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Hello, Charlottesville, and thank you for reading C-VILLE Weekly. This week’s news is, frankly, horrific. A shooter at UVA kills three bright young students and injures two others. There are so many words being used to describe the situation—you’ve likely heard them on the local and national news—words that condemn this tragic event, that express outrage and sadness, that send hearts out to loved ones and offer condolences. To me, one of the saddest things about these all-too-frequent acts of violence is that we seem to run out of ways to express our grief. And those who are affected by this shooting—from the families of victims to the students on Grounds who are terrified of an active shooter on the loose— are surely emotionally exhausted. No words can truly capture that pain.

But, write, we must. To print words isn’t just the imperative of the newspaper or the journalist; writing makes us human, even when words don’t seem to suffice. And so, this week, a UVA student writes for C-VILLE about the events that unfolded between November 13 and 14, from the beginning to the aftermath (p. 16). We include information about the young men who died, who they were and what they meant to the people in their lives. We cover the university’s response, and, importantly, what happens next.

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In the United States, the aftermath of a shooting can too often feel like the preamble to another burst of gun violence. But it doesn’t have to be this way, even if many people in this country disagree over the cause of such tragedies. In this week’s paper we also look at what the aftermath has meant for other school shootings, from the perspectives of survivors and activists. I hope their experiences resonate with you.—Richard DiCicco

IN BRIEF

Shots fired

The Charlottesville Police Department re sponded to a November 12 aggravated as sault report on the 800 Block of Hardy Drive, where they found a juvenile suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The juvenile was taken to the hospital, but police have not provided updates on the person’s condition. Anyone with information is asked to contact CPD at 970-3280.

Silva arrested

On November 14, the CPD received a report of threats that 31-year-old Bryan Michael Silva made on social media against UVA, and obtained a search warrant for his West Main Street residence. Silva was arrested and charged with possessing a controlled substance, and a weapon or ammunition as a convicted felon. On November 13, Silva, a social media celebrity and adult content creator, said on Facebook that he wanted UVA to “know what pain and suffering is”—just three days before, he posted a video showing hundreds of bullet cartridges. Police do not believe his threats were related to the shooting at the university.

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Standards criticized

The Virginia Department of Education has proposed revisions to the state’s history and social science learning standards that “recog nize the world impact of America’s quest for a ‘more perfect Union’ and the optimism, ide als, and imagery captured by Ronald Reagan’s ‘shining city upon a hill’ speech,” reads the draft revisions, which were released on No vember 11. “Students will know our nation’s exceptional strengths … while learning from terrible periods and actions in direct conflict with these ideals.” Critics, including the Vir ginia Education Association, say the changes are full of conservative bias, reports The Wash ington Post. The state education board is ex pected to vote on the standards early next year.

Fifth District Republican Bob Good will serve a second term in Congress, after beating Democratic challenger Josh Throne burg on November 8 by 16 percentage points—around 48,600 votes. After last year’s redistricting, the 5th is considered competitive, but remains Republican-leaning, according to FiveThirtyEight. A Democrat has not won the seat since 2008.

“The people of the 5th District have spoken loudly and convinc ingly that the 5th District is a bright red conservative district,” Good told reporters outside his Election Day campaign party in Lynchburg, reports NBC29. “I’m just so encouraged and so thankful to the vot ers of the 5th District who gave us overwhelming support, about 10 points above where we finished two years ago.”

“The American people are asking the Republican Party to rescue them from the Democrat party,” added the hardcore conservative. “That’s what’s happening tonight.”

Throneburg, an ordained minister and small business owner, con gratulated Good on a “long, hard-fought race,” and thanked his many supporters in his concession statement.

“I’m so grateful to the people who supported me through this campaign—the tireless volunteers, the local committees, the grass roots donors who helped us do everything from gassing up our cars to putting commercials up on television. I’m grateful to my staff and to Eleanor, my campaign manager,” he said. “Most of all, I’m grateful to my family: Minhee, Lucy and Agnes are the reasons I got into this race … [and] continue the fight to build a better world.”

Throneburg expressed disappointment over his loss, but promised to continue to serve the district.

“The challenges that we face, as a district, a nation and a planet, remain stark, and my commitment to addressing those challenges remains firm,” he said. “I will not forget the many residents of the 5th District I met during this race: the good, hardworking people who simply want a better, fairer, more just world for their families and their communities.”

“I will pray for Bob Good,” he added, “and pray that he can rise to the challenge of being a representative who helps those people build the world they seek.”

Reflecting on other midterm races lost by Democrats, Throneburg encouraged his party members to “do better at working together,” and implement better campaign strategies.

“We have great ideas, I think we actually have great hearts, but we don’t always have the strategy we need,” he told CBS19. “I think there’s some opportunity to be more efficient, integrated, and cooperative.”

Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin also voiced disappointment over some of Virginia’s midterm results. GOP candidates Yesli Vega and Hung Cao—who the governor had stumped for—lost to Dem ocratic incumbents Abigail Spanberger and Jennifer Wexton in the 7th District and 10th District, respectively.

“I do think that as a Republican, we had hoped that we would win more races,” Youngkin told NBC29. “I do think that the ultimate out come of a change of leadership in Congress will happen in the House.”

At press time, Republicans were on track to gain a majority in the House of Representatives, while Democrats will maintain control of the Senate.

“These were incredible young men with huge aspirations and extremely bright futures. … We are all fortunate to have them be a part of our lives.”

—UVA Head Football Coach Tony Elliott, mourning the murders of players Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr., and D’Sean Perry

Republican Bob Good won a second term representing Virginia’s 5th District in Congress.

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CPD pushes back against oversight board evaluation

By Brielle Entzminger reporter@c-ville.com

Before ditching Charlottesville for California last month, former Po lice Civilian Oversight Board ex ecutive director Hansel Aguilar evaluated the board’s long-awaited first case, which concerned the violent arrest of a man expe riencing homelessness on the Downtown Mall in 2020. Though the board was ini tially scheduled to hold a hearing on the case in July, complainant Jeff Fogel, a local attorney, and the Charlottesville Police De partment agreed to an alternative dispute resolution on the day of the hearing, due to Fogel’s claim that two board members were biased against him. After city attorney Lisa Robertson expressed legal concerns over the ADR, the board and two parties then de cided in August to allow Aguilar to conduct a neutral evaluation of the case.

On September 28, Aguilar—who resigned from the board on October 12, after accept ing a new gig as the director of police ac countability for the City of Berkeley, Cali fornia—issued his 63-page evaluation, which determined the CPD did not “thoroughly, completely, and accurately” investigate Fo gel’s complaint. On October 24, the CPD refuted some of Aguilar’s findings and re jected most of his recommendations for the department, but neglected to address mul tiple questions and concerns raised by the former director.

Fogel filed his complaint against the CPD in July 2020, after a Charlottesville police officer—identified as Officer Houchens in Aguilar’s report—arrested 36-year-old Christopher Gonzalez, who was lying down on the Downtown Mall. Gonzalez admitted to drinking alcohol, and said he was home less. Houchens threatened to arrest him for public intoxication unless he left the mall, which Gonzalez refused to do. Houchens tried to handcuff him, but Gonzalez pulled

away. Houchens then pinned Gonzalez to the ground, and put him in a headlock for nearly a minute, according to a now-deleted Instagram video. Gonzalez was later charged with assault of a police officer, public in toxication, and obstruction of justice, and was held without bail for almost three weeks at the local jail. Though Gonzalez’s charges were later dismissed, in September 2020 the CPD exonerated Fogel’s allegations of exces sive force, and concluded that the allegations of bias-based policing were unfounded.

In his report, Aguilar asserted that the CPD should have evaluated the appropriate ness of Houchens’ threat to arrest Gonzalez “through the lens” of its public intoxication policy—which directs officers to arrest in toxicated people when they “may cause harm” to themselves or others—instead of just its biased-based policing policy. Inves tigators also should have better questioned Houchens to determine if his actions were biased, Aguilar said.

“I like to give them the opportunity to go sober up or go somewhere,” Houchens said during an interview with a CPD investigator.

“I know that these people don’t have any where to go, really anywhere to be. … Once we start getting calls from citizens about it, that’s kind of when it starts to become a problem, but I still will try to get them at least out of the public’s view.”

“Who are ‘these people’ that the officer is referring to?” asked Aguilar in his evaluation. “Was C.G. ‘causing a problem’ other than community members calling in about him? Under what departmental guidance, practice, or procedure is Officer L.H. operating under when he states the need to ‘try to get them at least out of the public’s view’? Is Officer L.H. suggesting that being intoxicated in public is acceptable just if it is not on the downtown mall?”

“Without asking sufficient questions … it is difficult to ascertain whether the threat to arrest C.G. followed the Department’s pol

icy,” continued Aguilar. However, the former director agreed with the CPD that “the of ficer had established probable cause to affect the arrest of C.G. in violation of the state’s public intoxication law,” which states that “if any person is intoxicated in public … he is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.”

