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We’ve sprinkled groan-worthy weed puns throughout this issue, from the embarrassing “Turning over a new leaf” on the cover to the reprehensible “High time for change” at the top of the feature (page 12). But please don’t be distracted by our shamelessness—marijuana legalization is serious businesses, with far-reaching consequences for the state’s criminal justice system and economy.

In 2019, more Americans were arrested for marijuana than for all violent crimes combined, reports Forbes. Additionally, most marijuana arrests are for minor infractions. Forty percent of drug arrests in 2018 were for marijuana-related offenses, and 92 percent of those arrests were for simple possession, according to the Pew Research Center.

The zealous prosecution of drug crimes has disproportionately affected Black and brown people, too. Overall, Black people are four times more likely to be arrested for pot than white people, even though everyone uses the drug at similar rates. Legalizing weed is a key step toward fixing our racist criminal justice system.

And to top it all off, at a time when common ground is hard to come by in politics, marijuana legalization is an area where most Americans actually agree. Sixty-six percent of the country—55 percent of Republicans and 78 percent of Democrats—now support full legalization, according to a 2019 Pew poll.

As we speak, here in the commonwealth, the General Assembly is putting the finishing touches on a legalization bill that the governor has promised to sign. If you’ll permit me one more pun, I’ll say that I’m glad to see the budding future of the state.—Ben Hitchcock

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reveals how fear and misunderstandings caused The Charlottesville City Council to condemn and Demolish a 20 Acre Tract (30 Black businesses and 600 residents) from the Downtown area from 1958-1964.

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—Virginia House Majority Leader Charniele Herring (D-Alexandria) on the passing of legislation automatically sealing the criminal records of people convicted of certain misdemeanors

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City offers rent relief The City of Charlottesville has distributed $181,000 in rent relief funds in recent weeks, according to City Councilor Michael Payne. The program, initiated to combat the effects of the pandemic, was put together in a short period of time and has already helped 467 local households.

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mended that council approve street names honoring Black activist Gregory Swanson, enslaved laborer Henry Martin, and Charlottes­ville’s sister city Via Poggio a Caiano, Italy.

The committee turned down requests for Tony Bennett Way (and Drive), largely due to the UVA men’s basketball coach’s “previous substantial national and community recognition.”

However, council decided to hold off on approving additional proposals until March. The HRC is also still ironing out the details of the honorary street names policy.

The committee recommends waiving the application fee, substituting the application’s essay section with simple short questions, allowing applicants to choose between a temporary or permanent street marker, requiring two to three letters of support per nomination, and providing historical context on honorary street signs and a website.

To better handle future honorary street name proposals, the committee advises City Council to create a special naming commission that includes members from related committees.

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After months of debate over Charlottesville’s honorary street name policies, City Council unanimously approved two requests last week recommended by the Historic Resources Committee: Black History Pathway and Byers-Snookie Way. Black History Pathway, located on Fourth Street NW between West Main Street and Preston Avenue, pays homage to the city’s rich Black history. It will cut through a former Black neighborhood known as The Hill, which was razed— alongside Vinegar Hill—during urban renewal in the 1960s.

Meanwhile, Byers-Snookie Way, located on 10th Street NW between Preston and Henry avenues, will honor Black community leaders, William “Billy” Byers and Elizabeth “Mrs. Snookie” Harrison.

After becoming Charlottesville’s first Black aquatics director in the 1980s, Byers helped create the school division’s swim program, teaching many low-income Black children how to swim. Harrison worked alongside Byers and managed the Washington Park pool for decades.

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Charlottesville Commonwealth’s Attorney Joe Platania has confirmed that Mayor Nikuyah Walker is not under criminal investigation for her use of city credit cards. Speculation about a possible investigation arose in recent weeks after acting City Attorney Lisa Robertson sent a memo to City Council reminding the mayor that “Even a small unauthorized purchase can have serious legal consequences.” However, Platania wrote in a February 22 letter that he has long been “extremely concerned about the lack of consistency and clarity surrounding the city’s credit card policy,” and that he won’t prosecute any cases of potential violations until the policy is rewritten. The credit card policy is just another thing on the already long to-do list of new City Manager Chip Boyles.

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he fate of a proposed 300-space city-owned parking garage at Seventh and Market streets—in the space currently occupied by Lucky 7 and Guadalajara—hangs in the balance.

Charlottesville City Council has to decide whether or not to include $8 million in next year’s capital budget plan for the project. The proposed garage has drawn opposition from some community members in the years since it was announced, and one city councilor who previously supported the structure has recently changed his position.

“It would be a mistake to go ahead build the parking garage at this time,” said City Councilor Lloyd Snook at council’s February 16 meeting.

Snook’s reversal is consequential—in the past, he was part of a 3-2 majority of councilors to voice informal support for the project.

A December 2018 agreement between the city and Albemarle County to locate a joint general district court downtown calls for the structure to be built. The county had explored moving its courts out of the city in part because of a perceived lack of parking.

The proposed garage would have 90 spots reserved for county employees during regular court hours. The rest of the garage will be open to the public. The agreement doesn’t specify whether the public spots will be free or paid but says details would be worked out during the design process.

The agreement also required Albemarle to convey to the city its share of a jointlyowned surface lot between Seventh and Eighth Street NE that the two localities jointly purchased in 2005. That occurred last April and cleared the way for the city to proceed with a plan for a structure that would use both the surface lot and an adjoining property the city purchased in January 2017 for $2.85 million.

The agreement states construction of the garage must begin by May 1, 2022, and must be available for county use by November 30, 2023. If this does not occur, the county would have the temporary alternative of being guaranteed 100 spaces in the existing Market Street garage. The start date deadline is approaching fast.

If the city fails to construct the new garage, Albemarle has two options. It can either have those 100 spaces permanently dedicated to the county’s use when courts are open, or have the right to repurchase its share of the surface lot for exclusive use.

Decision time approaches on a long-discussed and controversial proposed parking garage.

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us,” says one third-year, “saying it’s all of our faults that there’s a massive spike, when it’s so glaringly obvious to the whole student body that the IFC simply didn’t follow the rules laid out for rush.”

Last Friday, the UVA administration’s bigwigs held a virtual town hall to discuss the outbreak and the new restrictions.

According to Dr. Mitch Rosner, chairman of the department of medicine, there was no single “superspreader” event that led to the outbreak. A slide during his presentation at the town hall read, “Contact tracing and our analysis of case distribution does not identify a single or even a few dominant sources of transmission. Instead, widespread issues with adherence to public health measures appears to be the major issue.” Rosner pointed out that cases are also widespread, and approximately 75 percent of them are off Grounds.

At the town hall, UVA President Jim Ryan addressed rush’s role in the outbreak headon. “There’s no doubt that rush contributed to this, in part because it brought groups of people together,” he said. “There’s also no doubt that mistakes were made, as were willful violations in the context of rush.”

“In hindsight, perhaps we should have tried harder to discourage all in-person rush events,” Ryan said. “As leaders of the university, I wish we had been able to prevent this spike, and I’m sorry we weren’t.”

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ast Monday, the University of Virginia reached a record-breaking 118 positive student COVID-19 cases in a single day. The next day, 229 students tested positive for coronavirus, making up 10 percent of Virginia’s total new positives that day. Cases continued to climb until the student positivity rate reached 4.2 percent on Friday.

Tuesday night, around 5:30pm, an email sent out to the university community declared that the school would enter a complete lockdown.

UVA banned all in-person student gatherings and shut down libraries and recreation centers. In-person classes and research would continue under the new guidelines, and dining halls would remain open but in-person seating would be restricted to two people at one table.

The spike in cases occurred just after UVA’s annual fraternity and sorority rush events.

In a normal year, rush sees hundreds of students cycle through old, cramped Greek-life houses, showing off their personalities (and beer pong skills) in hopes of winning admission to this or that social house.

This year, the student-led Inter Sorority Council limited its member organizations to a virtual rush process with an option for an in-person bid day, while the Inter Fraternity

Council ruled frats were allowed to conduct some in-person rush events and an in-person bid day, so long as they adhered to a sixperson gathering limit and wore masks indoors and out.

But on Sunday, February 14, the rush process concluded in its traditional way, with groups of students socializing on Rugby Road, posing for pictures at Mad Bowl, and gathering in groups obviously larger than six to celebrate in-person “bid day” after the conclusion of the week-long rush process.

