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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07

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

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

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 [...]

City of Charlottesville to Hold Citywide Tree Debris Collection next week!

From the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce ChamberBits newsletter.... Citywide Tree Debris Collection The City Public Works Department will provide a FREE citywide collection of winter storm related TREE DEBRIS for City residents during the week of February 22-26. City Residents may place tree limbs at the curb for collection no later than 7am of their scheduled trash and recycling collection day. ... Tree debris cut up by contractors for residents should be hauled away by contractors and will not be collected as part of this collection. Questions may be directed to the Public Service Division at 970-3895.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-14

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

Trying to Utilize FHA Financing? Check this List of Condo Communities to See if They’re Approved!

If you're planning to utilize FHA financing to purchase your next home, you have to use a little bit of caution when considering condos in Charlottesville, as not all of them are approved for FHA financing. Check out the link below to see whether or not the condo you're considering is approved for FHA; HUD.GOV Condos with FHA Financing If your the condo community you're considering is not on this list, you may need to check with your mortgage lender to see if you will be able to come up with an alternative type of financing. Additionally, if you live in one of the condos that is not able to provide FHA financing, you should be aware that it may limit the potential number of Purchaser's who will have the ability to buy your home on the resale market! Please give me a call if I can help connect you with a lender who may be able to help you find alternative financing orget you qualified!

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-07

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 [...]

For Those Really Interested in the Status of UVA; Casteen’s 2008 – 2009 President’s Report Just Released

This is a really nice piece of information to be able to look through- in the past it has only been mailed to select UVA faculty, students, staff, alumni, and friends, but this year U.Va. has digitized it so we can all check it out. It's a very nice summary of what has been going on at U.Va., and also gives us some expectations for the future. Click here to check it out!

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

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!

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-31

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 [...]

February Give Where You Live: Charlottesville’s Salvation Army Shoe Drive

This is a great chance to donate your used, but usable men's, women's and children's shoes to those in need. ... Drop Off Points: Fontaine Research Park (1st Floor Kitchen) Piedmont Center Health System Development (2410 Old Ivy Road) Additionally, volunteers are needed for shoe sorting!

February 12 @ 4:00P February 13 @ 12:00P Click here for more information! ----- 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 Chamber of Commerce Summarizes some of Charlottesville’s Recent Rankings

Thanks to the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce for this nice summary of recent rankings for the City of Charlottesville! I've elaborated on many of these and tried to catalogue them here already on the Charlottesville Rankings page , but I definitely missed a few along the way and will be adding more to the page soon! ... From the January 21 Charlottesville Chamber of Commerce ChamberBits Newsletter; Recent other acknowledgements for the City of Charlottesville include:

4th Best Place to Live in the Country - Kiplinger's Magazine 2009 Best Place to Launch a Business – Fortune Magazine 2009 11th Best Town to Find a Job - Forbes Magazine 2009 One of the 30 Coolest Neighborhoods, Belmont - Men's Health Magazine 2009 18th Safest Mid-Sized Cities in the Country (populations between 150,000 and 500,000), Farmers Insurance 2009 AARP, Top 10 Healthiest Places to Retire, 2008 Best Places to Retire, Black Enterprise Magazine , 2nd in 2008 Best City for Living and Launching a Business by Fortune and Money Magazines - 18th Place in 2008. Best Small Market for Business by Forbes Magazine - 9th Place in 2008.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-24

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 [...]

According to Bestplaces.Net and Mens Journal Magazine, Charlottesville Ranks #5 For Healthiest Towns in the U.S.

Thanks to Tom Sellman with C&F Mortgage for this great find! Men's Journal Magazine February 2010 Volume 19, Number 1 According to Men's Journal Magazine, Charlottesville is competitive on the following items; Local Farms Short Commutes Sidewalks Low Pollution Green Spaces Good Weather The other top ranking cities were; Iowa City, IA Boulder, CO (we are often compared to this city) Logan, UT Northampton, MA

New Forms to Claim The First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit

The new forms to submit when claiming the first time homebuyer tax credit have finally been released! Form 5405 will now be needed when submitting a tax claim, and this is likely mainly due to the large numbers of tax fraud we were experiencing in response to the First Time Homebuyer tax credit. Please be sure to file this along with your claim, so you don't experience any sort of delay in claiming your credit!

...New-home buyers who don't have a HUD-1 settlement statment must send in a copy of the certificate of occupancy.

...I hope that this will continue through the extension of the credit in 2010, but I would love any feedback you may have!