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Delegate Sally Hudson, who sponsored some of the bills that were rejected by the subcommittee, tweeted after the meeting that the bills wouldn’t have affected localities that didn’t want an increase in sales taxes.

“The bills simply gave local govts the right to ask their voters for a referendum to fund school construction,” Hudson wrote. “Virginia’s Dillon Rule handcuffs us again, and kids pay the price.”

takes to end gun violence,” becoming an activist for the enactment of tighter gun safety laws.

The focus of his current campaign, however, is regulation of the tech industry, specifically preventing the abuse of social media platforms, which had failed to remove content depicting his daughter’s murder. Parker hopes to amend Section 230 of the Communications

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“I had a choice to retreat into my grief or honor Alison’s life through action. I chose the latter,” Parker tweeted in an announcement of his run for Congress.

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Andy Parker’s 24-year-old daughter Alison was shot to death by a former employee at her news station, Roanoke’s WDBJ, while doing a live report in Moneta, Virginia, in August 2015.

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While the General Assembly authorized institutions to help administer the vaccines, institutions were not given the power to impose mandates, he said. UVA, which has already mandated vaccinations and boosters for its students, has said that it will continue to encourage students to get boosters but will not disenroll any students who haven’t yet done so.

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Individuals incarcerated at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail say poor containment procedures and unhygienic living conditions are among the reasons COVID cases have hit an all-time high at the facility.

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heating issues, but did not plan on distributing masks because “people just haven’t been wearing them.”

Winston claims the jail population wears masks outside their pods, and would appreciate new ones. “We got to put masks on to go to rec, to go out in the hallway to get mail…If you don’t have a mask on, you can’t go nowhere,” he says.

And on top of the outbreak, the heat is still out in some parts of the jail, report multiple incarcerated people. Gregory claims it has been 40 degrees in his pod for several days. “Nothing’s changed,” he says.

During a January 13 jail board meeting, Kumer claimed the jail had restarted inperson programming during the outbreak, focusing on substance abuse, anger management, domestic violence, financial literacy, and other topics. However, Winston says there has yet to be any programming, leaving people at the jail with little to do.

To bring an end to the outbreaks, Via wishes the jail would test staff members regularly, and use more accurate tests. Winston also urges the jail to adopt proper health and safety protocols, and provide the population with sufficient cleaning supplies.

Most importantly, jail leadership must improve their communication, and immediately inform and quarantine people who have been exposed to the virus, say the incarcerated men.

“They don’t tell us nothing at all,” adds Winston. “We just eventually find out.”

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or nearly two years, the AlbemarleCharlottesville Regional Jail has been hit hard by the pandemic. While the virus shakes up life outside the jail’s walls, those incarcerated at ACRJ have reported poor COVID containment procedures and unhygienic living conditions. Now, with the highly-contagious omicron variant spreading across the country, coronavirus cases have reached an all-time high at the jail.

On January 18, superintendent Martin Kumer reported that 65 incarcerated individuals and 10 staff members had tested positive for the virus. Around 66 percent of the jail population—currently 265 people— have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

As of February 1, the ACRJ data on the Blue Ridge Health District’s COVID dashboard had last been updated on January 21, and showed 42 positives among incarcerated people and another six among staff.

“An outbreak this size is not unexpected given the community positivity rate of over 35%,” Kumer wrote in a press release. “Our infection rate typically follows those within the community. We expect our rates to begin to decline as those in the community decline.”

In response to the outbreak, Kumer claimed the jail would continue to put eligible individuals—especially those who are high-risk—on home electronic incarceration, as well as test and quarantine the jail population and staff, require employees to wear masks, offer vaccines and boosters, and limit movement around the jail. The local courts also agreed to delay those scheduled to begin sentences from reporting to the jail for 30 days, he said.

However, multiple incarcerated individuals report that the jail could be doing more to get the outbreak under control. These claims echo reporting from C-VILLE over the last year.

Terrence Winston claims that the flow of employees in and out of the facility, which is short-staffed, is contributing to the spread of the virus. Staff members have also not been wearing masks consistently, he says, possibly causing the outbreak.

“It’s the staff—they’re the ones that keep coming in and out,” Winston says. “And they may be slacking on testing these people who are coming inside of this jail.”

He also says the jail hasn’t provided adequate cleaning supplies. Throughout the pandemic, incarcerated people have reported black mold, bug infestations, dirty vents, standing water, leaky ceilings, and many other sanitary issues in their pods.

“I’ve been in [my pod] for two and a half months, going on three months—we’ve never seen bleach to clean the pods, the showers. The catwalk is disgusting,” says Winston. “We have to sit here and beg for bleach, and don’t get it.”

Allan Via fears COVID will only get worse at the jail if staff does not stop moving people around to different pods. Meanwhile, the jail continues to bring in new people, claims Ty Gregory.

“I was supposed to come off quarantine on the 23rd, but they brought a guy to our block [last week] knowing that he was COVID positive. They brought him in and took him out,” says Via. “They’ll bring somebody in for about two minutes, turn around, and take him out.”

“They’re constantly moving people around,” he adds. “They do not have it under control.”

Following the announcement of the outbreak, Beyond Charlottesville Policing urged the public to contact the jail board, and demand the jail provide hand sanitizer, cleaning supplies, and medical-grade masks, as well as fix the heating outage in Pod GL. During a January 18 City Council meeting, Councilor Sena Magill, a member of the jail board, said the jail no longer had

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While in power over the last two years, job, that may have found a job, they’re Virginia Democrats passed legislation that not allowed to have it unless would incrementally increase the state’s we’ve approved of what their wage minimum wage, from its 2020 rate of is going to be.” $7.25 an hour up to $12 an hour in 2023.

Hudson, who teaches economics Republicans, now in control of the House at UVA, saw fit to respond. of Delegates, are trying to “In the face of a noncomrepeal some of that legislation. petitive market, there is scope In a hearing on Monday, area for government to intervene and delegates Sally Hudson and level the playing field and generNick Freitas clashed over the ate gains for the greater good of effects of the proposed all,” she said. “That simple belief minimum wage increase. that raising the minimum wage “I think it’s somewhat hurts workers is an article of faith, arrogant for us to assume that not an economic fact.”

Sally Hudson we should negotiate on [the “You need a little bit more than workers’] behalf,” said Freitas, Economics 101 to understand an Army veteran and Republithe consequences of a policy like can who represents Culpeper. this for the people we serve,” ”Especially to the point where Hudson continued. “You see, Bio we’re essentially engaging in 101 isn’t enough to make a docprice fixing within the labor tor, and you can’t build a bridge market, telling someone that with Physics 101 alone. So too wants a job, that may need a with economics.”—C-VILLE Staff Nick Freitas

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"City Center" lot Eighty-four million dollars will buy you a 230-foot superyacht. Or four years of professional basketball from UVA and Indiana Pacers star Malcolm Brogdon. Or…IX Art Park?

Last week, the property, which is owned by local real estate mogul Ludwig Kuttner and Allan Cadgene, was listed for sale in two separate parcels.

The two plots total 17-and-a-half acres, and cost more than $4,800,000 per acre.

That price far outstrips the city’s recent assessment of the property.

One of the two parcels, called IX Project in the listing, is a six-acre space that contains the Three Notch’d and Looking Glass exhibit building. In 2022 the city assessed the IX Project property at $5.6 million.

The listing has that same chunk of land priced at more than $19 million.

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perior mixed-use,” reads the listing for the larger of the two plots. “Various opportunities for land development/ redevelopment. Infill development opportunities desired!”

The IX owners released a statement on Friday afternoon, clarifying their short-term plans for the space.

“Ix Art Park Foundation continues business as usual despite property listing misinformation,” they wrote.

“Recently, [the property owners] have received a significant amount of unsolicited interest in the future of undeveloped portions of the IX property…The owners are hopeful that their decision to formally list the IX property with a broker will help generate new ideas that will positively impact Charlottesville.”

“There is no plan to demolish existing buildings or displace current tenants,” the statement concludes.—C-VILLE Staff

[The property owners] have received a significant amount of unsolicited interest in the future of undeveloped portions of the IX property.

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A new book traces the life story of Mabel Wall Jones, who traveled between Charlottesville, where her children lived, and New York, where she was a domestic worker in the 1940s and ’50s.

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etween about 1944 and 1953, Mable Wall Jones was a major figure in the lives of Emily Abel and Margaret Nelson. In addition to cooking and cleaning for their family, Jones cared for the sisters and their three siblings at their home in New York. Until one day, she left.

“We didn’t know much about her,” remembers Abel, a professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. “We remembered her, and we really wanted to know what happened in her life after she left.”

“We wanted to honor her, show that she had been important to us, and that altogether she was an important person,” adds Nelson, a sociology professor at Middlebury College. So the two decided to trace Jones’ story, and write a book about her life.