Following the Tuesday night lockdown, students immediately took to social media to blame frats and sororities for the spike in cases. Rumors of late-night parties, dumping maskless rushees in predominantly Black neighborhoods, and mysterious venue reservations made the rounds on Twitter and Reddit.

Despite all of this circumstantial evidence, the university released a statement on Thursday that reminded the community that Greek organizations had been subject to the same gathering rules as everyone else. The email also stated that noncompliance with the rules and transmission of the virus were widespread, and there was no evidence the recent spike was linked to rush.

Some students felt the school was too quick to shift the blame away from Greek organizations. “UVA keeps gaslighting all of

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Albemarle is aware of the city’s ongoing discussion.

“The courts agreement signed by the city and county in December 2018 included several alternatives to meet the county’s articulated need for convenient parking for courts users,” says Emily Kilroy, the county’s communications director. “The agreement will be satisfied through any of those alternatives, at the option of the county.”

Soon after taking over as city manager, Chip Boyles met with county officials on the subject.

“The bottom line is that they did say that they’re just looking for those 90 to 100 spaces that are identified in the agreement,” Boyles says, adding the courts project is on schedule. “We know we have to accommodate that.”

Opponents of the project have urged council to abandon the project or at least delay capital funding for one year, given concerns about the city’s ability to afford taking on more debt.

Council did not make a final decision about the garage on February 16. The current fiscal year budget includes $2 million for the project, and city staff are currently sifting through responses to a request for firms to demonstrate their qualifications to design and build the structure.

“If we are going to continue this process, we will need the additional programmed $8 million in fiscal year 22 approved by council,” says city Parking Manager Rick Siebert says. “If council doesn’t approve those funds, we are going to be unable to proceed with a contract for a design-build entity.”

Siebert says if the county chooses the guaranteed spaces in the Market Street Parking Garage, the city would lose the use of the ground floor and most of the first level.

“As a parking professional, I am unaware of any way to allow the public to use the remainder of the garage and yet effectively prohibit them from parking in the first 100 spaces of the garage that they would have to drive through to get to the remaining 377 spaces,” Siebert says.

Siebert says one remedy would possibly be to halt hourly parking by the general public during the day. Later in the day, Boyles told council another could be to delay or reduce the $8 million while further study is conducted.

Councilor Michael Payne says he would like to see the city abandon the garage but still find a way to provide the county with the spaces allotted in the agreement.

“I think it’s absolutely worth trying to evaluate if COVID has changed the parking situation more permanently, how many of these office spaces that have come online will now remain unutilized,” Payne says.

“There are a number of other parking spaces within the downtown area that are going away because of construction projects,” Boyles says. “The other thing we would want to take a look at are what kinds of transit possibilities may help fulfill some of those needs as well.”

The public hearing for the city’s budget, including the capital improvement program, is March 15. The budget will be presented to council next Monday. Council will approve the budget by April 15.

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This month, both houses of the Virginia legislature passed bills that will allow legal, adult-only, recreational marijuana purchase and use beginning in 2024, a change that has dramatic implications for the state’s criminal justice system and economy.

The bills still have key differences, and in the next few days, a small conference of legislators from both houses will meet to reconcile the two bills.

Governor Ralph Northam is expected to sign the final version into law, making Virginia the first Southern state to legalize the drug.

Legalize it right: Questions remain about bills’ criminal justice reform

Decades of racial discrimination in enforcement means marijuana legalization is a criminal justice issue.

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ationwide, Black and white people use marijuana at similar rates. In Virginia, Black people make up about 20 percent of the population—but 52 percent of citations for marijuana possession in the last year were given to Black people, says Chelsea Higgs Wise, executive director of Marijuana Justice, a Richmond-based group fighting for the enactment of equitable legalization policies.

Decades of racial discrimination in enforcement means marijuana legalization is a consequential criminal justice issue. And for many supporters of legalization, Virginia’s two proposed bills fail to provide adequate redress for the harms caused by the decades-long war on drugs, specifically within Black and brown communities.

“As of right now, I’m terrified,” says Higgs Wise. “The bills now are really bad. I would not want them to pass as they are right now.”

In response to the proposed legislation, Marijuana Justice— joined by RISE for Youth, ACLU of Virginia, and 21 other advocacy groups—sent a letter to Northam and the General Assembly, urging

them to meet specific criteria that center on racial equity.

A central point of contention is the legalization timeline. While the state Senate bill would permit simple possession of marijuana for adults as early as July 1, 2021, the House version would not do so until 2024, when the sale of marijuana is also legal.

Many activists also do not think it’s necessary to wait until 2024 to permit the sale or possession of the drug, pointing to the marijuana-friendly states Virginia could look to for guidance.

“It’s going to take time to establish a new agency and go through a new licensing process, but does it need to take that long? Probably not,” says Jenn Michelle Pedini, executive director of Virginia NORML. “Such a delayed implementation really only serves the illicit market.”

Pedini suggests that legal access be quickly expanded through existing medical marijuana providers, as many other states have done.

Another key criminal justice component of legalization is the expungement of marijuana-related offenses from criminal records.

Both bills would automatically expunge misdemeanors and allow

those convicted of felonies to petition for expungement. Certain expungements may also require people to pay off court fees.

Automatic expungement of misdemeanors is crucial, but not a conclusive step. “Prior to 2020, anything over half an ounce was a felony,” explains Higgs Wise. “The people who have been most impacted by these unfair laws are the people with the felonies,” which impact career, housing, and education opportunities.

For those currently incarcerated, the new laws aren’t a get-out-ofjail-free card. People who are currently in jail or prison for marijuana-related offenses would be resentenced, but it remains unclear which offenses would be eligible for reevaluation, and when the resentencing process would begin.

The legislation would also make it illegal to have marijuana inside a vehicle, even if it’s not being used. Activists fear this will only worsen traffic stops—a huge driver of marijuana cases.

“Last year, we fought really hard and got the odor of marijuana to no longer be a reason to search or seize in your car,” says Higgs Wise.

“In order to continue to criminalize us in the car, now all a cop has to do is say they see a green leafy substance in your car anywhere, and they have a reason to search.”

If a container of marijuana that’s been opened is found inside the car, the driver could be charged with driving under the influence.

Meanwhile, minors caught with marijuana would continue to face harsh penalties under the proposed laws, including fines, drug tests, probation, school expulsion, and the denial of a driver’s license.

Such punitive measures have proven to have a disproportionate impact on Black youth. While Black and white youth are arrested at similar rates, Black youth are significantly more likely to be incarcerated instead of put into diversion programs.

“There’s actually data that shows us that there’s no increase in youth use because of marijuana legalization,” says Higgs Wise. “Why in the world create more penalties for young people, when we know which young people are going to be the most impacted?”

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hat would you do with $300 million in drug money?

That’s the question now facing the Virginia General Assembly.

Over the first five years of marijuana legalization, the commonwealth could bring in anywhere from $184-$308 million, according to a 2020 report from the assembly’s nonpartisan research commission.

The state government won’t be the only entity profiting when weed is legal, either. With cultivation and retail industries poised to flourish, questions about who makes money from marijuana are at the front of legislators’ minds.

The state plans to levy a 21 percent tax on pot sales, in addition to the existing 6 percent sales tax.

(For reference, liquor is taxed at 20 percent in Virginia, the thirdhighest rate in the nation.)

Both the state Senate and House bills propose the same spending plan for that new marijuana tax income: 40 percent will be devoted to pre-K education for at-risk youth, 30 percent to the Cannabis Equity Reinvestment Fund, 25 percent to substance abuse treatment and prevention, and 5 percent to public health initiatives.

That might sound reasonable enough, but some activists have concerns. Marijuana Justice’s Chelsea Higgs Wise wants to see 70 percent devoted to the equity fund, which would seek to make up for past discrimination by providing things like tutoring and mentoring programs and free transportation in cities like Richmond.

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be given a six-month head start in the license application process.

Higgs Wise says those provisions might not be enough, however. For example, she’s concerned that allowing 10 formerly arrested lowwage employees to qualify a business for equity priority won’t meet the intended goal of giving Black and brown people access to lucrative business management positions.

Ross Efaw owns the area’s Greener Things CBD Dispensary, which sells a variety of low-THC hempderived products. He also hopes that marijuana licenses are accessible to the little guy.