In response, the CPD claimed that Aguilar was not authorized to publicly release these details from Houchens’ in terview, according to a standard operating

Aguilar also questioned why the CPD did not submit the complaint to the com monwealth’s attorney during its criminal investigation into the matter. “It was unclear what specific investigative steps the CPD Captain took (beyond the interview of Of ficer L.H.) to reach the conclusion that no criminal violation took place since there is only one email from the CPD Captain,” wrote Aguilar. In the email, the unnamed captain explained that the department did not contact the commonwealth’s attorney because Houchens’ use of force was ap propriate and lawful under CPD and state criminal justice department policies.

The CPD countered that then-chief RaShall Brackney agreed with the captain and criminal investigations division that Houchens’ “response to the resistance did not rise to a criminal violation” and “was in accordance” with its response to resis tance policy, and therefore “did not require review by the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office.” However, the department’s re sponse did not explain why Houchens did not wait for backup to help de-escalate the situation, or why investigators did not in terview Gonzalez, among other questions in Aguilar’s report.

Concluding its responses, the CPD re jected six out of Aguilar’s nine recom mendations to help increase communitypolice transparency and accountability, including “lowering the probable cause standard to reasonable suspicion when determining whether to refer complaints to the Commonwealth’s Attorney,” “updat ing UOF/RTR [use of force/response to resistance] to include explicit identifica tion and handling of pre-assault indica tors,” “retraining [Houchens] of de-esca lation techniques,” and “revisiting how much information is made available to complainants of misconduct.”

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The department argued that “the dis cretion is up to the Chief of Police regard ing a criminal investigation,” and “preassault indicators vary from person to person if known.” All officers have already “undergone substantial de-escalation and Crisis Intervention training,” and com plainants are not granted access to bodyworn camera footage and other evidence during an ongoing investigation, unless the chief allows footage to be released, claimed the department.

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Additionally, the CPD disagreed with Aguilar’s recommendation that City Council consider how public intoxication policies can have a disproportionate impact on vul nerable communities. “We cannot excuse one class of individuals of their illegal actions and immediately turn around [and] charge another for the same crime based on social class. This would be considered a bias-based policing claim,” reads the response.

On November 3, Fogel issued his re sponse to both Aguilar’s report and the CPD’s rebuttals. Though the attorney agreed the former director’s recommenda tions were worth consideration, he took issue with parts of the evaluation.

“There were several points at which he deviated from his own [prescription] to consider ‘whether the CPD thoroughly, completely, accurately, objectively, and impartially investigated’ the allegations of the complainant and not to ‘reinvestigate

the interaction,’” explained Fogel. “His find ing that there was probable cause to arrest C.G. for drunk in public under the state statute speaks to a conclusion, not an in quiry into the investigation.”

The attorney questioned why the CPD did not want Houchens’ interview to be released to the public. “Why is this state ment subject to secrecy? Because it ac knowledges that he makes an effort, when he gets calls, to ‘get them out of the public view . . . [and] just not on the mall.’ This is significant evidence that the arrest was for not leaving the mall, not because C.G. was a danger to himself or others,” said Fogel.

Fogel also slammed the department for rejecting most of Aguilar’s recommenda tions “without a logical, or even any, ex planation,” particularly regarding informa tion provided to complainants.

“Without disclosure of the evidence upon which the CPD relies, there is no opportu nity for the complainant to know or chal lenge the accuracy of IA [internal affairs] determinations, or for the public to have confidence in the IA process,” claimed Fo gel. “There was no reason for CPD not to provide the complainant with all of the evidence that IA relied on except for its culture of secrecy.”

When asked how the city planned to move forward with Aguilar’s evaluation and recommendations, Mayor Lloyd Snook said that he did not know what would happen next— “This is all new!” he wrote in an email.

“There was no reason for CPD not to provide the complainant with all of the evidence that IA relied on except for its culture of secrecy.”

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UVA student veterans celebrate Veterans Day

By Lauren Dalban news@c-ville.com

Two dozen student veterans came together November 11 at New comb Hall to celebrate Veterans Day and share the struggles they’ve faced transitioning from military to student life— as well as the advantages being a veteran has afforded them. UVA President Jim Ryan, along with other university officials, also attended the event, hosted by the Stu dent Veterans of America.

Student veterans detailed the struggles they faced adjusting to UVA. Alex, a secondyear statistics major, shared that he had dif ficulty adapting to the amount of downtime he now has as a student, and learning to manage his own time and commitments.

However, many veterans praised UVA for offering them opportunities they may not have had elsewhere. As a first-year com puter science major with a young daughter, Dalton expressed gratitude for being af forded early enrollment and graduate hous ing for his family. He felt that these advan tages helped him better navigate the university as an unconventional student: “I felt the UVA hand reach out,” he said.

Halfway through the event, Ryan ar rived to give the Veteran Student Center a check for $25,900 “due to the generos ity of others,” he said, detailing the ways in which he wants to “make UVA syn onymous with service.” He expressed admiration for those who have served in the military, and said he felt honored to be in the presence of student veterans, particularly on Veterans Day. UVA offi

cials in attendance—many of whom were veterans themselves and work closely with student veterans—also shared sto ries about their time in the military.

Though the students discussed their gratitude for the Veteran Student Center, some said they often faced additional stress because of the lack of representation in the upper echelons of UVA administration.

Brett Schriever, a third-year aerospace en gineering major, detailed his struggles get ting help from the university when he faced complications with his GI Bill benefits. In the end, Schriever—who spent two years on active duty, and is now in his eighth year in the Army Reserves—said he had to ask another student veteran for advice.

Marine Corps veteran and first-year stu dent Romeo Sarmiento, treasurer of UVA’s Student Veterans chapter, expressed similar concerns. Sarmiento, who spent seven years as an infantry assaultman, articulated his disappointment that there is still no veteran representation among the university’s fac ulty, and that there are no faculty advisors to help veterans with all the aspects of their transition into university life.

Sarmiento also explained the ways in which his time in the military affected his career path—he plans to apply to the Mc Intire School of Commerce, and eventu ally become a lawyer to serve his country in a new way. “Service doesn’t end,” he said.

Concluding the event, Sarmiento ex pressed hope that the Veteran Student Center will be able to organize more events in the future incorporating the general student body. There is an “important op portunity for exchange,” he said.

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An ‘unimaginably sad day’

UVA reeling after shooter kills three students, injures two others

By Kristin O’Donoghue

Three students were killed, two injured, and a community was left traumatized on No vember 13, following a shooting at the University of Virginia.

The first message from the UVA Alert system notified the community of shots fired at Culbreth garage. It was followed seven minutes later by a report of a shooting on Culbreth Road. The third message urged students to “RUN. HIDE. FIGHT.”

Students were advised to shelter in place as an active search persisted from 10:39pm on the 13th to 10:35 the following morning. The alert system sent a total of 57 messages during this period. Group chats were flooded with notes of love and support, and urged students to check in with friends and family. Students organized Zoom calls so they could be with one another, rather than alone and afraid.

Five-hundred students spent the night in UVA buildings, including libraries and recreational fa cilities. Isabella Sheridan, a third-year and director of a performing arts program for first-years, sat with underclassmen as they sheltered in place at the Student Activities Building.

“It was a really long night. People were really tense and pretty much everyone was terrified when we heard the car was going down Jefferson Park Avenue because we were right over there,” Sheridan said.

First-year students remained locked down in dorms. Resident advisors told students to lock their doors and close their blinds. From the first-year Balz-Dobie dormitory, Esme Merrill reported that “the situation in the dorm is a really dark one. I just am so uncertain about what my next hour is going to look like, let alone what my college experience is going to be after the tragedy.”

The messages from the UVA Alert system per sisted, repeating that the suspect was at large and armed. He was described as a Black man wearing a burgundy jacket or hoodie, blue jeans, and red shoes. At around midnight, the local police scanner reported that, based on social media posts, the suspect seemed to be in GrandMarc, a residential apartment near Grounds.

Emma Troischt, a third-year, lives on the fifth floor of GrandMarc. When she heard the news, she barricaded her door and locked herself in the bath room of her studio unit. “Occasionally, I could hear

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Crime scene tape was strung at the Culbreth Road Garage, near the spot where three UVA students were killed and two others injured on November 13.

Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. was taken into custody in Henrico, and arrested on three counts of second-degree murder and three counts of using a handgun in the commission of a felony.

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D’Sean Perry was a junior reserve linebacker from Florida who appeared in six of the UVA football team’s 10 games. “D’Sean was an amazing soul that made his family and community proud,” said Earl Sims, the head football coach at Gulliver Preparatory School. Charles Snowden, UVA football alum and Tampa Bay Buccaneers outside linebacker, posted a tribute to Perry on Instagram: “D’Sean is the human embodiment of resilience and perseverance and I couldn’t be more proud of him. I really did try to pass down everything I’d learned because I knew he could be much better than I ever could.” Perry’s parents have decided not to speak publicly about the incident, “as their grief is only beginning, and out of respect for

footsteps outside in the hallway. It was terrifying not knowing if it was the police keeping us safe or him,” she said.

At 1:20am, UVA Alerts officially named the sus pect as Christopher Darnell Jones Jr.

“This is a message any leader hopes never to have to send, and I am devastated that this violence has visited the University of Virginia,” UVA President Jim Ryan wrote in an email that went out at 4:27am. During a press conference later in the morning, Ryan fought back tears as he spoke of the “unimag inably sad day for our community.”

