Last week, a group of UVA seniors studying foreclosure trends presented preliminary findings to the Piedmont Housing Alliance (PHA) staff. What the students found—using data from June 2006 to August 2008 from foreclosure.com; The Daily Progress classified foreclosure listings; and calls to PHA asking for assistance—revealed that the Charlottesville and Albemarle real estate markets have […]
Last week, a group of UVA seniors studying foreclosure trends presented preliminary findings to the Piedmont Housing Alliance (PHA) staff. What the students found—using data from June 2006 to August 2008 from foreclosure.com; The Daily Progress classified foreclosure listings; and calls to PHA asking for assistance—revealed that the Charlottesville and Albemarle real estate markets have […]
On October 3, 2006, county Supervisor David Slutzky stood outside the Albemarle County Office Building flanked by an unusually diverse array of local land-use group representatives. Out of the ashes of the so-called phasing and clustering plan to protect the county’s rural area from excessive development, Slutzky had cobbled together a conceptual plan for a […]
Throw some dirt in the air like you just don’t care: Piedmont Virginia Community College broke ground last week on the 34,000-square-foot, $11.4 million Kluge-Moses Science Building. But even as it celebrated with symbolic shoveling, the institution faced the grim realities of the state budget belt tightening and said that it will have to […]
UVA senior linebacker Jon Copper upends the UNC Tar Heels’ running back, Shaun Draughn—one of 16 tackles Copper made during the game for a career high. With the defense making stops, the Cavs offense was able to rally late to win the game in overtime, 16-13, inspiring the students to rush the field in […]
I was crouched on Jodi Hamlin’s bedroom floor on an afternoon when maybe we both should have been doing something school spirited for South Junior High.
I was crouched on Jodi Hamlin’s bedroom floor on an afternoon when maybe we both should have been doing something school spirited for South Junior High.
Dear Ace: A few months ago, you said you’d investigate the possibility of there being a “Vineyard Church” in Charlottesville. Ever find out anything about it?—Dee Cantor Dee: Ace has never considered himself a religious man. In fact, in the August 12 article to which you refer, Ace specifically remembers shying away from any denominational […]
Lord knows we here at The Odd Dominion have had our fun with the pugilistic powerbrokers of the Virginia GOP.
In an October ABODE story, “Eye of the storm,” we misstated the middle school and high school districts for the Key West neighborhood. They are Burley and Monticello. Due to a reporting error, last week’s cover story [“Can he go the distance?”] incorrectly stated that Tom Perriello lived at his parent’s house in July. He […]