In a timely new book, seasoned legislator David Toscano shows the power states have over our lives—and the power we have to push back VOL. 30 NO. 37 n SEPTEMBER 15 - 21, 2021 A P U B L I C AT I O N O F T H E C H A RLOTTE
JOHN ROBINSON
SEPTEMBER 15 – 21, 2021 CHARLOTTESVILLE’S NEWS AND ARTS WEEKLY C-VILLE.COM FREE
States of anxiety
WWW.CAAR.COM
S V I L L E A R E A A S S O C I AT I O N O F R E A LT O R S ®
FREE
A PUBLICATION OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE AREA
ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Charlottesville Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Madison, Nelson, Orange, Augusta
The Cool Town with a Nice Little Vibe BY CARLA HUCKABEE
INSIDE
PAGE 11
Tim Reynolds joins old friends on new album EZE AMOS
Scottsville:
‘I’m losing myself’: Mayor Walker won’t run again
PAGE 20
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
facebook.com/cville.weekly 2
3
WAHOO WATCH PARTY
@ The Dairy Market
Saturday, Sept. 18th UVA v. UNC 5:30PM Event Starts 7:30PM Kickoff Don your Orange and Blue and head to the Dairy Market to catch the big game on our big screens. Bring your tailgating gear (chairs and blankets) and leave the food and drinks to us!
Enjoy: Craft beverages from Starr Hill, Castle Hill Cider, and Merrie Mill Farm & Vineyard Food specials and tailgating treats from our Dairy Market Merchants (No outside food or drink permitted) Special performance by the Virginia Dance Team Dairy Market swag and other giveaways This family-friendly event is FREE and will be outside, weather permitting. Let us know you’re coming and REGISTER at: DairyMarketCville.com/events
Join us as we race into a new era! Sunday, October 3rd Gates open 9:30am and close at 5pm
foxfieldraces.com
BENEFITING:
CONCRETE • BEVERAGE TRACTOR • BROWN ADVISORY • FAULCONER CONSTRUCTION • ALLIEDFLOW AUDI OF CHARLOTTESVILLE • MARSH MCLENNAN AGENCY • PBM CAPITAL • • TIGER FUEL • VIRGINIA EAGLE • VIRGINIA NATIONAL BANK
facebook.com/cville.weekly
PROUDLY PARTNERING WITH OUR SPONSORS:
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS TODAY!
4
Hang Out...
INSIDE THIS ISSUE V.33, No. 37
Charlottesville’s News & Arts Weekly CIRCULATION: 20,000 WEEKLY
P.O. Box 119 308 E. Main St. Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 434-817-2749 www.c-ville.com Facebook: facebook.com/cville.weekly Twitter: @cville_weekly, @cville_culture Instagram: @cvilleweekly
ELLI WILLIAMS
EDITORIAL
14 NEWS 9 10 UVA Law’s Lisa Lorish elected to VA Court of Appeals. 11 City Hall shakeup continues with mayor’s announcement. 13 Parents, teachers weigh in on return to in-person learning. 14 David Toscano’s new book focuses on importance of state governments.
CULTURE 19 20 Feedback: Tim Reynolds and Michael Sokolowski reunite for new album. 21 Screens: Yakuza Princess is an overly complicated action-thriller.
23 All You Can Eat: Cavalier Produce celebrates 20 years in business. 26 Sudoku 27 Crossword
EDITOR Ben Hitchcock (x40) news@c-ville.com NEWS REPORTER Brielle Entzminger (x14) reporter@c-ville.com CULTURE EDITOR Tami Keaveny (x18) tami@c-ville.com COPY EDITOR Susan Sorensen
29 Free Will Astrology
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Alana Bittner
Q&A
CONTRIBUTORS Rob Brezsny, Deirdre Crimmins, Amelia Delphos, Carol Diggs, Jenny Gardiner, Shea Gibbs, Mary Jane Gore, Erika Howsare, Desiré Moses, Sarah Sargent, Jen Sorensen, Paul Ting, Sean Tubbs, David Levinson Wilk
31 Describe your perfect Charlottesville Saturday.
CLASSIFIED 32
DESIGN AND PRODUCTION
Real Estate Weekly Page 37 CORRECTION
Rich Tarbell should have been credited for the photo in last week’s “None better: The talent of Terry Martin remembered by the local music community.”
ART DIRECTOR Max March (x16) GRAPHIC DESIGNER Tracy Federico
ADVERTISING advertising@c-ville.com ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Chloe Heimer, Lisa C. Hurdle (x30), Stephanie Vogtman (x39) PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Faith Gibson (x25)
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
facebook.com/cville.weekly
MARKETING SERVICES DIVISION CLASSIFIEDS Gabby Kirk (x36) classifieds@c-ville.com Beth Wood (x56)
, WARE O, WHAT
WH makes Ceramics Terra Sol it personal
N SAFE HAVEnewly
ille’s Charlottesv trees protected
T HOUSES
HO ss real g a ruthle Navigatin rket estate ma
Keswick’s three-year reno nears completion
PUBLISHER Anna Harrison (x51) CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Debbie Miller (x28)
Inside. Outside. Home. UST 2021 JULY/AUG
BUSINESS
A/R SPECIALIST Nanci Winter (x33) ted A reinven ge city carria s house get k taken to tas
CIRCULATION MANAGER Billy Dempsey (x32)
C-VILLE HOLDINGS, LLC Bill Chapman, Blair Kelly
m a e r d e h t g n i v i L
kes shape e finally ta family hom an Farm, a or nd Bu At
Abode
on stands now!
C-VILLE is published Wednesdays. 20,000 free copies are distributed all over Charlottesville, Albemarle and the surrounding counties. One copy per person. Additional copies may be purchased for $1.99 per copy. Unsolicited news articles, essays, and photography are carefully considered. Local emphasis is preferred. Although care will be taken, we assume no responsibility for submissions. First-class mail subscriptions are available for $140 annually. ©2021 C-VILLE Weekly. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written permission of the publisher. ME MBE R
Virginia Press Association
PVCC IS HIRING!
5
OPEN POSITIONS
Piedmont Virginia Community College invites applications for the following positions: • • • • •
Assistant Director of Financial Aid Associate Dean of Nursing Programs Collection Development/Cataloging Librarian Financial Aid Counselor Full-Time Faculty – Computer Science/ Information Systems Technology
• • • • •
Full-Time Faculty – Mathematics Full-Time Faculty – Nursing Part-Time Security Officer Workforce Services Program Manager – Healthcare Workforce Services Program Manager – Skilled Trades
Detailed job descriptions and application procedures are available at: https://jobs.vccs.edu/postings/search | Questions? Email jwills-payne@pvcc.edu. Piedmont Virginia Community College is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer and actively seeks applications from women and minority candidates.
Customer appreciation day SEPTEMBER 18TH
Valley Smoke BBQ Chicken
Shenandoah Kettle That garden isn’t goingCorn to plant itself. Baked Goods Better-NGrandma's Donuts
Get started at Milmont. FREE Apple Cider
Arts, Crafts, and MORE
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
540.943.8408 • milmont.com • Mon-Fri 8-5:30 Sat 8-5 • Rt 340, about 3.5 miles south of I-64
Open year round to bring life and beauty to your home and gardens!
540.943.8408 • milmont.com • Mon-Fri 8-5:30 Sat 8-5 Rt 340, about 3.5 miles south of I-64
facebook.com/cville.weekly
6
THIS WEEK
In the 2005 film Madagascar, a collection of zoo animals—a lion, a hippo, a giraffe, and, crucially here, a zebra—escape from the Bronx Zoo and wisecrack their way through New York City before winding up on the island nation of Madagascar, where they encounter wacky locals and learn heartwarming lessons about friendship. A charming story—but it can’t be real, you say. It’s just fiction. Think again: Last week, five zebras busted loose from a Maryland farm and started gallivanting through the well-heeled backyards of suburban D.C., evading capture and bewildering area residents. The zebras are almost as mischievous as their fictional counterparts. They’ve been spotted noshing on flowerbeds and even occasionally taking a dip in a swimming pool. “You can’t hunt them down. They’re just too fast,” declared an exasperated Prince George’s County animal services officer, who must be used to dealing with more domesticated—and less stripey—creatures. I admire the zebras. They’re walking the walk. Don’t we all daydream about springing out of our routines, grabbing a few loved ones, and heading for the hills? Wouldn’t it be fun to just cut and run? These zebras are really doing it. I hope they never get caught.—Ben Hitchcock
9.15.21
HAVE CELLULITE?
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
facebook.com/cville.weekly
Coming soon...
FDA-approved solution for cellulite in the buttocks.
ridays
after 2021
five
FREE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
LAST FRIDAY OF THE SEASON! PRESENTED BY
33RD SEASON
SEPTEMBER 17 5:30-8:30 P.M.
ON THE DOWNTOWN MALL
SCHEDULE A FREE CONSULTATION SEPT. 15 - OCT. 8
Free Admission No Pets Please Bags Subject to Search
Sarah White & the New Band Folk, Twang, Rock
BEST MEDICAL SPA!
Opening set by:
Isabel Bailey Band
Proceeds to benefit a variety of local non-profits. BONNIE STRAKA, MD • DOREEN SCHUETT, RN, BSN CINDY SLAWSON, RN, BSN • SARA HAWKEN, NP • OUR SKIN EXPERTS 3350 BERKMAR DRIVE | 434.923.4646 | SIGNATUREMEDSPA.COM
Fridays After Five is made possible by:
TingPavilion.com
7
ON THE DOWNTOWN MALL
THESOUTHERNCVILLE.COM
JEFFERSONTHEATER.COM
To benefit the
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
KAT WRIGHT
ZOSO - THE ULTIMATE LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE WITH SHAGWUF
PRESENTED BY 97.5 3WV
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
TODD SNIDER
JUST ANNOUNCED!
SEPTEMBER 22
Indigo Girls
09-24 | LOWLAND HUM 09-25 | DRAG BONANZA 10-07 | JUKEBOX THE GHOST WITH FLEECE 10-09 | STRAY FOSSA ALBUM RELEASE
FLATLAND CALVARY
WITH DREAMGIRL AND FILMS ON SONG
PRESENTED BY WNRN 10-16 | CHATHAM COUNTY LINE 10-17 | GEORGE CLANTON
APRIL 15, 2022-ON SALE FRIDAY 09-22 | HOUNDMOUTH 09-24 | ANI DIFRANCO WITH ZOE BOEKBINDER 09-25 | MUSCADINE BLOODLINE 09-29 | WATKINS FAMILY HOUR
OCTOBER 26
WITH MAGDALENA BAY AND VITESSE X
10-22 | MADISON CUNNINGHAM WITH S.G. GOODMAN
PRESENTED BY WNRN 10-07 | BOY NAMED BANJO 10-17 | LUCERO
WITH SUZANNE SANTO OF HONEYHONEY
SPECIAL GUEST MORGAN WADE
10-26 | SPAFFORD WITH EGGY 10-29 | THE MOUNTAIN GOATS 10-30 | TAUK WITH LITZ 11-05 | STEEP CANYON RANGERS 11-06 | DONNA THE BUFFALO 11-10 | CIRCLES AROUND THE SUN 11-12 | SHAKEY GRAVES WITH SUN JUNE 11-14 | LETTUCE 11-17 | ANDREW MCMAHON: THE THREE PIANOS TOUR WITH ZAC CLARK 11-20 | DELTA RAE WITH WYN STARKS AND
05.11.22
12-01 | THUMPASAURUS 12-03 | DARLINGSIDE 12-07 | SIERRA FERRELL LONG TIME COMING TOUR
TingPavilion.com
WITH MELISSA CARPER
12-08 | DAR WILLIAMS 12-09 | JULIAN LAGE 12-10 | BULLY WITH GRAHAM HUNT BAND 01-30 | LOST DOG STREET BAND WITH CASPER ALLEN SOLD OUT 02-20 | ANDY SHAUF 03-04 | SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS
SPECIAL GUEST SIERRA HULL
02-13 | YOLA WITH SPECIAL GUEST JAC ROSS RENT THE JEFFERSON FOR YOUR EVENT!
RENTALS@JEFFERSONTHEATER.COM • 434-245-4917
Béla Fleck
My Bluegrass Heart
featuring Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz, and Bryan Sutton
Thursday, September 30 On Sale Now
THE PARAMOUNT THEATER
Sunday, October 17 On Sale Now
theparamount.net
EAT AT THE SOUTHERN CAFÉ happy hour specials! 6:00 pm–9 pm every show night
kitchen always open during performances RENT THE SOUTHERN!
(434) 977-5590 or rentalinfo@thesoutherncville.com
facebook.com/cville.weekly
WITH BENDIGO FLETCHER
WITH GOOD DOG NIGEL
11-20 | STRAND OF OAKS: IN HEAVEN TOUR
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS THE STILL TIDE
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
CARRIE WELLING
02-07 | CORY AND THE WONGNOTES FT. ANTWAUN STANLEY
11-12 | MARTIN SEXTON 11-16 | WILLIE WATSON 11-17 | THE NUDE PARTY
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
10-24 | EMILY WOLFE 10-31 | ANDY FRASCO & THE U.N. 11-03 | CHRIS SMITHER 11-10 | MURDER BY DEATH 20TH ANNIVERSARY SOLD OUT
WITH COURTNEY HARTMAN
12-04 | MIPSO 12-11 | DAN TYMINSKI BLUEGRASS BAND 12-22 | PUDDLES PITY PARTY 01-23 | ANDERSON EAST
ANIMAL SUN WITH DUMMY
OCTOBER 28-ON SALE FRIDAY
TOMMY EMMANUEL
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
B:9.25" T:9.25" S:9.25"
8
facebook.com/cville.weekly September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
Delivering comprehensive care to meet each individual’s needs. From health and nutrition to medication management and more. All at little to no cost with Medicaid and Medicare. We are giving seniors independence. And caregivers – peace of mind.
Call 434-285-9358 to see if InnovAge PACE is right for you. Visit InnovAge.com PACE All-inclusive Care for Seniors
T:12.75"
Like Tom, we are strong, resilient – and we are an alternative to nursing homes.
B:12.75"
S:12.75"
We are all-inclusive senior care. All with the independence to live at home.
“We left a lot of things on the table. We just need more touchdowns.”
9
UVA quarterback Brennan Armstrong, after scoring five touchdowns in a win over Illinois. That’s the spirit, Brennan.
NEWS IN BRIEF Pot arrests down
Verdict's in PAGE 10
Richmond Lee statue goes down
The Times-Dispatch reports that Virginia’s new marijuana law is having exactly its intended effect. In the seven weeks following the July 1 change decriminalizing simple possession of small amounts of weed, only 25 marijuana-related arrests were made in the Richmond area. The same stretch in 2020 saw 257 arrests.
Athletes take shots
Earlier this summer, the editor-in-chief of JMU’s student newspaper, The Breeze, sued the school, saying that JMU had failed to provide requested data about COVID spread within the student body. This week, a judge ruled in favor of the university, saying that JMU wasn’t required to share the requested information because it would have violated patient confidentiality.
W
WIKIPEDIA
New hospitalizations, UVA Health System
Republican candidate for lieutenant governor Winsome Sears fired six staff members, including her campaign manager, last week. Fired staffers say they were given no explanation. The election is just seven weeks away, and the Sears team “is focused on running a lean campaign,” one of Sears’ remaining advisers told The Washington Post.
Hospitalizations from COVID on the rise The UVA health system saw 15 new COVID patients hospitalized on September 8. That’s the most new COVID hospitalizations in a single day for the health system since January of this year. As of September 9, the health system had 70 COVID patients in the hospital. The Blue Ridge Health District has seen a serious spike in cases this fall. The weekly average of new cases last week was as high as it’s been since February.
facebook.com/cville.weekly
Lt. gov. candidate cans staff
its Confederate soldier statue last fall, the county found that the time capsule buried beneath that statue had sprung a leak, and the artifacts inside were essentially ruined.) On Saturday, state officials placed a new time capsule in the Richmond monument’s pedestal. It includes a Teen Vogue article written by Zyahna Bryant; a 2020 photo of two Black ballerinas standing in front of the graffiti-covered plinth; an expired vial of the Pfizer COVID vaccine; a collection of essays from Pulitzer-Prize winning Richmond Times-Dispatch columnist Michael Paul Williams; and other artifacts chosen as a “representation of the Virginia of today, one rooted in our values of inclusion, equity, and diversity,” Governor Ralph Northam’s office says.