The three students whose lives were stolen are Devin Chandler of Huntersville, North Carolina; Lavel Davis of Dorchester, South Carolina; and D’Sean Perry of Miami, Florida. Two of the slain victims were found inside the charter bus they had taken back from Washington, D.C., where they had been on a field trip to see a play.

Two other students are hospitalized, one in critical condition and the other in good condition.

Jones was arrested on three counts of second-degree murder and three counts of using a handgun in the

the University of Virginia community [which] has been terrorized by another mass shooting in the United States.”

Lavel Davis Jr., a junior from South Carolina, was a starting wide receiver and the third-leading pass receiver on the team this season; he caught two touchdowns. Davis was also a member of the Groundskeepers, a group of Virginia football players that pushes for social change. “He never bothered a soul,” Kim Richardson, Davis’ aunt, said. “He just wanted everyone happy.” Jack Hamilton, one of Davis’ UVA professors, shared in a Twitter post: “One thing that struck me about Vel was how much his classmates liked him and vice versa. … In my experience, star athletes tend to hang out

with other athletes, but Vel seemed to go out of his way to make friends with non-athletes.”

Devin Chandler transferred to Virginia from the University of Wisconsin, and had yet to play in a UVA football game. “He was so full of life. He was a great kid,” Alvis Whitted, a coach at Wiscon sin, said. Hamilton, who also taught Chandler, called him “an unbelievably nice person, always a huge smile, really gregarious and funny. One of those people who’s just impossible not to like.” Wisconsin’s Defensive Coordinator Jim Leonhard said Chandler “had a lasting impact on his teammates, even after he left UW, which is a testament to the type of person he was.”

commission of a felony, and was taken into custody in Henrico, about 80 miles southeast of Charlottesville.

At the press conference, UVA police chief Tim Longo reported that Jones had come to the at tention of the university’s threat assessment team in the fall of 2022. He had made a comment about possessing a gun to a third party, but the com ment was not made in conjunction with any threats. Jones was also connected to a hazing situation, though Longo had limited information about that investigation.

A Richmond Times-Dispatch article noted that Jones’ parents divorced when he was 5 years old, and Jones described his father’s departure as “one of the most traumatic things that ever happened to me.”

Following the divorce, Jones got into fights with other students and suffered disciplinary action as a result. He had a successful high school career, and Petersburg chose him as the top male studentathlete for an annual scholarship program. Little is known about Jones’ history on the UVA football team and his relationships with the players.

“The search for the suspect may be over, but the work of understanding this terrible crime

“I cannot find the words to express the devastation and heartache that our team is feeling today after the tragic events last night that resulted in the deaths of Lavel, D’Sean and Devin, and the others who were injured,” said UVA football coach Tony Elliott.

“These were incredible young men with huge aspirations and extremely bright futures. Our hearts ache for their families, their classmates, and their friends. These precious young men were called away too soon. We are all fortunate to have them be a part of our lives. They touched us, in spired us, and worked incredibly hard as representatives of our program, university, and community. Rest in peace, young men.”

and what motivated him to commit it is just be ginning,” Ryan said in an email.

Gun violence on college campuses

The shooting at UVA was at least the fifth since Feb ruary on or near campuses in Virginia, according to reporting from The New York Times. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been more than 38,000 gun violence deaths since 2013.

College-aged students have been habituated to fear shootings on their campuses—places meant to be havens of learning and growth. A generation has been shaped by the tragedies at Sandy Hook Elementary, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, and Virginia Tech. Many of the students who endured those shootings emerged as soldiers in a war that they never sought to fight.

Jackson Mittleman, a senior at Georgetown University, launched a gun violence prevention group when he was just 11 years old, after expe riencing “the worst day of [my] life,” at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

In 2018, he spoke at the March for Our Lives Rally, organized in response to what happened at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. “The Sandy Hook shooting should have been the last shooting in our nation but there have been more and more every day,” he said.

Today, many shootings later, Mittleman has ad vice for UVA students: “First of all, keep an eye on yourself,” he says. “Make sure that you feel comfort able putting yourself in a position where you have to engage with this sensitive and difficult situation of gun violence, especially given that you’ve expe rienced it so recently.”

Mittleman believes the way to avoid the normal ization of such a tragedy is to talk about it. “You have to continue to highlight the impact that this has had on your life. You are now one of thousands of communities, schools, and groups that have experienced gun violence.”

Mittleman shared that there are many communi ties and groups that students can join if they feel compelled to take a stand. “Keep being loud,” he says.

Samantha Fuentes is an artist, songwriter, and sur vivor of the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Fuentes became an advocate for gun violence prevention after suffering multiple injuries by a fellow student who killed 17 and injured 17 with an AR-15.

Fuentes believes the most productive immediate action for the UVA community to pursue is “to getherness. … Everyone is grief and trauma-strick en. At these times people want to self-isolate, but the act of being together is very important.”

In the days following the shooting, Parkland students organized a town hall and invited com munity members and local political leadership to

get together to address what they had just endured. “Find the time and space to be with one another and think about what healing looks like and what resources are needed,” Fuentes advises.

Colin Goddard—a survivor who was shot four times in the Virginia Tech massacre of 2007— echoes Fuentes’ and Mittleman’s calls for unity. “It’s more important that students talk, not necessarily to experts, but it’s the talking that is what’s impor tant,” Goddard says.

According to Goddard, faculty members don’t need to be psychological advisors, but they should allow students to talk freely when back in their classrooms. Once discharged from the hospital, Goddard recovered in the community at Virginia Tech. “It was super helpful to be there instead of being away,” he says. “Be in the com munity now.”

After recovering from his wounds and getting his degree, Goddard volunteered for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, and eventu ally exposed the shortcomings of gun legislation in the film Living for 32

“People have to be active participants in honor ing the lives and legacies of those who were im pacted,” he says. “People have to work in any way that they can to make sure that some good comes from it in some way.”

Goddard has persisted in his advocacy, and is reminded of the pain he and others experienced at Virginia Tech 15 years ago. “Right now, it’s im portant for the UVA community to come togeth er, and to invite those from outside the university to join them, too. Virginia Tech greatly benefited from the community with the University of Vir ginia following the tragedy they suffered.”

On the same day as tragedy struck the Univer sity of Virginia, a memorial was opened to com memorate the 20 children and six adults lost in the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary almost 10 years ago.

One day later, on the evening of November 14, students gathered on the university’s South Lawn. They held candles up in remembrance of the class mates they lost just hours ago. In the coming days, they will mourn and remember together.

EZE AMOS

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Students wrote the football jersey numbers of the three slain students on a banner they hung at the University of Virginia.

During a November 14 press conference, UVA Chief of Police Tim Longo (pictured here with UVA President Jim Ryan, third from left) updated the community on the search for the man who allegedly killed three UVA students and injured two others.

THURSDAY 11/17

CLOSE UP

Wing your liner, set your powder, blot your lipstick, and explore the alluring artistry of makeup at The Art in Life: Fashion Makeup. Expert makeup artists share their industry insights, including D’angelo Thompson, who won an Emmy for his work on “The Wendy Williams Show,” Kaydee Kyle-Taylor, a Melbournebased pro working with BIPOC models, and Isaac Meyers, who has experience in fashion, bridal, and film. The Art in Life series is a joint program from the University of Virginia’s Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection and The Fralin Museum of Art. Free, 7pm. Online. kluge-ruhe.org and uvafralinartmuseum.virginia.

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THROUGH 12/10

MUSICAL PILGRIMAGE

An inspirational testament to the human spirit with toe-tapping music, Live Arts’ Violet follows a young woman’s journey in search of healing and transformation. In 1964, Violet embarks on a 900-mile Greyhound bus trip from North Carolina to Tulsa, where she hopes a televangelist preacher can pray away a grisly scar she received in a childhood accident. Along the way, she meets Flick, a young African American soldier fighting his own demons. Perry Medlin directs a cast of 11 local performers, including Mary Catherine Hughes, Thad Lane, and Davina Jackson. $30-33, times vary. Live Arts, 123 E. Water St. livearts.org

WEDNESDAY 11/16

WHERE THE WILD FILMS ARE

Celebrate the beauty and wonder of the natural world at the Wild & Scenic Film Festival. With Representation Matters as a theme, this year’s lineup features films that spotlight underrepresented voices in the environmental and wilderness communities. Learn about the importance of the ancestral lands surrounding the general Nch’i-Wàna area from the short film Land of the Yakamas; see how naturalist John Olmsted turned an abandoned California mining ditch into the first wheelchair nature trail in the United States in A Wild Independence; and check out how Roze McQueen navigates climate change in the music video “I’m a Child.” $25, 7pm. Violet Crown Cinema, 200 W. Main St., Downtown Mall, and online. livingearthva.org

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Wednesday 11/16

music

Beleza Duo. Funkalicious samba soul. Free, 7pm. The Bebedero, 225 W. Main St., Down town Mall. thebebedero.com

Bill Cole & The Untempered Ensemble. An improv ensemble with international sounds Free, 7:30pm. The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, 233 Fourth St. NW. arts.virginia.edu

Gangstagrass. With Gallatin Canyon. $15-17, 8pm. The Southern Café & Music Hall, 103 S. First St. thesoutherncville.com

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Artists in Conversation: Deirdre SullivanBeeman and Marina Press Granger. Ex hibiting artist Deirdre Sullivan-Beeman discusses her solo exhibition, “The Ceremony of Innocence,” with Marina Press Granger of The Artist Advisory. Free, 6pm. Online. secondstreetgallery.org

etc.