“Small, locally owned businesses like us want to participate in legal cannabis sales. We’re well positioned to. We have the experience. It’s just a matter of if the state will allow for accessible permits for small businesses,” Efaw says. “We hope there’s opportunity for everyone.”

Efaw says Charlottesville could quickly become a hub for marijuana sales in the state. “I think Charlottesville’s a great market and it’ll really catch on here. No doubt in my mind. Our clientele ask us all the time, ‘When are you going to have THC products available?’”

While lots of questions remain about the future of marijuana in Virginia, one thing is for sure, says Efaw: “The demand is high.”

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“Three- to 4-year-old pre-K is something that’s very dear to our heart, but we understand that those 3- to 4-year-olds would be better served if they are housed with rent relief funds, or if they’re fed with different feeding programs,” says Higgs Wise. She warns against “giving this reinvestment money back to institutions that have not invested it intentionally for our community.”

Under the current proposal, the Charlottesville and Albemarle local governments stand to make money from legalization, too—the bills give localities the option to add a 3 percent tax of their own on top of the state’s fees. Massachusetts adopted an identical local option system when it allowed retail sales to begin in late 2018. In the second full year of legalization, 46 Massachusetts localities combined to bring in $14 million from marijuana sales, according to Mass Live.

Matt Simon, senior policy analyst at the Marijuana Policy Project, says high tax rates won’t prevent people from buying legally.

“People may experience sticker shock when the stores first open, and say ‘I can get this cheaper from my guy I went to high school with,’” Simon says. “But both Colorado and Washington have higher taxes than are in this bill, and over time they’ve captured the vast majority of the market…The prices are much lower in the stores than from illicit sources.”

Legislators must also consider who runs those stores. Exactly how many licenses will be passed out remains to be seen—Simon says the current plan could be “in the realm of 400 retailers.” That’s a departure from Virginia’s two-year-old medical cannabis industry, in which only five large corporations have licenses.

The bills currently prioritize giving cultivation and retail licenses to those whose communities have been subjected to racist enforcement of marijuana laws in the past.

The state can’t directly offer Black people a head start, but it can decide that businesses owned by those with marijuana convictions, or businesses that employ 10 or more people with past convictions, will

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Kenn Kaufman is an extreme birder who’s been at it since the ‘60s, when he dropped out of high school and hit the road in pursuit of feathered creatures. The author, artist, naturalist, and conservationist’s career really took flight when he won 1973’s Big Year birding competition and set the record for most North American bird species spotted in a year. He will virtually discuss his latest book, A Season on the Wind: Inside the World of Spring Migration, with birding photographer and author Pete Myers as part of the Virginia Festival of the Book’s Shelf Life series. Free, noon.

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Founded in 1969 by four Alabama session musicians, the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio became legendary for soul music after producing hits for Wilson Pickett (“Mustang Sally”), Aretha Franklin (“I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)”), and the Staple Singers (“I’ll Take You There”), among others.

The magical environment and signature sound of the humble space (a former coffin showroom) attracted rock royalty, including The Rolling Stones, Traffic, Bob Seger, Elton John, Paul Simon, and Bob Dylan. Greg “Freddy” Camalier’s Muscle Shoals documents stories of studio staff and insights from big-name recording artists. $5-8, 3 and 7pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 979-1333.

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In the trenches Russo Brothers’ Cherry is a different kind of origin story

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Streaming (Apple TV) Tom Holland stars as an Ohio native who falls into a life of drugs and crime after losing love and going to war.

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The film is brutally honest about the for her, she says she’s moving away. His equal­ ly disproportionate response is to join the army and run from the woman who broke him, and the city that reminds him of her.

These different stages in Cherry’s life are divided by title cards, which let us know that Cherry is entering a new chapter. Not only do the Russos establish the mile markers along the way to call attention to the stages in the story, the film’s camera style, score, and even aspect ratio change from segment to segment.

In college, the score is quaint, with almost cartoonish classical movements; basic training has more rock and roll; and Van Morrison takes the reins to steer us into Cherry’s life at war and away from home.

The film is brutally honest about the ef­ fects of war, and selectively dips into gore to prove its point. Considering how drasti­ cally this experience changes Cherry for the worse, it makes sense to show some of what will haunt him for the rest of his life.

Cherry never makes the argument that the main character’s descent into drug de­ pendency or crime is inevitable, but it does make it feel inescapable. Each circumstance leads to the next, and before long, the next best choice for Cherry is to start robbing banks. He is not hopeless or flailing through his own hell, he is just trudging forward on an increasingly dark path. Cherry also stops

short of ever feeling like a sermon or public service announcement. We see how awful war and chemical dependency is, but as with Cherry and Emily, those are lessons to be learned by experience and not instruction.

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Accent aside, Holland brings this evolving character to life. Bravo adds some charm, but ultimately is given little to do besides stare adoringly, and it seems a disservice to try to measure her beyond that. The film does maintain a certain affection for Cher­ ry’s love for Emily, connecting the dots to his swan dive into crime, but Cherry never excuses Cherry for what he has done.

When Victory Hall Opera’s production of Verdi’s La Traviata was canceled, the cast turned to their iPhones—but not for pandemic-induced doom scrolling. Instead, they collaborated on filming UNSUNG, the first feature film made by and about opera singers. In it, the cast navigates the challenges of life during a pandemic, and searches for ways to remain connected to the music they love. The result is a testament to artistic courage in the face of unprecedented obstacles. “It is crucial that these stories be heard; the stories of singers whose calling and life’s work has been banned in the time of COVID, with singing suddenly feared as a virus-spreading danger,” says VHO’s Miriam Gordon-Stewart. The film premieres on-demand, with a live recording of a chamber version of the opera soundtrack available through iTunes. $10 to stream. victoryhallopera.org.

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prawling cinematic stories of drug abuse and crime sprees are nothing new.

Martin Scorsese has honed this sub­ genre of brittle masculinity and confessional narration throughout his long career, and many others have tried to ascend to his plat­ form for storytelling. Cherry never quite climbs to that rank, but it is an empathetic look at one man’s seemingly inescapable demise.

Directors Anthony and Joe Russo chose to return to their hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, with Cherry, though they arguably never left. Their previous films, Avengers and Captain America, used the Ohio location as a stand-in for larger, more expensive cit­ ies on screen. Heck, even Fate of the Furious was filmed there, so it is very likely you have been watching Cleveland for years without realizing it. This time, the Russos forego dressing up the city, and instead take a long, hard look at what it was in the early 2000s.

Cleveland is tough and can be unforgiving, but it is not unworthy of its own moment in the spotlight.

Tom Holland, with a wavering American accent, stars as Cherry, a young man who has fallen into a life of crime—when we first meet him, he is holding up a bank while explaining to us, via voiceover, how he goes about doing the job. No man starts out in life with a bandana around his face and a gun in his hand, and he takes us through the years that lead him to that moment.

If you haven’t already guessed, Cherry is a nickname, and the explanation of this moniker comes to us as we see him sink into his cozy criminality. Going back to his uni­ versity days, he dabbles in drugs, and, in the midst of a most excellent ecstasy trip, Cher­ ry meets Emily (Ciara Bravo).

Emily is a fellow student whose beauty is only matched by her fear of emotional vul­ nerability and commitment. During a wild overreaction to Cherry confessing his feelings

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STUDENTS GRAB HEALTHIER OPTIONS, AND THE DOWNTOWN MALL FACES A FRENCH PARADOX

Engagement, Marriage, Anniversary, Milestone Birthday, College Acceptance, High School or College Graduation?

A new Q joint started smoking last Friday. Vision Barbecue is pioneered by co-owners Mike Blevins and Gabi Barghachie, who came up with their “vision” for the restaurant while working together at Maya. These barbecue boys are on a mission to add their own take on authentic smoked meats and sides to the downtown restaurant scene. “We are using local wood and a match,” Barghachie says. “No chemical starters, no gas, no electric.

Everything done the way it’s supposed to be done.” The menu offers meats by the pound, traditional sides with a spicy variation on pimento cheese, and Little Pig- and Big Hen-sized sandwiches for all appetites. Be sure to grab the wet naps when you pick up VB’s signature sammie, The Hot Mess, loaded with 10 ounces of brisket, pork, and chicken, and topped with pickled onions and jalapeño plus housemade cheese and pepper sauces.

Vision Barbecue is located next to The Shebeen at 249 Ridge McIntire Rd., and is open Thursday through Monday.

