Posted by Thor on June 22nd, 2009
It’s never fun bringing bad news, but we’ve got problems right now. Things aren’t looking any better for our local economy. Sure, the downtown mall rebricking is complete and under-budget, but between unemployment rates, general business activity, a slow real estate market, mall vacancies and increases in welfare recipients, our recession looks like it’s getting worse, not better in the near term. I talk about each in detail after the break…
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Posted by Thor on December 17th, 2008
Kate Collier (the owner of Feast) and Marisa Vrooman are in the early stages of planning a food hub for Charlottesville. Much like Horse and Buggy Produce, the idea is to serve as a central buying and distribution point for farms and consumers in the Charlottesville area. This helps small farms and consumers by providing the legwork for getting local food on a local eater’s tables.
Kate and Marisa are still writing their grant proposals, but I’m sure they will be curious to hear your thoughts.
[via NBC29]