Crafty Date Night. Enjoy a complimentary beverage with every craft purchase. Free, 6pm. Pikasso Swig Craft Bar, 333 Second St. SE. pikassoswig.com

Daily Tour of Indigenous Australian Art. Explore the only museum in the U.S. de voted to Indigenous Australian art. Free, 10:30am and 1:30pm. Kluge-Ruhe Aborig inal Art Collection of UVA, 400 Worrell Dr. kluge-ruhe.org

Wild and Scenic Film Festival. This year’s films center underrepresented voices in the environ mental and wilderness communities. $25, 7pm. Violet Crown Cinema, 200 W. Main St., Down town Mall, and online. livingearthva.org

Thursday 11/17

music

Berto and Vincent. A night of wild gypsy rumba and Latin guitar. Free, 7pm. The Bebedero, 225 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. thebebedero.com

Bill Cole & The Untempered Ensemble. See listing for Wednesday, November 16. Free, 7:30pm. The Rotunda Dome Room, UVA Grounds. arts.virginia.edu

Orion & The Melted Crayons and Pink Beds. The two artists co-headline this eve ning performance. $12-15, 8pm. The South ern Café & Music Hall, 103 S. First St. thesoutherncville.com

dance

Fall Dance Concert. UVA drama’s dance program presents the Fall Dance Concert,

featuring works of student, faculty, and guest choreographers. $5-7, 8pm. Culbreth Theatre, UVA Grounds. drama.virginia.edu

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The Art in Life: Fashion Makeup. In this iteration of the Art in Life, Kluge-Ruhe and The Fralin Museum of Art explore the art of fashion makeup. Free, 7pm. Online. kluge-ruhe.org and uvafralinartmuseum. virginia.edu

MFA Reading Series. Fiction and poetry stu dents from the University of Virginia’s MFA program in creative writing read from their work. Free, 7pm. New Dominion Bookshop, 404 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. ndbookshop.com

outside

Veritas Illuminated. The grove and vines of Veritas Winery come alive with sparkling holiday lights and decorations. $10-15, 5:15pm. Veritas Vineyards and Winery, 151 Veritas Ln., Afton. veritaswines.com

etc.

Arts From Underground. Artmaking, drinks, and karaoke inside The Looking Glass. Free, 7pm. Ix Art Park, 522 Second St. SE. ixartpark.org

Daily Tour of Indigenous Australian Art. See listing for Wednesday, November 16. Free, 10:30am and 1:30pm. Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA, 400 Wor rell Dr. kluge-ruhe.org

The “Cav Futures Show” Live. Lo Davis and Luke Neer host this live radio show that features interviews with UVA studentathletes, a social media livestream, and in-person photo and autograph opportunities. Free, 7pm. Dairy Market, 946 Grady Ave. cavalierfutures.com

National Theatre Live—Straight Line Crazy Ralph Fiennes leads the cast in David Hare’s blazing account of the most powerful man in New York, a master manipulator whose legacy changed the city forever. $11-15, 7pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net

Friday 11/18

music

Cavalier Marching Band: Space Travel. A dress rehearsal for the halftime show Space Travel. Free, 6:30pm. Carr’s Hill Field, UVA Grounds. music.virginia.edu

Christine Havrilla. A neo-funkadelic, folkpop, twangrock sound. Free, 8pm. The Stage at WTJU, 2244 Ivy Rd. wtju.net Eli Cook. Live music, wine, and food from the Eastwood food truck. Free, 5pm. East wood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. eastwoodfarmandwinery.com

Pale Blue Dot. With Films On Song and Rikki Rakki. $10-12, 8pm. The Southern Café & Mu sic Hall, 103 S. First St. thesoutherncville.com

The Honey Dewdrops. The Virginia natives perform their new album, Light Behind Light $20-25, 8pm. The Front Porch, 221 E. Water St. frontporchcville.org

UVA Baroque Orchestra. Performing a pro gram celebrating early music, including 17thcentury works by Isabella Leonarda and Dietrich Becker. Free-$10, 8pm. Old Cabell Hall, UVA Grounds. music.virginia.edu

The Wavelength. Enjoy music and wine with friends. Free, 6pm. Glass House Win ery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. glasshousewinery.com

dance

Fall Dance Concert. See listing for Thursday, November 17. $5-7, 8pm. Culbreth Theatre, 109 Culbreth Rd. drama.virginia.edu Kizomba Fridays. A bi-monthly social in Kizomba and related dance. Free, 8pm. Ashtanga Yoga of Charlottesville, 906 Mon ticello Rd. core4kizomba@gmail.com

stage

A Year with Frog and Toad Kids. Based on Arnold Lobel’s well-loved books, A Year with Frog and Toad Kids tells the story of a friend ship that endures throughout the seasons. $10-15, 7pm. Belmont Arts Collaborative, 221 Carlton Rd., Ste. 3. dmradventures.com

Elf: The Musical Buddy, a young orphan, mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole. $10-20, 8pm. Four County Players, 5256 Governor Barbour St., Barboursville. fourcp.org

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A Virtual Conversation with Artists

Martine Gutierrez, Sarah Maple, Wendy Red Star, Cara Romero, and Tokie Rome-Taylor. In conjunction with the Fralin’s exhibition “Power Play: Reimagining Representation in Contemporary Photo graphy.” Free, 5:30pm. Online. uvafralin artmuseum.virginia.edu

Charlottesville Reading Series. Steve BellinOka, Alexis Schaitkin, and Charlotte Mat thews read from their works. Free, 7pm. New Dominion Bookshop, 404 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. ndbookshop.com

CreativeMornings with Warren Crag head. A breakfast lecture series for the creative community. Free, 8:30am. The Fralin Museum of Art at UVA, 155 Rugby Rd. creativemornings.com

outside

Playdates at the Playscape. BYO buddies and snacks and enjoy nature play. $20, 9:30am. Wildrock, 6600 Blackwells Hollow Rd., Crozet. wildrock.org

Veritas Illuminated. See listing for Thursday, November 17. $10-15, 5:15pm. Veritas Vine yards and Winery, 151 Veritas Ln., Afton. veritaswines.com

etc.

Daily Tour of Indigenous Australian Art. See listing for Wednesday, November 16. Free, 10:30am and 1:30pm. Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA, 400 Wor rell Dr. kluge-ruhe.org

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Friday 11/18

United Nations of Comedy. Chris Rock’s Brother, Jordan Rock, with Sean Donnelly, Liz Miele, and Funnyman Skiba. $39, 8pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net

Saturday 11/19 music

Berto’s Latin Guitar Brunch. Enjoy the sounds of Brazil, Spain, and Latin America. Free, 11am. Tavern & Grocery, 333 W. Main St. tavernandgrocery.com

Porch Dogs. Sip on wine and enjoy live tunes. Free, 1pm. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. eastwood farmandwinery.com

Bomar And Ritter. Folk tunes. Free, 2:30pm. Albemarle CiderWorks, 2545 Rural Ridge Ln., North Garden. albemarle ciderworks.com

Neon Angels. The local singer-songwrit ers perform two sets in the round. $18-20, 8pm. The Front Porch, 221 E. Water St. frontporchcville.org

Ships In The Night. Buck Gooter with Solemn Shapes. $10-12, 8:30pm. The Southern Café & Music Hall, 103 S. First St. thesoutherncville.com

The Michael Elswick Gathering. Jazz, blues, ballads, and Latin tunes. Free, 2pm. Glass House Winery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. glasshousewinery.com

Women’s Works: Concert of Classical Music. Spotlighting works by Ina Boyle, Emilie Mayer, Florence Price, and Cecile Chaminade. Free, 7:30pm. Grisham Hall, St. Anne’s Belfield School, 2132 Ivy Rd. albemarlesymphony.org

dance

Fall Dance Concert. See listing for Thursday, November 17. $5-7, 8pm. Culbreth Theatre, 109 Culbreth Rd. drama.virginia.edu

stage

A Year with Frog and Toad Kids See listing for Friday, November 18. $10-15, 10am and noon. Belmont Arts Collaborative, 221 Carlton Rd., Ste. 3. dmradventures.com

Elf: The Musical See listing for Friday, November 18. $10-20, 8pm. Four County Players, 5256 Governor Barbour St., Bar boursville. fourcp.org

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Mac Griswold: I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise Griswold’s new book tells the story of Bunny Mellon, a landscape and interior designer. Free, 4pm. New Domin ion Bookshop, 404 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. ndbookshop.com

Storytime. Featuring recent storybooks and classics kids know and love. Free, 11am. New Dominion Bookshop, 404 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. ndbookshop.com

Why and How to Reduce Chemical Use

in Your Yard and Garden. The Piedmont Master Gardeners and Virginia Cooperative Extension introduce the use of Integrated Pest Management as a practical alternative to chemicals in the landscape. Free, 2pm. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1118 Preston Ave. piedmontmastergardeners.org

classes

Beginning Needlepoint. Abby Palko teaches this beginner class. $125, 10am. Poppypointe, 1747 Allied St., Ste. J. poppy pointe.com

outside

Farmers Market at Ix. Over 60 local ven dors with produce, prepared foods, arti san goods, and more. Free, 9am. Ix Art Park, 522 Second St. SE. ixartpark.org

Playdates at the Playscape. See listing for Friday, November 18. $20, 9:30am. Wildrock, 6600 Blackwells Hollow Rd., Crozet. wildrock.org

Veritas Illuminated. See listing for Thurs day, November 17. $10-15, 5:15pm. Veritas Vineyards and Winery, 151 Veritas Ln., Af ton. veritaswines.com

etc.

