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Transportation News from Cville Tomorrow

Posted in Charlottesville Interest, Living Well on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Charlottesville Tomorrow recently posted Virginia Department of Transportation To Require More Road Interconnectivity,  which is an amazingly overdue and welcome change,  as well as Google Transit Comes to Charlottesville.

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What Motivates You to Go Green?

Posted in Living Well, tagged on December 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Many “green” home features and household appliances cost more than their traditional substitutes.   What will it take to persuade the average person to make a smaller carbon footprint?  Check out this NPR story,  Going Green: A Hard Sell for Consumers?

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Creating a Village to Care for Aging Population

Posted in Community, Living Well, tagged , on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I recently posted about the local Homeshares effort to encourage group ownership of housing. 
If you are interested in the idea of intentional community as well as ”aging in place,” you might be interested in this wsjonline podcast about the Beacon Hill Village, a member-created and member-owned organization to help people stay in their homes as they age.   People from all over the [...]

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HomeSharing: Would Group Ownership Work For You?

Posted in Charlottesville Interest, Community, Getting Ready, Living Well, Mortgages, tagged on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Local Realtors John Tansey and Nancy McCarthy are getting the word out to the community about shared home ownership with a Homeshares blog and public meetings.
John says, “The idea is for several individuals to purchase a home together.  Think about three people who can each afford to buy at $150,000.  Alone, that much money will maybe buy [...]

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The Home You Have

Posted in Living Well on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve been noticing how these difficult economic conditions are starting to reflect in our daily lives, such as the ”staycation” recently detailed in the Wall Street Journal. The staycation, in which people are going to great lengths to enjoy the experience of “vacation” without leaving home,  is a creative response to the high cost and trouble of travel.
And I’m wondering, now that it is [...]

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