Crammin’ the good stuff While we can’t imagine students completely ditching Gusburgers, donuts,

and Chinese food delivery, it’s exciting to see UVA’s commitment to healthy, sustainable eating through a new partner­ ship with Harvest Table. A subsidiary of Aramark, Harvest Table specializes in bringing locally sourced, high-quality food to institutional dining.

Throughout the fall semester, the company tested its “immersive culinary movement” with pop-ups inside Runk dining hall, before fully integrating to bring Hoos a fresh, eco-friendly alternative.

All Runk food now comes from within a 150-mile radius of Charlottesville and is prepared entirely in-house—no premade hamburger patties, no packaged desserts. Through the initiative, students can choose non-GMO, antibiotic-free, and grass-fed as well as plant-based proteins, and there are options for those with food allergies and sensitivities.

Peter Bizon, executive chef for Harvest Table at Runk, says that university dining halls provide an excellent opportunity to bring local businesses together. He’s teamed up with Shenandoah Joe’s

“No chemical starters, no gas, no electric.

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Frites on hold While many local restos have pivoted creatively to stay open safely, using igloos, outdoor heaters, blankets, and stepped-up takeout offerings, Brasserie Saison has opted to close temporarily for the winter. The official statement from the popular Euro-pub says, “The health and safety of our

Frites on the go

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Locally produced zine Mala Leche offers a forum for underrepresented voices. “Saint Lucy Eyes” by Sam Gray accompanies a handwritten explainer of Lucia of Syracuse’s persecution.

it’s tapping into a network of artists and writers who already have a lot to share.”

Martinez says about half the work in Mala Leche’s first issue was submitted by artists already involved with FUCC, while the other 50 percent came from outside contributors, such as Meesha Goldberg, a painter and writer whose poem “Casualties of the Anthropocene” is one of the issue’s most memorable pieces. “The Earth is made of food / We are one another’s harvest,” Goldberg writes, invoking images of a “shroud of vultures” and deer “strewn & supine” on the highway.

Kodakalla and Martinez had interacted with Goldberg in other capacities—Kodakalla oversaw a 96-foot mural recently completed by Goldberg for the McGuffey Art Center, while Martinez enlisted Goldberg’s help to relocate a stray rooster that had wandered onto her property (the rooster now resides on Goldberg’s farm somewhere “in a secluded valley”). Both were so impressed by the variety and power of Goldberg’s work that they invited her to guest edit Mala Leche’s second issue.

Titled “Fever Dreams of Mother Earth,” its themes hew closely to Goldberg’s poetry and visual work. The issue, which is accepting submissions through February 28, will tackle the “delirium of [Mother Earth’s] dark nights…Mala Leche is conjuring the medicine of Art that we may one morning sweat

out our fever and wake from this collective nightmare. Let us lucid dream again!”

Goldberg says she was drawn to the zine for its “strong, perverse tension” and the ways it’s positioned to highlight “sickness in society.” And nothing is sicker in society right now, she argues, than Mother Earth.

“So many of our social problems come from cultural disconnection with the land.”

An important aspect of Mala Leche that its creators want to emphasize is that the zine is in black-and-white, so those interested in submitting should plan their artwork accordingly. It imposes a limit when printing visual content—Goldberg herself boasts many vivid, hyperrealistic paintings in her body of work, and to reprint them on such a scale wouldn’t do them justice—but Kodakalla and Martinez maintain that the very existence of Mala Leche is cause for celebration: In addition to giving deserving artists a platform, it pays them too, thanks to the Bridge PAI’s fiscal sponsorship.

The editors are excited about the radical and sometimes revolutionary submissions received by Mala Leche. They’re never sure what to expect, and both agree that the unknown is part of the appeal.

“We’re not really looking for any one particular vision,” Kodakalla says.

“Right now is the time to dream the new world up,” Martinez agrees. “There isn’t one answer as to what that world should look like.”

Goldberg says she was drawn to the zine for its “strong, perverse tension” and the ways it’s positioned to highlight “sickness in society.”

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n the cover of Mala Leche’s inaugural issue, the name of the zine is tiny, hardly visible. The focus is much more on the “bad milk” itself—a cut-out image of a baby bottle, emblazoned with a black skull and crossbones and resting in an equally inky puddle.

It’s an eye-catching design, one intended to draw passersby to its distribution boxes at the Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative. But the cover is just the start, as anyone who picks up a copy will discover upon reading the letter from the editors, Sri Kodakalla and Ramona Martinez, Mala Leche’s co-creators.

The zine, they write, “reflects the voices and interests of womxn, non-binary, and genderqueer artists & thinkers.” Kodakalla and Martinez also assert that their zine plays a part in the “death and rebirth of society.”

The first issue’s 16 pieces of art, contributed by 13 creatives in the central Virginia area, serve as proof of a community that is as diverse as it is underappreciated. The works vary widely in subject matter, but have similar levels of intensity and urgency: an anonymous essay about a ride-along with a Charlottesville cop, a handwritten consideration of St. Lucy, stark black-andwhite depictions of some of C’ville’s still-standing monuments.

Kodakalla considers Mala Leche’s diversity one of the publication’s most important features. “The thing about Mala Leche is that it creates this space for all those different viewpoints to exist in one zine,” she says. The goal, both she and Martinez agree, is to create a product that’s “relevant to every person.”

Along with co-editing Mala Leche, Kodakalla and Martinez are also the acting co-directors of the Feminist Union of Charlottes­ ville Creatives. FUCC got its start as a Facebook group in 2017, Martinez says, and has only been an “official” organization since it recently received fiscal sponsorship from the Bridge PAI. One tradition that has been around since the start is FUCC’s annual art show. “It’s really powerful to have a show of all women, non-binary, and genderqueer artists,” Martinez says. “You have to wonder how many genderqueer, non-binary artists have work hanging in the museums of New York right now.”

Mala Leche was created largely to give a different platform to those same artists.

Martinez says she had been talking about her dream of such a zine for months before Kodakalla suggested they start it through FUCC. “It just made so much sense because

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Meanwhile, just up the mall, there’s another new restaurant from Ten Course Hospitality (the group behind Brasserie Saison, Revolutionary Soup, The Alley Light, The Pie Chest, The Bebedero, and most recently The Milkman’s Bar at Dairy Market): Café Frank, with an original menu from Chef Jose De Brito, whose resume includes Fleurie, The Alley Light, and The Inn at Little Washington. The new café is located in the former home of Splendora’s Gelato (we miss you!), and promises casual, French dining on the Downtown Mall (plus a robust daily to-go menu). The café’s bar program is

by Mike Stewart, and Will Richey will curate the bistro-style wine list. We are excited to try the Royal Paella-for-Two with lobster, mussels, shrimp, and chorizo, but the hidden gem of this new foodie magnet might be the 4pm aperitif hour, when De Brito creates unique bites to pair with a prosecco bar-style sparkling wine list and cocktails. Café Frank is accepting takeout orders, and will be open for in-house dining Monday through Saturday beginning in March.—Will Ham

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restaurant family and community come first and we feel that the risk is too great for indoor dining during these winter months.” Owners say they plan to reopen in the spring, after the majority of the restaurant staff is able to receive vaccines. Then we can finally get back to enjoying the moules frites.

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for coffee and Blue Ridge Bucha for on-tap kombucha.

“Some farms have the necessary licensing to do business with us and some don’t,” says Bizon. “We specialize in connecting the ones who don’t with the ones who do in order to foster cooperation among local producers. It means a lot when you can work with local farmers. You can get others involved and create a strong community.”

Harvest Table is also partnering with Babylon Micro-Farms, an organization founded by UVA alumni that helps restaurants grow produce in-house with systems that are remotely climate controlled and can support a wide variety of plants, from lettuces to herbs, and even some edible flowers.

The university hopes to extend Harvest Table’s services to its other two dining halls in the future.

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For Black History Month, CAT wanted to do things a little differently. While sharing stories and accomplishments of notable black figures throughout history is crucial, it is also important to highlight those who make a change in people’s lives every day. In this segment, we spotlight one of our veteran operators, Mary Pettis.

Mary Pettis’ favorite saying is: “Be the change you want to see”. She is a positive light to anyone she encounters and always makes an effort to brighten someone’s day. Every one of her passengers is greeted with a “Hello, how are you doing today” and given the farewell, “Have a nice day”, always with a smile on her face. She does not view her passengers as just a number. She refers to them as her “transit family”. Mary shared a story that can serve as a valuable lesson to us all.