In Limited Choices: Mable Jones, a Black Children’s Nurse in a Northern White Household, Abel and Nelson piece together Jones’ story, drawing from their childhood memories, discussions with Jones’ descendants, and an interview Jones did with the Ridge Street Oral History Project in 1995. The book shows how Jones negotiated life as a domestic laborer—a job held by the majority of Black women during the 20th century—in both the South and the North, as well as highlights her strong relationships with her family and her impact on Charlottesville’s Black community.

According to her 1995 interview, Jones was born in Gordonsville, Virginia, in 1909.

As a teenager, she moved to Charlottesville and attended the Jefferson School, but in eighth grade she had to leave school to help her widowed single mother support her and her four siblings. When Jones was 20, she married James Jones and they had two sons.

Nelson and Abel’s mother hired Jones to care for the family in Washington, D.C., in the mid-’40s. When the family moved to the affluent white suburb of Larchmont, New York, Jones accompanied them. To spend time with her own children, Jones regularly traveled back and forth between Charlottesville and New York, until she stopped working for the family in 1953.

In addition to the oral history interview, Nelson and Abel pieced together Jones’ story through interviews with her descendants, as well as one of her friends and her pastor. The sisters also received help from Gordonsville-based research group One Shared Story, and Charlottesville civil rights activist Eugene Williams, who grew up in the same neighborhood as Jones.

Dr. Andrea Douglas, executive director of the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, says she appreciates the book’s focus on Black migration and Black labor after emancipation. For many Black people, the North offered little more opportunity than the South.

“You often hear about the idea of migration, and the reasons why people were leaving the South, but you very rarely, especially in this region in particular, understand what the lives of people in the North were,” says Douglas, who wrote the book’s foreword.

“How do we understand a much more national conversation, than just simply limit it to the idea that Black folks moved north as a consequence of violence?” she adds.

After leaving New York in 1953, Jones moved back to Charlottesville. In 1957, she moved with her mother to Ridge Street, and stayed there until 1994, when a tree fell on her house and it had to be demolished. Jones passed away in 1995.

Abel and Nelson hope Jones’ story will not only help readers understand the struggles Black domestic workers faced in the past, but also how they continue to be exploited today.

“We hope that domestic workers get paid better, are recognized, and are supported more,” says Abel. “They do such invaluable work.”

The Jefferson School will host a virtual discussion about Limited Choices with Abel and Nelson on February 5 at 2pm.

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hen attorney David Sutton purchased a small Charlottesville oil supplier on the verge of going out of business in 1982, the company had just two trucks to its name—and one had dry-rotted tires. But over the past four decades, Tiger Fuel Company has grown to become one of the largest petroleum distributors in the state. In addition to selling fuel to businesses and homeowners in Virginia and neighboring states, the company runs nearly a dozen gas stations, convenience stores, and car washes across central Virginia.

Last year, the family-owned business made a surprising pivot: It acquired Charlottesville-based solar company Altenergy.

“I’d been wanting to do solar at some of our facilities for a really long time, and had some good friends in the industry who were advising me on that,” says Tiger Fuel President Gordon Sutton. “For years and years, they [said] you could do it just for the feel-good reasons, but it doesn’t make

a ton of financial sense. But about three or four years ago, they let me know that had absolutely changed.”

In 2018, Tiger Fuel hired Altenergy to install solar panels at its Preston Avenue and Ruckersville stores. Because the two companies had worked well together, Sutton decided to pursue a partnership, creating the petroleum distributor’s newest branch, Tiger Solar.

Tiger Fuel is now working to bring solar power to the rest of its convenience stores and bulk plants, and will use it for all future real estate projects. It’s also installed electric vehicle charging stations at its Mill Creek store, and plans to add them to more locations.

By transitioning to solar power, the company ultimately aims to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 45 percent by 2025.

“It’s no question that the fossil fuel landscape is changing,” says Sutton. “If you’re not growing, you’re dying.”—Brielle Entzminger

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Gordon Sutton has expanded his locally owned fuel business into solar.

Dave Johnson, founder of Icarus, holds one of the company’s knee braces outside his downtown office.

‘What’s going on in there?’

Strolling along the Downtown Mall these days will lead you past the quaint restaurants and boutiques that have long been associated with the pedestrian drag. But in some corners, that small business entrepreneurial spirit has taken on a more cutting-edge sheen.

Icarus sells custom-made knee braces from its sleek office space near the corner of First and East Main streets. Closer to the mall’s east end Skooma opened last year, promising a “boutique” dispensary experience as full marijuana legalization approaches. Its Apple Store-esque decor strikes an entirely different note than the head shops of yore.

Meanwhile, though plenty of traditional office space still occupies the mall’s nooks and crannies, multiple companies have set up trendy co-working spaces, where individuals or small groups can purchase more flexible access to office space. In addition to hosting larger tenants, the CODE Building houses the Codebase co-working space, which could support as many as 200 workers. Vault Virginia, also downtown, rents conference rooms, suites, and a la carte access to individuals and companies alike. And Common House, on West Market Street, offers membership-based entry to its coffeeshop-vibe multipurpose rooms. The times they are a-changin’.—Ben Hitchcock

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If you build it…

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Charlottesville’s innovators have had an effect on the city’s skyline in recent years. As the area becomes more and more of a hub for entrepreneurship and the tech industry, all those new employees need workspace, and that’s led to major new developments geared toward office space.

WillowTree has been in to its facility in the old Woolen Mills warehouse since last year. The Charlottesville-based software development firm has worked on digital products for big companies like HBO and McDonald’s, and also put together UVA’s COVIDwise app last year. The corp is very much in the process of pitching Charlottesville as a destination for entrepreneurship: “The future of tech innovation? It’s not where you think,” reads WillowTree’s website, above a picture of its new Woolen Mills campus. Checkmate, Palo Alto.

Closer to downtown, Apex Clean Energy has recently moved in to new digs, too.

Apex is a renewable energy company, which organizes and operates solar and wind farms across the country. It has projects close to home, as well: last year, then-Governor Ralph Northam announced that the state would buy the output from Virginia’s first onshore wind turbine farm, operated by Apex and located in Botetourt County. The company’s shiny eight-story Garrett Street office building is made of sustainably harvested massed timber, a construction method that limits carbon emissions. Apex says it’s the tallest timber building on the East Coast.

Then, of course, there’s the CODE Building, which now looms at the Downtown Mall’s west end. The state-of-the-art tech tower opened late last year. The building’s upper floors will be rented to large companies—Jaffray Woodriff ’s Quantitative Investment Management has already claimed one, and local wealth management firm Investure has moved in to another. In total, the building could bring as many as 600 workers to the mall.—Ben Hitchcock

Charity Malia Dinko has created opportunities for women in Ghana through her shea butter business.

already making: shea butter. In 2018, Dinko officially launched Northshea, which pays women in Worikambo a living wage to produce shea butter. Since then, the company has lifted many out of poverty, as well as built a library in the village and sent school supplies to children there.

“The northern part of Ghana is one of the poorest areas…Many [women] don’t have jobs at all, and they’re migrating to the south and [most] end up being abused,” says Dinko. “What we’re doing here is allowing the people to stay home by creating jobs right there.”

In addition to selling raw shea butter from her facility in Ghana, Dinko uses the raw butter to make a variety of whipped body butters with essential oils. Northshea’s products are currently sold at Darling, Rebecca’s Natural Foods, and The Elderberry, as well as on the company’s website.

As her company grows, Dinko plans to improve the schools and health care in Worikambo. And soon, she hopes to get her shea butter on shelves in big-name stores, like Target—the bigger the business gets, the more she’ll be able to give back.— Brielle Entzminger

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The Apex Plaza (top) was recently completed on Garret Street, while WillowTree converted the old Woolen Mills warehouse into a tech center.

harity Malia Dinko has always had a passion for helping people. After immigrating to the United States from Ghana in 2010, she started sending money back to her hometown village of Worikambo as soon as she landed her first jobs at Walmart and McDonald’s. Making minimum wage, Dinko began to feel like she was not making much of a difference, but soon had a shift in perspective.

“One day I was driving to work, and at the stoplight there was a homeless man begging for money. I only had 25 cents in my car…but God just spoke to me and told me you should give that money to him because that money could add up,” says Dinko. “It got me thinking…whatever it is I can save up and send to my mom, it will help something. It’s better than nothing.”

After earning her associate’s degree, Dinko transferred to the University of Virginia in 2016. She created a micro-loans program to help people in Ghana start their own businesses, but faced challenges keeping it running. While taking classes for her minor in social entrepreneurship, Dinko realized she could start her own business, selling what millions of exploited Ghanian women were

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Rich with notes of dark plums and black cherry, our Petit Verdot is perfect for the winter season. With a strong tannic structure, but a round and velvet mouthfeel, this wine is perfect for enjoying now or aging for a few years! Enjoy the Petit Verdot with roasted lamb, duck confit, or even with a rich dark chocolate cake.

We are open 7 days a week, 11am to 5pm offering our 100% Virginia wine by the bottle, glass and tasting flights. Enjoy your visit at our intimate, meadow-like setting in rural Louisa County. we offer well-spaced indoor and outside seating and customers are welcome to bring their own picnic baskets, chairs and blankets. Children and pets are welcome, but pets must always remain outside of buildings and on a leash. Quality wine, friendly staff at a great escape! Visit our website, www.53rdwinery.com on our operating procedures.

