Trees add benefits and value to homes
“Mature and young trees as well as herbaceous shrubs and fruiting species add value and curb appeal to most properties,” declares REALTOR® Sara Greenfield. The founder of Charlottesville Fine Homes and […]
The Virginia Festival of the Book
It’s an online world these days, but here in Central Virginia we still love books. We still love books a lot. See us read. See us hold a book festival. See […]
Biggest bang for your buck in kitchen upgrading
“Kitchens have historically served as a gathering place for friends and family, originally because it was usually the warmest place in the house,” observes REALTOR® Janet Matthews, founder of Charlottesville […]
Spring C-VILLE Kids: Family band: At home with Jen Fleisher, Jesse Fiske and their son, Theo
Shadow Bats, Jen Fleisher and Jesse Fiske’s musical group with their 5-year-old son, Theo, have recorded one song so far, Jen said, a track entitled, naturally, “Shadow Bats.” But there’s […]
Spring C-VILLE Kids: Girl wonder: At 17, Caroline Tillman’s got big business
Some teenagers spend their time planning their next Snapchat story. But 17-year-old Caroline Tillman is planning her next business move. When she was 10, she went on a three-year circumnavigation […]
Spring C-VILLE Kids: Slam dunk: Up close and personal with St. Anne’s Javin Montgomery-DeLaurier
If someone had told Javin Montgomery-DeLaurier when he was a little kid that by age 16 he’d already be on the receiving end of more than a dozen scholarship offers […]
Spring C-VILLE Kids: Make room for baby: A nursery takes shape—with some helping hands
There’s one generally agreed-upon rule of thumb when it comes to designing any room: It’s always better to collect pieces over time than to purchase everything at once for the […]
Spring C-VILLE Kids: Balancing act: With four jobs and eight kids, this blended family is making it work
They hear it all the time: “I don’t know how you do it.” So it’s no wonder Troy Johnson and his wife Jessica Thomas-Johnson are both quick with answers when […]
Spring C-VILLE Kids: The family that plays together: In the Evans household, it’s all fun and games
When Selene and Avery Evans got married in 2007, they weren’t entirely sure how they were going to merge their two families. They had five kids from previous marriages between them, […]
Area’s farms and estates market
Virginia’s diverse and vibrant economy includes substantial urban areas, but the dominant industry continues to be agriculture, which provides in excess of 300,000 jobs and adds over $50 billion annually […]