Daily Tour of Indigenous Australian Art. See listing for Wednesday, November 16. Free, 10:30am and 1:30pm. Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA, 400 Wor rell Dr. kluge-ruhe.org

Harvest Hoedown. A day full of food, cider, and dancing. Price and time TBA. Potter’s Craft Cider, 1350 Arrowhead Valley Rd. pot terscraftcider.com

Howl’s Moving Castle Dubbed in English. $10, 1pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. drafthouse.com

Met Live in HD: La Traviata Soprano Nadine Sierra stars as the self-sacrificing courtesan Violetta in Michael Mayer’s vibrant production of Verdi’s beloved tragedy. $18-25, 12:45pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net

Sunday 11/20 music

Harpsichord Recital by Jonathan Schakel. The Westminster Organ Concert Series con tinues its 42nd season, featuring music from the Well-Tempered Clavier (Book 1) of Johann Sebastian Bach. Free, 4pm. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 400 Rugby Rd. west minsterorganconcertseries.org

Matt Johnson. The local singer-songwriter performs live. Free, 2pm. Glass House Win ery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. glass housewinery.com

UVA Chamber Music Series: Cody Halquist Enjoy an afternoon of horn music. Free-$15, 3:30pm. Old Cabell Hall, UVA Grounds. music.virginia.edu

UVA Chamber Singers. The Chamber Sing ers join special guest Three Notch’d Road: The Virginia Baroque Ensemble for a concert fea turing music written in honor of St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music. Free-$10, 8pm. Old Cabell Hall, UVA Grounds. music.virginia.edu

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Author Visit: Taylor Harris. The Virginiabased author discusses her memoir, This Boy We Made. Free, 4:30pm. Bluebird & Co., 5792 Three Notched Rd., Crozet. blue birdcrozet.com

Howl’s Moving Castle

David Sariti, director

classes

Paint & Sip. Learn to paint a relaxing Autumn lake view. $35, 2pm. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. catelynkelsey designs.com

outside

Veritas Illuminated. See listing for Thursday, November 17. $10-15, 5:15pm. Veritas Vine yards and Winery, 151 Veritas Ln., Afton. veritaswines.com etc.

Bird Walk. Binoculars are recommended on this 90-minute walk through the rustic trails. Free, 8am. James Monroe’s Highland, 2050 James Monroe Pkwy. highland.org Daily Tour of Indigenous Australian Art. See listing for Wednesday, November 16. Free, 10:30am and 1:30pm. Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA, 400 Wor rell Dr. kluge-ruhe.org

Howl’s Moving Castle Presented in Japa nese with English subtitles. $10, 1pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. draft house.com

Man With a Movie Camera with live score by Montopolis. A silent masterpiece is giv en new voice by a vibrant musical ensemble. $15, 7:30pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. drafthouse.com

Monday 11/21

music

Baby Jo’s. Tunes from the seven-piece, New Orleans-inspired boogie and blues band. Free, 6:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. thewhiskeyjarcville.com

Berto & Vincent. Rumba rumba. Free, 7pm. South and Central Latin Grill, Dairy Market. southandcentralgrill.com

Gin & Jazz. Brian Caputo Trio performs in the hotel lobby bar. Free, 5:30pm. Oakhurst Hall, 122 Oakhurst Cir. oakhurstinn.com etc.

Enter the Dragon Get your kicks with the legendary Bruce Lee. $10, 7:30pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. draft house.com

2022 World Cup—USA vs. Wales. Watch the game on the big screen. Free, 2pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Down town Mall. theparamount.net

Tuesday 11/22

music

Vincent Zorn. Olé. Free, 7pm. The Bebede ro, 225 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. the bebedero.com

outside

Playdates at the Playscape. See listing for Friday, November 18. $20, 9:30am. Wil drock, 6600 Blackwells Hollow Rd., Crozet. wildrock.org etc.

Daily Tour of Indigenous Australian Art. See listing for Wednesday, November 16. Free, 10:30am and 1:30pm. Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA, 400 Wor rell Dr. kluge-ruhe.org

Family Game Night. Enjoy dinner, refresh ing cocktails, mocktails, and beers, and play a variety of games for all ages, including corn hole, jumbo Jenga, cards, and more. Free, 5pm. Dairy Market, 946 Grady Ave. dairymarketcville.com

Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night. Useless knowledge means everything at this au thentic homegrown trivia quiz. Free, 8pm. Firefly, 1304 E. Market St. fireflycville.com

Living under a Rock

Comic actor Jordan Rock headlines United Nations of Comedy Tour

By Shea Gibbs arts@c-ville.com

Jordan Rock’s big brother has been a household name for the comedian’s en tire life. That’s certainly had a significant effect on his still-burgeoning career as an actor and stand-up artist—but the Rock clan’s youngest member tries hard not to let Chris’ outsized influence define him.

“It’s definitely a balance. I’m still trying to figure it out,” Rock says. “Sometimes I do wish my name was just Ronaldo or whatev er. People will say, ‘He’s funny, but he’s not as funny as Chris.’ They already have this bar that I have to be at.”

Rock, who’ll join Sean Donnelly, Liz Miele, and Funnyman Skiba for the United Nations of Comedy Tour on November 18 at The Paramount Theater, has certainly plotted his own course. Where his older brother rocketed to fame as a “Saturday Night Live” cast member from 1990 to 1993, Jordan Rock’s been doing stand-up for more than a decade and has slowly devel oped a workman-like following.

Rock also had success as an actor, becom ing an unlikely romantic comedy darling on television with recurring roles on HBO’s “Love Life’’ and Netflix’s “Love.” “I feel like I’ve discovered the multiverse of rom-coms,” he says. On the silver screen, the actor’s buzziest role was in Big Time Adolescence, an award-winning indie starring Pete Davidson.

TV and movies come and go, though, Rock says. What he says hasn’t gone away since he was 18 years old is stand-up. And he con stantly works on being a better comic.

Over the years, Rock’s had plenty of ups while holding the mic, earning the public respect of the likes of Jerry Seinfeld and Dave Chappelle, as well as some downs—like any comedian, he’s bombed more than a couple times with sets that just didn’t go over.

Now, after 20 years of refining his style and content, he says his “sweet spot … is trying to walk the line and address some things where people are kind of asking, ‘Is he with it or against it?’” At the age of 31, most of Rock’s jokes draw on millennial tropes, taking a meta look at modern social media-driven culture or poking fun at his boomer forebears.

“I’m still learning about putting together sets,” he says. “I don’t want to do it the way everybody else has been doing it. I want people to hear a joke and say, ‘I wasn’t look ing at it like that, but he has a point.’”

Other than a short bit on “The Slap” that Rock did for a few weeks after this year’s Academy Awards, the comedian doesn’t talk much about his famous sibling during shows. He does, however, maintain a close relation ship with Chris offstage. In fact, he rarely makes a decision about his career without consulting his big brother.

“As I get older, I get closer and closer to him,” Rock says. “I’m trying to go places that he’s been before. He’s the person I can call and talk to and get reassurance that the game works a certain way.”

That’s a respect Rock’s had for his superstar comedian bro since kindergarten. One morning, his school’s announcements in cluded a note about the HBO special “Bigger and Blacker” winning an Emmy. “That’s when I realized, ‘My brother is really doing something, and it’s cool,’”Rock says.

According to Rock, coming of age in the house that Chris built has actually made the scrutiny easier for him to handle than some other family members. Unlike his parents and his older brothers and sisters, he doesn’t remember a time when he wasn’t the young est sibling of a huge star. “Most of them had established their personas, and this thing was dumped on them,” he says.

Rock last did a Charlottesville show in ear ly 2017. One of the things he remembers best about the date is that, just a few months later, “something horrible happened there.” He says to expect him to come with all new material: “I’ve turned it over in five years,” he jokes.

The Paramount show will be one of Rock’s shorter sets; with Donnelly, Miele, and Ski ba also on the docket, he won’t be “name dropping” his famous pals or telling long personal anecdotes. “It’ll be a bunch of stuff no one has seen,” he says. “I have some good new jokes—some of them might be topical, some of them might be from the news. I try to stay current.”

The United Nations of Comedy Tour, “founded to promote diversity through laughter,” is now in its 11th year. The show, for which C-VILLE Weekly is a presenting sponsor, moved to the Paramount from the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center in 2018. Over the years, it’s featured comedians like Irene Morales, Mike Recine, Antoine Scott, and Brendan Eyre. Rock can’t wait to be the latest headliner.

“For me, Virginia’s always been the best. … I used to hop on the bus to go from New York to Virginia—I didn’t care if it was six hours,” he says. “Expect to see a better version of the comic I was the last time I was there.”