Open daily – Mon-Thurs. 12-5 pm Fri. 12-9 pm Sat/Sun. 12-6 pm Saturdays- Music on the Patio (2:30 – 5:30 pm) enjoy a wide variety of artists each Saturday Sunday, February 13thValentine’s Brunch: Enjoy a lovely Valentine’s Sunday Brunch catered

by Chef Mark Gresge of l’etoile Catering of Charlottesville and featuring the beautiful harp music of Vicky Lee. 40 Gibson Hollow Ln • Etlan, VA 22719 (540) 923-4206 www.ducardvineyards.com

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Whether you are sitting by the fireplace after dinner with friends or savoring that special cigar, C’est Trop is the perfectly paired nightcap. This port-style wine is crafted from 100% Norton and exudes aromas of ripe plum and fig followed by notes of chocolate and caramel. It is balanced with acidity and subtle tannins that are lit by a little bite of spirit. Enjoy!

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Our uncrowded rural Madison County area has mountains, streams and plenty of beautiful views along scenic back roads. The tasting room is near hiking and biking trails along the Shenandoah National Forest and is a perfect respite after your day out! Enjoy some peace and quiet relaxation in this challenging environment. Sit on our lawns and sip or pick up a bottle or three of our award-winning wines to take home. Reservations available and recommended (especially for Saturdays). No reservation fee

EASTWOOD FARM AND WINERY 2020 Viognier Citrus, apricot, and white flowers like honeysuckle and a hint of jasmine are pronounced on the nose of our 2020 Viognier. It is deliciously dry, lightbodied with low acidity and a clean, floral finish. Pairs great with our Cheese & Charcuterie Board in the tasting room or try it at home with grilled chicken or fish and seasonal vegetables from your local farmer’s market. Virginia is for Viognier!

Visit the winery this January! Whether you are seated at a fire pit, on the Veranda or indoors, sit back and enjoy live music on the stage in The Barn on Fridays and Saturdays. We also offer cider (hard & nonalcoholic), s’mores,

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paint & sip classes, yoga, events for families and kids, and more. See the upcoming calendar of events on our website for all of the details. *New* Winery Hours: WednesdaysSaturdays (12-8 PM), Sundays (12-5 PM) 2531 Scottsville Rd. (5 mi from Downtown Charlottesville) Charlottesville, VA 22902 (434) 264-6727 www.eastwoodfarmandwinery.com

HARK VINEYARDS 2018 Spark *Silver Medal winner 2021 Governor’s Cup

Our grapes love it here. We think you will, too.

Hours: 12pm-6pm on Friday/Sunday and 12pm-8pm Saturdays 434-964-9463 (WINE) 1465 Davis Shop Rd, Earlysville, VA 22936 www.harkvineyards.com

Open Daily from 10 am – 5 pm Wednesdays- Wine Wednesday (7-7:30 pm) Join Horton Vineyards live on Facebook every Wednesday at 7pm to learn about a different wine each week!

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Primarily made up of Petit Verdot, this wine has an expressive nose, showing rich red and dark fruit tones. The palate has great entry with bright red and black flavors, with really vibrant acidity that leaves your tongue salivating. The palate extends towards the back, where you pick up the medium bodied but finegrained tannins, while the finish is quite long and lengthy. Pair this with hard cheeses, braised meat dishes and fatty fish dishes Tasting Room Hours We look forward to continuing to serve all of our wonderful guests this summer during our daily hours of 10am-5pm. We offer first come, first served seating at our outdoor courtyard tables or open seating for those who wish to bring their own blankets and chairs to spread out in our designated lawn area. Wine is available by the flight, glass and bottle, and only our outdoor areas can be accessed at this time. A selection of prepackaged meats, cheeses, crackers, and spreads are available for purchase.

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Saturday, February 12thLive music by Matt Johnson Tuesday, February 15thTasting Tuesday | Sneak Peek Norton 1575 Keswick Winery Drive Keswick, VA 22947 keswickvineyards.com • (434) 244-3341

PIPPIN HILL FARM & VINEYARDS 2019 Sparkling Rosé Our Champagne-style Sparkling Rosé features both floral and fruity characteristics on the nose and palate with a finish that is creamy with crisp acid. The red varietals lucky enough to find their way into our Sparkling Rosé are treated like our white wines: fermented and aged in stainless steel before receiving carbonization. Truly one of our most popular wines, this Sparkling Rosé is worthy of celebrating any special occasion, including (sometimes) the fact that it’s only Tuesday. **Sip, Stroll, Sample, Savor**: Join us on the Hill for our newest Estate tour and wine tasting experience! Join us for a unique, indepth exploration of our wines, vines, and land. The experience starts with a glass of award-winning bubbly and a guided tour of our Estate vines. The tour is followed by an intimate tasting featuring a selection of six exclusive Reserve and Library wines and concludes with our culinary favorites such as our cheese & charcuterie board and seasonal burrata. Make your reservation on our Website!

Plan to visit: Pippin Hill is a culinary vineyard in the heart of Virginia’s wine country. There are two types of standard reservations available: Indoor Table or Covered Veranda for table service.

Walk-ins are welcome for lawn seating.

Reservations via Resy are recommended for Indoor and Veranda seating.

Hours: Tuesday – Thursday: 11 am – 5 pm; Friday – Sunday: 11am to 4:30pm Sundays- Live music on the hill!

Each Sunday from 1-4 PM, Pippin Hill welcomes local musicians to perform on our Veranda. Check our website for varying artists.

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A few important notes: We are a family-friendly property.

Children are welcome, but please help us protect the grapes. Well-behaved dogs on a leash are allowed outside, but not in the tasting room. Smoking and vaping are not permitted anywhere on the property. Additionally, Virginia ABC laws prohibit the consumption of any outside alcohol while on our premises.

While we have a wide variety of wines to pick from, we offer different themed flights each month to highlight our wine throughout the year! Wine flights, glasses and bottles are available. To ensure time for a tasting please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to closing.

2020 Trevillian Red

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Visiting Hark: Hark Vineyards is a family-owned winery focused on the belief that beautiful views and delicious wine can bring people together. We offer two tasting menus, poured as flights for you to take back to your picnic area. Each feature five wines, and provides experience with both the Hark and Jake Busching Wines brands. Our wines are also available by the bottle or glass. We welcome — and encourage — you to bring a picnic and enjoy the experience our estate offers. Some picnic foods such as cheese, charcuterie, jams, crackers, and chocolate are available for purchase in our tasting room.

In Greek mythology Dionysus, the god of wine, was born of fire and nursed by rain, like the hard burning heat that ripe the grapes and the water that keeps the vines alive. DIO is a unique blend of several red grapes that grow well here in Virginia. For Horton this a resurrection of our founder, Dennis Horton’s vision for Virginia Wine. Although Dennis had passed when we put this dry blend together, the Hortons’s felt his presence as each barrel was chosen. Please enjoy what Dennis knew all along was possible in Virginia.

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Spark is our Bordeaux style blend, comprised of Cabernet Franc, Merlot, and Petit Verdot. After barrel aging for 20 months, you’ll find notes of dried fruit, dark plums and rich earthy spice.

Enjoy now, or age for a special occasion!

While this wine is perfect to drink on its own during the chilly season, suggested paring for this wine would be roasted duck, paella dishes with chorizo, or even a classic s’more.

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With a remarkable career surpassing 50 years, it’s safe to say that Canadian musician Gordon Lightfoot is a living legend.

The Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee has released over 21 albums, and had his songs recorded and performed by greats such as Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Barbra Streisand. In 2020, Lightfoot released Solo, his first studio album in 14 years. The record features Lightfoot with his guitar performing stripped-down and reimagined versions of forgotten songs he wrote before 2002, when he suffered from an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Lightfoot will perform new releases alongside favorites from his vast catalog at an intimate show that includes behind-the-scenes stories and personal anecdotes. $49-74, 8pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net

Cory Wong is a Grammy-nominated musical maestro who’s always got something fun up his sleeve. Whether it’s shredding guitar in full hockey gear on a skating rink, or hosting his podcast Wong Notes, his creativity and upbeat presence shine through. Recently, Wong got the chance to flex his acting chops with “Cory and the Wongnotes,” a YouTube variety show full of skits, interviews, collaborations, and music from a full band. As a result, Wong released an eponymously titled album of music from the show, including the rhythmic “Coming Back Around” and horn-heavy “United,” featuring Antwuan Stanley, who joins Wong and his band on tour. $25-28, 7:30pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. jeffersontheater.com

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Cuff your jeans, grab your leather jacket or poodle skirt, and take it back to the ’50s for a Grease sing-along party. T-Birds, Pink Ladies, and beauty school dropouts should arrive early for a preshow hand jive contest, where a variety of props, including combs, ribbons, and salon caps, will be available to complete your greaser look. The lyrics will be onscreen to help all you hopelessly devoted fans, and make sure to check out the limited XOXO menu, which includes the Eat Your Heart Out Pizza and other fun dishes. $10, 8pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. drafthouse.com