One day, when Mary was driving the bus, she made her stop and opened the back doors to make it easier for passengers to exit.

Everyone exited the doors except for one man. The man approached the front of the bus and told her that before he got on her bus, he was going through many struggles that day. He explained that it was because of her kindness and positive energy that he was able to change his outlook on life. The man exited the bus and made a lasting impression on Mary.

She told us that this experience made her mindful of how to treat others. She stated that, “you never know what is going on in someone’s life”. This is why she makes it her mission to make others feel better than they did before they got on the bus. When Mary tells her passengers, “Have a nice day”, many ask her, “Do you really care”? She often responds with, “Yes, I do. I can’t change your day, but I always care and I always listen”.

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With a rounded nose, this Merlot’s bouquet includes roses and rich red fruit. Balanced with the perfect amount of acidity and tannin structure, you’ll find this merlot to taste of raspberries, red pepper jam, and just a hint of Earth.

Perfect to enjoy with a variety of wintery dishes!

With notes of melon, honey, and raspberry on the nose, the Tall Tails Raspberry Rosé is refreshingly acidic, light-bodied, and lightly-sweet, with a subtly tart finish.

Our raspberry rosé is a blend of Virginia merlot and estate-grown and hand-picked raspberries.

We are open 7 days a week 11am to 5pm, offering curbside pickup and for those visiting we have bottle sales only Monday through Thursday and Friday through Sunday offer wine by the bottle, glass and tasting flights (four 2 oz pours). The following areas are available for customers: outside tables, deck off tasting room and wellspaced seating inside our Pavilion.

Groups greater than 10 not permitted.

We ask that customers refrain from moving inside and outside tables.

Children and Pets are welcome but pets must remain outside of buildings.

Customers are welcome to bring their own picnic baskets, chairs, blankets and glassware. Please note that we cannot pour into glassware brought from home. Please follow entrance and exit signs when coming into the tasting room to purchase wine. Restrooms are available in tasting room and pavilion, one patron at a time. Visit our website, www.53rdwinery.com on our Covid operating procedures.

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DUCARD VINEYARDS 2019 Viognier

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100% estate grown, this Viognier has a classic nose with white florals and honeydew melon. Fresh fruit flavors of stone fruit are balanced with white pepper to create a long and elegant finish. Perfect for rich seafood or cream based dishes.

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Our uncrowded rural Madison County area has mountains, streams and lots of beautiful views along scenic back roads.

Get some peace and quiet relaxation in this challenging environment. Sit on our lawns, or pick up a bottle or three of our awardwinning wines to take home. Reservations available and recommended (especially for Saturdays). Strict capacity limits.

Two hour time blocks. No reservation fee or minimum purchase. Walk-ups accommodated on a space-available basis.

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March 14th- Saint Patrick’s Day Featuring Music by Smokin’ Trout: Join us for a touch of the Irish with the lyrical Celtic rock and ballad/bluegrass music of Smokin’ Trout. Get your green on, grab your favorite DuCard wine, and let the toe tappin’ go! No cover. Reservations are recommended. Make yours here today!

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Eastwood is a women-owned business created by a group of wine lovers and agriculture enthusiasts producing awardwinning Virginia wines. We embrace the power of storytelling and the vision that there is no ceiling you can’t break. For Women’s History Month, send us your stories! We would love to highlight you along with some of the amazing women who are building Eastwood. We look forward to toasting you in one of our tasting rooms soon!

March Happenings: The Barn, home to our indoor Tasting Room, is open on a reservation-basis with a few new menu items including the Red Reserve and Virginia Classics Tastings as well as an assortment of snacks including cheese and crackers, crackers and bars from Good Phyte, fine chocolates from Gearharts, and mixed nuts and clementines. Please make reservations on our website. Our drink offerings also include non-alcoholic options.

Upcoming for kids: St. Patrick’s Day Arts & Crafts (March 12-14 and March 19-21) Open Fri (4-8:30 pm); Sat (12-7 pm); Sun (12-4:30 pm). Please make reservations on our website or by phone.

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KESWICK VINEYARDS 2019 Rose Estate Reserve 100% estate grown Touriga, this rose has a pale, slightly salmon hue. The nose is dry and bright, showcasing initial aromas of citrus, stone fruit and wet stone, but turning to more red fruit with warmth and aeration. The palate has a beautiful entry with the acidity keeping the fruit forward flavors in check. The finish is medium and bright. Additional flavors of baking spice, red apply skin and tart red fruits start coming out with time in the glass. We recommend serving the wine quite chilled and allowing it to warm up naturally in your glass to experience the complexity of the wine. Food pairings include pork dishes, roasted chicken and plank baked salmon.

Winter Hours We look forward to continuing to serve all of our wonderful guests this winter during our daily hours of 10am-5pm.

There are three options for visiting the vineyard. On Saturdays: reserved table seating (for groups of 6 or less people) under our beautiful, clear-top heated tent in 2-hour blocks (Fee $20). Everyday: 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. Please remember face masks are required for all guests ages 5+ when not seated. Wine is available by the flight, glass and bottle, and only our outdoor areas can be accessed at this time. A selection of pre-packaged meats, cheeses, crackers, and spreads are available for purchase.

1575 Keswick Winery Drive Keswick, VA 22947 keswickvineyards.com • (434) 244-3341

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Aries (March 21-April 19): I invite you to think about one or two types of physical discomforts and symptoms that your body seems most susceptible to. Meditate on the possibility that there are specific moods or feelings associated with those discomforts and symptoms—perhaps either caused by them or the cause of them.

The next step is to formulate an intention to monitor any interactions that might transpire between the bodily states and emotional states.

Then make a plan for how you will address them both with your own healing power whenever they visit you in the future.

Taurus (April 20-May 20): Poet Billy Collins describes “standing on the edge of a lake on a moonlit night and the light of the moon is always pointing straight at you.” I have high hopes that your entire life will be like that in the coming weeks: that you’ll feel as if the world is alive with special messages just for you; that every situation you’re in will feel like you belong there; that every intuition welling up from your subconscious mind into your conscious awareness will be specifically what you need at the moment it arrives.

Gemini (May 21-June 20): You’re entering a potentially heroic phase of your astrological cycle.

The coming weeks will be a time when I hope you will be motivated to raise your integrity and impeccability to record levels. To inspire you, I’ve grabbed a few affirmations from a moral code reputed to be written by a 14th-century Samurai warrior. Try saying them, and see if they rouse you to make your good character even better. 1. “I have no divine power; I make honesty my divine power.” 2. “I have no miracles; I make right action my miracle.” 3. “I have no enemy; I make carelessness my enemy.” 4. “I have no designs; I make ‘seizing opportunity’ my design.” 5. “I have no magic secrets; I make character my magic secret.” 6. “I have no armor; I make benevolence and righteousness my armor.”

(June 21-July 22): “The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle,” writes Cancerian author and Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield. I disagree with him. There are many other modes of awareness that can be useful as we navigate our labyrinthine path through this crazy world.

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Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): Piscean author Anais Nin was a maestro of metamorphosis, a virtuoso of variation, an adept at alteration. She regarded her ceaseless evolution as a privilege and luxury, not an oppressive inconvenience. “I take pleasure in my transformations,” she wrote. “I look quiet and consistent, but few know how many women there are in me.” Her approach is a healthy model for most of you Pisceans—and will be especially worth adopting in the coming weeks. I invite you to be a Change Specialist whose nickname is Flux Mojo.

Regarding each minute as an opportunity to learn something new, for instance—that’s an excellent way to live. Or, for another example, treating each minute as another chance to creatively express our love. But I do acknowledge that Kornfield’s approach is sublime and appealing. And I think it will be especially apropos for you during the coming weeks.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): The coming weeks will be a poignant and healing time for you to remember the people in your life who have died—as well as ancestors whom you never met or didn’t know well. They have clues to offer you, rich feelings to nourish you with, course corrections to suggest. Get in touch with them through your dreams, meditations, and reminiscences. Now read this inspiration from poet Rainer Maria Rilke: “They, who passed away long ago, still exist in us, as predisposition, as burden upon our fate, as murmuring blood, and as gesture that rises up from the depths of time.”

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I’m fond of 18th-century Virgo painter Quentin de La Tour. Why? 1.