@cville_weekly
orkers removed Richmond’s gigantic statue of Robert E. Lee last week, following years of advocacy from activists, politicians, and lawyers. The 21-foot-tall, five-ton casting, the largest Confederate statue in the U.S., was cut in two and sent to an undisclosed location. Its stone plinth still stands, covered in graffiti from last summer’s protests following the death of George Floyd. Following the monument’s removal, a team started excavating an outlying corner of the stone pedestal, expecting to find a 133-year-old time capsule that historical records suggest was hidden inside. After a day of searching, however, the capsule never materialized, and the team abandoned the search. (Who knows if the capsule would have been useful: When Albemarle County removed
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
Judge sides with JMU in school paper suit
EZE AMOS
Charlottesville High is requiring all students who participate in Virginia High School League sports to get vaccinated, the school announced last week. Students must have their first dose by September 15. “Vaccines and masks are critical in stopping the spread and protecting students & staff. Go Black Knights!” tweeted CHS principal Eric Irizarry in conjunction with the announcement.
10
NEWS
LIVE ON STAGE!
Full-court press Virginia Court of Appeals gets eight new judges, including first-ever local
BLACKFRIARS PLAYHOUSE, STAUNTON, VA
By Geremia di Maro
Macbeth
Dark magic and darker urges prevail in this tale of unchecked ambition, with murder begetting murder and blood thirsting for blood.
NOW THRU NOV 26
T
his year, Virginia’s Democrat-led legislature authorized a historic expansion of the Virginia Court of Appeals. The move pushed the number of judges from 11 to 17, and diversified the court significantly: The new crop of judges includes four Black people, four women, two public defenders, and a legal aid attorney. One of those public defenders, Lisa Lorish, is also the first-ever Court of Appeals judge from Charlottesville. Lorish, a lecturer at the UVA School of Law, started her term on the court September 1, and she’ll serve until 2029. She and her fellow judges will be tasked with managing a large new load of cases—thanks to legislation passed this year, Virginia now guarantees everyone the right to appeal all civil and criminal decisions by lower courts. The Old Dominion had been the only state in the country that didn’t guarantee that right. “Being on the Court of Appeals is a very different role than my current work,” Lorish says. “Right now I’m an advocate. On the Court of Appeals, I’ll be a neutral, impartial judge who applies laws, instead of arguing under the law.”
All’s Well That Ends Well
Locally, Lorish is a member of the board of directors of the Fountain Fund, a nonprofit that provides low-interest loans to formerly incarcerated individuals, and has served as the president of the Charlottesville Albemarle Bar Association. At the law school, Lorish founded the Federal Criminal Sentence Reduction Clinic and has been a lecturer for the school’s criminal justice reform seminar. “As a public defender, we don’t get to choose our clients. We represent whoever the court tells us to represent, and we make the best arguments we can, but
“It is significant to have someone with Lisa’s background and experience on the Court...it is important to have former public defenders and defense attorneys be appointed to the bench.” CRYSTAL SHIN, UVA LAW
Part fairy tale, part farce—a hilarious journey through courtship and class, danger and desire, ridicule and redemption.
NOW THRU NOV 27
@cvillenews_desk
facebook.com/cville.weekly
The world’s only re-creation of Shakespeare’s indoor theatre
Swashbuckling adventure and romance burst at the seams in this chronicle of England’s greatest monarch.
NOW THRU NOV 26
WORLD PREMIERE
Keene
By Anchuli Felicia King Directed by Mei Ann Teo A wry look at love, ambition and betrayal in academia, as a young grad student of color navigates a sea of white colleagues.
OCT 7–NOV 28
AmericanShakespeareCenter.com 540.851.1733 or 1.877.MUCH.ADO
SUPPLIED PHOTO
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
Henry V
Lisa Lorish, a Charlottesville-based former public defender, began her term on the Virginia Court of Appeals this month.
NEWS
Walker walks away Mayor Nikuyah Walker abandons reelection campaign after police chief’s firing By Brielle Entzminger reporter@c-ville.com
“I fight for you all as if I earn billions. I am tired.” MAYOR NIKUYAH WALKER
Charlottesville Mayor Nikuyah Walker was elected in 2017, and her term will end on December 31, 2021.
opening ourselves up for more problems,” said Snook. Walker later asked her fellow councilors if they held secret meetings with Boyles and had advance knowledge of Brackney’s termination. All said no, but Snook, Councilor Heather Hill, and Vice-Mayor Sena Magill expressed their support for Boyles’ decision. Michael Wells, representing the Virginia Police Benevolent Association, called in to the meeting to commend Boyles “for doing the right thing and a good job,” and criticized Brackney for the department’s issues with “internal procedural justice.” He also claimed that the department doesn’t target people of color, but “people who break the law.” When Walker later asked Wells if he secretly recorded meetings with Assistant Police Chief James Mooney and used them to threaten Boyles, Wells refused to answer and asked her for “facts about racist policing” before hanging up. In her post announcing her withdrawal, Walker criticized Councilor Michael Payne for not defending her during the meeting, as well as Magill, Hill, and Snook for upholding white supremacy. She also expressed disappointment in Boyles, and emphasized the need for a new form of city government allowing the voters—not council—to elect the city manager. “Dear Black People: I feel like I’ve failed you… Every time an image of a little Black girl pops into my head, I fall apart,” wrote Walker. Walker said that many people tried to convince her to run again, but “I’m losing myself right now,” she wrote at the end of the message. “I need to choose me.”
facebook.com/cville.weekly
month, the mayor received national attention after penning an explicit poem highlighting the city’s racist past and present. During last week’s meeting, Walker asked to add a discussion of the controversial firing of Brackney—the first Black woman to occupy the position—to the council’s consent agenda, but no other councilor seconded her motion. Still, Walker thanked Brackney, who led the department since June 2018, for her leadership, and apologized on behalf of the city “for a termination that tarnished her reputation.” “To take what doesn’t seem like much information and terminate her in this very public way, release press releases without names on it...and not own to the community what you’ve done, that is shameful,” Walker directed at Boyles. During public comment, several local Black activists and residents criticized the councilors for not seconding the mayor’s motion, and voiced frustration with the city’s treatment of Black leaders. “If you don’t want to be accused of racism, stop doing racist things. We as a people deserve better than this,” said Don Gathers. “We’re tired of these gunshots. We’re tired of not being able to be listened to as a community,” said Rosia Parker. “Y’all are harming my children, my grandchildren, and the generations to come, which have already been afflicted for 400 years.” In response to those comments, Councilor Lloyd Snook said it was unclear if the city was allowed to discuss Brackney’s dismissal publicly. “There are libel, slander, and other procedural issues that may come up. We’re
@cville_weekly
Walker did not respond to a request for comment from C-VILLE, though she did speak to The Washington Post, directly tying her resignation to Brackney’s firing. “They fired [Brackney] for doing exactly what she was hired to do, and they can’t give an answer as to why,” Walker told the Post. “If this is how a local government is going to operate, the work that I was elected to do isn’t even possible.” City Manager Chip Boyles fired Brackney on September 1, saying in a brief press release that he supported her efforts to fight racism in the department but wanted a leader who was “effective [at] building collaborative relationships with the community, the department, and the team at City Hall.” The firing came shortly after publication of an anonymous survey of police officers criticizing the chief, though the city manager and some councilors say the survey and the firing are unrelated. The mayor made her announcement the morning after a heated City Council meeting, which Walker said was the “final straw” after several months of contemplating dropping out of the race. In February, Walker faced public scrutiny when she announced she was being investigated for using her city-issued credit card to buy gift cards to hand out to city residents who spoke at council events. (There was no criminal investigation, and the credit card policy was later revised.) The following
EZE AMOS
C
harlottesville Mayor Nikuyah Walker has called off her re-election campaign. She had planned to compete this November for a second four-year term on City Council, but pulled her name off the ballot last week in the immediate wake of the firing of Police Chief RaShall Brackney. Walker, the city’s first Black woman mayor, was elected in 2017 following the deadly white supremacist Unite the Right rally. Her term will end on December 31. “I’ve wanted to stay and fight because the only people who will lose will be Black and other vulnerable people in this community,” Walker wrote in a Facebook post last Wednesday. “I’ve been fighting overt, covert, and internalized racism everyday of my life, and it feels like it has been more prominent than oxygen during my time on council,” she continued. “However, I still managed to get up everyday and work for pennies to make this community a better place. I fight for you all as if I earn billions. I am tired.”
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
it typically only impacts the life of that one person,” Lorish says. “[That’s] still incredibly significant and important work. [But] I’m really looking forward to the opportunity to apply and interpret the law in ways that will impact people across the commonwealth.” On being the first judge from Charlottesville to be elected to the Court of Appeals, Lorish says she is excited to represent this part of Virginia but also emphasized the diversity of the whole slate of new judges the General Assembly named to the court. “I’m eager to do my best to represent this part of the state, although ultimately I think the other aspects of diversity are also really important as well. Racial and ethnic diversity and diversity of background and experience is also really significant,” says Lorish. “Collectively, I think that the group that is coming on to the court has a lot of those aspects of diversity.” Crystal Shin, an associate professor of law, general faculty, and director of the Holistic Juvenile Defense Clinic at UVA, says Lorish will be a welcome addition to the Court of Appeals due to her background and expertise in public interest law. “It is significant to have someone with Lisa’s background and experience on the court,” says Shin. “In the past, it was much more common for openings at the trial court or the appellate court level to be filled with former prosecutors. It is important to have former public defenders and defense attorneys be appointed to the bench, too.” Speaking about the broader changes to the court, Shin says the expansion in the court’s jurisdiction to guarantee the right to an appeal for all Virginians is long overdue. “Previously, parties had to petition an appellate court…for the right to appeal, and the court granted appeals at its discretion,” says Shin. “Virginia was the only state in the nation without a right of appeal from civil judgments and criminal convictions.” Sally Hudson, Charlottesville’s Democratic representative to the House of Delegates, says Republican accusations that Democrats are court-packing are unfounded. The House of Delegates voted along party lines to elect Lorish and the other judges to the Court of Appeals, while a few Republicans in the state Senate joined all of the Democratic members in electing the new judges. “I wish that Richmond had a history of more bipartisan cooperation, [but] it is true that Republicans have run judicial appointments for a very long time in Virginia,” says Hudson. “And so the appointment of judges who share the values of the current majority is long overdue. Now that some of that balance has been restored, it would be great to see bipartisan cooperation going forward as future judges are appointed.” Hudson says Lorish ultimately stood out among the dozens of judges considered during the selection process due to her expertise and legal background. “Everyone I spoke to was blown away by Lisa Lorish in the vetting process,” Hudson says. “It just took a General Assembly that would even give a female public defender like her a fair hearing for her to shine in the role that she so richly deserved.”
11
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
@cville_weekly
facebook.com/cville.weekly 12
NEWS
13
Back to school Despite COVID spike, some parents and teachers are happy about in-person learning By Brielle Entzminger reporter@c-ville.com
L
COURTESY ALBEMARLE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Auditions: September 18 and 19 For information and to schedule an audition call 434-996-1223 virginiaconsort.org
facebook.com/cville.weekly
Over the past few weeks, local schools have had dozens of COVID cases.
AUDITION
@cville_weekly
Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Albemarle schools
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
ast month, Charlottesville and Albemarle County schools opened their doors for full-time, in-person learning for the first time since March 2020. Both school divisions require employees to show proof of vaccination—or submit a negative COVID test every week—and have implemented universal mask mandates, among other strict mitigation measures. Still, the divisions have seen a rise in COVID cases over the past few weeks. As of September 10, 17 students and eight staff members have confirmed active COVID cases at CCS. Meanwhile, ACPS—which serves about 10,000 more students than the city—has 30 students and six staff members with COVID. Since schools reopened, 39 students and 20 staff members in the city, and 90 students and 25 staff members in the county have contracted the virus. In the county, 223 students are in quarantine after being exposed to a positive case. Despite the increasing cases, some parents and teachers remain positive about the in-person school experience. “[My son] is very glad to be back in school and happy to be masked,” says Renee Branson, whose son attends Lakeside Middle School in Albemarle. “He really struggled with being away from a regular routine and seeing friends.” Branson says she is pleased with ACPS’ mask enforcement and transparency about COVID cases, contract tracing, and quarantine efforts. If the division were to take even stricter precautions, such as mandating vaccines for eligible students, she says she would support the decision. “It would take things starting to really fall apart at the school before I would be concerned about sending him in, because he is vaccinated and he really struggled over the
past year and a half,” says Branson. “But I certainly understand parents who maybe have a lower threshold of tolerance for that.” “My students have just been really excited to be back in person,” says Andrew West, who teaches at Henley Middle School.“There’s this weird almost feeling of normal that a lot of kids are latching on to. There’s a lot of really good energy at the school—last year was absolutely horrible for everybody.” West does wish the school division would return to offering classes four days per week, which he says gave both teachers and students more time to prepare for classes and decreased stress levels last year. In general, though, he’s been pleased with the administration’s support for teachers. “A lot of our plans are as good as they can be expected to be,” he says. “Most of the complaints I’ve heard are just people who feel like we’re being too restrictive.” In Charlottesville, parent Christa Bennett, a city school board candidate, says she is grateful the district’s administration has taken the pandemic seriously. She’s glad that vaccinated teachers are now able to take paid leave if they are exposed to the virus, after a teacher brought up the issue to administrators last month. “As part of my campaign, I’m researching the consequences of last year’s virtual learning,” says Bennett, who has two kids in the city schools, “and how we as a district can support our children in their social wellbeing and recovery of learning losses.” With the highly contagious delta variant continuing to drive up COVID cases, everyone understands that the situation is constantly evolving. “By the end of the semester, things could totally be different and just be sad and depressing again,” says West. “But I feel like as long as we are still in the building together, kids are going to be pretty happy that they’re still together.”
to sing with The Virginia Consort and Festival Chorus Judith Gary, Conductor
NEWS
Former House of Delegates Democratic Leader David Toscano’s new book seeks “to show why states matter in this great nation of ours,” he writes.
JOHN ROBINSON
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
@cville_weekly
facebook.com/cville.weekly
14
NEWS
15
State of the states By Ben Hitchcock editor@c-ville.com
S
“We’ll have to see, over the next few years, how this plays out,” Toscano says. In the meantime, he hopes everyone in the country will pay attention to state politics more consistently. A politically supercharged Supreme Court case with national implications for abortion law draws plenty of eyes to the Texas legislature, but the dayto-day function of state government remains under-discussed, Toscano argues. The book includes some horrifying figures about state-level political participation: Just one in three Americans can name their governor, and less than a quarter of Americans aged 18 to 34 can name a single one of their senators, according to two studies conducted in the last four years. The state has a tremendous amount of control in education policy, Toscano says. Redistricting fights take place at the state level, and ultimately determine the makeup of the U.S. Congress. These and other issues often don’t break through in our ever-morenationalized political discourse. “For some time I have been concerned that people focused so much on the national government that they lose track of really important decisions that are being made at the state level,” Toscano says. “I hope this book will contribute to the dialogue about how we can fix it.”
“If you look at what’s happening in the Supreme Court, you can’t be particularly confident that they’re going to do the right thing.” DAVID TOSCANO
facebook.com/cville.weekly
gave places like Georgia free rein to pass new, restrictive voting laws. In the years since, Georgia has become “a really good example” of citizens pushing back on state recklessness, says Toscano. “They have been working at the grass roots on voter rights for some time,” says the former delegate. “And they are having an impact. They’ve been able to make voting easier for people even though the state legislature tries to make it more difficult.” As a result, Joe Biden was victorious in Georgia, and two Democrats won in the state’s U.S. Senate runoff election. In some circumstances, Toscano says, it’s also possible to push back on new state laws in state-level courts. State constitutions, crucially, often contain clearer language than the federal constitution. For example, the right to vote is not actually enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, but many state constitutions include “the right to fair and equal elections,” or a phrase to that effect. That allows for challenges to voting laws at the state level, and such challenges are underway around the nation. “At least 30 lawsuits are aimed at laws in 11 states that opponents say restrict voting access,” reported The Wall Street Journal this summer. Is that recipe—grassroots organizing combined with legal action—enough to secure voter rights for all in a place like Georgia?
@cville_weekly
Fighting Political Gridlock hit shelves September 7.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed off on the Texas Heartbeat Act, which bans abortion after six weeks. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court allowed the legislation to stand.