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Wednesday 2/2 music Irish Wednesdays. Typical Irish fare as well as live Irish music. Free, 5pm. The Pub at Lake Monticello, 51 Bunker Blvd., Palmyra. lmoa.org Music in the Atrium. Weekly live performance with Jim Richardson on vocals and guitar. Free, noon. The Center at Belvedere, 540 Belvedere Blvd. thecentercville.org

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The Mike Rosensky & Jeff Decker Quartet. Jazz tunes. Free, 8pm. Miller’s Downtown, 109 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. millersdowntown.com

dance Bachata Fusion Class. Edwin Roa teaches a fun beginner-to-intermediate-level bachata lesson to get the party started. $6-8, 7pm. IX Art Park, 522 Second St. SE. ixart park.org Square Dancing. Enjoy a night of square dancing. All levels are welcome. Free, 12:30pm. The Center at Belvedere, 540 Belvedere Blvd. thecentercville.org

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Groundhog Day. Celebrate Groundhog Day with a screening of Harold Ramis’ film starring Bill Murray. $10, 7pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. drafthouse.com Met Live in HD: Rigoletto Encore. Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher offers a bold new take on Verdi’s timeless tragedy. $18-23, 1 and 6:30pm. Regal Cinema Stonefield, The Shops at Stonefield. regmovies.com

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Paramount at the Movies Presents: Groundhog Day. Bill Murray is at his wry, wisecracking best in this riotous romantic comedy about a weatherman caught in a personal time warp on the worst day of his life. $5-8, 7pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net

Thursday 2/3 music Music in the Atrium. A weekly performance from Jazz 1-2-3. Free, noon. The Center at Belvedere, 540 Belvedere Blvd. thecentercville.org

dance International Folk Dance. Learn a dance or two, or just watch and listen to the music. Free, 2:30pm. The Center at Belvedere, 540 Belvedere Blvd. thecentercville.org

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Arts Underground. Artmaking, drinks, and karaoke inside The Looking Glass. Free, 7pm.

IX Art Park, 522 Second St. SE. ixartpark.org Purple: A short documentary film. Filmed in a swing region within two bordering swing states, Purple models what healthy public debate on fault-line issues can look like. Free, 3:30pm. Online. centerforpolitics.org

Theo Herrin. Live music at the indoor tasting room. Free, 4pm. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. eastwoodfarmandwinery.com Wrong Way Johnny. Old school rock ‘n’ roll. Free, 6pm. The Pub at Lake Monticello, 51 Bunker Blvd., Palmyra. lmoa.org

words Friday Night Writes: A Reading Series for Emerging Writers. Performing short stories, poetry, and music. Free, 7pm. New Dominion Bookshop, 404 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. ndbookshop.com

Saturday 2/5 music Berto & Vincent. Brunch with lively Latin guitar. Free, 11am. Tavern & Grocery, 333 W. Main St. tavernandgrocery.com Cody Purvis with Eli Cook. A night of country music. $15-18, 8pm. The Southern Café & Music Hall, 103 S. First St. thesouth erncville.com FarAwaySongs. Live music at the indoor tasting room. Free, noon. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. eastwood farmandwinery.com

classes Potting Party: Seed Starting Workshop.

A soil-focused gardening class with special attention paid to seed germination and seedling care, followed by a hands-on seeding and potting of your favorite garden veggies. $20, 11am. Fifth Season Gardening Co., 900 Preston Ave. fifthseasongardening.com

outside IX Farmer’s Market. Over 60 local vendors with fresh produce, prepared foods, artisan goods, and more. Free, 9am. IX Art Park, 522 Second St. SE. ixartpark.org

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Grease sing-along movie party. An interactive, prop-filled sing-along. $10, 8pm.

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. drafthouse.com Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

Celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter on the big screen. $10, 6pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. drafthouse.com Notting Hill. An average bloke and glamorous movie star reconcile their radically different lifestyles in the name of love. $5, 7pm. Regal Cinema Stonefield, The Shops at Stonefield. regmovies.com Pretty in Pink Brunch. Enjoy a special brunch menu during a screening of the classic film. $10, noon. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. drafthouse.com

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Trivia in the Orchard. Hosted by Katalin Magyar. Free, 6:30pm. Albemarle CiderWorks, 2545 Rural Ridge Ln., North Garden. albemarleciderworks.com

Friday 2/4 music Jim Stafford. The American singer-songwriter is known for his ‘70s recordings. $35, 7pm. Wayne Theatre, 521 W. Main St., Waynesboro. waynetheatre.org Michael Clem at Offbeat Roadhouse. A live studio performance that is also broadcast on WTJU. Free, 8pm. The Stage at WTJU, 2244 Ivy Rd. wtju.net

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CULTURE IN MEMORIUM Sunday 2/6 music Exceptional Artists Presents: Gordon Lightfoot, The Legend in Concert. The living legend releases his first full-length record in 14 years. $49-74, 8pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net Vincent Zorn. Enjoy brunch with live music.

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Talking with her during what she and her family knew to be the last stage of her life illuminated the depth of Asha Greer’s spiritual understanding.

Salsa Class. Learn to salsa and strut your stuff. $6-8, 7pm. IX Art Park, 522 Second St. SE. ixartpark.org

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In the Heat of the Night. Norman Jewison’s adaptation of John Ball’s novel of Southern murder and racism. $10, 2pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. draft house.com

Monday 2/7 music Cory and the Wongnotes Feat. Antwaun Stanley. Rhythm guitar wizardry, technical ebullience, and laugh-out-loud jokes. $25-28, 7:30pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. jeffersontheater.com Monday Music Series. Enjoy food and drink paired with live Latin music from Vincent Zorn, Berto & Vincent, or Beleza. Free, 7pm.

South and Central Latin Grill, Dairy Market. south andcentralgrill.com Jazz First Mondays. Jazz quartet playing standards and originals with occasional guest performers. Free, 5pm. Starr Hill Brewery Tap Room, 5391 Three Notched Rd, Crozet. starrhill.com

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See listing for Saturday, February 5. $10, 7pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. drafthouse.com Monday Night Trivia. Hosted by Brandon “The Trivia Guy” Hamilton. Free, 6pm. Prince Michel Vineyard & Tap 29 Brewery, 154 Winery Lane, Leon. princemichel.com

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dance English Country Dance. See listing for Monday, February 7. Free, 1pm. The Center at Belvedere, 540 Belvedere Blvd. thecentercville.org

my practice is not so much ‘practices.’ It’s really surrendering to how things actually are, without some sense that I have to make everything work.”

After surgery on her brain tumor last summer, Greer described a revelation in her spiritual life. “It was huge. I moved, I did. I moved from here,” she said, pointing to her head, “to here,” pointing to her heart. “I opened my heart pretty thoroughly at that point. And in opening my heart, I cleaned out all that stuff that comes in with your personality, that has to get along with [other people], with society.”

Greer grew tired as our conversation continued, but I came away with a clear sense of her connection to the ineffable, and an appreciation for the generosity that drew so many people to her as friends, students, and companions in a life of spiritual and artistic exploration. She embodied what she wanted for everyone else—to open their eyes “to how amazing life is. And try to stop being afraid of it and start appreciating the glory and the beauty and the unusualness and the incomprehensibleness of it. Wow! The big wow!”

Greer died on January 7, and was buried in Miran Forest on January 11. More information about her life and teachings can be found at asha-greer.com.

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Josh Mayo & Friends. Music from a team of local talent. Free, 8pm. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. rapturerestaurant.com

Once her children were grown, Greer focused on art and spiritual practice, teaching, taking journeys, and going on retreat, always with meditation as her ground. Though embracing a range of spiritual paths in the tradition of Lama Foundation, she eventually became a murshida in Sufi Ruhaniat International. Greer shared her gratitude for meditation as “a place for all of us to rest, to find peace with creation, to find peace with even those people who cannot make peace with creation.”

She also practiced and taught Japanese tea ceremony through her Heartwood Tea School. About the tea ceremony, she said, “It’s an act of life. It’s a conscious act of life, which—well, I’ll tell you what it is, really. It doesn’t divide the physical world and the spiritual world. It wipes out the difference.”

Talking with her during what she and her family knew to be the last stage of her life illuminated the depth of Greer’s spiritual understanding. Her presence felt peaceful, suffused with gratitude for the beauty of her life and family, and, despite moments of mild confusion, her conversation revealed a balance of wisdom and humility. She spoke about her brain tumor almost as a visitor that had joined her, as a kind of teacher. “I feel fine about dying,” she said. “And now

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The Longest Yard. An ex-football star doing time is forced by the warden to organize a team of inmates to play against his own lineup of guards. Pay what you will, 2 and 7pm.

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English Country Dance. Partake in some English country dancing, or just come to enjoy the performance. Free, 1pm. The Center at Belvedere, 540 Belvedere Blvd. thecentercville.org

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few months before she died, Asha Greer wanted everyone to wake up.

