The Landlords Charlottesville sits on the tippy top of the South in fertile rolling country in the Chesapeake Bay watershed that’s been making landowners wealthy for 400 years. Through the ’80s, the real estate game consisted primarily of the buying and selling of horse farms and trying to sell property to UVA for twice its […]
The Landlords Charlottesville sits on the tippy top of the South in fertile rolling country in the Chesapeake Bay watershed that’s been making landowners wealthy for 400 years. Through the ’80s, the real estate game consisted primarily of the buying and selling of horse farms and trying to sell property to UVA for twice its […]
The Investors You know the saying, “Money makes the world go ’round.” A bit crass, but apt for the group we’re about to profile. Money, of course, plays its role, and the people behind the money can be kingmakers or kings in a town of this size. Why do we have so many successful investors […]
The Entrepreneurs Cities with universities have withstood the recession better than other communities because they rely on a global information economy that’s trending upward. Insulated by private foundation and Federal grant money, buoyed by venture capital, towns like ours are driving whatever growth is left in the national economy. Charlottesville’s startup scene might not rival […]
The Youth Movement We’re not totally unaware that we’ve just created a long series of lists that trumpet the power of America’s least sympathetic set of operators: rich, white men. But hey, let’s be honest about how our preppy town with a hippie heart works. The only thing more insulting than portraying the world as […]
In the two weeks of turmoil that have followed the surprise announcement that UVA President Teresa Sullivan would step down in August, the University community has tried to understand why the Board of Visitors decided to force a popular president out of office just two years after appointing her.
While the University continues to grapple with the aftermath of the Board of Visitors’ decision to push out President Sullivan, a peer institution on the West Coast is experiencing the end of a similar saga
The shell of what was to be the Landmark Hotel was sold at auction in a Charlottesville courtroom last week to a property developer from Atlanta who paid $6.25 million for local investor Halsey Minor’s failed project, and hopes to turn it into one of a string of boutique luxury hotels.
The Legal Aid Justice Center has filed a class action lawsuit against the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority claiming the CRHA’s mismanagement has led to unfair and unlawful utility overcharges for the majority of the city’s approximately 2,000 public housing residents.
Patricia Kluge is no longer working at the vineyard estate she used to own, but the new owners of Trump Winery said she wasn’t fired—the year-long contract that made her vice president of operations has simply expired.
Last Thursday, local radio personality Coy Barefoot addressed the employees, friends, and family of 107 Charlottesville businesses about the importance of being environmentally conscious: “Being green actually makes good business sense and improves the bottom line.