He specialized in creating portraits that brought out his subjects’ charm and intelligence. 2. As he grew wealthier, he became a philanthropist who specialized in helping poor women and artists with disabilities. 3.

While most painters of his era did self-portraits that were solemn, even ponderous, de La Tour’s self-portraits showed him smiling and good-humored. 4. Later in his life, when being entirely reasonable was no longer a top priority, de La Tour enjoyed conversing with trees. In accordance with the astrological omens, I propose that we make him your patron saint for now. I hope you’ll be inspired to tap into your inner Quentin de la Tour.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct.22): I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with your overall health, Libra. In fact, I expect it’s probably quite adequate. But from an astrological point of view, now is the right time to schedule an appointment for a consultation with your favorite healer, even if just by Zoom. In addition, I urge you to consult a soul doctor for a complete metaphysical check-up.

Chances are that your mental health is in fair shape, too. But right now it’s not enough for your body and soul to be merely adequate; they need to receive intense doses of well-wrought love and nurturing. So I urge you to ask for omens and signs and dreams about what precisely you can do to treat yourself with exquisite care.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Love commands a vast army of moods,” writes author Diane Ackerman. “Frantic and serene, vigilant and calm, wrung-out and fortified, explosive and sedate.” This fact of life will be prominently featured in your life during the coming weeks.

Now is a fertile time to expand your understanding of how eros and romance work when they’re at their best—and to expand your repertoire of responses to love’s rich challenges. Don’t think of it as a tough test; imagine it as an interesting research project.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian poet and visual artist William Blake cultivated a close relationship with lofty thoughts and mystical visions. He lived with his wife Catherine for the last 45 years of his life, but there were times when he was so preoccupied with his amazing creations that he neglected his bond with her. Catherine once said, “I have very

little of Mr. Blake’s company. He is always in Paradise.” I hope that you won’t be like that in the coming weeks. Practical matters and intimate alliances need more of your attention than usual. Consider the possibility, at least for now, of spending less time in paradise and more on earth.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Poet Robert Graves regarded the ambiguity of poetry as a virtue, not a problem. In his view, poetry’s inscrutability reflects life’s true nature. As we read its enigmatic ideas and feelings, we may be inspired to understand that experience is too complex to be reduced to simplistic descriptions and overgeneralized beliefs. In fact, it’s quite possible that if we invite poetry to retrain our perceptions, we will develop a more tolerant and inclusive perspective toward everything.

I’m telling you this, Capricorn, because whether or not you read a lot of poetry in the coming weeks, it will be wise and healthy for you to celebrate, not just tolerate, how paradoxical and mysterious the world is.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The coming weeks will be a favorable time to shed old habits that waste your energy, and create constructive new habits that will serve you well for months and years to come. To inspire and guide your efforts, I offer these thoughts from author and naturalist Henry David Thoreau: “As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.”

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KESWICK COUNTRY CLUB

Bordering (Full Cry)Pete Dye golf course and lake, within grounds of Keswick Hall, 5-star luxury resort, is this magnificent 5-bedroom residence constructed of the finest materials with attention to every detail. MLS#603398 $4,200,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076 www.FairwayDriveAtKeswick.com

KESWICK ESTATES

Exquisite English Country home on 2.5 acres. Very private with lovely views of the golf course and distant mountains. The architecturally designed, 7,000+ sf. residence offers LR, DR, gourmet kitchen, library, office, media room, and 5 BR. MLS#611738 $1,695,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250

KESWICK

Enjoy mountain views of the historic Southwest Mountains from this livable 4-BR residence on 6 private acres. Convenient and quick to Pantops, Historic Downtown Mall, and UVA. Within steps of all the amenities at Keswick Hall. MLS#611672 $989,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250

Private, peaceful, and perfect best describe Meridien—a sophisticated country estate offering stunning Blue Ridge Mountain views from just over 40 rolling acres, only 9 miles northwest of Charlottesville. The property features a circa 1830, character-rich yet modernized home with 5 bedrooms and 3.5 baths. The land is mostly open with lush pastures, stables, other outbuildings, pickleball court, and a large pond. Under conservation easement with the Virginia Outdoors Foundation. MLS#613521 $3,685,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

EDNAM FOREST

A true gem perched on 1.5 private acres in Ednam Forest! This stately c. 1963 4-bedroom Georgian is well-located within walking distance to Boar’s Head Inn & Sports Club. Nearly level lawn surrounded by beautifully manicured landscaping. MLS#608474 $1,845,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

RIVANDALE FARM

An oasis of tranquility and fine country living within 20 miles of Charlottesville, 14 miles to CHO Airport. 177 private acres with c.1901 classic Virginia farm house, completely remodeled and updated. MLS#609244 $3,795,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076 www.RivandaleVa.com

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HISTORIC Georgian Revival mansion built c.1878

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EDNAM

Sophisticated living just seconds from amenities and conveniences of Charlottesville and UVA. Brick residence has gracious main level with inviting entrance hall, large LR with FP, DR, gourmet kitchen with sitting/breakfast area. MLS#606719 $925,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250

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ASHCROFT

Stunning mountain views abound throughout this bright, spacious 4-BR residence. Privately tucked on 2.26 acres adjoining common space. Owner has thoughtfully reinvigorated with the highest quality materials. Main level with LR, chefs kitchen with eating/sitting area, DR, master BR/BA with private screen porch, home office, and mudroom. Second floor has 3 BR, bonus room and 2 BA. Lower level has open areas, office, bath, and kitchenette. Located minutes from Pantops, UVA, and all Charlottesville has to offer. MLS#607638 $1,145,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250

THE ROCKS

Designed by local architect Richard Funk and built on a lot that provides privacy and gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountain views. 6 bedrooms, including first floor master, 5.5 baths. Many unique features and ample storage. MLS#613341 $1,195,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

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BLANDEMAR FARM ESTATES

Rare opportunity to own a special 25.4-acre parcel in this exclusive community of upscale homes. Water is available from the existing well and fiber optic for fast internet is accessible for hookup. Convenient to Charlottesville, UVA, and 5th Street Station.

MLS#593358 $554,000 C. Dammann, 434.981.1250

NORTH DOWNTOWN

Stunning Colonial Revival style c. 1913 residence restored to perfection. Flexible and updated floor plan with 2,970 fin. sf. Coveted private backyard and off-street parking. Walk to the amenities of the Historic Downtown Mall and UVA. MLS#608794 $1,549,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250

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5+ to 9+ acres. Exceptional Blue Ridge Mtn. views with privacy. Close proximity to NGIC, airport, shopping, and University Research Park. Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

ASPIAN LAWN

Gorgeous lake and mountain views from 183 scenic acres within 16 miles of Charlottesville. Circa 1750’s residence, 6 bedrooms, 5 baths, 2 fireplaces, and whole-house generator. Guest cottage, barn, lush pastures, and 11-acre lake. MLS#610431 $1,945,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

CHURCH POINT FARM

944 acres along the lower Chickahominy River with 8 miles of shoreline. The property consists of marsh, farmland, woods, and cypress swamp and is managed for waterfowl, deer, turkey, and dove. Features 3-BR brick dwelling. MLS#2036779 $3,960,000 Philip Reed, 804.833.8325 www.churchpointfarm.com

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

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

TOTIER HILLS FARM

Exquisite brick mansion, superb quality construction and features in over 9,000 finished square feet. On 98 gently rolling acres with total privacy, a stream, and pond. Only 5 minutes to shops, 15 miles to UVA. MLS#600284 $2,700,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076 www.TotierHillsFarm.com

TILMAN ROAD

Lovely mature 2-acre parcel of land in the Meriwether Lewis Elementary School District.

Wonderful views with privacy in beautiful rural setting. Great location just minutes west of Charlottesville and UVA. MLS#585959 $249,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

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2 wonderful estate parcels in coveted Ragged Mountain Farm. Excellent building sites, complete privacy, beautiful Blue Ridge mtn. views. Murray/Henley/ Western Albemarle school districts. 84.79 acres: MLS#563174 $995,000; 100.22 acres: MLS#563171 $1,100,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

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WILMINGTON ROAD

8 acre wooded building lot surrounded by large farms.

Great opportunity to build your dream home as lot has no restrictions and has been approved for conventional septic systems. This nearly level lot is 10 minutes to Palmyra and yet has rural charm and appeal.