We were sitting on the porch of her little house in Miran Forest, near Batesville, on a cool October day. She was reflecting on art and tea, life and death, and I asked the beloved artist, spiritual teacher, and longtime Charlottesville resident what she wished for.

“Man, I wish for people to wake up to how beautiful life is, in spite of the fact that you die, that you get sick, that you suffer, all of that,” said Greer, who’d been suffering from brain cancer for most of the last year.

Greer lived a quiet, extraordinary life. Her impact can perhaps be felt most deeply in intimate spaces—a meditation student’s stillness, a tea ceremony student’s gentle fingers, a family member’s memory of her grounding presence at their loved one’s death years ago. For many, she modeled a devotion to spiritual practice, to art, and to love.

Recalling her childhood in Los Angeles, Greer described a comfortable upper-middle-class life that nonetheless felt lacking.

“Way inside of me, there was this place that was making faces a lot of the time,” she said, “Yes, it’s nice to win tennis games—not that I won that many—it was nice to have this very nice life, but it didn’t satisfy anything in my being.”

Greer (formerly Barbara Durkee) was attracted to art, and eventually found her way into the 1960s New York art scene, where she and her then-husband Stephen Durkee founded a ground-breaking media artists’ collective called USCO (Us Company). The Durkees later moved to northern New Mexico, and in 1967 co-founded the Lama Foundation spiritual community with Jonathan Altman. Lama was conceived and continues as a community that embraces all spiritual traditions. Richard Alpert, known later as Ram Dass, assisted with the founding of Lama, and the community published his now-famous book, Be Here Now. After 12 years at Lama, Greer moved to Charlottesville with her four daughters. She took up residence in Miran Forest with several other families, raising their children together. She worked as an oncology nurse and co-founded Hospice of the Piedmont.

When I asked her about working with dying people, Greer said, “It was me. It was you. It was all of us. There was no difference between the people who were dying and the people who were living…I don’t think dying is necessarily suffering unless people make a story about it being suffering, because it’s inevitable. We don’t know anybody who isn’t going to die, so why in the world suffer because of it?”

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Winning wine Horton Vineyards medals with its sparkling viognier

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She submitted again in 2021. The CSWWC judges, Stephenso; Essi Avellan, founder and editor of FINE Champagne; and George Markus, noted champagne expert and taster, spent two weeks tasting more than 1,000 entries from 19 countries. And among the 139 gold and 268 silver medals awarded was one for Horton Vineyards’ Suil.

Shannon is justifiably proud of her achievement, but it’s clear this is truly a family enterprise. Her mother Sharon has been vineyard manager since

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hannon Horton had a dream: “I wanted to make a white wine that would go with a steak.” As a member of the family dynasty that runs Horton Vineyards in Gordonsville, she had a good shot at achieving that goal. And last fall, her wine—Suil (pronounced sue-ELL)—became the first sparkling viognier and only the second Virginia wine to earn a medal in the Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships, the Olympics of sparkling wine.

To check fizz, color, aroma, Horton Vineyards’ viognier has been winning awards and taste, Shannon Horton for years. Its founder, Dennis Horton, who passed away in 2018, is credited with bringing the grape to Virginia samples every bottle—that’s and kicking off its popularity—viognier was designated 1,200 bottles for each Virginia’s state grape in 2011. Typically, about 20 percent disgorgement—and rejects of the viognier harvest is not the right profile for still wine, so it’s used to make the sparkling version; Horton about 10 percent. has been producing a sparkling viognier since the 1990s.

As Dennis’ daughter, Shannon grew up in the world Dennis bought his first 50 acres in 1989. “She’s of wine (family vacations were trips to research the matriarch, out in the fields every day, and the grapes, visit vineyards, and test wines). A few years quality of fruit is due to the people taking care of ago, “I decided to get deeper into what we were proit,” says Shannon, who handles merchandising, ducing,” she says. “And I am a sparkling wine fanatmarketing, and PR. She also has a full-time job as ic—it’s my passion. If I could drink only one wine a quality manager at UVA Children’s Hospital, for the rest of my life, it would be sparkling. So I plus she supervises the vineyard’s crush pad, sharstarted researching a lot. I read and I drank.” ing the duties with her daughter Caitlin. Caitlin Shannon took over the making of the vineyard’s took over as winemaker last year, and is developThree generations of women from the Horton Vineyards family combined talents three sparkling wines, and in 2018 she decided to to earn a silver medal—the first for Virginia wine and first for sparkling viognier— ing her own label: Gears and Lace, which has a concentrate on taking the sparkling viognier up a white, a red, a rosé, and a sparkling dry red. And in the Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships. notch. In memory of her father—“he always called they all live on the same property in Madison, viognier ‘Virginia’s great white hope,’’’ she says—Shannon tion to one product: Shannon’s medal-winning Suil is labeled which, Shannon admits, sometimes leads to business named her wine Suil, the Celtic word for hope, since Dennis “on the lees 2016” and “disgorged March 2021.” meetings on her porch at nine o’clock at night (one aswas also proud of his Irish heritage.

As she developed Suil, Shannon was also searching for a sumes wine is on offer).

Shannon was determined to make her wine méthode way to gain outside recognition for her efforts. That’s when Right now, Horton Vineyards has 17 grape varieties under champenoise, the traditional way, by hand. This approach she decided to enter the Champagne & Sparkling Wine World cultivation and 63 active labels (“and we make all of them, produces the best quality, most complex wines. But it is Championships, the world’s toughest and most prestigious which is insane,” Shannon notes). But sparkling wine is still time-consuming and labor-intensive: adding yeast and competition for sparkling wine. “Tom Stephenson [founder Shannon’s passion. She thinks it’s unfortunate that bubbly sugar for the wine’s second, in-bottle fermentation; letting and chairman of the championship] is the man in chamhas gotten the reputation as “a celebration wine; something it age with the dead yeast (the lees) to enrich the wine; pagne,” Shannon says. “I appreciated the integrity of the you have with appetizers, dessert. But it can go with a range riddling (angling the bottles and rotating them 90 degrees competition—and you get the judges’ notes.” of dishes, especially fatty foods.” every day, to let the lees settle out); disgorging (carefully In 2019, Shannon entered that year’s disgorgement and And that’s what began her quest for a sparkling steak wine. removing the lees); then corking and labeling. just missed earning a medal. “We came so close,” she says Shannon’s suggested pairings for Suil? Lobster mac-n-cheese, To check fizz, color, aroma, and taste, Shannon samples regretfully. “But the notes they gave me, saying that the buttered popcorn with Parmesan, beef Wellington, and a every bottle—that’s 1,200 bottles for each disgorgement— wine needed more complexity, were absolutely right. I group of good friends. “Wine always tastes better if you’re and rejects about 10 percent. It all adds up to years of devoknew I had to wait and get it right.” doing something with people you love,” she says.

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FEBRUARY SHOWS Artistic Remedies for Creative Hearts

8767 Seminole Tr., Suite 101, Ruckersville.

“Celestial Bodies: Galaxies, Planets and Stars” features work from ARCH members.

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Chroma Projects Inside Vault Virginia, Third

St. SE. “Against the Dark” showcases a variety of works by Robert Schultz, including camera-less photography and chlorophyll leaf portraits. Opens February 4.

Crozet Artisan Depot 5791 Three Notch’d Rd. “Mary Maveline Originals: Hand Painted, Hand Crafted, One-of-a-Kind Jewelry Line.” Jewelry that combines the talents of metalsmith Anna Lee and watercolorist Amy Snowden. Meet the artists at 1pm on February 12.

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C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Fresh Perspectives” features work from four new members. Opens February 4.

The Fralin Museum of Art at UVA 155

Rugby Rd. “Open Window: Emilio Sanchez on Paper” investigates the effects of light and shadow on architecture and landscapes across the globe.

Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 233 Fourth St. NW. “They Came

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to Play” traces the experience of Black sports in Charlottesville from the turn of the 20th century to its end. Opens February 26.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. In the Smith Gallery, “Lay My Burdens Down,” works from Cville Black Arts Collective.

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Northside Library 705 Rio Rd. In the lobby, watercolors and acrylics by Jane Matthews. In the Quiet Room, photography by Bill Shaw.

PVCC Gallery 501 College Dr. In the North and South Galleries, “These Memories Can’t Wait,” lifetime artworks by former visual arts department chairperson Beryl Solla. Opens February 4.

The Ruffin Gallery 179 Culbreth Rd. “Coun-

terpoint” by Sepideh Dashti, recent and new photography, textile, and video installation work. Through February 24.

Unitarian-Universalist Church 717 Rugby Rd. “Ephemeral Spirits,” mixed media paintings by Dolly Joseph. Through February and viewable online.

Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital 500 Martha Jefferson Dr. In the second floor lab hall, paintings by Randy Baskerville. Through April.

Vault Virginia 300 E. Main St. “Nature, Us,

and The Future,” a female artists’ group exhibition. Opens February 4.

Shenandoah Valley Art Center 126 S.