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“He’s the person I can call and talk to and get reassurance that the game works a certain way.”

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Jordan Rock (yes, he is Chris’ brother) pokes fun at millennials and boomers alike at the Paramount on Friday, November 18.

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Sagittarius

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I like Sagittarian healer and author Caroline Myss because she’s both spir itual and practical, compassionate and fierce. Here’s a passage from her work that I think will be helpful for you in the coming weeks: “Get bored with your past. It’s over! Forgive yourself for what you think you did or didn’t do, and focus on what you will do, starting now.” To ensure you make the most of her counsel, I’ll add a further insight from author Augusten Burroughs: “You cannot be a pris oner of your past against your will—because you can only live in the past inside your mind.”

Capricorn

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): How would you respond if you learned that the $55 T-shirt you’re wear ing was made by a Haitian kid who earned 10 cents for her work? Would you stop wearing the shirt? Donate it to a thrift store? Send money to the United Nations agency UNICEF, which works to protect Haitian child laborers? I recommend the latter option. I also suggest you use this as a prompt to engage in leisure ly meditations on what you might do to reduce the world’s suffering. It’s an excellent time to stretch your imagination to understand how your personal life is interwoven with the lives of countless others, many of whom you don’t even know. And I hope you will think about how to offer extra healings and blessings not just to your allies, but also to strangers. What’s in it for you? Would this bring any selfish benefits your way? You may be amazed at how it leads you to interesting connections that expand your world.

Aquarius

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian philosopher Al fred North Whitehead wrote, “The silly question is the first intimation of some to tally new development.” He also said, “Every really new idea looks crazy at first.” With these thoughts in mind, Aquarius, I will tell you that you are now in the Season of the Silly Question. I invite you to enjoy dream ing up such queries. And as you indulge in that fertile pleasure, include another: Cele brate the Season of Crazy Ideas.

Pisces

(Feb. 19-March 20): We all love to follow stories: the stories we live, the stories that unfold for people we know, and the stories told in movies, TV shows, and books. A disproportionately high percentage of the

Scorpio

entertainment industry’s stories are sad or tormented or horrendously painful. They influence us to think such stories are the norm. They tend to darken our view of life. While I would never try to coax you to avoid all those stories, Pisces, I will encourage you to question whether maybe it’s wise to lim it how many you absorb. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to explore this pos sibility. Be willing to say, “These sad, tor mented, painful stories are not ones I want to invite into my imagination.” Try this ex periment: For the next three weeks, seek out mostly uplifting tales.

Aries

(March 21-April 19): Virginia Woolf wrote a passage that I suspect will apply to you in the coming weeks. She said, “There is no denying the wild horse in us. To gallop intemperate ly; fall on the sand tired out; to feel the earth spin; to have—positively—a rush of friend ship for stones and grasses—there is no get ting over the fact that this desire seizes us.” Here’s my question for you, Aries: How will you harness your wild horse energy? I’m hoping that the self-possessed human in you will take command of the horse and direct it to serve you and yours with constructive actions. It’s fine to indulge in some intem perate galloping, too. But I’ll be rooting for a lot of temperate and disciplined galloping.

Taurus

(April 20-May 20): “The failure of love might account for most of the suffering in the world,” writes poet Marie Howe. I agree with that statement. Many of us have had painful epi sodes revolving around people who no longer love us and people whose lack of love for us makes us feel hurt. That’s the bad news, Tau rus. The good news is that you now have more power than usual to heal the failures of love

you have endured in the past. You also have an expanded capacity to heal others who have suffered from the failures of love. I hope you will be generous in your ministrations!

Gemini

(May 21-June 20): Many Geminis tell me they are often partly awake as they sleep. In their dreams, they might work overtime trying to solve waking-life problems. Or they may lie in bed in the dark contemplating intricate ideas that fascinate them, or perhaps rumi nating on the plot developments unfolding in a book they’ve been reading or a TV show they’ve been bingeing. If you are prone to such behavior, I will ask you to minimize it for a while. In my view, you need to relax your mind extra deeply and allow it to play luxuriously with non-utilitarian fantasies and dreams. You have a sacred duty to yourself to explore mys terious and stirring feelings that bypass ratio nal thought.

Cancer

(June 21-July 22): Here are my two key mes sages for you. 1. Remember where you hide important stuff. 2. Remember that you have indeed hidden some important stuff. Got that? Please note that I am not questioning your urge to lock away a secret or two. I am not criticizing you for wanting to store a treasure that you are not yet ready to use or reveal. It’s completely understandable if you want to keep a part of your inner world off-limits to certain people for the time be ing. But as you engage in any or all of these actions, make sure you don’t lose touch with your valuables. And don’t forget why you are stashing them.

Leo

Nor do you need prods and encouragement to do so. As a Leo, you most likely have abun dant talent in the epicurean arts. But as you prepare to glide into the lush and lusty heart of the Sensuality Season, it can’t hurt to offer you a pep talk from your fellow Leo bon vivant, James Baldwin. He said: “To be sen sual is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the breaking of bread.”

Virgo

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Many Virgos are on a life long quest to cultivate a knack described by Sigmund Freud: “In the small matters, trust the mind. In the large ones, the heart.” And I suspect you are now at a pivotal point in your efforts to master that wisdom. Import ant decisions are looming in regards to both small and large matters. I believe you will do the right things as long as you empower your mind to do what it does best and your heart to do what it does best.

Libra

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio author Sylvia Plath had a disturbing, melodramatic relationship with romance. In one of her short stories, for example, she has a woman character say, “His love is the twenty-story leap, the rope at the throat, the knife at the heart.” I urge you to avoid contact with people who think and feel like that—as glamorous as they might seem. In my view, your romantic destiny in the coming months can and should be uplifting, exciting in healthy ways, and conducive to your well-being. There’s no need to link yourself with shadowy renegades when there will be plenty of radiant helpers available. • Administrative Assistant for the Business, Mathematics, & Technologies • Benefits Specialist (HR Analyst) • Coordinator of Health & Life Sciences Academic Operations • Enrollment Services Assistant • Full-time Faculty in Nursing, Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science/IT

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Social media like Face book and Twitter feed on our outrage. Their algorithms are designed to stir up our dis gust and indignation. I confess that I get semi-caught in their trap. I am sometimes seduced by the temptation to feel lots of umbrage and wrath, even though those feelings comprise a small minority of my total emotional range. As an antidote, I proactively seek experiences that rouse my wonder and sublimity and holiness. In the next two weeks, Libra, I invite you to cul tivate a focus like mine. It’s high time for a phase of minimal anger and loathing—and maximum reverence and awe.

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FORECLOSURE SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE AT PUBLIC AUCTION

23.99 Acre Vacant Lot

Albemarle County Tax Map No. 01900-00-00-029G2

SALE: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2022 AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE ALBEMARLE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 501 E. JEFFERSON STREET, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 22902

In execution of a Credit Line Deed of Trust, being dated September 14, 2010, and recorded on September 15, 2010, in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court in Albemarle County, Virginia (the “Clerk’s Office”), in Deed Book 3928, page 487, and re-recorded on November 4, 2010, to add the legal description in the aforesaid Clerk’s Office in Deed Book 3953, page 452 (together, the “Deed of Trust”), the undersigned as Trustee under said Deed of Trust, will offer for sale at public auction the parcel of real estate listed below:

ALL that certain lot or parcel of land containing 23.99 acres, more or less, located on the south side of State Route 664 approximately 1.5 miles northeast of Earlysville, in the White Hall District of Albemarle County, Virginia, shown and described as Revised Parcel B2 on a plat by Roger W. Ray & Assoc., Inc., dated Sept. 4, 1998, entitled “Plat showing Parcels W, X, Y, and Z,” a copy of which is recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County, Virginia in Deed Book 1779, pages 42 and 43. Reference to said plat is hereby made for a more particular description of the property herein conveyed.

BEING the same property conveyed to David N. Gaines by deed from David N. Gaines, Elizabeth C. Gaines, Leslie Ann Gaines, and Richard V. Gaines, III dated August 26, 2010, and recorded September 15, 2010, in the abovereferenced Clerk’s Office in Deed Book 3928, page 479. (the “Property”)

TERMS OF SALE: A bidder’s deposit of the greater of $10,000 or 10% of the winning bid, shall be paid at the sale by cashier’s check made payable to Bidder (to be assigned to Trustee if Bidder is successful), with the balance upon delivery of a trustee’s deed within 30 days of sale. If the initial deposit is less than 10% of the winning bid, then the successful bidder’s deposit MUST be increased to 10% of the winning bid by cashier’s check or wired funds within three (3) business days. Settlement shall be held within 30 days after the date of sale unless otherwise postponed at the sole discretion of the Trustee. Sale is subject to the covenants, conditions, restrictions, rights of way, and easements, if any, contained in the deeds and other documents forming the chain of title to the Property. The Property is sold “AS IS, WHERE IS,” “WITH ALL FAULTS” and “WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTIES.”

TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE WITH RESPECT TO SETTLEMENT. The deposit shall be applied to the credit of successful bidder at settlement; or, in the event of failure to complete settlement within the time set forth after the date of sale, in accordance with the terms of sale, the deposit shall be forfeited and applied to the costs of sale, including Trustee’s fee, and the Property shall be resold at the cost and expense of the defaulting Purchaser. Risk of loss or damage to the Property shall be borne by successful bidder from the time of auctioneer’s strikedown at the sale. Purchaser shall pay all settlement fees, title examination charges, title insurance premiums, and recording costs. Current real estate property taxes will be prorated at closing as of date of sale. Rollback taxes, if any, will be the responsibility of the Purchaser.

THE TRUSTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT: (i) to waive the deposit requirements; (ii) to extend the period of time within which the Purchaser is to make full settlement; (iii) to withdraw the Property from sale at any time prior to the termination of the bidding; (iv) to keep the bidding open for any length of time; (v) to reject all bids; and (vi) to postpone or continue this sale from time to time, such notices of postponement or setting over shall be in a manner deemed reasonable by the Trustee. Announcements made on day of sale take precedence over all other advertised terms and conditions.

Employees, directors and officers of Farm Credit of the Virginias, ACA, and their immediate family and companies in which they have an interest are not eligible under federal regulations to purchase the Property at foreclosure.

FOR INFORMATION SEE: www.fplegal.com/foreclosures

Flora Pettit PC, Trustee

Nancy R. Schlichting

530 E. Main Street P. O. Box 2057 Charlottesville, VA 22902 (434) 220-6113 lmg@fplegal.com

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BY CARLA HUCKABEE

CHARLOTTESVILLE ALBEMARLE, FLUVANNA, GREENE, LOUISA, MADISON, NELSON, ORANGE, AUGUSTA

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KESWICK LANE

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SERENITY LANE

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CLUB DRIVE

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COVE TRACE

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ROCK QUARRY ROAD

Unique building lot overlooking a quarry lake. 3 private properties share the lake access, sandy beach, cabana and 20 acres of common land (including a large utility barn). Amazingly beautiful! $350,000

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Local Commercial Market Remains Strong Despite Headwinds

BY CARLA HUCKABEE

The local commercial real estate market had its own October surprise with the announcement that TELUS Corporation is acquiring WillowTree for more than $1.2 billion. Billion with a B.

With that transaction as the backdrop, it’s hard to focus on headwinds, but they exist and should not be ignored.

Supply chain disruptions remain. Inflation has not yet been tamed. The cost of borrowing continues to rise. And climate change is not backing down.

Despite all that, experts agree that the Central Virginia commercial real estate market remains strong. Local businesses stilll profit from enduring tailwinds. Public investments in infrastructure are making a real difference. UVA continues to exert its strength. Businesses are forg ing ahead with expansions and new open ings. Consumers continue to consume.

All in all, the local commercial real estate market presents intriguing op portunities.

Infrastructure Investment Sets the Stage

As Neil Williamson, President of the Free Enterprise Forum, is fond of saying, “Local infrastructure investment feeds economic development.”

All around Central Virginia local in frastructure investments are setting the

stage for robust commercial develop ments.

Universal broadband is becoming a reality. Cranes are piercing the sky in Charlottesville and surrounding areas. Transportation investments at key inter changes and intersections are making a difference. SMART SCALE upgrades are bringing our transit into the 21st century.

Heck, even public bathrooms on Char lottesville’s Downtown Mall count as infrastructure investments.

In Augusta County at the Shenandoah Valley Airport, two new hangars will be complete by next summer. Executive Director Lisa Botkin says “The hangars allow the airport to keep up with tech nological advances in aviation.” Think electric aircraft and E-VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) technology.

Crane #1 in Charlottesville has been hovering over the Belmont Bridge all year. The span is expected to be completed in early 2024 using $38 million of city, state, and federal funds. The new bridge will smooth traffic, sort out a five-way intersection, and provide safer transit for cyclists and pedestrians.

Charlottesville cranes #2 and #3 are making quick work of the long-anticipat ed redevelopment of Friendship Court. Phase I is coming out of the ground with two buildings of stacked townhouses and a 71-unit multifamily building. This is the beginning of a total transformation of this 12-acre superblock near down

town. When it’s done, the existing 150 low-income residents will become part of a community of 450 mixed-income households in a mixed-use setting. Phase I will welcome residents to their new homes next spring.

Across town, after being vacant for five years, redevelopment of the ten-acre former Kmart site has enough momen tum to warrant a name: Hillsdale Place. But it’s held captive by pending street infrastructure.

Thalhimer First Vice President Jenny Stoner says “Riverbend Development has been working with the city to advance this project. The city and VDOT are ham mering out details for a roundabout to replace the Hillsdale traffic light. Once that is finalized, we hope that at long last a site plan can get approved and site work can begin. There are conditional commitments from two anchor tenants.

“Without the final configuration of the roundabout, there’s no site plan, and no confirmed number of pad sites and parking spaces. Without a site plan, work can’t start.

“But once that domino falls, it will unlock a lot of activity along the Hills dale corridor.”

UVA as Economic Engine

If anyone questions the impact the University of Virginia has on the Central Virginia economy and commercial real estate arena, a drive through the Emmet Street/Ivy Road corridor will quickly change their mind.

Last month UVA broke ground on a new hotel and conference center. The $130.5 million project will include 25,000 square feet of conference space and 214 hotel rooms and is part of a much larger undertaking.

A pedestrian walkway over Emmet Street will create a welcome entrance to the university grounds. And along Ivy Road, construction continues with the School of Data Science. Eventually, walkers will be able to stroll from Boars Head resort all the way to Emmet Street.

Around the corner, another new hotel is under construction to replace the UVA Inn at Darden. This five-story hotel will open next spring with 199 rooms and more than 11,000 square feet of meet ing space.

UVA has also committed to new strat egies to work more closely with local businesses. A three-phase plan is in place that, by 2025, will double the percentage

After being vacant for five years, redevelopment of the ten-acre former Kmart site has enough momentum to warrant a name: Hillsdale Place.

of local and minority-owned businesses that partner with the University.

Not only does UVA gobble up real estate, attract visitors and alumni, spinoff startups, and shelter this region from some downward economic pressures, this new plan may also spark additional growth and expansion among local busi nesses.

Foot Traffic Essential

Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall will be 50 years old in 2023.

The city is preparing for the milestone by opening public restrooms, consid ering replacing dying trees, increasing accessibility for people with disabilities, adding more seating, and reopening the Downtown Transit Center.

A celebratory mood is already in the air with The Front Porch’s doors wide open and mall walkers drawn down the street by a drum circle’s infectious beat.

Despite two consecutive weekends of violence last month, foot traffic on the Downtown Mall is brisk. Everyone hopes those were isolated incidents rather than a dangerous trend.

A new visitors center opened next to Old Metropolitan Hall. Concierges at the Charlottesville Insider advise visitors and locals on what to do in the area and on the Downtown Mall. General Manager Hannah Mills and Concierge Katie Mc Farland are excited about what they’ve seen since the doors opened.

“It’s been great so far,” says Mills. “We have lots of foot traffic and an incredible amount of interest in what we’re doing. The businesses appreciate having us send traffic their way and the tourists love hav ing a one-stop shop to get advice. Even people who live here find out something new and fun to do when they stop in.”

McFarland says, “Halloween weekend was packed, as is every UVA home foot ball weekend. We may see some decline as winter approaches, but this weather has been great for all the businesses that rely on foot traffic.

“There are some key vacancies on the mall, like the Union Bank building, and the CODE building’s ground floor retail space, but it feels like things are picking up.”

Expect them to pick up even more. Stoner says, “There are some great Class A historic office suites coming online in The Exchange. It’s above Rockfish Brewing Company, the site of the former Downtown Grille space. We already have one section under lease because it’s such a great location and the historic rehab turned out so nicely.

“I expect the two floors in The Ex change will go quickly. In general, we’re seeing office space tick back up as some businesses and workers shift back to working onsite rather than from home or embrace a hybrid model. The 2,500 to 6,000 square foot office configurations seem to be the slowest to fill.”

Thalhimer’s third quarter report for the Charlottesville area shows office va cancies remaining below five percent and prices trending upwards.

Still Eating Out, Still Buying

Throughout the region, storefronts and restaurants are holding their own.

Patrons, especially the COVID-conscious, are celebrating November’s warm weather with great al fresco dining options.

Peter Wray, Principal Broker with Triangle Realtors, says “I have not yet seen a drop off in the restaurant or retail sectors, but that could quickly change. Certainly, rising interest rates have the potential to put the brakes on. With another rate hike by the Federal Reserve just this month it’s hard to generalize, but that might be enough to slow the commercial sector down.”

For now, expansion is going full tilt. Everywhere. Despite rising interest rates, inflation, and lingering supply chain is sues. Even as record-low Mississippi River water levels begin to impede barge traffic.

Growth in the commercial market continues in Crozet. Stoner reports, “This next phase of Old Trail includes some badly needed office, retail, and restaurant space. It will come online pretty quickly and will help that market while the rede velopment of The Square in downtown Crozet takes shape.

“In Charlottesville, there’s an oppor tunity for a restauranteur to come into the space being vacated by Little Star Restaurant on West Main Street.”

Wray explains, “It doesn’t matter what side of the mountains you’re on. Waynes boro has a half dozen sites that are filling up. In Staunton Crossing there’s one front parcel left and we have eight acres in the back.”