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
ome of our states are up to no good. Texas just passed a comprehensive and dangerous abortion ban. Florida has banned mask mandates in schools, even as the delta variant sweeps across the nation. At press time, California voters are standing in line for a bizarre recall election that could see a candidate currently polling at 28 percent take the governorship. Of course, since the founding of this country, states have always had control over their citizens’ lives in material ways. But the Trump era accelerated “a trend that has been apparent for years—states increasingly acting to fill the policy void,” writes longtime Charlottesville lawmaker David Toscano in his new book, Fighting Political Gridlock: How States Shape Our Nation and Our Lives. Reading the news the last few weeks, it’s hard to argue with his thesis. The challenge now is pushing back. Toscano knows a thing or two about the powers of states: He spent 14 years as Charlottesville’s representative in the Virginia House of Delegates, and served as the Democratic leader from 2011 to 2018. (Republicans controlled the chamber for that entire stretch.) He retired from the House in 2020, though he’s still practicing law. He’s as eager as ever to gab about local and state politics, and writes regularly on his blog. Fighting Political Gridlock, which was published by UVA Press and hit stands on September 7, isn’t a memoir. You won’t find Toscano waxing poetic about the halls of the state capitol or spilling juicy secrets about his former co-workers. Nor is it a polemic, in which he argues on behalf of the issues he spent so long fighting for in the legislature. Fighting Political Gridlock is more of a civics lesson than anything, an effort “to show why states matter in this great nation of ours,” he writes in the acknowledgments. The book’s second chapter opens with a well-known quote from Supreme Court justice Louis Brandeis: “A single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.” Brandeis’ optimistic notion of our states is borne out in some ways, Toscano tells C-VILLE. “Look around at a place like Virginia, that’s been leading the way on the transformation towards a renewable energy economy,” he says. “We can do it a lot faster than the feds can, because they’re bogged down. It’s very difficult for the Congress to make decisions.” And in other
areas, like election laws and criminal justice reform, Virginia has made real progress in the last few years. As recent events show, however, state autonomy is a two-sided coin. To return to Brandeis’ laboratory metaphor: “Some scientists are geniuses,” Toscano says, “and some are evil geniuses. The things you produce in a lab can have really, dramatically bad consequences for people if you let them out.” In theory, one major check on the worst impulses of the states is the body on which Brandeis sat—the Supreme Court. But in recent years, the court has repeatedly abdicated its duty to moderate the states’ laboratory experiments, Toscano argues. “Although there are some places where the courts will rein in the excesses of the states, if you look at what’s happening in the Supreme Court, you can’t be particularly confident that they’re going to do the right thing,” he says. So if the court won’t watch over the states, who will? First and foremost, “the way to control the excesses is through citizen participation,” Toscano says. “It’s going to be citizen engagement—voting, pressuring, organizing at the state level—that’s going to hold people to account.” For an illustration, Toscano turns to Georgia. In 2013, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965, removing a provision that required the federal government to sign off on new voting laws from states with a history of discrimination. That “unleashed a wave of voter suppression efforts,” writes the Brennan Center for Justice, and
GAGE SKIDMORE
In a new book, longtime local lawmaker David Toscano delivers a timely civics lesson
16
Thinking of going Green?
The first 100% Natural Cemetery in Virginia, certified by the Green Burial Council. 540·432·8650
Your Source for Amish Made Furnit ure! Offering a full line of Solid Wood Furniture
Dining Room Sets, Home Office Furniture, Bedroom Suites, and much more.
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
Eat up! SWIRL! on wants to Mark Harm we do wine reinvent how
@cville_weekly
facebook.com/cville.weekly
WWW.DUCKRUNCEMETERY.COM
SIP! with apples? What to do gria 4ever Cider and san
TASTE! to satisfy Foodie news ving every cra FALL 2021
rything.
Taste is eve
! Just kidding n-up palates, ves for grow Childhood fa —duh—ranch dressing from pizza to
rella, Melty mozza roni, spicy peppe and a crispy charred crust: What’s not to love about ’s Oakhart Social wood-fired pies?
on Fernando Dizeet takes his strrket food to Ma
11 Killdeer Lane Dayton, VA 22821
Open Mon-Sat 9:00-5:00 540879-9372
www.towncofurniture.com
New issue coming soon!
17
September is National September is National Recovery Month! Recovery Month! September is National Recovery Mon
Join the Virginia Festival of the Book Community Health and Wellness Join the Virginia Festival of and the the Book and the Mental Community Coalition for a two-part series of FREE virtual events. Join the Virginia Festival of the Book andfor theaCommunity Mental Health and We Mental Health and Wellness Coalition two-part series
Coalition a two-part series of FREE virtual events. of FREE for virtual events.
Shelf Life—Undoing Drugs: Shelf Life— Undoing Drugs: Life—Undoing Drugs: A ConversationShelf with author, Maia Szalavitz A Conversation with A Conversation with author, Thursday, September 30 at 12:00 Maia PM Sz author, Maia Szalavitz Thursday, September 30 at September 30. at 12:00 on Thursday, Zoom and Facebook Live 12:00 PM Register and learn more at VaBook.org/Schedule on Zoom and Facebook Live. on Zoom and Facebook Live.
Register andlearn learnmore moreatat VaBook.org/Sc Register and VaBook.org/Schedule
Undoing Drugs:
Undoing Drugs: A Conversation with Local Harm Undoing Drugs: A Conversation with Local Reduction and Providers AChampions Conversation with Local Har Harm Reduction Champions and Providers Thursday, September 30 at 4:00 Reduction Champions and PM Provi Thursday, September 30 Register and PM learnSeptember more at Thursday, 30 at 4:0 at 4:00 helphappenshere.org/nationalrecoverymonth Register and Register learn more at and learn more at helphappenshere.org/ helphappenshere.org/nationalrecoverymo nationalrecoverymonth
Visit Our Showroom in the Rio Hill Shopping Center
SAVE $85 OFF EACH WINDOW INSTALLED! Ask About Our No Payment - No Interest Finance Options!
Call Today for a FREE No Pressure Consultation
(434) 465-6558
charlottesvillereplacementwindows.com Class A Contractor # 2705145469
NOT YOUR TYPICAL WINDOW REPLACEMENT COMPANY!
facebook.com/cville.weekly
With approved credit. Expires 09-30-2021. *Not valid on previous purchases. Offers cannot be combined.
@cville_weekly
*Valid on Premium Vinyl (Signature Gold or Platinum), High-End Composite, or Real Wood Double Hung Windows
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
WINDOWS • DOORS • SIDING • BLINDS
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
@cville_weekly
facebook.com/cville.weekly
18
Skooma is Charlottesville's first boutique CBD dispensary specializing in CBD flower, edibles, gummies, pre-rolls, tincture’s, oils and lotions. 434.995.8095 301 E. Main St.; Charlottesville, Virginia www.skoomaboutiquedispensary.com
SATURDAY 9/18
TUESDAY 9/21
MAN OF HIS WORD
ROCK ’N’ SOUL
For Danny Schmidt, it’s personal. All he needs is his husky vocals, lyric-driven songs, and an acoustic guitar to deliver gut-wrenching messages on issues of our time. Whether addressing police brutality or the grief of a miscarriage, Schmidt embodies a deep vulnerability and touching humility that draws listeners in. After breaking onto the C’ville music scene in the early aughts, the Texas-based Schmidt made a name for himself nationally, including a mention in the Chicago Tribune as one of the 50 most significant folk songwriters of the last 50 years. $15-18, 7pm. The Front Porch, 221 Water St. E., frontporchcville.org.
The soul of rock ‘n’ roll is alive in Melissa Etheridge’s wailing guitars and won’t-back-down attitude. Her music embodies hardscrabble freedom and fierce independence, and has earned her multiple Grammys, an Oscar, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Etheridge often uses her fame to raise money and awareness for important places and causes, be it climate change, LGBTQ+ pride, or the Charlottesville Free Clinic. $43-350 (proceeds benefit the clinic), 7:30pm. Ting Pavilion, Downtown Mall, tingpavilion.com.
G U I D E
T O
Y O U R
W E E K
facebook.com/cville.weekly
O U R
SUNDAY 9/19
@cville_culture
The Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival is live again for its 22nd year. Acclaimed musicians from across the country perform classical pieces throughout the area, from local vineyards to The Paramount Theater. Whether you prefer Bach and Beethoven, or lean more avant-garde, there’s a little something for everybody, including an informal pop-up concert and cocktail event. Free, 8pm. Quirk Hotel Gallery, 499 W. Main St., cvillechambermusic.org.
PUBLICITY PHOTO
BACH TO BASICS
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
PUBLICITY PHOTO
19
CULTURE FEEDBACK
20
RUNNER UP BEST DAY CARE
Far out collaboration Local pianist teams with Tim Reynolds for new record By Shea Gibbs
The mission of Playful Learners Preschool is to provide a safe and nurturing environment that inspires your child’s love of learning, imagination, and curiosity through play. We strive to be inclusive of all children and help them develop into thoughtful, caring, and curious young people.
T
im Reynolds is busy these days. He’s shredding on tour with Dave Matthews Band while playing Dave & Tim shows in between. He’s dabbling in livestreams, and is only two years removed from his last TR3 album. But when his old Charlottesville friend, Michael Sokolowski, called during the pandemic last year, Reynolds freed up some time in his schedule. “We’ve been working together for almost 30 years,” Reynolds says. “We go way back.” Sokolowski’s proposal? A follow-up album to the duo’s 1992 collaboration Common Margins, a direct-to-two-track recording of Sokolowski on acoustic piano and Reynolds on semi-hollowbody jazz guitar. For fans of the first album waiting on the edge of their seats for 29 years, the new collab might not be what they expected. On Soul Pilgrimage, which dropped as a digital album and streaming on August 25 (CDs and vinyl records are coming in fall), the friends worked together from a distance,
and Sokolowski set the tone with a more electronic-minded perspective. “I don’t know if it was what we were expecting,” Sokolowski says. “I’m not even sure what those expectations were. Over my career, I’ve always played piano. I’ve had synths and electronic keyboards in bands, but I’ve never gotten deep into synth patch creation, the analog synth world. It took the lockdown to get really into it.” Reynolds has gone the other way on technology. He doesn’t have a home studio—or even a computer, legend has it—so for Soul Pilgrimage, Sokolowski laid down his side
Little Buckets Farm Sanctuary is a nonprofit 501c3 vegan sanctuary. Little Buckets shows the public how farm animals have loving, fun, sweet personalities, have strong family bonds and friendships, and that they feel the same emotions as your domestic pets. We show there is no difference and that we should love all animals by living compassionately.
www.littlebucketsfarmsanctuary.org
PUBLICITY IMAGE
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
@cville_culture
facebook.com/cville.weekly
Stay Connected With Us: playfullearnerspreschool.com | 434.956.4312 325 Rivanna Plaza Drive | Charlottesville VA, 22901
arts@c-ville.com
Tim Reynolds and Michael Sokolowski sync up synths and strings on Soul Pilgrimage, their new record.
of the project and sent it to Reynolds along with a decent-quality digital audio recorder. Reynolds listened to the piece of music—“just some great Michael shit,” he says— and played a guitar part as an accompaniment. He didn’t love his first pass. “The first time, I was not locked in,” Reynolds says. “On the second take, I realized I didn’t need to mess with the knobs. I just needed to play guitar...It was like, ‘just smoke a joint and get into it.’” Reynolds was satisfied the second time around and sent the recording to Sokolowski. Back in Charlottesville, the pianist-cumproducer started putting the pieces together. The first thing Sokolowski noticed? Instead of plugging directly into the recorder, Reynolds jacked into his own amp and used the recorder’s microphone to pick him up. “Had I known, I would have sent better mics,” Sokolowski laughs. “You could hear where he clicked the pedal. I was sort of nonplussed. But I got past that and just let it wash over me.” The happy accident limited Sokolowski’s ability to chop the recording up and make distinct songs, so he built a 27-minute title track around the heart of Reynolds’ guitar playing. The only thing he changed about the original recording was to break the jam into three parts to make it vinyl-ready. Sokolowski used other pieces of Reynolds’ performance to produce five more tracks. For the album’s balance, he reversed the creative process, reacting in his studio to the
“It was like, ‘just smoke a joint and get into it.’”
Plot plummet Yakuza Princess plays to its weakness By Deirdre Crimmins arts@c-ville.com
E
Violet Crown Cinema
which character died when, should have been a sign to the director and editor that there is just too much story here. We only ever get short character insights and histories because Yakuza Princess needs to keep its breakneck pace to squeeze in way too many players. In trying to be too many things, Yakuza Princess never fully develops the emotional world of its characters, yet it expects the audience to care about their family history. The film excels in the realism of its on-screen
Yakuza Princess R, 112 minutes
fights (gore hounds will delight in the visceral volume of blood throughout the movie), but it doesn’t lean in to being a martial arts film. It reveals the fantastical world of São Paulo’s Japanese section, but never immerses the audience in it. Sometimes movies suffer from a dearth of good ideas, but Yakuza Princess has the opposite problem: In trying to convey so many strengths, they are turned into weaknesses.
facebook.com/cville.weekly
arly on in Yakuza Princess, it becomes clear that crafting a story around generations of warring crime bosses, an amnesiac hitman, and a mourning granddaughter is a little too much for co-writer/director Vicente Amorim to juggle. There’s plenty of good here in the new film, but not enough awareness of what that good stuff is. Based on the graphic novel Samurai Shiro by Brazilian author Danilo Beyruth, Yakuza Princess takes place mainly in São Paulo. The city has the largest Japanese diaspora in the world, and the setting serves the story well. The plot bobs and weaves its way through decades of yakuza factions in both Japan and Brazil, and focuses on its main character Akemi (Masumi). Akemi’s grandfather, whom she’s lived with in São Paulo for nearly her entire life, has recently passed away. She clings to his memory and his personal effects, and seems unprepared and uninterested in moving forward without him. She continues to work, and train as a fighter with her sensei, but she’s just going through the motions.
Grief hits her especially hard on her 21st birthday, when, instead of celebrating, she gets into a violent bar fight and flees. As Akemi begins her emotional journey, a stranger (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) wakes up in a hospital in handcuffs with no memory—and a katana sword nearby. The bedside police chatter makes it clear that nobody knows who he is or why he has so many wounds on his face. He escapes from the hospital in hopes of figuring out his identity, where he got the sword, and why people want to kill him. He encounters Akemi, and they form a tentative partnership in an attempt to get to the bottom of a mysterious connection between them. This is the setup for Yakuza Princess—and also where it goes off the mark. As the film gets into heftier plot points, its weaknesses become more glaring. Masumi executes the fight choreography beautifully, and does an excellent job portraying the stony, aloof Akemi, but problems arise when Akemi becomes emotionally vulnerable. Masumi’s wooden expressions and flat delivery don’t reflect her softening character. The movie also buckles under the weight of its plot. The number of flashbacks and reminders of who is talking about whom, or
@cville_culture
guitar parts. On penultimate track “Homunculus,” for example, Sokolowski uses a portion of Reynolds’ playing as a rhythm loop and lets another guitar piece trot over it as lead. It’s the most obvious example on the record of sound collaging, which Sokolowski says he did less of than expected, due to Reynolds’ own process. “At the beginning, I thought I would just put some cool sounds down and he would send back super-clean guitar tracks,” Sokolowski says. “I realized he had the right idea anyway. It has shape and form and flow and melody and all of that stuff. He was hearing form in all of my sounds that I maybe only heard intuitively. I was putting it down—not in a haphazard state—but not in the way it would end up.” And how does Soul Pilgrimage end up? On the surface, it sounds more in line with an electronic record than a strings-and-keys duo—more Groove Armada than Bill Evans and Jim Hall. But at its base, it’s guitar and piano playing, something Sokolowski wanted to highlight by avoiding emulated sounds throughout. For Reynolds, the results couldn’t be more different from the type of guitar he plays on a nightly basis with DMB. This time, he’s filling the space between, you might say. “When I’m playing with Dave, there is a different sense of space because the music has a different purpose,” Reynolds says. “But I love it. I’m a fan of ambient music. It has a lot of surprises, and it’s all wonderful.”
Yakuza Princess stars Masumi and Jonathan Rhys Meyers as unlikely partners in a battle against the yakuza crime syndicate.
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
TIM REYNOLDS
21
MAGNOLIA PICTURES
CULTURE SCREENS
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com @cville_culture
facebook.com/cville.weekly 22
CULTURE ALL YOU CAN EAT
23
Rounding the plate Cavalier Produce celebrates 20 years of fresh, local food By Megan Irvin living@c-ville.com
SUPPLIED PHOTO
A
Denise and Steve Yetzer say it’s community engagement that has made the fresh-food business exciting for the past 20 years.