MLS#560695 $62,500 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

RIVER LAWN

Delightful combination of wood and pastureland with a spectacular bluff for a building site overlooking the James River in southern Albemarle County.

Property is under easement with the Virginia Outdoors Foundation. MLS#569753 $745,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

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REALTORS® Anticipate a Sizzling-Hot

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here’s a certain nervous energy in anticipation of this spring real estate market.

Buyers and sellers can both feel it.

It’s hot, sizzling hot. And the goal in a market like this is to make sure you don’t get burned.

Buyers and sellers feel different versions of a shared pain. As more buyers compete for fewer houses on the market, they wonder if they will be able to find the right home. Should they settle for what’s available right now or hold out for their dream home? Sellers wonder if they should accelerate their timeline to take advantage of this glut of buyers and low inventory.

As newfound work flexibility and expanded internet capacity reshape the market, solutions appear. Buyers have geographic options they simply couldn’t consider before. And that makes it easier for homeowners in those locations to sell.

With the right attitude and good planning, buyers and sellers can both navigate this market and benefit from all the factors that are heating it up this spring.

Super Sales Numbers The CAAR 2020 4th Quarter Home Sales Report reveals how the Central Virginia real estate market heated up over the past year. Comparing that quarter to the same period in 2019, sales are up 23

percent. And homes are selling 12 days faster, on the market for an average of only 52 days. The median sales price is up nearly $40,000, which is the biggest jump in five years.

The reasons for those increases are still in play.

The COVID-19 pandemic is still boosting demand for homes in this area. Greg Slater, Associate Broker with Nest Realty, says “This pandemic has made Central Virginia look even better to those outside the area. Homeowners are re-evaluating what they want, and they are ready to make a move when they find it.”

Michael Guthrie, CEO and Principal Broker with Roy Wheeler Realty Co., adds, “The trend of downsizing into homes with less square footage is moving back to people looking for more space. COVID-19 is creating a need for more space, especially with everyone realizing they can work more and more from home. Condo owners will look for a townhome, townhome dwellers now want a detached home with a yard. One reason for the increase in sales of homes over $1 million is those who can afford them are wanting some place to escape from their urban areas within driving distance.” And that puts Central Virginia in the crosshairs for those urbanites from Northern Virginia wanting a getaway.

Top that off with an average 30-year fixed rate mortgage down a full point from a year ago, and it’s like throwing

logs on a raging fire. All the numbers are converging to extend and expand this strong market.

Except one.

Record Low Inventory The one data point with the potential to cool this sales streak is the number of homes available for sale. According to the same CAAR Report, the supply of homes at the end of the fourth quarter of 2020 was only 1.7 months. Inventory hasn’t been below two months in more than five years. For the market to keep going, buyers need homes to buy.

Homeowners are staying in their homes longer than ever. The National Association of REALTORS® data show home tenure has nearly doubled to 10 years over the past decade and a half.

And in the Charlottesville metropolitan area, the American Community Survey reports homeowners typically stay in their homes for 13 years. No wonder there aren’t enough homes on the market.

Southern Development Homes Sales Manager Andrea Akers reports, “Overall inventory is remarkably low for the resale market and even speculative inventory among builders is down.”

“This inventory situation has been coming on for the past six or seven years,” says CAAR President Quinton Beckham, Broker with Keller Williams Alliance Charlottesville. “Sellers sell for compelling reasons, such as job changes, moving

in and out of the area, household dynamics, financial and other reasons. Thus far, those reasons haven’t convinced enough people in this area to sell their homes.”

The current market might create enough of a compelling reason.

“There has never been a better time to sell your home,” says Matthew Woodson, REALTOR® with Nest Realty Group.

Woodson reports only 18 homes on the market in Greene County, whereas a more typical period might have 70 or more existing homes for sale. If someone is considering a move soon, the financial reasons for selling now—such as intense buyer interest and low competition—may accelerate that decision.

New Construction Another path out of this restrictive low inventory situation is through new construction. Slater says “Demand for new construction is high. The main reason is the lack of inventory currently available. Buyers are anxious there will not be a home for them in the spring or summer.” Instead of hoping a homeowner will put their house on the market, they are turning to factors they can control and building their own home.

“Demand for parcels suitable for custom design build projects is as high or higher than I can recall in my career,” says Slater, talking about Albemarle County.

But the trend is true across the CAAR region. “The future is about development.

est are Fairhill Mountain Estates—with five of 13 lots sold or under contract— and Foxchase Landing, where only five lots remain available.

In Greene County, Woodson reports that new construction at Hancock Farms is seeing a jump in demand. And dirt is being moved in Octonia Highlands for three custom homes under contract and two new spec homes. With the original spec home already sold, that leaves 15 lots available in this new development in the South River valley.

Best Strategy for Buyers So how does a buyer navigate this seller’s market?

Almost universal advice to buyers is to sit down with a REALTOR® before looking at houses. Beckham says “Identify the reasons you want to buy and the most important features that impact your life. Do this before you fall in love with a sunset out the window of some house that photographs really well. In the long term, you don’t want to buy something that doesn’t meet your highest priorities.”

Whether your timeline is pushing you towards an existing home or you

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21 Bridgeport Lane Amazing Blue Ridge Mountain and Rockfish River views from this well maintained and recently updated Nelson County Mountain Home. Featuring a new roof, a whole home generator, newly installed Jotul gas stove, fresh interior paint and new vinyl plank flooring. The finished walkout basement could be a 3rd bedroom, home office or studio.

With raised garden beds and a separate outbuilding with electricity, proximity to wineries, breweries, distilleries, hiking, biking and water sports, this move in ready charmer has it all.

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North Pointe will launch sales soon.

Otherwise, we will watch the developers to see how fast they can get new lot inventory to the market.”

Beckham agrees. “The number of building permits is growing across the region. Some local governments have adopted a more growth-minded approach and are supporting this expansion.”

And area builders are doing their best to resolve the inventory shortage.

Akers says, “Southern Development has seen an overall increase in sales in new construction with January 2021 ending as one of the strongest months in recent years. This is a combination of low inventory and the opening of sales at North Pointe. We had an extensive wait list there, which I believe is partly due to the limited number of new construction options north of Charlottesville, but also due to the abundance of amenities that North Pointe will offer, including a large pool and clubhouse.

“We are seeing buyers that want to downsize, move up to a larger home, want newer designs and finishes, and have more useable yard space. We hope to begin delivering the first homes late this year.”

1939 Garth Run Road Nestled into the mountains of Madison County, this farmette sits on 19+ acres with several outbuildings including a horse barn, 1200 sq ft metal shop as well as remnants of older buildings dating back to the original land grant by Lord Fairfax in 1749.

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Craig Builders is also building at North Pointe and seeing strong interest in their villas and single-family homes.

The first phase of North Pointe has 107 single family lots. Developer John Neal reports that 50 of those will be ready by May and the remaining 57 by the end of the summer.

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a significant number of them. “Many workers in a financial position to buy have gone virtual at their workplaces.

That means buyers have more geographic options than they ever have. So, Charlottesville and Albemarle County are not dominating the local market as they did before,” according to Beckham.

This is great news for more rural counties. Every region in the CAAR footprint

saw double-digit increases in sales volume from the fourth quarter of 2019 to the same quarter in 2020. Nelson County’s 84 percent increase topped the charts, with Louisa and Fluvanna County coming in at 28 and 19 percent, respectively.

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Welcome home! Stroll down the sidewalks of Enjoy the picturesque setting from your front this picturesque neighborhood perfectly placed porch over looking your private pond. The first between Charlottesville & Crozet. Enjoy an floor includes the master suite with attached open floorplan with large kitchen overlooking bath &closet. The great room with vaulted ceilthe family room. Separate living room gives ing gives a grand space with open kitchen, tons of flexibility. The morning room is perfect large living room and dining room. The main as a dining room while allowing beautiful nat- floor is completed with a laundry room &home ural light to flood the living space. Go upstairs office/study that could be converted to an adto find your master suite with two additional ditional bedroom. Go upstairs to enjoy two bedrooms. The top floor is finished off with a large bedrooms & full bath. The yard is profeslarge loft and mountain views to use as a home sionally landscaped with beautiful front porch, office, study, or playroom. The basement has a private back deck for entertaining, & there is a huge multi-purpose/rec room with full bath. The custom stone patio with pergola. Several outbig unfinished space has room for a fitness area buildings provide tons of storage and potential and tons of storage. Sit on your back patio to en- including a chicken coup. This home is like livjoy the yard & wooded views. Call now to visit! ing in a postcard. Come see it while it lasts.

