This thread is full of golden insights today

These dual lanes with physical separation are sooooo much better than one lane each side separated by “paint”.

Having lived near Beaver Hill and driven past the existing manufactured home community on a regular basis, I found the existing community quiet and well-maintained. It is in a beautiful setting and would provide affordable workforce and retiree housing as an extension of an existing community.

This is very true. People must accept more neighbors and more compact living and give up commuter trips

Sad times to see South Street go.

I want to build these!

Amazing how Austin had the infrastructure to bear such growth, tic

Pro-housing reform is simple. Courage is required to face down well-heeled legacy homeowners.

This is honestly hilarious when you think about it and how grossly dysfunctional the Albemarle land use and housing market is compared the the entirely of non-NOVA Virginia

My literal heroine! This is the local politics we need in all our communities to supply abundant housing. How students should be treated in a major university town and how housing is about “yes” where every single material project faces nimby opposition.

Sound familiar?

The 2023 Geoaccounting presentation also made it very clear that the most fiscally impactful zoning in the City is its core B-1 district with broad permitted mixed uses and no minimum parking requirements or large setbacks.

We interrupt these tariffs to bring you amazing native Virginia Blue Bells. Many in glorious bloom at Grand Caverns Park in Grottoes. Red buds in full bloom along the South River as well. Perfect for mental health this weekend

Excellent summary of why tariffs always have been and always will be a bad idea. History and Economics are clear.

Why is the administration begging the Fed for rate cuts? Wasn’t it last week when they said the Fed should be abolished? Let the market set the rates, quit running to Jerome Powell.

No one could wrap their head around the implementation of a policy that had not been implemented at scale since 1930. There was no frame of reference in the markets beyond a theoretical discussion of how tariffs caused/exacerbated the Great Depression.

Spending tons of volunteer work time on CTC projects helped me get outside and survive/retain sanity during Covid from April-July 2020. If you need to escape Tariff world, I can think of no better activity if you are in Crozet.

I hope this Liberation Day goes better, but the history of tariffs says otherwise.

Final Four! Let’s go Harrisonburg. Take a minute and give us your vote 🙂

The Trails are Crozet’s unique treasure. Right outside of most people’s back door. And best enjoyed without headphones! Almost no traffic noise and plenty of wildlife and running water sounds.

The easiest place for Americans to increase their disposable income is in the auto budget. That means building housing in areas that are less car dependent. Not much room to cut in most of these major expense area. Tariffs will encourage this by making cars more expensive.

Harrisonburg deserves and needs your Strongest Town votes! It’s a great community committed to a broad range of housing and quality of life initiatives!

I really like this data. From first hand experience, the OZ is a fantastic vehicle for increasing affordable housing in lower income census tracts. A productive tax incentive scheme

All these people getting fired from jobs (whether their jobs are inefficient or not) are going to get angry and take to the streets. When you lose societal norms, populist direct action and violence tend to follow. It’s a slippery slope out there.

Reminder that Albemarle County subsidizes a relatively small number of wealthy large landholders to the tune of approximately $17mm annually under “land use” tax subsidies. The County produces around 1% of Virginia agricultural production. Very expensive open space - limited public benefit.

www.dhcd.virginia.gov/governor-you... The City of Harrisonburg and City of Charlottesville being rewarded with a highly successful state affordable housing award process for initiatives in their communities.

Auckland went all in on YIMBY, and the results are clear: 43,500 new homes in 10 years, and rents down 28% relative to peers. www.population.fyi/p/beyond-ske...

It is very clearly “not fine” on so many levels.

Fantastic note. Jim always finds ways to humanize the data which makes up the Charlottesville real estate market.

Grass roots, Incremental Redevlooment!

Very well stated. Zoning should avoid being arbitrary and subjective. Not everyone agrees on aesthetic choices. A zoning code is not an HOA ARB.