“No one was insulated from the closures and health concerns of the pandemic. It was a very difficult year, and we are so proud of our staff and customers who weathered the storm with us.” DENISE YETZER COVID-19 (at no cost to recipients). The company also began selling directly to the public through its Buy A Box, Give A Box initiative, reaching consumers who wanted to take advantage of online ordering of fresh produce, grocery items, dairy, and meats while also giving back to those in need. More than 3,000 boxes were sponsored, and Cavalier
continues to support the local community through food donations. Today, Cavalier services over 500 customers a week, delivering fresh produce, meats, cheese, and specialty items on a daily basis. The company’s 66-person team works with customers throughout central Virginia, from Charlottesville to Blacksburg to Richmond to Virginia Beach, and everywhere in between. Always at the mercy of mother nature, the changing seasons and weather events guide menus and product availability, and keep things interesting for the team. Denise says not a day goes by that they aren’t looking for an unusual ingredient, running a last-minute delivery, or fulfilling a special request. “Food connects people,” she says. “Building relationships and helping chefs put their best food forward by helping them service their customers well—that is really what it has always been about. The food and the people. We are honored to be here and so grateful for the opportunity to do what we do.”
SATURDAY 9/18
Hispanic Heritage Month begins September 15, in recognition of five Hispanic countries that declared independence that day. Honor the occasion at Celebrando Herencia Hispana, an outdoor event featuring live performances from a variety of musicians. Kadencia is a 13-piece orchestra specializing in the irresistibly danceable bomba, plena, and salsa of Puerto Rico. Lua Project is husband-and-wife duo David Berzonsky and Estela Knott, who combine the musical traditions of Mexico and the Blue Ridge to create Mexilachian music. Proceeds benefit local nonprofit Sin Barreras. $20-25, 7pm. IX Art Park, 522 Second St. SE., ixartpark.org.
facebook.com/cville.weekly
SUPPLIED PHOTO
LET’S DANCE
@cville_culture
to nurture our relationship...which I value since we work with them every day.” Of course, the key to the company’s success is also its produce. “Shop seasonally, shop fresh, shop local,” says Denise Yetzer. “It is a great time of year to visit local farmers markets, to get to know what is available locally and support local farmers and producers.” Last year brought new challenges for the business with the coronavirus pandemic. “The restaurant and food service industry were dramatically impacted, as well as the entire food industry, from growers to shippers and distributors,” says Denise. “No one was insulated from the closures and health concerns of the pandemic. It was a very difficult year, and we are so proud of our staff and customers who weathered the storm with us.” Early in the pandemic, Cavalier Produce felt it had to do something, leading to the Industry Tight food box program, which distributed fresh produce boxes to food service workers who had lost their jobs due to
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
t first, produce distribution might not sound all that exciting. But imagine a world where your favorite restaurants don’t have the fresh lettuce, sweet corn, and tangy tomatoes they need to create their specials—it’s a dark image. For 20 years, Denise and Steve Yetzer have kept that from happening. The pair runs Cavalier Produce, which distributes fresh ingredients to restaurants throughout the area. From the moment they bought the business— then called Four Seasons Produce—the Yetzers found that highlighting local farmers and purveyors in central Virginia and connecting them with chefs, restaurateurs, and the community is extremely rewarding work. In Charlottesville, the pair strove for something special: “We envisioned providing high-quality ingredients and excellent, personalized service to people who are passionate about creating great food,” says Denise Yetzer. “Our company has always focused on building great relationships—with our vendors, our customers, and our team.” Though 2001 marked the couple’s first time running their own business, it was not their first foray into the produce world. The duo found themselves hooked on the industry after working in the field in different roles in the Washington, D.C., area—Denise as a produce importer and wholesaler and Steve in an operations role. But as the Yetzers’ wholesale division grew, space increasingly became an issue, and in 2014, they made the difficult decision to close the Belmont retail operation that had been part of the original business. Now, they focus solely on providing high-quality ingredients to the restaurant and food service industry. Brian Helleberg, owner of Fleurie and Petit Pois, says the secret to his restaurant’s longterm relationship with Cavalier Produce is the customer service. “Cavalier has been great to work with,” Helleberg says. “Denise, Steve, and Spencer [Cavalier’s customer care manager and local program coordinator] have always treated us as valuable customers and continue
24
The local authority
Seeking designer We’re looking for a freelance graphic designer who can step in and help out with newspaper production in times of need. Must be ready to learn on the job and generate and execute creative ideas on the go! See the full job listing at c-ville.com/work-at-c-ville.
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
@cville_culture
facebook.com/cville.weekly
What traits would you like to see in Charlottesville’s next police chief? Send your answers to question @c-ville.com, or respond via Twitter @cville_weekly (#cvillequestion), Instagram
What to do?
E N T E R TA I N M E N T | H E A LT H & F I T N E S S | F O O D & D R I N K | S H O P P I N G | S E R V I C E S | W E D D I N G S | K I D S & FA M I LY | C I T Y V I B E S
Q&A
For this year’s Best of C-VILLE we asked readers to vote for their favorites in 183 categories, from foot race and place for a first ear-piercing, to new restaurant and hair salon for Black hair—and boy did they answer the call! And so did we: Included with the list of winners is the C-VILLE staff’s own picks—the people, places, and things that we think are also worth highlighting, because, well, you can never have too much of a best thing!
B E S T O F C -V I L L E 2 0 2 1
Better than ever
C-VILLE 2021
F IR ST CHAIR
Laura Mulligan Thomas on CHS’ rise to orchestral success
P.137
Right ’round
In appreciation of Bodo’s ballyhooed drive-thru
No limits
The gloves are off for comedian Chris Alan
WIN!
FOR THE
Your votes are in for 183 of the greatest things in Charlottesville—plus 60 of the C-VILLE staff’s own faves Podcast, activist, place of worship: We’ve added new categories!
Online all the time Make c-ville.com your go-to website for breaking news and trending topics. It’s where you’ll find all of our stories from the newspaper and magazines, as well as web-only exclusives—videos, photo galleries, playlists and more. C-VILLE Weekly, the alternative voice for everything happening in our city, is your source for news that affects your life. We cover the arts, music, food and community topics you need to know. We’ll tell you where to go, what to see, what to do, what to eat. This is our town—live it up.
BEST OF
ALL NEW!
Kids & Fa mily P.123 City Vibes
Social scene Connect with us on social media to stay up-to-date on news and events as they happen in real time. Facebook: facebook.com/cville.weekly Twitter: Community news: @cville_weekly Arts and living: @cville_culture Instagram: @cvilleweekly
What you were reading 1. Police chief fired: Brackney’s contract terminated after three years in charge 2. Open arms: Charlottesville could give Afghan refugees a home 3. None better: The talent of Terry Martin remembered by the local music community 4. Into the woods: 14 favorite Charlottesville-area hikes, from easy to “ease up!” 5. In brief: Statues in Richmond, Spencer in MT
For your complete guide to can’tmiss events (and to submit your own!), visit events.c-ville.com.
This is our town.
.com
25
Cordially Invites You to Our
2021 Human Services Grant Awards Presentation with Keynote Speaker
Jennifer Feist
Co-Founder, Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation www.drlornabreen.org
Join us as we award $40,000 in grants to local non-profits. Help fund our 2022 Grant Awards with your ticket purchase.
11:30 am to 1:00 pm Farmington Country Club, Charlottesville, Virginia Virtual Option Available
facebook.com/cville.weekly
WUP will continue to adhere to the latest safety guidance from state and local health authorities and will alter plans if so advised. For more information and to purchase in-person or virtual tickets go to: WomenUnitedCville.org or call (434) 972-1702
@cville_culture
We offer two ticket options: ~Limited in-person attendance with a take-home lunch provided. All in-person attendees must be masked and fully vaccinated. In-person cost is $120, a portion of which is tax deductible. ~Virtual participation with a suggested donation of $60. A ZOOM link will be provided to virtual-only registrants prior to the event. Any donation is fully tax deductible.
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
Friday, October 1, 2021
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
facebook.com/cville.weekly 26
#1 #2
#4
#5
#1 solution
#2 solution
#3 solution
#4 solution
CULTURE PUZZLES SUDOKU
CROSSWORD
Visine
Complete the grid so that every row, column, and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.
BY DAVID LEVINSON WILK 51. In classic ads, what Visine does (and a hint to 20-, 27-, 37- and 1. 1428 ____ (horror film 45-Across) address): Abbr. 57. Neck and neck 6. NYC punk club from 59. 180s 1973 to 2006 60. Bonkers 10. “ER” actor Noah 61. General interests? 14. Show on TV again 62. “Regrettably...” 15. West Coast gas brand 63. Earthy pigment 16. Wolfs down 64. When all ____ fails 17. Texter’s “This might have gone unnoticed ...” 65. Jared of “Dallas Buyers Club” 18. “Do the Right Thing” 66. Hybrid tennis garment pizzeria 19. The “E” in PG&E: Abbr. DOWN 20. Sheltered shoreline spot in Hershey, PA? 1. Apt name for a middle 23. Dictator Amin American? 24. Produce greenery 2. ‘90s Polish president 27. Southwest city that’s Walesa got all its air conditioners 3. The M in a BLT, perhaps humming? 4. Video game series 32. “You Be ____” (1986 since 1989 rap hit) 5. Transistor’s forerunner 33. “The Little Rascals” assent 6. Condominio, por ejemplo 34. Part of an Insta story 7. Obnoxious tyke 35. Came after 8. Symbol at the head of a musical staff 36. Go a round 9. Chocolate syrup brand 37. Greeting given to a since 1928 bunch of hired toughs? 10. Destructive beetles 39. Year that Michelangelo started “David” 11. George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George 40. Word with able or full W. Bush, for three 42. Part of USNA: Abbr. 12. 4G ____ 43. “____, you noblest 13. Key to quitting? English”: “Henry V” 21. Completely clear 44. Massey of old films 45. Floor arrival sound when 22. Hollywood’s Ken and Lena riding Elisha’s invention? 25. Like bibs and aprons 47. He was called “Lucifer in the flesh” by former 26. Hollywood ____ House speaker John 27. Fictional figure whose Boehner name means “hole 50. Liftoff approx. dweller”
ACROSS
#3
2
3
4
5
6
7
A N A I S
C A R D I
O D I L E
T O F I T
S M R A I N
9
L E T S K E E P I N T O U C H
H I R E A U N T I E
10 16
17
18
19
27
21
28
29
31
38
51
K I L O
C A T S K I L L S
C O O E R S M A N O
R U M P E L S T I L T S K I N
E D Y E E S D A M O N
I M H O T
T H I N E
O U N C E
12
13
25
26
55
56
46 50
49 52
53
54
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
facebook.com/cville.weekly
48
T W O O U T
A N N E
43
45
58
11
S I G H D S R A O T Z
39
42
41
44
57
S T O C U B L O Y L E
A B O V E R E P R O A C H
35
37
47
O N M E D S
32
34
40
S T A R
L E A H
22
30
36
S L I T S K I R T
24
33
© 2021 DAVID LEVINSON WILK
Tsk
15
23
#6 solution
ANSWERS 9/8/21
14
20
#6
8
28. Eight-time Best Actor nominee Peter 29. Targets of IRS audits 30. “Charlotte’s Web” animal 31. Affordable, in brand names 35. Jealous person 37. Shape of Twitter’s “like” button 38. Kind of milk 41. Holy smoke 43. Unusual sort 46. Some office workers on “Mad Men” 48. Customary 49. Scrabble 10-pointer 52. NBA team with fire in its logo 53. Classic gas station brand 54. Roman emperor who overthrew Galba 55. Manipulative sort 56. Legal wrong 57. She may be sheared 58. Congresswoman Demings
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
1
#5 solution
27
28
READY TO GET ENTER OUR
?
two senten ce
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
facebook.com/cville.weekly
! t s e t n o c y r horror sto
THE FIRST PLACE WINNER WILL RECIEVE C-VILLE t-shirt and tote, a pair of tickets to an upcoming Live Arts Show, a guest pass to Common House and $50 gift card to Minerals & Mystics.
The top ten stories will also be printed in the 10/27 C-VILLE Weekly and performed by Live Arts actors on social media.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS • Submissions will be accepted until Friday, October 13th • Your work must be original and previously unpublished (including on the Internet) and not scheduled for publication. • Please keep your story content appropriate for our entire readership. PG-13 • Your story must be only two sentences! No shorter, not longer. • Entries not in compliance with the above rules will be disqualified. • Stories can be disqualified by C-VILLE staff for any reason • Participants give C-VILLE Weekly the right to publish their names and work in part or full and use their names and work in print/electronic publications and on social media. Participants also waive any copyright protection with respect to the right of C-VILLE Weekly to reproduce their work.
SPONSORED BY
By Rob Brezsny
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct.22): “If I’m a bitch and a fake, is there nobody who will love a bitch and a fake?” Libra author Graham Greene wrote that in his novel The End of the Affair. Here’s my extrapolation: I believe that every one of us, including me, is a bitch and a fake now and then. We all go through periods when we are not at our best, when we fail to live up to our own high standards. Is it possible that you have recently flirted with such a phase? If so, the cosmos has authorized me to absolve you. You are free you to reclaim your full exquisite beauty. And if you haven’t been a bitch and a fake, congratulations. It means you have weathered a gnarly storm.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Poet Yves Olade writes, “I’ve started thinking of people as wounds that don’t heal.” To me, that idea is idiotically cynical. Moreover, I think it’s wrong for most of us. The truth is, humans have a natural instinct for healing. They are predisposed to attract experiences that might aid their recovery from difficulties—that might teach them the healing lessons they need. I believe this will be especially true for you in the coming weeks. (P.S.: Dr. Andrew Weil writes, “Any level of biological organization that we examine, from DNA up to the most complex body systems, shows the capacity for self-diagnosis, for removal of damaged structure, and for regeneration of new structure.”)
Sagittarius
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I’m not engaging in empty flattery when I say that you are unlike anyone else who has ever lived in the history of the world. Your absolute uniqueness is a funda-
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “There’s nothing wrong with reading a book you love over and over,” writes Virgo author Gail Carson Levine. Adding to that encouragement, I offer you the following authorizations: There’s nothing wrong with seeking a pleasure you love over and over; or doing a necessary task you love over and over; or performing an energizing ritual you love over and over; or expressing key truths you love over and over. And these permissions will be especially crucial for you to exult in during the coming weeks, dear Virgo, because it’s a time when mindful repetition will be one of your strengths and a key to stimulating the deepening experiences you need.
mental fact. Maybe you don’t reflect on this truth very often. Perhaps you feel that it’s not helpful to think about or that it’s irrelevant to your daily decision-making. But I propose that in the next three weeks, you give it a central place in your understanding of your destiny. Allow it to influence everything you do. Make it a major factor in your decision-making.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Welcome back from the underworld, Aquarius. I hope your time wandering through the maze-like twilight brought you as many fascinating mysteries as confusing questions. I trust you took advantage of the smoky riddles and arresting dilemmas to fortify your soul’s wisdom. I suspect that although your travels may have at times seemed hard to fathom, they have provided you with a superb education that will serve you well in the immediate future.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): In Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, the lead character says to a friend, “You filled me with a wild desire to know everything about life.” Is there a person who might inspire you like that, Pisces? Maybe a person from your past with whom you’ve fallen out of touch? Or is there a person hovering on the outskirts of your life who could stimulate you to have such feelings? Now is a favorable time to seek these influences. I advise you to be bold in your quest to associate with allies who will stimulate your lust for life and teach you crucial lessons. (P.S.: For extra credit, make abundant use of another theme from Wilde’s book: “The search for beauty is the real secret of life.”)
Aries (March 21-April 19): “Books are mirrors: You only see in them what you already have
inside you,” wrote author Carlos Ruiz Zafòn. Let’s take that a step further: “Other people are mirrors: You only see in them what you already have inside you.” And even further. “The whole world is a mirror: You only see in it what you already have inside you.” Have fun playing with these meditations, Aries. The coming weeks will be a fertile time to explore how thoroughly your experiences reflect the activity transpiring in your own brain.
Taurus (April 20-May 20): Some spiritual teachers say things like “I am not my body” or “This body is not me.” I don’t understand that. It’s an insult and disparagement. It’s dismissive of our bodies’ sublime beauty and our bodies’ inspired role in educating our souls. I agree that we are not only our bodies. I agree that a part of us is eternal, not confined to flesh and blood. But hell yes, I am my body. You are your body. It’s a glorious aspect of who we are. It’s a miraculous creation that has taken millions of years to evolve into the masterpiece it is. So yes, you are your body, and yes, this body is you. I hope you love your body. Are in awe of it. Are pleased to be inside it. If anything is lacking in this department, now is an excellent time to make corrections.