MLS# 612202 $445,000 MLS# 611595 1544 Sawgrass Ct $425,000 2142 Avinity

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sion of Broadband and the ability to work remotely is a lot of what’s behind the recent spike in Nelson County and other areas. If there is a robust internet connection, markets open up to virtual workers. That makes it easier for buyers to buy and sellers to sell.”

Guthrie, too, is expecting this strong market to continue throughout 2021.

He attributes it to four factors. “We will

continue to experience a low housing inventory resulting in continued demand.

COVID-19 is creating a need for more space especially with everyone realizing they can work more and more from home. Millennials have fast tracked plans to buy with the money they have saved while staying home (not eating out and less travelling) and are taking advantage of historically low interest rates. Many parts of the economy are experiencing recovery, bolstering consumer confidence.”

Think of each of those reasons as another log on the fire. And that fire is driving up prices in Central Virginia, just as it is in most areas of the country.

Locally, these increases range from a low of seven percent in Greene County to a high of 34 percent in Nelson County in year-over-year sales prices.

As buyers approach this market, considering new locations and understanding the dynamics of a sellers’ market will help.

Beckham puts it this way, “If you’re a buyer, don’t bring a knife to a gunfight.

That doesn’t mean you should sit out this market, but you should be prepared to pay for value. These increases in prices are countered by historically low interest rates. The prices make it an easy market for owners to sell and everything else converts lookers into buyers.”

Don’t let the heat scare you. “All in all, this spring is going to be a great market.”

Home sweet home! Situated on a large corner lot with tons of privacy in the wonderful Deer Lake Estates neighborhood. A covered porch welcomes you home. As you enter you’ll find a large, comfortable living room plus separate dining room. The open kitchen with island has plenty of space for multiple cooks and opens to a family room with fireplace.

A home office/study/playroom and laundry room complete the first floor. Head upstairs to find four bedrooms including your large master suite with updated master bath and two closets! Don’t miss the cute nook perfect for reading or a desk. The back patio overlooks a beautiful level lawn backing up to trees Sunday 1-3 pm for the added privacy. This well maintained 2808and Magnolia Dr Loop home is move-in ready waiting for you! & tranquility less than 15 minutes from Beautifully upgraded 4 BR townhouseMLS# w/mountain 612101Peace $300,000

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Country living 15 minutes of Downtown & within Albemarle County. This single floor home has beautifully updated kitchen & bathrooms. $260,000

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A unique art gallery located in the heart of historic Gordonsville.

Offering an assortment of works by local artists as well as those from throughout the country.

Move in Ready! One level living in Old Trail. Energy efficient home with partially finished basement and loads of storage, ready for you to make it home.

Looks deceivingly small from the outside yet there is over 5,000 sq.ft. expertly designed to fit a variety of needs. Features include; 6 “ Castilian Walnut floors, large rooms, sizable closets, custom master closet and more. This home is perfect for entertaining, working and learning remotely. Undeniable value at this price. Come visit in person or ask for a virtual tour through FaceTime. Owner is RE agent $626,000

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Woody and his staff service a diverse property type range that includes green homes, rural property large acreage estates, new construction, complex designs and custom homes, high value estates, as well as typical residential homes.

HOME SALES STATS

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ENDING THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 21, 2021 THERE WERE 68 SALES IN THE 11 COUNTY AND CITY AREAS

n 21 were in Albemarle with an average price of $571,951 n 6 were in Charlottesville with an average price of $355,667 n 10 were in Fluvanna with an average price of $329,054 n 7 were in Greene with an average price of $346,129 n 11 were in Louisa with an average price of $269,303 n 1 was in Madison with a price of $391,000 n 2 were in Nelson with an average price of $264,750 n 5 were in Orange with an average price of $279,552 n 5 were in Staunton with an average price of $271,380

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CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE

GREENE COUNTY

CITY OF STAUNTON

LOUISA COUNTY

www.charlottesville.org Real estate tax rate: $.95 per $100 www.staunton.va.us Real estate tax rate: $.95 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

www.co.fluvanna.va.us Real estate tax rate: $.925 per $100

www.gcva.us Real estate tax rate: $.775 per $100 www.louisacounty.com Real estate tax rate: $.72 per $100

MADISON COUNTY

www.madisonco.virginia.gov Real estate tax rate: $.68 per $100

NELSON COUNTY

www.nelsoncounty.com Real estate tax rate: $.72 per $100

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ORANGE COUNTY

www.nelsoncounty.com Real estate tax rate: $.61 per $100

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Let an agent who knows guide you.

$458,900

RIVANNA VILLAGE

$463,315

Hidden Hills Subdivision

133 BLUE RIDGE DR

$424,900

SOLD

Bev Nash

434-981-5560

• 3 or 4 bedrooms, 3 baths • 440 sf garage • 2,372 sq ft plus a finished screen room • Main level master suite and dining room • Granite kitchen counters on white cabinets • Extensive main level floor tile, gas fireplace • Community trails with Glenmore facilities close by

$589,000

Steger Creek Troy, Va

Ruth Guss

434-960-0414

• 4 Bedrooms, 2 1/2 Baths, 4,588 Fin. Sq. Ft • New Home to be Built on 4.79 Acres • First Floor Master Suite with attached Garden Bath • 5” Engineered Hardwood Floors on Main Level • 2 Car Garage, Crown & Chair Molding • 10’ x 20’ Morning Room, 2 Zone HVAC

4209 HAWKINS LANE

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A DREAM HOME IS GREAT, BUT THE RIGHT ONE IS BETTER.

Shannon G. Hudson 540.661.2083 • Classic home in a classy neighborhood • 5 bedrooms w/3 masters, 4.5 baths • Landscaped w/brick courtyard & fountain • Partial basement w/1 car garage • Sunroom, FP, built in bookshelves

$535,000

$99,900

SIMILAR TO PIC

Dan Corbin • • • • • • • •

434-531-6155

To Be Built, Elegant One Level Living on 2 Ac 2800 sq ft. 4 Bed, 4 1/2 Ba Finished Bonus Room Up Open Great Room, Dining and Spacious Kitchen, Walk in Pantry 9ft Ceilings, Granite, Upgrades Galore, 2-Sided Gas Fireplace LVP, Ceramic Tile, Carpet, 20 SEER HVAC, Foam Insulation No HOA, Well and Septic, 6 Miles to I64, 20 minutes to Cville MLS 613824

Piney Mountain Subdivision, Palmyra

10+ acre Lots

GOT PLANS? LET’S BUILD!

434.985.0021 410 West Main Street Charlottesville, VA 22902 Downtown

• Country Living in Convenient Location.

• Private Stocked Pond & almost 5 acres in Albemarle County • Main Level Master Suite • Eat In Kitchen w Stainless Appliances • Covered rear deck & Finished Basement • Covered Front Porch w View of your pond & pasture • MLS# 605931

$599,999

31 ASHLAWN BLVD

Pat Burns

434-465-4444

• OWNER FINANCING considered on this large secluded 21.02 acre parcel with cleared building site on a hill overlooking wooded hillside and small running stream

517 LEXINGTON AVE

$945,000

SALE PENDING

Lori Click

434-326-7593

• Beautiful Lake Monticello Waterfront Property • Location, Location, Location.

• 4 Bedrooms, 3 Baths • 102 Feet of Water Frontage, Dock is 53’ x 12’, Kayak Rack • Sunroom - Views From Most of the Windows

Candice van der Linde 434-981-8730 • • • • • • • • •

Quintessential Charlottesville Notable Victorians on Lexington Ave Extensively renovated Redesigned character in all bathrooms, Master suite created on 3rd level Tremendous banquette seating & abundant light Ornate fixtures throughout convey Unique shelves, custom art features & organic tile and Onyx detail.

Large level fenced yard

434.974.1500 943 Glenwood Station Ln Suite 203 Charlottesville VA 22901

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Dan Corbin 434-531-6155 • Gorgeous NEW 10+ Acre Homesites • No HOA, Common Sense C&Rs, Firefly • Close to the Lake, Dining, Shopping, Schools • Ready to Build? Be in Your New Home Summer 2021 • Your Choice of Remaining Lots - $109,000 • Call for A Personal Tour - MLS 602023

Candice van der Linde 434-981-8730