Three newly opened restaurants in downtown Staunton include Accordia for wine and cheese pairings, Sweet Addie’s for “the best Belgian waffles on the planet,” and Brisket Taco Co.’s bricksand-mortar store after their resounding farmer’s market and festival success.

Wray continues, “I’m excited about what I see, both in the Shenandoah Valley and on the Charlottesville side. We’re 100 percent leased at the Starbucks site on Fifth Street and under contract for the space behind that. On Route 29 North we have six acres, in Pantops at the former Flow Mazda site…almost everywhere, we are seeing a tremendous amount of

interest. On Berkmar Drive we’re getting ready to close on a commercial site.

“Right now, there’s just no sign of any place slowing down. At some point, inflation and interest rates will impact consumers and businesses. But it hasn’t happened yet.”

As a testament to continued consump tion, several new self-storage services are at various stages of development in and around Charlottesville.

Commercial/Industrial Zones Growing

Throughout the region, counties try to meet demand by balancing agricultural and business or industrial zoning.

Fluvanna County Economic Develop ment Director Jennifer Schmack reports on a flurry of activity in the Zion Cross roads area. “A groundbreaking ceremony was held for a project that will provide 250,000 square feet of much-needed in dustrial flex space. And the Planning Commission has scheduled two public hearings for the rezoning of 80 acres to I-1 Light Industrial, also in the Zion Crossroads area.”

The first building of that industrial flex space has already been claimed by PODS®, the national storage container company. There will be three additional buildings on the site.

Commercial development in Fluvanna expands beyond Zion Crossroads. “The Board of Supervisors approved the re zoning of 35 acres from agricultural to business for a commercial center on Lake Monticello Road,” says Schmack.

“Wolfpack Properties, LLC plans to bring approximately 146,000 square feet of business commercial space to the county.” A medical emergency center and a grocery store are being discussed as potential uses for the site.

Keep an eye out for more commercial development in the pipeline in Fluvanna County. “There are still several more projects in the works,” says Schmack.

Meanwhile, in Orange County, Eco nomic Director Rose Deal reports that MPS, a division of Macmillan Publish ers, will invest more than $26 million to expand its distribution operation in Orange County.

Louisa County is considering a rezon ing request to develop more than 15 acres for a planned unit development called Lake Anna Resort. It includes a hotel, a condominium building, a restaurant/ bar, and marina services.

Ruckersville, in Greene County, has rezoned a final parcel along Route 29 from agricultural to business, allowing for MedExpress to locate there.

“Overall, the commercial real estate market in nearly all sectors is strong,” says Wray. “Markets typically move in cycles. Sometimes there’s lots of oppor tunity and sometimes you have to look a little harder. But the opportunity is almost always there if you know where to look.”

This market is putting opportunity right out in the open. But you’d better grab it now in case the headwinds begin to strengthen.

Carla Huckabee writes about high-performing real estate.

Some newly opened restaurants in downtown Staunton include Accordia for wine and cheese pairings, Sweet Addie’s for “the best Belgian waffles on the planet.”

CROZET AREA

Beautiful building lot, 3.3 acres, fronting on a quiet paved county road. Land is mostly in pasture, some woods, creek and elevated homesite with panoramic views of mountains, pond, and surrounding pastoral area. Less than a mile to Harris Teeter at Crozet.

MLS#636349 $450,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

OWENSVILLE ROAD

Light filled 5-bedroom, 6.5-bath custom home built in 2003 and significantly enhanced. Remarkable open main floor with heart pine flooring, stone fireplaces, gourmet kitchen, office, covered deck, and guest suite above garage. Remodeled lower level with exercise, game, and family rooms with tray ceilings, built-ins, and wet bar. Outdoor porches provide secluded escape on two landscaped acres less than 10 minutes from Charlottesville.

MLS#634194 $2,395,000 Court Nexsen 646.660.0700 / Steve McLean 434.981.1863

DUDLEY MOUNTAIN ROAD

Unique 88-acre property with 4-bedroom home. Property includes two-car garage, storage shed/ shop and 3760-sq.ft. multipurpose building. Beautiful mountain and lake views just 4 miles from Charlottesville. MLS#635483 $1,275,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

175 acre grazing farm with 2/3 mile frontage on the James River. Impressive 4-5 bedroom, brick Georgian home, circa 2000 in excellent condition. Fertile James River bottomland for gardens, plus many recreational uses. MLS#632477 $2,670,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

10 miles south of Charlottesville, a beautiful 283 acres, rolling to hilly, mostly wooded tract, borders Walnut Creek Park, with lake and miles of trails. This land has pastures, trails, creeks and a river! Many homesites, NO EASEMENTS. MLS#634310 $1,995,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

GREY OAKS

Spectacular 53-acre country estate with incredible custom-designed home, wonderful outdoor spaces, multi-functional 1,800 sf barn, 2-acre lake, Blue Ridge views, and a private, serene setting—all within 15 miles of Charlottesville. MLS#617485 $3,965,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863 greyoaksfarmva.com

WILLOWFIELDS FARM

Stunning Virginia farmhouse on 156 protected acres overlooking a pond and the rolling hills of Southern Albemarle. 4-BR, 4-full & 2-half BA. Enhancing the main residence is a 1-BR, 1-BA log “barn”. Close to Pippin Hill and other vineyards! MLS#629743 $5,985,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

BLACKBERRY HILL FARM

Blue Ridge Mountain views from this impeccable country property with an attractive, well designed and selfsustaining 5,525 finished square foot residence on 38± acres. Three car garage and barn designed for 3 stalls along with finished second floor office/full bath. Many amenities such as a full house generator, solar panels and geothermal HVAC. The perimeter is fenced and a mix of woods, two pastures and spring fed stream. A peaceful oasis easily accessible to Charlottesville and Washington DC region. MLS#634846 $1,550,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250

BRIDLEWOOD TRAIL

Private Keswick residence on 18.6 acres with views of the Southwest Mountains. 3-bedrooms, 1.5-baths with wood floors, screen porch and 2-car garage. Open and wooded land. Easy access to Charlottesville and the University of Virginia. MLS#634905 $695,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250

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

GREENFIELDS FARM

HATTON RIDGE FARM

RED HILL

ESTATE PARCEL IN AFTON

Stunning mountain views available on this attractive 14± acre property, possessing lovely streams and woods. This parcel is only 1.5 miles from Route 151 Brew Trail, with easy access to Wintergreen, Charlottesville & UVA.

MLS#629702 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250

820 CONDO

Corner condo consisting of an exceptionally bright great room with high ceilings, fully-equipped kitchen, ample space for both relaxed living and dining, 1-BR/1BA, and inviting private balcony/terrace. Views of the Downtown skyline and mountains. MLS#634496 $285,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250

GATEWAY CIRCLE

Prime end-unit residence in a quiet Forest Lakes community. Enjoy the outdoors through views from the many windows, miles of walking trails or recreational activities. Private living with easy access to Charlottesville. MLS#635657 $319,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250

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SIMMONS GAP/ESTES RIDGE

10 acres of mature woods. Property has long road frontage and consists of two parcels being combined and sold as one. No homeowners association! Design and build your dream residence on this very well-priced parcel. MLS#621178 $189,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250

TURKEY SAG ROAD

33-acre property with beautifully constructed 3-4BR home. Features great room with dramatic stone fireplace and panoramic views and large master suite with private deck. Peace, privacy and tranquility unsurpassed, but close to town. MLS#635341 $1,876,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

BROOMFIELD FARM

29 acres fronting Blenheim Rd. a small agricultural & residential subdivision with CCR’s, but NO HOA. 2 buildable lots, with an historic red barn, silo, & an 8-stall stable. Driveway in place, underground power, well & water, & several building spots with mtn. views. MLS#624834 $495,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

ELLERSLIE DRIVE

Fantastic building lot with just under 7 acres adjacent to Trump Winery! A brick, heated conservatory and greenhouse, with bath, is located on the lot which was once used to provide fresh flowers to the Kluge estate. MLS#635939 $645,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

SUNNYSIDE

Remarkably large parcel located convenient to Charlottesville and UVA. Exceptional Blue Ridge views, charming farmhouse (in need of restoration). Under VOF easement but with divisions into already predetermined parcels. MLS#585228 $4,400,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

Pastoral views from this 3-bedroom brick home set on over 159 acres in Southern Albemarle. Ideal for farming with fenced pastures and ample water sources. Property is not under easement and has 4 division rights. MLS#630428 $1,685,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

SOUTHWIND ESTATES

3 separate parcels with commanding Blue Ridge Mtn. views, level building sites 15 minutes from Charlottes ville. Sites have been perked, have wells, and ready for your dream home. MLS#632482 $375,000 (7.8 acres), MLS#632490 $275,000 (2.4 acres), MLS#632487 $175,000 (2.0 acres), Court Nexsen, 646.660.0700

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 $229,500 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

Great building lot in Ivy! Over 2.5 acres less than 6 miles to Charlottesville and UVA. Your future dream home could sit on this beautiful, wooded land, the perfect combination of country and city access.

Murray Elementary School District. MLS#634897 $165,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

GREEN ACRES

LYNX FARM LANE

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