Gemini (May 21-June 20): “I know someone who kisses the way a flower opens,” wrote poet Mary Oliver. I’d love for you Geminis to have that experience. The astrological omens suggest it’s more likely than usual to occur sometime soon. Other experiences with a better-than-average chance of unfolding in the coming days: allies who speak of intimate subjects in ways that resemble a flower opening; partners who co-create with you
in ways that resemble a flower opening; spiritual helpers who offer guidance and help in ways that resemble a flower opening.
Cancer (June 21-July 22): “I lie to myself all the time, but I never believe me,” writes Cancerian author S. E. Hinton. As a Cancerian myself, I confess to the same crime. But I am looking forward to a shift in the coming weeks. I suspect we crabs will be inspired to cut way back on the fibs we try to get away with. You know what that means, right? We’ll be more inclined to trust ourselves, since we’ll be more likely to tell ourselves the truth. Our decisions will be shrewd, and our self-care will be rigorous. Hallelujah!
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): My objective in this horoscope is to stimulate your imagination in ways nobody else in your life will. You need an influence like me, from outside your inner circle, to administer friendly, playful shocks to jolt you out of habitual ways of thinking. Here we go. 1. If you were to stow seven parts of your soul in seven objects, what objects would they be? 2. If you could change one thing about your past, what would it be? 3. If you were a character in a fairy tale or a movie, who would you be? 4. If you could travel to a place that would teach you what you most need to know, where would it be? 5. If you had a magical animal as your special ally, what animal would it be? 6. If you could sing a song with uncanny healing power for someone you care about, what song would it be? 7. If you could improve your relationship with some part of your body, what would it be? Expanded weekly audio horoscopes and daily text message horoscopes: Real Astrology.com, (877) 873-4888.
Now with NEW Strings Offerings!
facebook.com/cville.weekly
www.frontporchcville.org
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Research suggests that most people think everyone else has more fun than they do. But I’m guessing that only a small percentage of Sagittarians feel that way. You tend to be extra alert for fun, and you have intuitive skill at tracking down fun. In addition, you often take the initiative to precipitate fun. You understand you have a responsibility to generate fun, and you have a talent for generating it. All these capacities will serve you well in the coming weeks. I recommend you raise your mastery of the art and science of having fun to a new level. Be the Champion of Fun and Games for your entire circle.
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
29
30
Rocktober Rock and Gem Show October 1-3, 2021
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
facebook.com/cville.weekly
Friday Noon-6 Saturday 10-6 Sunday 11-4 Check out www.cvillerocktober.com for more information!
www.mineralsandmystics.com Facebook.com/MineralsMystics 345 Hillsdale Drive Charlottesville VA 22901 434-284-7709
Q&A
31
Describe your perfect Charlottesville Saturday.
Listening to “Grateful Dead and Phriends” on WNRN with a cup of coffee!
Both farmer markets, but always the og (@cvillecitymarkets), a casual brunch @bellecville, and then a pop in to see my fave ladies (especially Lynn!) at my fave shop @bejustcville.
ROB ROIDES/FACEBOOK
@WILL.HENNING/INSTAGRAM
Working from 7am till 10pm.
Downtown market, Trump Winery, then football.
My perfect day would be grabbing a pastry and a crabcake sandwich from Sweet Jane’s Kitchen at the farmers’ market at IX Art Park, then a walk down the Downtown Mall and a look through all the bookstores, and then finish the night with a nice dinner from Tavern & Grocery or The Ridley.
MARRIA GN PATTY/FACEBOOK
SAMANTHA J. FEDERICO/FACEBOOK
REIKO SERRILL/FACEBOOK
@CATROE71/INSTAGRAM
That picture is pretty good...and a UVA game that doesn’t start at 11am.
MICHAEL KETOLA/FACEBOOK
Walk around downtown, eat a slice of pizza at Christian’s, have some sushi at Now and Zen, and go see Hoos basketball at night!! Perfect.
“I am only talking to my dog today.” @NANCYCANARY/TWITTER
Late wake up, breakfast saved for lunch and beers at UVA game! At home of course!! U’ve never been to one if you have to ask!
Going to the two markets, then to @firefly for a Bloody Mary!
Hitting the farmers’ market on Water Street with my husband before going home and spending the rest of the day binge-watching something together in our PJs with giant glasses of wine.
@TREES4EST/TWITTER
@LALALALALAFALALALA/INSTAGRAM
NORMA GARCIA-SHEHI/FACEBOOK
Send your answers to question@c-ville.com, or respond via Twitter @cville_weekly (#cvillequestion), Instagram @cvilleweekly or on our Facebook page facebook.com/cville.weekly. The best responses will run in next week’s paper. Have a question of your own you’d like to ask? Let us know.
Melissa Etheridge
September 21st at 7:30 Ting Pavilion
Supporting healthcare for our neighbors
cvillefreeclinic.org/concert
Presented in partnership with Starr Hill Presents
facebook.com/cville.weekly
Buy sponsor tickets today for benefits like pre-concert party and great seats!
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
Next week’s question: What traits would you like to see in Charlottesville’s next police chief?
? G N I
32
u o Y e
r A
R I
H
PLAY HARD WORK HARDER
Let us help you find new staff members with a display help wanted ad in C-VILLE!
NOW HIRING! FULL TIME & SEASONAL POSITIONS WORK OUTDOORS, TRAVEL, HAVE FUN! HARD WORK
PLAY HARDER PLAY HARDNOWWORK HARDER HIRING! FULL TIME & SEASONAL POSITIONS
September 15 – 21, 2021 c-ville.com
facebook.com/cville.weekly
NOW HIRING! FULL TIME & SEASONAL POSITIONS
CURRENTLY
HIRING FOR: PLAY HARD WORK HARDER NOW HIRING! FULL TIME & SEASONAL POSITIONS SALES: Event Sales Consultant
TENT
TENT
OPERATIONS: Crew Leaders & Entry Level Field Crew
C O M PA N Y
C O M PA N Y
Skyline
Local and travel positions available.
Skyline
APPLY TO JOIN OUR TEAM:
APPLY APPLY TO JOIN OUR TEAM:ONLINE today at skylinetentcompany.com/careers/
434-484-0143
WWW.SKYLINETENTCOMPANY.COM/CAREERS CALLS TO OFFICE PHONE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. 434.484.0143 WWW.SKYLINETENTCOMPANY.COM/CAREERS 434.484.0143 C H A R L O T T E S V I L L E , VA & C H A R L E S T O N , S C
TENT
APPLY TO JOIN OUR TEAM:
C H A R L O T T E S V I L L E , VA & C H ARL T O NOR , OLDER S C TO APPLY * MUST BEE18SYEARS
PANERA IS HIRING!
SALES/OPS: Project Manager
SkylineSkyline
Want discounted food all the time?
-
C O M PA N Y
WWW.SKYLINETENTCOMPANY.COM/CAREERS B OA R’ S HEA D RES O RT TENT
* MUST BE 18 YEARS OR OLDER TO APPLY
Career Mixer 434.484.0143
C H A R L O T T E S V I L L E , VA & C H A R L E S T O N , S C * MUST BE 18 YEARS OR OLDER TO APPLY
APPLY TO 13, JOIN OUR Monday, September 12-9 p.m. Tuesday, September 14, 7 a.m. - 2 p.m.
TEAM:
GREAT BENEFITS
Discount on Food Hourly pay plus tips Raises for certifications Flexible schedule
C O M PA N Y
APPLY ONLINE AT CAREERS.PANERABREAD.COM OR TAKE A PICTURE OF THE QR CODE BELOW!
WWW.SKYLINETENTCOMPANY.COM/CAREERS 434.484.0143 Do you want to work at a place that strikes the balance between fun, family and work? Charlottesville’s only true resort is the place to be! Come join us for a one-of-a-kind hiring event where you will see what it means to be a part of a company that strives to deliver a family environment and memorable guest and member experiences. Interview, socialize, enjoy great food and beverage and have FUN!
FREE Food* • Music • Hotel Stays and Gift Certificates Door Prizes and Giveaways • Cornhole
Complimentary Fitness Membership
Email classyexec@c-ville.com for more details about our DISCOUNTED full page and half page employment ad packages!
C H A R L O T T E S V I L L E , VA & C H A R L E S T O N , S C * MUST BE 18 YEARS OR OLDER TO APPLY
SCHOOL
N O W
H I R I N G
BUS
Resort Discounts
DRIVERS STARTING AT $16.97 PER HOUR
Employee Golf Outing
$
REQUIREMENTS + DESCRIPTION
Employee Social Gatherings
$500-$1,000 Sign-On Bonuses for All Positions**
RETIREMENT
GREAT PAY
HEALTHCARE
TUITION ASSISTANCE
TRAINING
Interview for a Job, Get Hired for a Career, Become Part of a Family Join our team in a variety of positons and departments from entry level to management. All skill sets needed. Most positions pay above $15/ hour and commensurate with experience.
HOLIDAYS
Full-Time, Part-Time and Seasonal Positions Available:
Hotel Operations:
Food & Beverage:
Spa:
Golf and Sports:
• • • • • • •
• • • • • • •
• • • •
• • • • • •
Housekeeping Engineer Groundskeeper Front Desk Agent PBX Operator Reservation Agent HR Administrative Assistant
Restaurant General Manager Cooks Bartenders Dishwashers Host/Hostess Supervisor and Servers Food Runner/Busser
Esthetician Licensed Massage Therapist Nail Technician Spa Receptionist/Attendants
2,400
Assistant Golf Pro Childcare Provider Golf Course Maintenance Outside Greeters and Starters Pro Shop Manager Fitness Floor Attendant
APPLY NOW OR CALL
Benefits Include: Discounted Childcare, Health, Dental, Vision, 401k, Fitness Memberships, Resort Discounts, Travel Discount to Other Hotels *Upon completion of interviews, you will be given food and beverage tickets for redemption. **Sign-on bonuses vary by position and will be paid out with rules, starting with $250 on your first paycheck.
Education and/or experience equal to a high school diploma Must have clean driving record (No CDL required) For those without a CDL, free training will be provided All school bus drivers are Part-Time employees with healthcare benefits equal to a 40-hour employee
(434) 970-3532
www.tinyurl.com/schoolbustransit
1505 Avon Street Ext, Charlottesville, VA 22902
CLASSIFIEDS DEADLINE
PAYMENT
QUESTIONS
RATES
UPGRADES
(for liners) Tuesday at 10:30 for inclusion in Wednesday’s paper.
In advance. We accept all major credit cards, cash, or check.
434-566-8660 308 E. Main Street, Downtown Mall salesrep@c-ville.com
1-30 words $20 31-40 words $23 41-50 words $26 51-60 words $30
logo $25 border $10 shaded $5 photo $15
HOWITWORKS AUTOMOTIVE AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES AUTO INSURANCE STARTING AT $49/ MONTH! Call for your fee rate comparison to see how much you can save! Call: 855-569-1909. (AAN CAN) CASH FOR CARS! We buy all cars! Junk, high-end, totaled – it doesn’t matter! Get free towing and same day cash! NEWER MODELS too! Call 866-535-9689 (AAN CAN) DONATE YOUR CAR TO KIDS. Your donation helps fund the search for missing children. Accepting Trucks, Motorcycles & RV’s , too! Fast Free Pickup – Running or Not - 24 Hour Response - Maximum Tax Donation – Call 877-266-0681 (AAN CAN)
FOR SALE 2013 Silver Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Superb condition selling below recommended price for quick sale. Very low mileage. Great sound system. Location downtown Charlottesville. Call for information and photos. (434) 282-3892
EDUCATION EDUCATION ATTENTION ACTIVE DUTY & MILITARY VETERANS! Begin a new career and earn your Degree at CTI! Online Computer & Medical training available for Veterans & Families! To learn more, call 855-541-6634 (AAN CAN)
TRAIN ONLINE TO DO MEDICAL BILLING! Become a Medical Office Professional online at CTI! Get Trained, Certified & ready to work in months! Call 1-844-268-5058 (AAN CAN)
HELP WANTED
https://mudhouse.com/pages/workwith-us Or email resume/cover-letter to: apps@mudhouse.com
MEDICAL CANADA DISCOUNT PHARMACY. Save up to 80% off prescriptions. Eliquis, Flomax, Xarelto, Viagra, more! Mention “NEWS10” to save $10 on first order. Call 877-752-6295 (Open M-F)(AAN CAN) HEARING AIDS!! Buy one/get one FREE! High-quality rechargeable Nano hearing aids priced 90% less than competitors. Nearly invisible! 45-day money back guarantee! 1-833-5851117 (AAN CAN) Still paying too much for your MEDICATION? Save up to 90% on RX refill! Order today and receive free shipping on 1st order - prescription required. Call 1-855-750-1612 (AAN CAN)
MISCELLANEOUS BULLETIN BOARD BATH & SHOWER UPDATES in as little as ONE DAY! Affordable prices No payments for 18 months! Lifetime warranty & professional installs. Senior & Military Discounts available. Call: 1-877-649-5043 (AAN CAN) BECOME A PUBLISHED AUTHOR! We edit, print and distribute your work internationally. We do the work... You reap the Rewards! Call for a FREE Author’s Submission Kit: 844-511-1836. (AAN CAN) Cable Price Increase Again? Switch To DIRECTV & Save + get a $100 visa gift card! Get More Channels For Less Money. Restrictions apply. Call Now! 877-693-0625 (AAN CAN) NEVER PAY FOR COVERED HOME REPAIRS AGAIN! Complete Care Home Warranty COVERS ALL MAJOR SYSTEMS AND APPLIANCES. 30 DAY RISK FREE. $200.00 OFF + 2 FREE Months! 1-877-673-0511. Hours Mon-Thu, Sun : 9:30 am to 8:00 pm Fri : 9:30 am to 2:00 pm (all times Eastern) (AAN CAN)
call 434-566-8660 salesrep@c-ville.com C-VILLECLASSIFIEDS.com
DISH TV $64.99 For 190 Channels + $14.95 High Speed Internet. Free Installation, Smart HD DVR Included, Free Voice Remote. Some restrictions apply. Promo Expires 7/21/21. 1-855-380-250 DO YOU OWE OVER $10,000 TO THE IRS OR STATE IN BACK TAXES? Our firm works to reduce the tax bill or zero it out completely FAST. Let us help! Call 855-955-0702. (Hours: Mon-Fri 7am5pm PST) LONG DISTANCE MOVING: Call today for a FREE QUOTE from America’s Most Trusted Interstate Movers. Let us take the stress out of moving! Speak to a Relocation Specialist, call 855-947-2919 (AAN CAN)
SERVICES CONTRACTORS BATHROOM RENOVATIONS. EASY, ONE DAY updates! We specialize in safe bathing. Beautiful new walk-in showers with no slip flooring. Also, grab bars and seated showers available. Call for a free in-home consultation: 844-242-1100. (AAN CAN) GRAVEL DRIVEWAY REPAIR. grading, reshaping, ditching, and gravel installed. Drainage corrections and general driveway repair. 434-960-8994
FINANCIAL SAVE BIG on HOME INSURANCE! Compare 20 A-rated insurances companies. Get a quote within minutes. Average savings of $444/ year! Call 844-712-6153! (M-F 8am8pm Central) (AAN CAN) CREDIT CARD DEBT RELIEF! Reduce payment by up to 50%! Get one LOW affordable payment/month. Reduce interest. Stop calls. FREE no-obligation consultation Call 1-855-946-3711 (AAN CAN) Over $10K in debt? Be debt free in 24-48 months. Pay a fraction of what you owe. A+ BBB rated. Call National Debt Relief 877-590-1202. (AAN CAN)
SERVICES (MISC)
MILLIWAYS LTD LLC Milli Second Coffee & Wine Bar 240 West Main Street Charlottesville, VA 22902 The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) AUTHORITY for Wine & Beer On & Off Premises & Keg / Mixed Beverage Restaurant / Mixed Beverage Caterer John Borgquist, Owner NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be Submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.
