000 to fund educational program by which jazz artists teach local students.

8. Charlottesville Police Department Foundation – $10,000 to support police/community activities, including the Cops4Kids program that provides positive engagement with disadvantaged youth.

9. Children, Youth & Family Services – $8,000 to support the STAR Kids program that teaches positive social and decision-making skills to low-income preschoolers.

10. Covesville Child Development Center – $5,000 for scholarships to financially disadvantaged preschoolers from Albemarle and Nelson counties.

11. Fluvanna County Habitat for Humanity – $10,000 to help build one of five Earthcraft-certified homes for deserving Fluvanna County residents as a part of a new rural conservation cluster subdivision design.

12. Fluvanna County Schools (Fluvanna County High School) – $1,500 to help fund the Fluvanna County High School Blue and Gold monthly newspaper.

13. Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville – $10,000 to help complete critical electrical work at Southwood Mobile Park.

14. Hope Foundation, Inc. – $10,000 to support the Hope Community Center’s afterschool program for elementary and middle school children in the Tenth and Page neighborhood.

15. International Rescue Committee – $10,000 to create an emergency fund for medical and dental assistance to Charlottesville refugees whose health insurance programs do not meet their health needs.

16. James River Association – $5,000 to support education efforts of the Upper James Riverkeeper program.

17. Monticello Area Community Action Agency (MACAA) – $10,000 to fund the Hope House transitional housing facility for homeless families.

18. Meals on Wheels of Charlottesville-Albemarle – $9,000 to provide hot meals for seven homebound disabled clients for one year.

19. North Branch School – $5,000 for the Naomi Scherr Memorial Scholarship to provide tuition assistance to needy students attending the North Branch School in Nelson County.

20. People and Congregations Engaged in Ministry (PACEM ) – $8,000 to fund the salary of the Guest Advocate position to assist shelter guests by creating a relationship of trust and to provide information about jobs, housing, and identification documents.

21. Piedmont CASA, Inc .- $5,000 to support a part-time teen specialist position to increase the effectiveness of advocacy for teens (13 to18) who are victims of abuse and neglect.

22. Quest Institute, Inc. – $2,500 for the Books Behind Bars program that collects and provides books without charge to incarcerated individuals in Virginia prisons.

23. QuickStart Tennis of Central Virginia – $5,000 to introduce children throughout the CACF service area to the game of tennis.

24. Second Street Gallery – $2,000 to support Family Art Day and the Public Art Project which provide art education for the Charlottesville community.

25. Senior Center, Inc. – $5,000 to support arts and humanities programs to enrich the lives of area seniors.

26. Service Dogs of Virginia – $7,000 to provide a Service Dog Scholarship to support advanced training and placement of one diabetic alert service dog.

27. Spay/Neuter All Pets, Inc. (SNAP) – $2,500 to provide low-cost spay/neuter services to low-income residents of Louisa County.

28. Special Olympics Virginia – $7,500 to support a tennis tournament for individuals with intellectual disabilities in Charlottesville with participants from across the country.

29. Thomas Jefferson Area Coalition for the Homeless – $8,000 for supplies for the community kitchen at “The Haven at First and Market” (formerly known as the First Street Church Project) that provides daily meals and a food service job training program.

30. Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission/Jefferson Area Disability Services Board (DSB) – $3,500 to develop a home modification network for people with disabilities in the planning district.

31. Town of Mineral – $6,000 to modernize and expand Walton Park utilizing a plan by the Virginia Tech Design Group to attract more performing arts activities to Louisa County.

32. University Montessori School – $3,000 to complete construction of an outdoor classroom for environmental education classes.

33. UVA Rector and Visitors (UVA Children’s Hospital) – $3,000 to provide helmets to third grade children in Charlottesville and Albemarle, to be distributed through the Bike Helmet program.

34. Urban Vision – $8,000 to help start an incentive program for Friendship Court families with the goal to make families more self-sufficient.

35. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy – $3,000 for travel, lodging and honoraria for 10 authors/storytellers/illustrators to give presentations fostering the love of reading and literacy skills to local schools, youth and community organizations during the Virginia Festival of the Book March 17-21, 2010.

36. Virginia Organization of Consumers Asserting Leadership (VOCAL) – $5,000 to support Firewalkers: Changing the Story of Mental Health, a book and outreach project to educate the Charlottesville community about mental illness and to improve mental health services.

37. Wildlife Center of Virginia – $8,000 for environmental outreach programs for area elementary schools.

38. Wintergreen Adaptive Sports – $8,000 to support an ongoing sports program for wounded servicemen and women.

39. Writer House, Inc. – $3,000 for scholarship funds for disadvantaged youth to develop creative writing skills.

[From Dave Matthews Band Gives Back to Hometown]

[Photo Credit: http://wknc.org/blog/post/wp-content/uploads/dmb.gif]

Stocking Stuffers for Real Estate Aficionados

December 23, 2009 by Sasha C. Farmer Realtor · Leave a Comment 

From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, A fun list of reading for those of you on the market for a home in 2010;

1. Nolo’s Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home, Ilona Bray, Alayna Schroeder, and Marcia Stewart, Nolo publishing, $24.99
2. This Sold House: Staging Your Home To Sell in Today’s Market,Diane Keyes, Third Child Press, $14.95
3. If I Had A Hammer: More Than 100 Easy Fixes and Weekend Projects, Andrea Ridout, Collins, $17.95
4. New Classic American Houses: The Architecture of Albert, Righter & Tittmann, Dan Cooper, Vendome Press, $50
5. Country Color: Perfect Palettes for Every Room, Judith Miller, Vendome Press, $35

Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Lynn Underwood (12/20/2009)

[From REALTOR® Magazine-Daily News-Stocking Stuffers for Real Estate Aficionados]

Social Media Revolution Video

October 4, 2009 by Sasha C. Farmer Realtor · Leave a Comment 

This is a great video about Social Media that everyone should take a look at.  Social Media is slowly sweeping all other forms of advertising, and will continue to do so, likely for years to come.  As you know, I am a very strong supporter of social media, and think it is here to stay.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8

Next Page »