Running and Resilience’’ features work by Jill Meriwether as part of the Prolyfyck Exhibition Series. Opens February 4.

Palette of Scarlet,” photography by Fumi Ishino. Opens February 18.

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Joy of Color: A Multimedia Journey” showcases works from the BozArt Fine Art Collective. Opens February 2.

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In the Member’s Gallery, “Red,” works by SVAC members. Opens February 4.

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Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. In the Main Gallery, “A Suh Wi Dweet,” mixed-media works by Stuart Robertson. In the Dové Gallery, “Ghana to Gullah,” photography by Marley Nichelle. Opens February 4.

Schultz’s chlorophyll leaf print of Whitman is part of “Against the Dark,” Schultz’s new exhibition at Chroma Projects, and it is displayed alongside prints of many other influential writers and poets, including Emily Dickinson, Frederick Douglass, and Henry David Thoreau. “My chlorophyll prints, and especially the portraits, enact Whitman’s central trope of leaves,” he says. “Death falls into the ground and life rises, renewed, from it.”

Also on display at Chroma are a series of scanography works that Schultz created over the course of one year during the pandemic.

The images, which are captured using a flatbed scanner, are part of Schultz’s recently published photo journal, Specimens of the Plague Year. Accompanying each image is a journal entry Schultz wrote, reflecting on the state of the current world in and beyond his garden.

“Composition with Magnolia Seeds” focuses on creeping, ominous roots surrounding new growth. “My specimen scans seek to acknowledge both beauty and terror, capturing ephemeral beauty against a deep black background,” says Schultz.—Maeve Hayden

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obert Schultz doesn’t need a camera to take photographs. The Roanoke-based poet and author uses a unique method of camera-less photography to create realistic-looking images on conventional and unusual materials.

Many of Schultz’s works are driven by an appreciation for nature and the arts. “My writing and reading life has influenced my art decisively, especially my deep involvement with poet Walt Whitman and the American transcendentalists for whom knowledge starts in the contemplation of nature,” says Schultz.

One of his camera-less photographs is of Whitman. It was created using a process called chlorophyll printing, a technique Schultz learned from Vietnamese-born photographer Binh Danh. Danh’s method of chlorophyll printing uses sunlight to bleach prints onto leaves before casting the leaves in resin to prevent further deterioration. The finished product is a high-resolution render of Whitman on a sheaf of leaves—an apt tribute to the 19th-century poet.

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Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “All things are inventions of holiness,” wrote poet Mary Oliver. “Some more rascally than others.” I agree.

And I’ll add that in the coming weeks, holiness is likely to be especially rascally as it crafts its inventions in your vicinity.

Here are the shades of my meaning for the word “rascally”: unruly, experimental, mischievous, amusing, mercurial, buoyant, whimsical, and kaleidoscopic. But don’t forget that all of this will unfold under the guidance and influence of holiness. I suspect you’ll encounter some of the most amusing and entertaining outbreaks of divine intervention ever.

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(Feb. 19-March 20): The year 1905 is referred to as Albert Einstein’s “Year of Miracles.” The Piscean physicist, who was 26 years old, produced three scientific papers that transformed the nature of physics and the way we understand the universe.

Among his revolutionary ideas were the theory of special relativity, the concept that light was composed of particles, and the iconic equation E = mc squared. With that information as a backdrop, I will make a bold prediction: that in 2022 you will experience your own personal version of a Year of Miracles. The process is already underway. Now it’s time to accelerate it.

Aries (March 21-April 19): Aries actor Bette Davis said that if you want to improve your work, you should “attempt the impossible.”

That’s perfect advice for you right now. I hope to see you hone your skills as you stretch yourself into the unknown. I will celebrate your forays into the frontiers, since doing so will make you even smarter than you already are. I will cheer you on as you transcend your expectations and exceed your limits, thereby enhancing your flair for self-love. Here’s your mantra: “I now have the power to turn the impossible into the possible and boost my health and fortunes in the process.”

Taurus (April 20-May 20): Ancient Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu wrote, “Opportunities multiply as they are seized.” You’ll be wise to make that your motto during the next five months, Taurus. Life will conspire to bring you more and more benefits and invitations as you take full advantage of the benefits and invitations that life brings.

The abundance gathering in your vicinity may even start to seem ridiculously extravagant. Envious people could accuse you of being greedy, when in fact, you’re simply harnessing a crucial rule in the game of life.

To minimize envy and generate even more benefits and invitations, be generous in sharing your plenitude.

Gemini (May 21–June 20): “‘Because there has been no one to stop me’ has been one of the principles of my life,” wrote Gemini author Joyce Carol Oates. “If I’d observed all the

rules, I’d never have got anywhere,” said Gemini actor Marilyn Monroe. “Play the game. Never let the game play you.” So advised Gemini rapper and actor Tupac Shakur. “Who I really am keeps surprising me,” declared Gemini author Nikki Giovanni. I propose that we make the previous four quotes your wisdom teachings during the next four weeks.

Cancer (June 21-July 22): Your animal symbol is usually the crab. But I propose we temporarily change it to the tardigrade. It’s a tiny, eight-legged creature that’s among the most stalwart on planet Earth—able to live everywhere, from mountaintops to tropical rainforests to the deepest parts of the sea. In extreme temperatures, it thrives, as well as under extreme pressures. Since it emerged as a species half a billion years ago, it has survived all five mass extinctions.

I believe you will be as hardy and adaptable and resolute as a tardigrade in the coming months, Cancerian. You will specialize in grit and resilience and determination. PS: Tardigrades are regarded as a “pioneer species” because they take up residence in new and changed environments, paving the way for the arrival of other species. They help create novel ecosystems. Metaphorically speaking, you could be like that.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): I regularly ask myself how I can become more open-minded.

Have I stopped being receptive in any way?

What new developments and fresh ideas am I ignorant of? Have my strong opinions blinded me to possibilities that don’t fit my opinions? In accordance with astrological omens, Leo, I encourage you to adopt my attitude in the coming weeks.

For inspiration, read these thoughts by philosopher Marc-Alain Ouaknin: “If things speak to us, it is because we are open to them, we perceive them, listen to them, and give them meaning. If things keep quiet, if they no longer speak to us, it is because we are closed.”

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Like all the rest of us, Virgo, you have limitations. And it’s important for you to identify them and take them into consideration. But I want to make sure you realize you also have fake limitations; you wrongly believe in the truth of some supposed limitations that are, in fact, mostly illusory or imaginary. Your job right now is

Q&A to dismantle and dissolve those. For inspiration, here’s advice from author Mignon McLaughlin: “Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers.”

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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else,” counseled poet and activist Maya Angelou.

Author Toni Morrison said, “The function of freedom is to free someone else.” Author and activist Nikki Giovanni wrote, “Everybody that loves freedom loves Harriet Tubman because she was determined not only to be free, but to make free as many people as she could.” I hope the wisdom of these women will be among your guiding thoughts in the coming weeks. As your own power and freedom grow, you can supercharge them—render them even more potent—by using them to help others.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Man, sometimes it takes you a long time to sound like yourself,” testified Miles Davis, one of the most unique and talented jazz trumpeters and composers who ever lived. Popular and successful author Anne Lamott expressed a similar sentiment: “I’m here to be me, which is taking a great deal longer than I had hoped.” If those two geniuses found it a challenge to fully develop their special potentials, what chance do the rest of us have? I have good news in that regard, Scorpio. I believe 2022 will be a very favorable time to home in on your deepest, truest self—to ascertain and express more of your soul’s code. And you’re entering a phase when your instinct for making that happen will be at a peak.

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(Dec. 22-Jan.19): “It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods,” wrote author Margaret Fuller. That’s the bad news.

The good news is that your capacity for exposing and resisting falsehoods is now at a peak. Furthermore, you have a robust ability to ward off delusions, pretense, nonsense, inauthenticity, and foolishness. Don’t be shy about using your superpowers, Capricorn.

Everyone you know will benefit as you zero in and focus on what’s true and genuine.

And you will benefit the most.

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(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In the course of human history, three million ships have sunk to the bottom of the Earth’s seas. At one extreme have been huge vessels, like the Titanic and naval cruisers, while at the other extreme are small fishing boats. Many of these have carried money, gems, jewelry, gold, and other precious items. Some people have made it their job to search for those treasures. I believe there could and should be a metaphorical resemblance between you and them in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. Now is a favorable time for you to hunt for valuable resources, ideas, memories, and yes, even treasures that may be tucked away in the depths, in hidden locations, and in dark places.