Advancing Healthcare Through
CLINICAL TRIALS
www.uvaclinicaltrials.com
Study for Family Caregivers 4G LTE Home Internet Now Available! Get GotW3 with lightning fast speeds plus take your service with you when you travel! As low as $109.99/mo! 1-888-519-0171 (AAN CAN) HughesNet Satellite Internet Finally, no hard data limits! Call Today for speeds up to 25mbps as low as $59.99/mo! $75 gift card, terms apply. 1-844-416-7147 (AAN CAN) SAVE YOUR HOME! Are you behind paying your MORTGAGE? Denied a Loan Modification? Is the bank threatening foreclosure? CALL Homeowners Relief Line NOW for Help 1-855-439-5853 Mon-Fri : 8:00 am to 8:00 pm Sat: 8:00 am to 1:00 pm (all times Pacific) (AAN CAN)
Adults who provide in-home care to their adult loved ones with chronic health conditions are needed for a study about caregiving stress, sleep, and cardiovascular health. Participation involves 1 study visit lasting 90 minutes (home visit option available): completing questionnaires and getting noninvasive cardiovascular tests at the visit, and wearing a wrist-worn sleep tracker (7 days) and blood pressure monitor (for 24 hours) after the visit are required. Compensation: $80 at completion of participating. Principal Investigator: Jeongok Logan, PhD, RN. UVA School of Nursing Soojung Ahn 434.233.4593 | sa4ve@virginia.edu IRB-HSR #22260
How clinical trials benefit you. At UVA, clinical trials are taking place every day. Because of this, UVA is an environment of care where learning, discovery and innovation flourish. And it is our patients — today and in the future — who reap the rewards, whether or not they participate in a trial. Please call the trial coordinator to enroll confidentially or for additional information.
GET THE SCOOP ON OUR NEWS, ARTS, AND LIVING CONTENT BEFORE ANYONE ELSE. @CVILLENEWS_DESK @ARTSCVILLE @EATDRINKCVILLE
facebook.com/cville.weekly
Don’s Florist is seeking candidates for a full-time delivery driver position. Our delivery area includes the greater Charlottesville area and extends to Ruckersville, Palmyra, Scottsville, and Crozet. Candidate must be able to work Saturdays. Contact brad@donsfloristandgifts.com or 434-977-5240, if interested.
Cafe Store Manager - Mudhouse Coffee Roasters. Salary $35,000 $40,000 yr + Health/Vision, optional Dental and Aflac insurance, PTO/STO, Annual Pay/Reviews. Seeking a leader to manage our flagship Downtown Mall C-Ville cafe! The Store Manager is responsible for all day-to-day cafe operations, meeting the cafe financial goals, and exemplifying the highest level of customer service.
$0.35/word over 60
September 15 - 21, 2021 c-ville.com
COMPUTER & IT TRAINING PROGRAM! Train ONLINE to get the skills to become a Computer & Help Desk Professional now! Grants and Scholarships available for certain programs for qualified applicants. Call CTI for details! 1-855-554-4616 (AAN CAN)
PCA HELP NEEDED FOR IN HOME HEALTHCARE - BELMONT AREA C6 Quadriplegic needs PCA help in a private home setting. Easy work in a relaxed atmosphere - no heaving lifting - Located in the Belmont area . Call for further detail - 434-295-2348
33
34
CLASSIFIEDS
SOME POSITIONS: SOME AVAILABLE AVAILABLE POSITIONS: HOUSEKEEPER, SERVER, HOUSEKEEPER, SERVER, SOME AVAILABLE POSITIONS: HOUSEKEEPER, SERVER, COOK, DISHwASHER, BARTENDER, BARTENDER, COOK, DISHwASHER, BARTENDER, COOK, DISHwASHER, BELL ATTENDANT, MANY MORE! BELL MANY MORE! MORE! BELL ATTENDANT, ATTENDANT, MANY
Keswick HallSOME and AVAILABLE POSITIONS: SOME AVAILABLE POSITIONS: HOUSEKEEPER, SERVER, HOUSEKEEPER, SERVER, Marigold by Jean-Georges
BARTENDER, COOK, DISHwASHER, BARTENDER, COOK, DISHwASHER, BELL ATTENDANT, MANY MORE! BELL ATTENDANT, MANY MORE!
now hiring all positions
SOME AVAILABLE POSITIONS: HOUSEKEEPER, SERVER, BARTENDER, COOK, DISHwASHER, BELL ATTENDANT, MANY MORE!
Best Keswick Hall and Marigold by Jean-Georges Rates now hiring all positions in $500 BestChaRlottesville!
$500 siGninG BonUs
foR hoUsekeepinG/ Keswick Hall and Keswick Hall and Room attendants Marigold byby Jean-Georges Marigold Jean-Georges
siGninG Rates KeswickKeswick Hall and Hall andall nowhiring hiring allpositions positions BonUs now
Keswick Hall and Keswick Hall Room attendants Marigold by Jean-Georges $500 now hiring all positions Best $500 Best
September 15 - 21, 2021 c-ville.com
facebook.com/cville.weekly
in Marigold foR hoUsekeepinG/ ChaRlottesville!by Jean-Georges
JoinHall Our Team now! siGninG siGninG Keswick Rates Rates $500 TO: HR@KESWICK.COM Best BonUs BonUs in SEND YOUR RESUME in Join Our TeamsiGninG now! foR hoUsekeepinG/ foR hoUsekeepinG/ ChaRlottesville! ChaRlottesville!
now hiring all positions Rates
APPLY ONLINE AT: careers.keswick.comRoomRoom attendants attendants SEND YOUR OR RESUME TO: HR@KESWICK.COM in ONLINE AT: careers.keswick.com OR APPLY
BonUs
Best Keswick Hall Rates Join Our Team now!
ChaRlottesville!
foR hoUsekeepinG/ Room attendants
$500 siGninG BonUs foR hoUsekeepinG/
Keswick Hall Keswick Hall Join Our Team now! Join Our Team now!
HEALTH, DENTAL AND VISION PAID TIME OFF SEND YOUR RESUME TO: HR@KESWICK.COM SEND YOUR RESUME TO: HR@KESWICK.COM PAID TIME OFF HEALTH, DENTAL AND VISION INSURANCE APPLY ONLINE AT: AT: careers.keswick.com MOST HOURLY POSITIONS OR OR APPLY ONLINE careers.keswick.com INSURANCE COMPANY PAID LIFE INSURANCE STARTING MOST HOURLY POSITIONS AT $15 SEND YOUR RESUME TO: HR@KESWICK.COM ACCIDENT AND ONLINE CRITICAL AT: careers.keswick.com OR COMPANY APPLY PAID LIFE INSURANCE STARTING ILLNESS INSURANCE AMAZING STAFF MEALS HEALTH, DENTAL AND VISION PAIDPAID TIMETIME OFF OFF HEALTH, DENTAL AND VISION AT $15 INSURANCE INSURANCE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM TUITION ACCIDENT AND CRITICAL MOST HOURLY POSITIONS MOST HOURLY POSITIONS REIMBURSEMENT DISABILITY POLICIES COMPANY PAID LIFE INSURANCE STARTING COMPANY PAID LIFE INSURANCE STARTING ILLNESS AMAZING STAFF MEALS HEALTH, DENTAL AND VISION INSURANCE PAID TIME OFF AT $15 AT $15 INSURANCE ACCIDENT AND CRITICAL ACCIDENT AND CRITICAL MOST HOURLY POSITIONS ILLNESS INSURANCE STAFF MEALS ILLNESS INSURANCE AMAZING STAFF MEALS SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM TUITION AMAZING COMPANY PAID LIFE INSURANCE STARTING
in ChaRlottesville!
foR hoUsekeepinG/ Room attendants
Keswick Hall Join Our Team now! AT $15 DISABILITY POLICIES
ACCIDENT AND CRITICAL ILLNESS INSURANCE
REIMBURSEMENT SHORT TERM ANDAND LONG TERM TUITION SHORT TERM LONG TERM TUITION REIMBURSEMENT DISABILITY POLICIES REIMBURSEMENT DISABILITY POLICIES AMAZING STAFF MEALS
CLASSIFIEDS
35
STATEWIDE CLASSIFIED
AD NETWORK Are you passionate about applying your skills to ensure the greatest quality of life possible for our fellow community members in need? If so The Arc urges you to consider opportunities within our organization. Our mission is to ensure full community inclusion and participation of people with developmental disabilities through the provision of high quality services and advocacy. Our vision is to remain the leading provider of services and advocacy for this deserving population. If you share these values we urge you to consider the following career opportunities:
ATTN. AUCTIONEERS: Advertise your upcoming auctions statewide and in other states. Affordable Print and Digital Solutions reaching your target audiences. Call this paper or Landon Clark at Virginia Press Services 804-5217576, HYPERLINK “mailto:landonc@vpa.net” landonc@vpa.net
Senior Direct Support Professionals (2 openings, pay range of $15-$17/hr.)
HOME IMPROVEMENT
Direct Support Professionals- Charlottesville Day Support ($13-$15/hr.) Direct Support Professionals - Residential Services (FT and PT, $13-$15/hr.) Direct Support Professional- Floater (overnights, $16/hr.) We’re very eager to hear from candidates interested in working in Crozet and C’ville! Additional detail for each vacancy (including schedules) may be viewed on the Employment page of our web site. To see a full listing of all of our positions, to apply and to learn more about what The Arc is doing to support our community, please visit our web site at http://thearcofthepiedmont.org/ In addition to offering a challenging and rewarding experience The Arc also offers competitive compensation, paid training, and- for full time staff- an attractive benefits package which includes paid leave, health, dental and vision insurance, as well as life and long-term disability insurance, among other offerings. The Arc of the Piedmont is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
AUCTIONS
Vinyl Replacement Windows Starting at $235* Installed w/Free Trim Wrap Call 804-739-8207 for MORE details! Ronnie Jenkins II Siding, Roofing, Gutters and More! GENERAC Standby Generators provide backup power during utility power outages, so your home and family stay safe and comfortable. Prepare now. Free 7-year extended warranty ($695 value!). Request a free quote today! Call for additional terms and conditions. 1-877-636-0738 The Generac PWRcell, a solar plus battery storage system. SAVE money, reduce your reliance on the grid, prepare for power outages and power your home. Full installation services available. $0 Down Financing Option. Request a FREE, no obligation, quote today. Call 1-833-688-1378 Eliminate gutter cleaning forever! LeafFilter, the most advanced debris-blocking gutter protection. Schedule a FREE LeafFilter estimate today. 15% off Entire Purchase. 10% Senior & Military Discounts. Call 1-877-614-6667 Dont let the stairs limit your mobility! Discover the ideal solution for anyone who struggles on the stairs, is concerned about a fall or wants to regain access to their entire home. Call AmeriGlide today! 1-888-510-0805
HELP WANTED VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE RE: ESTATE OF JOHN GEORGE BOSELY, DECEASED SHOW CAUSE AGAINST DISTRIBUTION ORDER
It appearing to the Court that the report of the account of AMY CHARLENE PELOQUIN, the Administrator of the estate, and of the debts and demands against the estate, have been filed in the Clerk’s Office and that six months have elapsed since the qualification, and upon motion of the Administrator, it is ORDERED that the first paragraph of this Order be published once a week for two successive weeks in C-VILLE Weekly newspaper with general circulation. Entered this 1st day of September, 2021
I ask for this: H. Kay Cross, Esquire 106 W. South Street, #209 Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 434-205-4130 kay@hkaycross.com Counsel for Amy Charlene Peloquin, Executor of the Estate of John George Bosely
For Sale By Owner! 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom, vinyl ranch, 1,248 sqft, 2 car detached garage on 3 town lot in Grottoes, VA. Shown by appointment only. 540-421-3330.
SERVICES DIVORCE-Uncontested, $395+$86 court cost. WILLS-$225.00. No court appearance. Estimated completion time twenty-one days. Hilton Oliver, Attorney (Facebook). 757-490-0126. Se Habla Espanol. BBB Member. HYPERLINK “https://hiltonoliverattorneyva.com” https://hiltonoliverattorneyva.com. Up to $15,000.00 of GUARANTEED Life Insurance! No medical exam or health questions. Cash to help pay funeral and other final expenses. Call Physicians Life Insurance Company- 844-509-1697 or visit HYPERLINK “http://www.Life55plus. info/vapress” www.Life55plus.info/vapress Portable Oxygen Concentrator May Be Covered by Medicare! Reclaim independence and mobility with the compact design and long-lasting battery of Inogen One. Free information kit! Call 888-608-4974
TRADE SHOW/EVENTS CONVENTION COIN, CURRENCY AND STAMP SHOW! September 24-26 Fredericksburg Expo & Conference Center (2371 Carl D. Silver Parkway, Fredericksburg, VA) FREE ADMISSION/PARKING. Contact Richard Schornak 757659-0235 www.vnaonline.org.
WANTED TO BUY OR TRADE FREON WANTED: We pay $$$ for cylinders and cans. R12 R500 R11 R113 R114. Convenient. Certified Professionals. Call 312-291-9169 or visit RefrigerantFinders. com
facebook.com/cville.weekly
Cheryl Higgins Judge
REAL ESTATE
September 15 - 21, 2021 c-ville.com
It is ORDERED that the creditors of, and all others interested in, the above estate show cause, if they can, on October 29, 2021, at 9:00 a.m. before this Court at its courtroom, against the payment and delivery of the estate to the legatees, without refunding bonds.
HIRING? We can help you fill your open positions! Promote job listings regionally or statewide! Affordable Print and Digital Advertising Solutions reaching job seekers. Call this paper or Landon Clark at Virginia Press Services 804-5217576, mailto:landonc@vpa.net landonc@vpa.net
36
CLASSIFIEDS Associate, Risk UVIMCO seeks candidate to manage $12B assets for UVA & associated organizations. Applicants must possess (i) BS in Stat, Econ Quan Fin, Comp Sci or related quantitative field (ii) 4yr exp in investment management in the endowment or pension setting (iii)proficiency w/R, Python, ETL Procedures, T-SQL; finance-related statistical research projects; implementing analytical & reporting processes; comprehend broad market trends (iv)working knowledge of relational database & programming skills in Python, R, SQL; front-end web development; applying quantitative risk measurement process to alternative investment portfolios in a university setting; a broad array of asset classes, including public equity, private equity, real estate, resources, credit, fixed income, derivatives; design & implementation of derivative positions; excellent written & verbal communication/interpersonal skills; demonstrated entrepreneurial work habits & consistent attention to detail. Employer conducts (i) case study review as part of application process & (ii) pre-hire background check. Job located in Charlottesville, VA. F/T,M-F. Apply at https://www.uvimco.org/careers. UVIMCO is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. UVIMCO is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.
ESTATE OF ANNIE MARIE CARTER
September 15 - 21, 2021 c-ville.com
facebook.com/cville.weekly
NOTICE OF TAKING OF DEBTS AND DEMANDS
Upon request of the Executor, I will be conducting a hearing for receiving proof of debts and demands against the decedent or the decedent’s estate on October 15, 2021, at 10:00 a.m, at the law office of Scott Kroner, PLC, 418 E. Water Street, Charlottesville, Virginia. Rebecca C. Hryvniak Commissioner of Accounts
Upgrade Your Home with a
LIMITED TIME OFFER
Guaranteed to Last a Lifetime!
YOUR INSTALLATION
NEW METAL ROOF
60% off +
TAKE AN ADDITIONAL Made in the USA
Call today to schedule your
FREE ESTIMATE 1-844-902-4611
10% off
Install for Military, Health Workers and First Responders
Limited time offer. Expires 12.31.21
Warranty- Limited Lifetime. Transferable to 1 subsequent owner from original purchaser. Terms and conditions apply. Hail up to 2.5”, Appearance of the surface coating beyond normal wear and tear.
New orders only. Does not include material costs. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Minimum purchase required. Other restrictions may apply. This is an advertisement placed on behalf of Erie Construction Mid-West, Inc (“Erie”). Offer terms and conditions may apply and the offer may not be available in your area. Offer expires December 31st 2021. If you call the number provided, you consent to being contacted by telephone, SMS text message, email, pre-recorded messages by Erie or its affiliates and service providers using automated technologies notwithstanding if you are on a DO NOT CALL list or register. Please review our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use on homeservicescompliance.com. All rights reserved.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 _ General District Court Charlottesville X Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court __ Commonwealth of Virginia, in re: a female child born to Latoya J. Ragland v. Latoya J. Ragland and Unknown Father or the Father Wendell Maurice Burton, Jr. The object of this suit is to: Terminate the parental rights of the Unknown Father or Wendell Maurice Burton, Jr., the Father of a female child born to Latoya J. Ragland on October 11th, 2016. It is ORDERED that the X defendant Unknown Father or Wendell Maurice Burton, Jr., appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his interests on or before October 5th, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. 7/23/2021 DATE
David M. Barredo JUDGE
ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 _ General District Court Charlottesville X Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court __ Commonwealth of Virginia, in re: a male child born to Latoya J. Ragland v. Latoya J. Ragland and Ricky L. Ragland, Jr. The object of this suit is to: Terminate the parental rights of Ricky L. Ragland, Jr., the father of a male child born to Latoya J. Ragland on December 9th, 2014. It is ORDERED that the X defendant Ricky Lee Ragland, Jr., appear at the above-named Court and protect his interests on or before October 5th, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. 7/21/2021 DATE
David M. Barredo JUDGE
WWW.CAAR.COM 37
VOL. 30 NO. 37 n SEPTEMBER 15 - 21, 2021
FREE
A PUBLICATION OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE AREA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Charlottesville Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Madison, Nelson, Orange, Augusta
The Cool Town with a Nice Little Vibe BY CARLA HUCKABEE
CAAR REAL ESTATE WEEKLY WWW.CAAR.COM
Scottsville:
SEPTEMBER 15 - 21, 2021 ISSUE 3037
A P U B L I C AT I O N O F T H E C H A R L O T T E S V I L L E A R E A A S S O C I AT I O N O F R E A LT O R S ®
SEPTEMBER 15 - 21, 2021 ISSUE 3037
38
YOUR PLACE. OUR PURPOSE.
