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That's the question asked by outgoing Blacksburg council member Paul Lancaster after last night's 4-3 vote, turning down the proposed Sonic in the First & Main development.  Wish I had the answer.  I've had two calls from friends this morning asking about the issue, and other than referring them ...

What is - I think - a pretty good editorial regarding the latest First & Main controversy ... council must issue permits consistently and deny them only for a compelling public reason. Is Council issuing permits consistently, and denying them only for a compelling public reason?  To me, it seems ...

Last month I mentioned that I had received an email entitled "The Language of Building" from Progress Street Builders.  Today, I got Part Two.  Here it is: Punch list: There are literally thousands of details that go into the construction and finishing of every new home. Although we monitor every...

Improvement overall in the market, and a slight improvement over last month.  A 16% increase in the number of homes sold in May versus April, with a drop of a month and a half to just ten months worth of inventory.  That's better than what we saw in January, and similar to what we've seen over th...

On Tuesday, I was fortunate enough to have the chance to see up close and personal a new home community being built in Blacksburg.  The community is called "Mount Tabor Meadows", and it's a project being built out by Green Valley Builders.  I've mentioned it briefly before. So what?  There's a lo...

Although a lot of real estate brokerages discount the services of Northwest-based Redfin, they put out a list of "15 Questions To Ask When Hiring A Real Estate Agent" a couple of weeks ago that I thought were pretty good.  It's not a perfect list, but it's  agood start.  As agents we're often int...

Just discovered this ... A Christiansburg Town Councilman has started blogging.  Brad Stipes has started a blog entitled "AdvanceChristiansburg" and says that he wants to provide residents another forum to offer comments and suggestions, as well as find out what's going on in the community.  I'm ...

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Just announced by Newsweek Magazine:Blacksburg High School is one of the Top 5% of high schools in the country. Let me repeat that.Little 'ole Blacksburg High School has been ranked as one of the top high schools in the country.  From the County's press release: "Montgomery County Public Schools ...

Just announced by Newsweek Magazine:Blacksburg High School is one of the Top 5% of high schools in the country. Let me repeat that.Little 'ole Blacksburg High School has been ranked as one of the top high schools in the country.  From the County's press release: "Montgomery County Public Schools ...