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Convenient to Charlottesville and the University of Virginia. Fiber optic available. MLS#593358 $554,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250

MOORELAND

Classic Virginia brick home, circa 1855, on 22 acres, just seven miles south of Charlottesville. Property includes a cottage, outbuildings, shared ownership in a beautiful pond. Lovely mature landscaping and mountain views. $985,000 MLS#624421 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076 www.moorelandva.com

Spectacular country estate offering complete privacy and total serenity from over 53 acres in Free Union with Blue Ridge views and 2-acre lake. The heart of the property showcases a stunning customdesigned residence with 6 BR, 6.5 BA, spacious chef ’s kitchen, lovely dining room and breakfast room, cozy paneled den, and great room with soaring exposed-beam ceiling and fireplace. Property is fenced with 3-board fencing and a 1,800 sf barn. Located approximately 15 miles NW of UVA and Downtown Charlottesville. MLS#617485 $4,165,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

WOODFIELD

Rare opportunity to purchase an architecturallydesigned, gracious 3,530 square foot residence with 4 bedrooms and 3 baths on a secluded 4.59 acres in the heart of Garth and Owensville Road yet close to all Charlottesville/UVA amenities. MLS#623814 $899,000 Robert Mellen, 434.996.7386

MADISON

Over 560 acres of wooded land on Thoroughfare Mountain in Madison County. Three contiguous parcels, completely private, with endless possibilities.

Hunt, ride ATVs, camp, build a weekend retreat or a permanent residence in total serenity. MLS#621697 $2,685,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

SUNNYSIDE

Remarkably large parcel located convenient to Charlottesville and UVA. Exceptional Blue Ridge views, charming farm house (in need of restoration).

Under VOF easement but with divisions into already predetermined parcels. MLS#585228 $4,400,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

GREENFIELDS FARM

Impressive 763-acre country estate approximately 25 miles south of Charlottesville. The property showcases a stately southern residence, built circa 1904, extensive equestrian facilities, recreation opportunities, creeks and a pond. MLS#623792 $6,295,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

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Fabulous 29 acres fronting Blenheim Rd. and being a part of Broomfield Farm, a small agricultural and residential subdivision with CCR’s, but NO HOA. This property consists of 2 Albemarle County tax parcels, and 2 buildable lots, with an historic red barn and silo, and an 8-stall stable in great condition. There is a driveway in place, underground power, well and water, and several building spots with mountain views. This land could easily become a lovely horse property.

MLS#624834 $495,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

GALLISON HALL

Beautifully sited amidst 43 acres of expansive lawns and gardens stands this extraordinary, 1931-1933 Georgian Revival-style residence. Tranquil, private setting with magnificent Blue Ridge Mountain views, 3 miles west of town. MLS#617686 $8,450,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

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Spectacular 22-acre lot in Western Albemarle!

Wooded, wonderfully private and offers the ideal location for an elevated building site with the potential for big year-round views. Western schools! MLS#621504 $295,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

EDNAM FOREST

Wonderfully large 1.5+ acre building lot in Ednam Forest. Build your dream home on this elevated, wooded lot located in a single family community, minutes from UVA and within walking distance to Boar’s Head Resort. MLS#598537 $289,500 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

BUFFALO RIVER ROAD

Elevated 21-acre tract, mostly mature hardwood forest and road frontage in northwest Albemarle.

Elevated homesite offers potential panoramic Blue Ridge Mountain views with some clearing. Adjacent 21 acres also for sale. MLS#625864 $170,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

FRAY’S GRANT

Great investment opportunity! 3-two acres lots $99,000 each, or $275,000 total. Also, 21 acres, Blue Ridges views, creeks $170,000. Each lot is 2+ acres on private setting. Only ten minutes to airport, excellent shopping, including Harris Teeter, Kohls, Bonefish Grill and Starbucks. Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

SIMMONS GAP ROAD

5-acre lot with mature hardwoods. Great opportunity to build with no HOA. Private building site amongst beautiful woods. Located between Free Union and Earlysville but so convenient to Charlottesville & UVA. MLS#621177 $140,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250

COLONNADE DRIVE

In-fill Development Opportunity – Close to UVA. Corner at Ivy RD (250) behind Shell gas station.

Total 1.13 acres Zoned Highway Commercial permits multiple uses. Quick access to 29 & I-64.

CVCMLS #30317866 $1,500,000 Mark Mascotte, 434. 825.8610

MURPHY’S CREEK FARM

Wonderful gently rolling parcel of land with just under 26 acres, 18 miles south of Charlottesville.

The land is wooded (mostly hardwoods) with an elevated building site, stream/creek, total privacy, and long road frontage. MLS#619394 $285,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

ESTES RIDGE

Beautiful 14.7-acre tract of pristine land with both open fields and mature woods. So many possibilities for the property - create a small estate parcel with main residence and dependencies or enjoy recreational activities. No HOA! MLS#621176 $289,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250

WESLEY CHAPEL ROAD

Nice, mostly wooded residential building lot in Meriwether Lewis School District! Great privacy, 1.72± acres, beautiful rural setting in an area of large farm and estate properties. Located approximately 15 miles NW of Charlottesville. MLS#613685 $125,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

FRAYS MILL

Mostly wooded preservation tract of 81.395 acres next to Frays Mill Subdivision in highly desirable northern Albemarle. This beautiful gently rolling land has a great, private homesite with Blue Ridge Mt. views, and creek on property. MLS#608509 $995,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

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COMMONWEALTH DRIVE

1-story, 2,147 sf. commercial office building at corner of Westfield Road just off Rt. 29S. Zoned Commercial Office (CO) use includes administrative and business offices, medical, dental and more.

CVCMLS#30317750 $799,000 Mark Mascotte, 434. 825.8610

MEADOWBROOK HILLS

Lovely 3-bedrooms, 3-baths, circa 1958 brick home located in one of the City’s most desirable neighborhoods- convenient to all that Charlottesville has to offer! Walkable to Barracks Road & UVA, and just a short drive from Downtown. MLS#622783 $598,000 Will Faulconer, 434.987.9455

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t’s no secret that the fallout from COVID continues to slow down new home construction and there’s no sign this trend is letting up.

Prices are high and timelines are long. But there’s still no better way to get the home you really want.

The five basic costs for new homes are labor, lumber (and materials), lots, lending, and laws, most of which are more challenging because of the pandemic.

Homebuyer preferences made a big shift in 2020 in response to COVID. Despite higher prices and uncertain timelines, new construction remains the surest bet to turn those preferences into reality. And while buyers may feel helpless in the face of so many barriers, there are ways to minimize those obstacles.

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The Post-COVID House The typical post-COVID homebuyer wants more space, more features, and more choices.

Demand for more space, inside and outside, remains high. The average square footage for new single-family homes has increased by more than six percent, to 2,541 square feet.

Feel-good luxuries now classified as “mental health features” are gaining in popularity—a spa-like bathroom with a free-standing tub, access to private space for a home office or meditation, lots of natural light. (Hint: use south-facing walls for the most natural light.)

A separate living suite is also moving up on buyers’ want lists. Mike Sadler, President of Charlottesville Area Builders, says, “The biggest trend we are seeing with our customers is the in-law suite.

This is huge. Whether this suite is used for the in-laws, as a semi-separate living space for a teen, or for a short-term rental a la Airbnb, this trend is only getting

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bigger. The other two movements in the market are for more space in the home and a home gym.”

Many of the functions that used to be filled by the neighborhood park, the office, school, or local gym, have come home. Bigger yards and houses, home offices, private and flexible spaces are standard for this generation of homes.

Lumber Prices Through the Roof Meanwhile, lumber prices are skyhigh. In May 2021, they hit a record high of $1,500 per thousand board feet. After a pullback last summer, they are now nearly $1,200 per thousand board feet.

In addition to the high demand from the housing industry, wildfires in the western U.S. and Canada, doubling of tariffs on Canadian lumber imports, and ongoing supply chain disruptions are behind the most recent price surge.

These price fluctuations directly impact new homes prices. According to the National Association of Home Builders, a typical 2,000 square-foot home uses about 16,000 board feet of lumber and 6,000 square feet of structural panels like plywood.

Eric Robertson is the Project Manager for custom home builders Smith & Robertson, Inc., based in Charlottesville.

He is also the President of Blue Ridge Home Builders Association (BRHBA) and understands how volatility in lumber and materials is impacting builders and buyers. “When compared to this time last year, lumber costs have added $18,000 to the average price of a new home.” And

that’s not as bad as it could be. “If you looked at this comparison in May 2021, when lumber prices were at their peak, lumber alone was adding over $30,000 to prices.

“Lumber has been a hot topic when it comes to affordability of houses, and while we may not see the extreme prices of last May, it is unrealistic to think lumber costs will return to pre-pandemic numbers. Industry experts and economists agree that there will be a ‘new normal’ for lumber prices; somewhere between the May 2021 peak and the pre-pandemic low.”

Short Supply Lumber isn’t the only thing in short supply and subject to higher prices. Everything—from doors and windows to appliances and roof shingles—is harder to get and more expensive by the time it arrives at the building site.

These supply chain issues are then exacerbated by ongoing labor shortages.

Carpenters, tradesmen, and specialized installers are also in short supply. For instance, leaders in the flooring industry expect a shortage of 6,000 installers every year for the next decade.

And that is not only driving up labor costs but also slowing down the entire home-building process. What used to take six to eight months now takes eight to ten months. Or more.

Sometimes that “or more” is enough to keep homebuyers out of the new construction market, because of the uncertainty involved and the patience required.