804 Golf View Dr | Crozet
137 Fairfield Dr | Staunton
Breathtaking mountain views and a short walk to the golf course, this custom home in Old Trail is move-in ready! With 2859 sq. ft., 4 BRs, 3½ BAs, home shows like a model. Mainlevel living floor plan with owners suite as well as a desirable open concept layout. Enjoy all amenities Old Trail has to offer. $697,000 | anitadunbar-realtor.com/621786
CAAR REAL ESTATE WEEKLY WWW.CAAR.COM
Anita Dunbar | 434.981.1421
Impressive 4 BR home in the popular Spring Lakes neighborhood. Featuring a spacious living room with gas fireplace, 12 tray ceiling and opens to formal dining area. Private oversized master suite stunning bathroom w/jetted tub, granite dual vanity, separate glassed shower & large walk-in closet. $535,000 | montaguemiller.com/621932 Kyle Olson | 540.649.4131
860 Saint Charles Ave | Charlottesville
2176 Avinity Loop | Charlottesville
138 Crape Myrtle Dr | Palmyra
Great in town location with off street parking for 3+ cars. Newly refinished hardwoods in Kitchen, Breakfast room & Family room. This 4 BR 3½ BA features primary BR & ensuites on both levels plus 2 add’l BRs w/full bath upstairs.
SPECTACULAR Townhome lives like NEW! Featuring 3 BR, 3½ BA with Large Low E Windows & lots of Natural Light. Fenced patio yard is conveniently located off the main level! Carters Mountain views year round. 4 miles to UVA hospital.
Maintenance Free Living in The Villages at Nahor- Qualified Community for Adults 55 or better! This impeccably maintained EcoSmart home features main level open concept living. Two story light-filled great room natural light.
$499,000 | montaguemiller.com/619583 Peggy Rooth | 434.951.7134
$410,000 | montaguemiller.com/621757 Jessica Saadut 434.981.9968
$399,900 | montaguemiller.com/621947 Dana Watson | 434.996.2700
Lackey Ln | Covesville
4500 Monacan TrailDr Rd| |Earlysville North Garden 630 Windrift
lot 11 Langdon Woods Dr | Albemarle
Exquisitely restored antique log cabin nestled into a private hillside. Authentic, tasteful & historically sensitive renovations create a magically unique retreat property. The c.1900 cabin has exposed log walls, hewn beams, stone foundation.
Set on 9 very private acres south of Charlottesville, this solidly-built brick ranch has an open floor plan allowing for good flow and plenty of natural light. Updated kitchen and baths. Covered porch overlooking private yard.
$350,000 | montaguemiller.com/619303 Carter Montague | 434.962.3419
$399,000 | montaguemiller.com/618610 Carter Montague | 434.962.3419
Enjoy tranquil county living in western Albemarle. Build your custom home on a beautiful private parcel in a preservation community located only minutes from Hollymeade Town Center and the Blue Ridge Mountains!
$145,000 | anitadunbar-realtor.com/591221 Anita Dunbar | 434.981.1421
Whether you're buying or selling a home, locally or globally, searching for investment opportunities or just have questions, we're here to help. At Montague, Miller & Co., we take pride in our ability to educate and guide our clients to successful outcomes through professionalism and honest counsel. MONTAGUEMILLER.COM | 800.793.5393 | CHARLOTTESVILLE | MADISON | CULPEPER | ORANGE | AMHERST/NELSON
As a three generation family company, we’ve been serving Central Virginia’s real estate needs for over seventy years!
39
Thinking of selling your house this year, call me. WOODTHRUSH LANE
SEPTEMBER 15 - 21, 2021 ISSUE 3037
EAN FAULCONER INC. MCLFarm, Estate and Residential Brokers
Custom home in Northern Albemarle County. Set on 2 private wooded acres on a cul-de-sac. Enjoy the outdoors from the front porch, deck or patio. Large, built in place garden shed for storage or workshop. Open Main floor plan with great flow. Study/Library with built in bookshelves. Second floor with master and 3 additional bedrooms including Junior suite with skylights. Finished terrace level with separate access and radiant heated tile floors. Beautiful, landscaped terraced gardens. 2 miles from Preddy Creek Trail Park with 571 acre recreational area for hiking, mountain biking and riding. Owner/Agent $795,000
PENNY LANE
Fabulous cottage tucked away on 12.5 acres with 1 division right. Top quality craftsmanship features; a copper roof and downspouts, vaulted ceilings, dramatic windows and artistic stonework.The first floor bath features a stone fireplace. Mature landscaping, wrap around porch, spring, stream and a detached studio all work to make this a compelling property. The studio has a fireplace with a beautiful walnut mantle. There are 2 sheds (a potting shed and another set up for miniature goats) $850,000
PENDING
JONNA STREET
503 Faulconer Drive Charlottesville ∙ VA ∙ 22903 p: 434.295.1131 f: 434293.7377 e: homes@mcleanfaulconer.com
CALL SHARON
Over 25 years of Real Estate experience. email: callsharon.today@yahoo.com cell: 434.981.7200 WWW.MCLEANFAULCONER.COM
CAAR REAL ESTATE WEEKLY WWW.CAAR.COM
Large, fabulous home set at the end of a quiet street and backs up to the Crozet Trail. 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths and 2 half baths. Kitchen/Family room/ Sunroom combination opens onto a large deck. Walk-in pantry. 1st floor home office. The master suite features a sitting area and 2 large closets. Terrace level family room/movie room/exercise room opens to a patio. A tremendous amount of storage room allows for expansion. Conveniently located in the heart of Crozet. $569,000
Scottsville:
FEATURE
SEPTEMBER 15 - 21, 2021 ISSUE 3037
40
The Cool Town with a Nice Little Vibe
I
t’s the intersection of three counties and the big bend in the river where Route 20 and Route 6 meet. And where history, arts, and the environment come together to create Scottsville. “A very cool town with a nice little vibe.” At least that’s how entrepreneur Daisa Pascall describes her adopted home. Levees have long put an end to regular floods devastating Scottsville. But it is not immune to ravages from a July afternoon micro-burst like the one that recently sent golf-ball-sized hail and torrents of water coursing through the streets and some shops. When Pascall’s and her partners’ store, We Grow, was flooded, she was buoyed by the outpouring of support. “Neighbors came with towels and fans. They helped us move all our stuff—twice! The mayor gave us keys to Victory Hall for temporary storage. It was such an affirming moment that, despite the water damage, we knew Scottsville was the right place for our business. And the right place to call home.”
Flood Waters Recede Rich soil in the James River flood plain made Scottsville ideal for farming. And that bend in the river made it the most important port upstream from Richmond, favorable for a ferry service across the river and an ideal stopping off point for the flat-bottomed batteau boats floating from Lynchburg to Richmond. Essential for fishing and transportation,
CAAR REAL ESTATE WEEKLY WWW.CAAR.COM
BY CARLA HUCKABEE
Canal Basin Square
there would be no Scottsville today without the James River. Until recently, the James held the town hostage, stunting long term growth with its frequent floods. There were 21 devastating floods from the mid-1700s to 1972. The heights of the devastation were Hurricane Agnes at 34 feet and “The Great Fresh of 1771” 10 feet above that. Finally, a dam and impoundment on Mink Creek and levees dedicated in
1990 turned away flood waters thereafter. Canal Basin Square, on Main Street, celebrates Scottsville’s love-hate relationship with the James. The outdoor park, with its replica batteau boats, placards, photos, and the Floods of Record monument, recreate the history of the river and canal. The annual James River Batteau Festival brings 1800s river life alive each summer. Nearby, the Scottsville Museum elaborates on stories of people that make up Scottsville’s history. Much of downtown is on the National Register of Historic Places. Thomas Jefferson even practiced law in the old county courthouse. With such a rich history, it might be easy to get stuck in the past. But make no mistake, while Scottsville appreciates from whence it came, the town is squarely focused on where it’s headed.
Incremental Growth: People and Business After significant population losses from the 1950s through 1990, Scottsville has seen a bit of a boom this century. The population grew nearly two percent from 2000 to 2010 and more than 10 percent in the most recent census. The 2020 count lists the population at 626. It’s not only additional households that are helping Scottsville grow. New businesses like outdoor sporting goods company, James River Outdoors, and Pascall’s creative plant and flower store, We Grow, are critical to emanating that cool, small-town vibe. Pascall grew up in Charlottesville and, before redistricting, was bussed to Walton
41
1275 Poplar Spring Road | MLS#620139
This beautiful custom built home located in Southern Albemarle on 6+ acres was designed with low maintenance requirements in mind, which you are sure to appreciate! Open floor plan, gorgeous recycled glass kitchen coutertops, lots of windows, dual master suites, walk in closets, and LED lighting through out are just a few of its many features. Exterior improvements include paved driveway, fenced pasture with run-in shed and (2) 40 x 60 garage/workshops with electricity. This house will not last long with these amenities! Schedule an appointment to see today!
SEPTEMBER 15 - 21, 2021 ISSUE 3037
UNDER CONTRACT
22 Ruritan Lake Road | MLS#621636
Perfectly maintained 3 bedroom, 1 ½ bath rancher with partially finished basement situated on a beautifully landscaped lot. Tastefully updated interior featuring an open entertaining area, beautifully remodeled kitchen, and bathrooms. Enjoy relaxing on the large rear deck. Move in ready and will not last long.
UNDER CONTRACT
AMAZING GATED COUNTRY ESTATE, located on 20 fenced acres, featuring a whole house generator, large swimming pool, three stall stable and sand arena, with fenced pastures, plenty of hydrants, great drainage (no standing water). Home offers 5 bedrooms plus full apartment in the walk-out basement and is perfect for a large family that loves to entertain.
2535 West River Road | MLS#619165
COUNTRY living with a RUSTIC feel on 18 ACRES with your own stocked POND! CUSTOM BUILT, FOUR bedroom, THREE bath home features living room with VAULTED ceiling, open kitchen with ISLAND, and family room with STONE fireplace and WET BAR for entertaining! Multiple Porches and a PAVILION at water’s edge for outdoor living! Large detached WORKSHOP/GARAGE with additional storage for all your toys! Up to 60mbps internet available through Centurylink, with FIBER from FIREFLY slated to be installed later this year. This is a NICE property! Additional acreage is available.
FEATURE
534 Rockfish Run Rd | MLS#618060
UNDER CONTRACT
Attention First Time Home Buyers! Adorable bungalow with lots of potential! This two bedroom, one bath home is situated on a private lot in Fluvanna County, a short commute to the Town of Scottsville.
Kevin W Quick Associate Broker 434-981-3033 | 434-286-7777 kevinquick@scottsvillehomes.com www.scottsvillehomes.com
New to the Market!
Scottsville’s most famous restaurant, LUMPKINS, serving locals and tourists for 50 years! This commercially zoned property has living quarters above and nightly rental units. This turnkey business is well established and offers the buyer endless opportunities!
Remax Realty Specialists
943 Glenwood Station Lane, Suite 203 Charlottesville, VA 22901 Each office is independently owned and operated
CAAR REAL ESTATE WEEKLY WWW.CAAR.COM
894 Dobby Creek Road | MLS#619998
CAAR REAL ESTATE WEEKLY WWW.CAAR.COM
FEATURE
SEPTEMBER 15 - 21, 2021 ISSUE 3037
42 Middle School, not far from Scottsville.
While it’s easy to count programs, classes, and numbers of participants, measuring SCAN’s impact in Scottsville is more difficult. Public art boosts economies. As a backdrop to people’s daily lives, it provides immeasurable value to quality of life, a lightening of the mood, and a certain indescribable charge in that small-town vibe.
“Floating the James has always been my favorite thing.” So, when in 2018 the opportunity arose, she bought a home just over the bridge on the Buckingham side of Scottsville. Her business partners, Clark & Kelsey Bechtle, moved from Crozet and bought a house in the Scottsville area two years ago. Why Scottsville? “It’s our home now,” says Kelsey. “When we started looking at Scottsville, it had everything. It was affordable. We were able to buy a home and four acres. We grow vegetables, have bees and chickens. And now we have a business and are a part of this incredibly tight-knit community.” “This feeling that we all prosper or fail together is what makes Scottsville special,” echoes Town Councilman Scott Gritsko. “Whatever we can do to collectively support a thriving and growing community, while at the same time appeal to visitors and tourists, will be the formula for our success and manageable growth.” Matthew Holt, REALTOR® with 1st Dominion Realty, Inc - Scottsville, says of the business district, “Many of the downtown buildings are owned outright and have a mixed-use component with apartments above retail or offices. That helped owners navigate through that initial COVID period where many businesses were closed. It has enabled the business district to stay economically viable during those tough times. And now we are bouncing back in a big way.”
Real Estate & Options
Artsy Backdrop
Feeding the People As in any respectable cool town, Scottsville is home to unique, locally owned restaurants and storefronts, a brewery, and nearby wineries. Tavern on the James occupies the corner of Valley Street (Route 20) and Main Street, offering up daily lunch and dinner and attracting locals and tourists alike. Further from the river, shops like Baine’s Books & Coffee, Lumpkin Restaurant (look for the giant rooster), Luv N Oven, Beijing Kitchen, and others serve up a wide array of tasty provisions. Adjacent to Mink Creek, James River Brewery offers an outdoor beer garden and fire pit, and regular musical performances by which to enjoy the multitude of beers on tap. Recently sold, Thistle Gate Vineyard in Fluvanna County will soon transition to a different name as new owners Andrea and Rob Nickels become part of the Scottsville food and entertainment scene.
Outdoors is King No matter where you are in Scottsville, you’re not far from the James and its influence. The town attracts a brand of person partial to enjoying what the outdoors has to offer, like Jeremy and Ginger Allen, owners of James River Outdoors. Specializing in fishing and other outdoor sports gear, the store has been a boon to Valley Street and the downtown district, and to local outdoor sports participants who used to shop out of town for their favorite gear and bait. The town’s Levee Walk, a mile-long elevated walkway that parallels the river and former canal system, allows everyone
to appreciate the close relationship between Scottsville and the James River. It connects both sides of town and is part of the Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail. Debi Dotson, REALTOR® with Real Estate III – West, says “Scottsville is awesome. The Levee Walk is one of my favorite things to do. Scottsville has always attracted people because of the river. And it seems to be more and more of a reason to visit and make this area home. Tubing, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, what we have here is special.” Several outfitters make it easy to enjoy the river without having to own or transport boats, rafts, lifejackets, and all the other paraphernalia necessary for a river outing. Fishing guide services offer angling adventures on the James or nearby lakes. In town, the 63-acre Van Clief Nature Area boasts its own stocked public fishing lake and dock. Plans include a ring of hiking and nature trails connecting the downtown business district, residential areas, and Nature Area. Its location in the heart of downtown offers easily accessible green space for recreation and enhances flood control. Besides that, Scottsville is Virginia’s original Bee City. Spearheaded by Scottsville Supply Company, the efforts to assist the town and highlight pollination issues are assisted by the Scottsville Center for Arts and the Natural Environment (SCAN).
If all Scottsville had to offer were the James River, a vibrant business district, and a small-town feel, it would be a winner. SCAN puts it on the map. Created in 2005, “SCAN has had its share of ups and downs,” according to Executive Director Erin Root. Taking the helm three years ago, Root has focused on rebuilding the organization’s foundation of expanding the performing and visual arts while integrating with the environmental landscape. “During COVID, we took the opportunity to rebrand, recreate, and reach out. We successfully wrote grants that have increased our income for arts and environmental programming and have hired a new program director. “Scottsville and the surrounding communities are diverse. Diverse in their income, race, education, and experiences. We want to celebrate, develop, and deepen our community’s knowledge of the arts and its relation to the environment. The challenge is in understanding that these are valuable.” The upcoming Valley Street Scapes is one of SCAN’s efforts to enhance the community through public art. Starting September 25th, SCAN will place art into vacant or underutilized storefronts. Not only will the art improve the visual impact on the street, but it will also draw attention to opportunities for businesspeople to use the available storefronts. Another initiative integral to Scottsville’s future is SCAN Land, a project to redesign SCAN’s 13 acres into a public park through a Participatory Design process. The Hardware Street property, that already includes a budding apiary, will welcome diverse populations to learn about the environment, the arts, and their intersection.