Rendering of Habitat duplexes that will be built in Village One of redeveloped Southwood.

Solutions and Substitutions Buyers and builders are working hard to find solutions. Most of those solutions require flexibility, on everyone’s part.

When supply is tight, the willingness to trade out products or substitute materials is critical to keeping a building project on schedule. Alternative materials that are quicker and just as good as the originals are the easiest way to gain traction on pricing and timelines.

This drives many buyers and builders to rethink hardwood floors. Remember that shortage of 6,000 floor installers?

Floor alternatives that don’t require the same installation skill and time are hugely popular. Luxury vinyl planks and rigid core products have surged in popularity. They rival hardwood in terms of aesthetics and durability. They are more affordable, and installation is faster and easier, without the same skills, tools, and acclimation time hardwood requires.

If custom products can be traded for standard ones, the build is likely to be accelerated. Instead of having every feature in a home customized, buyers who focus on the key areas most important to them, such as cabinets and countertops, may be able to get into their homes quicker. That standardization can also help builders be more efficient and keep housing prices down.

Occasionally, it takes a last-ditch effort to get buyers into a home on time.

If waiting on an appliance is the final barrier, installing a temporary “loaner” appliance can help meet timelines.

Impact on Sellers’ Market Don’t expect miracles from new construction in rebalancing the current

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seller’s market. Ryan Price, Deputy Chief Economist for Virginia REALTORS® predicts that supply will improve but not by a lot. “A key to the low inventory continues to be that new home construction is facing challenges on multiple fronts. Based on these constraints, we are forecasting new home starts…will not have a significant impact on the overall housing supply in the state.”

Paul McArtor agrees. “Builders can’t build fast enough. There will be fewer spec homes coming on the market this year than in previous years. Buyers have already scooped most of them up because of the low inventory of existing homes on the market.”

Most area builders do have a handful of “move-in ready homes,” but not nearly as many as in previous years. Robertson explains, “The ‘move-in ready homes’ are largely outnumbered by homes sold to homebuyers prior to construction being completed. So, these new homes never hit the market, once again due to the huge housing demand and limited supply of new and resale inventory.”

One of the highly anticipated and well-publicized redevelopment areas close to Charlottesville is Southwood, located within two miles of 5th Street Station along Old Lynchburg Road. The project is a mix of affordable and market-rate homes.

Southern Development is one of several local builders involved in constructing market-rate homes. Another prominent builder, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville, is building affordable homes there.

Sara Hoagland, Southern Development Sales Consultant, reports that since the grand opening of the Southwood redevelopment in October 2021, all eight of the townhomes in Phase 1 have been spoken for, and five of the 23 singlefamily homes. “Interest in Southwood is strong, even before we begin to move dirt. We expect construction to begin this spring. North Pointe, Belvedere, and Old Trail are also extremely popular areas where buyers can still get a brand-new home if they are ready to commit while building sites and move-in ready homes are available.”

So don’t count on the inventory of new homes to rebalance the market in Central Virginia. “Builders and developers are doing their best, but no, we are not able to keep up with today’s demand for housing,” says Robertson.

“This is as true nationwide as it is here locally. Local builders have reported that new home sales have remained strong, but the closed sales (when the buyers move in) are lagging when compared to the last few years. And that can be attributed to supply-chain disruptions and labor shortages.

“Additionally, a large factor for builders locally has been significant delays in permit issuance and other approvals from local authorities having jurisdiction. These delays are due to several things— internal process inefficiencies, staff shortages, incomplete permit applications, etc. BRHBA has been proactively working with these jurisdictions to identify problems and reduce bottlenecks.”

And their efforts are paying off with improvements in turnaround time.

The Future in 3D You may have seen the headlines about a Williamsburg family moving into the first owner-occupied 3D-printed home.

The exterior of the 1,200 square-foot three-bedroom, two-bath concrete home was constructed in just 28 hours using an Alquist 3D printer.

Is 3D printing the answer to both affordability and rebalancing the market?

Probably not just yet.

It may take some time for the market to warm up to 3D-printed houses. And jurisdictions as well as building codes don’t yet address 3D-printed houses. As far as affordability, it may not make that large an impact on the price of materials, but the savings in labor costs could be significant, particularly in areas suffering from an acute labor shortage.

The Williamsburg 3D-printed home is Earthcraft certified, which means reduced utility bills and negative environmental impacts. Concrete retains indoor temperature better than other materials so that heating and cooling costs will be below average. Add in its performance in natural disasters such as tornadoes, hurricanes, and fires, and you have a winning combination in today’s environment.

Alquist 3D has partnered with Virginia Tech’s Center for Housing Research to explore how 3D-printed houses can expand affordable housing options in the Richmond region. So we’ll have a front-row seat to see how this plays out.

But for the foreseeable future, traditional builders can best meet buyers’ needs.

Have a Plan Area builders want you to find your right home. And they recognize it’s a tough time to buy a house. As inflation and interest rates creep up, home prices will continue to climb through 2022. That means their job gets harder, as risks rise with prices, selling is more difficult, and staying within budget becomes nearly impossible.

For buyers in the new construction market, the best strategy is to have your team in place—your REALTOR®, builder, and mortgage loan officer. Working with each, figure out what features are most important and those on which you are willing to compromise. How important is that corner lot, or those custom built-ins?

Will luxury vinyl plank flooring serve you better than hardwood floors?

How flexible are you on your timeline?

And if you must be out of your current home by a certain date, is there a plan B if your new home isn’t quite ready?

Robertson is optimistic that 2022 will see some corrections in the supply chain disruptions. “Without these disruptions, homebuilders—especially large production builders have the potential to decrease construction times. Eventually, this might tip the scales on our current supply-demand imbalance and apply the brakes to climbing construction costs.”

And that will get you in your new home without quite so long a wait.

Carla Huckabee writes about high-performing real estate.

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Brook Hollow - Comfortable and manageable Keswick estate of 38 acres.

Spectacular setting, opposite Castle Hill and adjoining Keswick Vineyards.

Home built in 2000 from reclaimed materials - 100 acres is enhanced by being in the middle of a couple of thousand acres

WWW.HOWARDHANNA . C O, VA M Keswick

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Jane Porter Fogleman 434-996-8633 Jane Porter Fogleman (434) 242-8355 (434) 242-8355

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Peace of mind for you.

“JABA’s adult day care center has been a welcome resource for Mom—and me. The staff are professional and compassionate and demonstrate a warmth and concern for her as if she were their own loved one. This allows me to have a day of respite knowing Mom is cared for, protected and loved, just like family.”

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Stone Orchard

Lifestyle Homes in the Villages of Stoney Creek

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The views will last forever. This opportunity will not.

• Breathtaking Mountain Views

• On the Golf Course

• Maintenance-free Landscaping

• Near the Clubhouse, Grill, Tennis, Pool

• Miles of Groomed Walking Paths

• Walk to Farmer’s Market, Town Center

Wintergreen Realty LLC

3079 Rockfish Valley Hwy, Wintergreen, VA 22958 (434) 361-0500 (800) 325-2200 www.wintergreenrealestate.com

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from the mid-400’s

HOME SALES STATS ENDING THE WEEK OF JANUARY 30, 2022 THERE WERE 84 SALES IN THE 11 COUNTY AND CITY AREAS

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n 20 were in Albemarle with an average price of $653,695 n 6 were in Charlottesville with an average price of $321,583

Never heard of it?

It’s probably because our code is something we like to practice rather than preach. It’s a commitment to honesty, integrity, and trust that’s been protecting property owners like you since 1913.

n 8 were in Fluvanna with an average price of $307,863 n 6 were in Greene with an average price of $407,298 n 14 were in Louisa with an average price of $327,321 n 7 were in Nelson with an average price of $326,843 n 16 were in Orange with an average price of $386,441 n 3 were in Staunton with an average price of $304,633 n 4 were in Waynesboro with an average price of $299,200

HOMES SOLD REALTORS® are members of the National Association of REALTORS®

THE 1054 DURRETT RIDGE RD EARLYSVILLE

609 SW 7 1/2 STREET FIFEVILLE

3 POWHATAN DRIVE LAKE MONTICELLO

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MARKETING SERVICES Beth Wood beth@caarrew.com • 434.996.4019

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www.charlottesville.gov Real estate tax rate: $.95 per $100 ci.staunton.va.us Real estate tax rate: $.92 per $100

CITY OF WAYNESBORO

www.waynesboro.va.us Real estate tax rate: $.90 per $100

ALBEMARLE COUNTY

www.albemarle.org Real estate tax rate: $.854 per $100

FLUVANNA COUNTY

fluvannacounty.org Real estate tax rate: $.884 per $100

greenecountyva.gov Real estate tax rate: $.82 per $100 www.louisacounty.com Real estate tax rate: $.72 per $100

MADISON COUNTY

www.madisonco.virginia.gov Real estate tax rate: $.71 per $100

NELSON COUNTY

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ORANGE COUNTY

orangecountyva.gov Real estate tax rate: $.804 per $100

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