This area perched atop the horseshoe bend of the James River has been prime real estate since the Monacan Indians settled there, through the period that it was Albemarle County’s original county seat, and beyond. Holt says Scottsville is in a good position for growth. “We have a lot of underutilized infrastructure. Our public water supply is only used at 30 percent. Our underground fiber optics is well under capacity.” With Charlottesville only 19 miles north, Richmond 68 miles west, and Washington 132 miles north, buyers can custom fit their commute and their kids’ school situation. Proximity to Albemarle, Fluvanna, and Buckingham Counties, in addition to the Scottsville town proper, gives buyers distinct real estate choices. The old tire factory is one real estate parcel that has held the imaginations of Scottsville residents and leaders for many years. Holt reports, “The upper 19 acres of the property was recently rezoned to a ‘Village’ designation from light industrial. This opens up the opportunity for cluster homes, but it may make it harder for us to get the rest of the property onto the market.” As with elsewhere, the major factor for buyers is the shortage of homes for sale. “Just like everywhere else, this is a crazy seller’s market,” says Dotson. “I haven’t seen a market like this in more than 20 years. And if anything does come up, it sells in a second.” There’s no room to move in a gridlocked market. “I worked with a local client who wanted to sell their milliondollar farm and move to Florida. Because they were unable to find a house in Florida, they took the house off the market here and timber the land instead. It’s frustrating, but this sustained low inventory can’t go on forever. I’m optimistic we’ll see a shift by January.” Holt agrees. “Once prices for building materials start to drop, we’ll see a flurry of activity and that will loosen up the whole market.” When that happens, be ready. The queue for buyers in Scottsville includes value seekers, first time homebuyers, retirees, people who grew up here and want to move back, and people who love the outdoors along with bootstrapping entrepreneurs like Pascall and the Bechtles with a vision for the future. Gritsko thinks the future belongs to places like Scottsville. And COVID is supporting his claim. “A big part of the future of this country is small towns. Why not live where you can be part of building a small community?” And they don’t come much better than Scottsville, with its nice little artsy vibe. Carla Huckabee writes about high performing real estate.
BUY
AND
SELL
CVILLE
Looking for a Professional & Reputable Realtor? We have you covered.
SEPTEMBER 15 - 21, 2021 ISSUE 3037
Annie Gould Gallery
43
A unique art gallery located in the heart of historic Gordonsville. 109 S. Main Street, Gordonsville, VA • (540) 832-6352 anniegouldgallery
Check out this Charlottesville Retreat!
EAN FAULCONER INC. MCLFarm, Estate and Residential Brokers Farm, Estate and Residential Brokers 503 Faulconer Drive ∙ Charlottesville ∙ VA ∙ 22903
JEFFERSON DRIVE
Nice, modern upgrades throughout! $210,000
Charming, bright one level home in Lake Monticello. 3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms and a deck. Great kitchen features beautiful concrete countertops and stainless appliances. Large, fenced backyard.
REDBUD LANE
CALL SHARON
Over 25 years of Real Estate experience. email: callsharon.today@yahoo.com cell: 434.981.7200 WWW.MCLEANFAULCONER.COM
CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT WITH CANDICE TODAY!
CAAR REAL ESTATE WEEKLY WWW.CAAR.COM
Unique, contemporary tri-level home. Set on 2 acres with beautiful trees and mature landscaping. Home features; 3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, dining room, 3 Trex decks, paved driveway and a 500 sq.ft. carport. No HOA! $399,900
SEPTEMBER 15 - 21, 2021 ISSUE 3037
44
EAN FAULCONER INC. MCLFarm, Estate and Residential Brokers GREY OAKS
ROBINSON WOODS
Bright, comfortable, and recently renovated house with a flexible floor plan. 4 bedrooms & 3.5 baths. Features gas fireplace, wood floors, new appliances, granite counter tops. Conveniently located in the city minutes from Downtown & UVA. MLS#620141 $670,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250
GALLISON HALL
Set on 43 park-like acres, this Farmington gem features a 1931-33 Georgian house, indoor pool and tennis facilities, spectacular Blue Ridge views, total privacy, and an exceptional close-to-town location. On historic registers. MLS#617686 $8,450,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863
OLD TRAIL
Classic brick Georgian, c. 2008, 5 BR, including main level master suite, spacious and modern open floor plan. Views of the adjoining Old Trail Golf Course, buffered by small woods, & views of the Blue Ridge Mtns. MLS#614945 $1,385,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076
Spectacular country estate offering complete privacy and total serenity from over 53 acres in Free Union with Blue Ridge views. The heart of the property showcases a stunning customdesigned residence with 6 BR, 6.5 BA, spacious chef ’s kitchen, lovely DR and breakfast room, cozy paneled den, and great room w/soaring exposed-beam ceiling and FP. 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
OFF OF GARTH ROAD
12-acre country estate, west of Charlottesville. 2-story, 5-BR, 4.5-BA manor home is surrounded by lovely mature gardens, plantings, trees, and beautiful springfed pond. This is truly a rare offering with unsurpassed beauty, tranquility, and country living. MLS#617622 $2,500,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076
THE GLEASON
Open, extremely spacious floor plan with 4 bedroom, 4.5 bath. Enjoy expansive mountain and city views from inside or from one of two balconies. Secure garage parking. Ting Available. Walk to dining, shopping, and entertainment! MLS#621646 $1,495,000 Steve McLean, 434.981
HEART OF CROZET
Commercial listing on .906 acres with new Downtown Crozet District zoning that allows many uses. 2-bedroom home just under 1,000 sf., was doctor’s office and pre-school. Paved entrance/ exit roads and parking. MLS#619191 $749,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076
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
CAAR REAL ESTATE WEEKLY WWW.CAAR.COM
HESSIAN HILLS
Brick ranch on full finished basement only minutes from UVA and Albemarle High School. Covered front porch, wrap-around deck, and paved patio on lower level. Huge kitchen with upgraded appliances, front room with gas FP and solar skylights. Floor plan open and great for entertaining. Downstairs has home office and in-law apartment with full BA, FP/woodstove, kitchen, & private entrance. Home on dead-end street, very quiet. Lovely wooded setting with raised flower beds, garden space or play area. Agent is related to owner. MLS#622003 $599,000 Gail Hubbard, 434.242.7073
FARMINGTON
1954 Milton Grigg 8-BR residence on over 2.5 acres. Fronting the 17th fairway in Farmington, offering a quality-built home, gorgeous setting, and prime location only minutes to UVA and Downtown. MLS#606911 $4,950,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863 www.320FarmingtonDrive.com
503 Faulconer Drive| Charlottesville | VA 22903 | office: 434.295.1131 | email: homes@mcleanfaulconer.com
WWW.MCLEANFAULCONER.COM
45
FRAY’S GRANT
3 fabulous home sites mostly in beautiful hardwoods, gently rolling and priced below tax assessments! Each lot is 2+ acres on private setting. Only ten minutes to airport, excellent shopping, including Harris Teeter, Target, 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 and UVA. MLS#621177 $140,000 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
HEMLOCK LANE
Located in the Preston Ave/Rugby Rd area in the heart of Charlottesville, this 2-BR, 1-BA ranch style house offers proximity to UVA and downtown. 1-level living with private fenced-in backyard, covered patio area, and garage/storage shed. MLS#620291 $325,000 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#614424 $160,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076
LONESOME MOUNTAIN ROAD
5-acre lot that has not been available for many years. This country but close-to-town location is conveniently located with quick access to Historic Downtown Mall, UVA, NGIC, airport, and North Fork Business Park. MLS#593160 $250,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250
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
BLANDEMAR FARM ESTATES
25.4 acres with varying topography and amazing rock outcroppings. Unique design opportunities to create a stunning residence with magnificent views. Convenient to Charlottesville and UVA. Fiber optic available. MLS#593358 $554,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250
GREENTREES
188+ acres in Albemarle, 12 miles south of Charlottesville on Rt 20. This wooded tract, mostly in hardwoods, offers long road frontage with potential for eight 21-acre lots. There is conservation easement potential. MLS#614109 $1,299,000 Tim Michel, 434.960.1124
KESWICK
Wonderful wooded, 10.58-acre lot in Keswick. Great location, convenient to Pantops, 10 minutes east of Charlottesville with exceptional privacy and frontage on Mechunk Creek. MLS#619380 $149,500 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863
503 Faulconer Drive| Charlottesville | VA 22903 | office: 434.295.1131 | email: homes@mcleanfaulconer.com
WWW.MCLEANFAULCONER.COM
CAAR REAL ESTATE WEEKLY WWW.CAAR.COM
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
FOXWOOD FOREST
Beautiful 4-5 bedroom, smart wired home, nestled off the road in the neighborhood of Foxwood Forest with FIBER OPTIC INTERNET. 15 Minutes from Target/Harris Teeter. Minutes from NGIC and Research Park. MLS#619815 $795,000 Jennifer Moreira, 434.409.2844 (owner/agent)
SEPTEMBER 15 - 21, 2021 ISSUE 3037
EAN FAULCONER INC. MCLFarm, Estate and Residential Brokers
HOME SALES STATS
ENDING THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 12, 2021 THERE WERE 82 SALES IN THE 11 COUNTY AND CITY AREAS n 18 were in Albemarle with an average price of $527,797 n 12 were in Charlottesville with an average price of $441,183 n 16 were in Fluvanna with an average price of $372,846 n 2 were in Greene with an average price of $532,575 n 7 were in Louisa with an average price of $450,714 n 2 were in Madison with an average price of $326,325 n 7 were in Nelson with an average price of $316,977 n 11 were in Orange with an average price of $338,547 n 5 were in Staunton with an average price of $227,600 n 2 were in Waynesboro with an average price of $339,134
(434) 939-7098
24 Hour Return
Hilltop Produce & Seafood Rentals include air conditioning, rub rails to 78 Zion Park Ct, Troy, VA 22974 protect your belongings and equipped with a hitch to tow a trailer rental. Cargo van at Zion Crossroads starting at $19.95, reserve your van today. Off I64, Exit #136, Rt.15 South Open 7days
U-Box Portable Storage One container fits about one and a half rooms. Perfect for a studio or dorm room. Internal Dimensions: 95” X 56” X 83.5”
WWW.CAAR.COM
VOL. 30 NO. 9 n MARCH 3 - 9, 2021
A P U B L I C AT I O N O F T H E C H A R L O T T E S V I L L E A R E A A S S O C I AT I O N O F R E A LT O R S ®
FREE
A PUBLICATION OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE AREA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Charlottesville Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Madison, Nelson, Orange, Augusta
COVERED! Spring Happenings 2021:
HOMES SOLD
Digital and Beyond BY KEN WILSON
THE 2059 RIDGETOP DRIVE MOSBY MOUNTAIN
1111 ELLIOTT AVENUE BELMONT
We’ve Got Central Virginia
432 GLEN CIRCLE FOX GLENN
24 HOURS • 52 WEEKS 3 6 5 D AY S P E R Y E A R ONLINE & IN PRINT
Real Estate Weekly
CAAR
SEPTEMBER 15 - 21, 2021 ISSUE 3037
46
Staff:
EDITORIAL COORDINATOR
Celeste Smucker • editor@caarrew.com
MARKETING SERVICES Beth Wood beth@caarrew.com • 434.817.9330
275 KESWICK GLEN DRIVE LOUISA
132 LEAGUE LANE NELLYSFORD
CAAR REAL ESTATE WEEKLY WWW.CAAR.COM
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Note: Real estate tax information gathered from local government Web sites and is believed but not guaranteed to be accurate as of publication date. Towns may assess real estate taxes in addition to those charged by each county.)
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
Faith Gibson ads@c-ville.com • 434.817.2749 xt. 25
2416 MOSLEY STREET WAYNESBORO
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
DESIGNER
CAAR
Tracy Federico designer@c-ville.com
The REAL ESTATE WEEKLY is published weekly by the CAAR Real Estate Weekly, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Charlottesville Area Association of RealtoRs®, Inc. Copyright All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission of the publisher is strictly prohibited. All advertising published in the REAL ESTATE WEEKLY is believed to be truthful and accurate. No advertising will be published in the Real Estate Weekly if it is known to be inaccurate or untruthful, but this publication does not warrant, nor is it liable for, the accuracy or truthfulness of the advertising placed within this publication. Neither the CAAR Real Estate Weekly, Inc., nor its corporate parent, the Charlottesville Area Association of RealtoRs®, Inc., assume any responsibility and shall have no liability whatsoever for errors, including without limitation, typographical errors or omissions in the REAL ESTATE WEEKLY. Any reference made to the CAAR Real Estate Weekly, Inc. or the Charlottesville Area Association of RealtoRs®, Inc. is not to be construed as making any representation, warranty, or guarantee by the corporations concerning the information on properties advertised in the REAL ESTATE WEEKLY. The content of all ads contained herein are solely the responsibility of the advertiser. The opinions and statements contained in advertising or elsewhere in this publication are those of the authors of such opinions and are not necessarily those of the CAAR Real Estate Weekly, Inc., or the Charlottesville Area Association of RealtoRs®. the CAAR Real Estate Weekly, Inc. reserves the right to edit or refuse any advertising it deems inappropriate or misleading. No advertising will be published in the Real Estate Weekly if it is known to be inaccurate or untruthful. Every effort has been made to assure accuracy, but this publication does not warrant, nor is it liable for the advertising placed within this publication. This publication will not accept advertising that refers to or attempts to establish fees or rates of commissions charged for services rendered. Information on advertising placement may be obtained by calling 434-817-9330. All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.” Virginia Fair Housing Law also makes it illegal to discriminate because of elderliness (age 55 and over). We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis. CAAR Real Estate Weekly Is printed on 100% recycled paper
ORANGE COUNTY
www.nelsoncounty.com Real estate tax rate: $.61 per $100
308 E. East Main Street • Charlottesville, VA 22902 Tel.: 434-817-9330 • e-mail: ads@caar.com Send your news and/or press releases to editorREW@gmail.com
47 SEPTEMBER 15 - 21, 2021 ISSUE 3037
WWW.ROYWHEELER.COM
UNDER CONTRACT
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY NEAR UVA
215 Shamrock Road 2 – 2 BR apts or 4 BR single family $500,000 mls 621796 Susan Perkins, 540-460-4397
CHARMING VILLA IN MILL CREEK
1653 Royal Oak Court 2 BR, 2 BA, 1444 SQ FT $299,000 mls 621787 Susan Cameron Reres, 434-953-5552
BELVEDERE NEIGHBORHOOD!
LAKE ANNA WATERFRONT ESTATE PARCEL
BUILDING LOT IN FREE UNION
GET AWAY TO DOGWOOD VALLEY
20144 Daniel Road Spectacular 83+ acre parcel $2,250,000 mls 619163 Steve White, 434-242-8355
NEW PRICE
Wesley Chapel Road 7.35 acres of mature hardwoods $370,000 mls 612948 Logan Wells Klalo, 434-981-3097
813 Belvedere Boulevard 4 BR, 2.5 BA, 2249 SQ FT $475,000 mls 621290 Ryan Ferguson, 434-665-1115
Crane Circle Very secluded 3.18 acres $20,000 mls 620816 Jan Shiflett, 434-242-6057
VIEW MORE LISTINGS ONLINE
22 ACRES OF BEAUTY IN FREE UNION
“WOODSIDE,” A HISTORIC MANOR HOME
301 Mohawk Road 5 BR, 2 BA, 4188 SQ FT, 64 acres $795,000 mls 619258 Steve White, 434-242-8355
Charlottesville 434.951.5155 | Greene 434.985.2348 | Zion Crossroads 434.589.2611 | Western Albemarle 434.205.4355 WWW.ROYWHEELER.COM
CAAR REAL ESTATE WEEKLY WWW.CAAR.COM
5904 Free Union Road 5 BR, 5.5 BA, 5050 SQ FT $1,295,000 mls 617193 Jim McVay, 434-962-3420
You’ve Earned An
At Home Oasis
WINNER BEST LANDSCAPE COMPANY