Amy Bender Webb - Your Charlottesville Agent

Here is a quick roundup of local fun you do not want to miss in the coming weeks -

Sept 27: The Charlottesville Vegetarian Festival

Sept. 28: Fall Foxfield Races

Oct. 4 and 5 : The Crozet Music Festival

Oct 4 and 5: The Fall Fiber Fest and Sheep Dog Trials at Montpelier

Oct. 11 and 12: The Crozet Arts and Crafts Festival

Beautiful Autumn color and wonderful fall events: more reasons why Charlottesville Virginia is a great place to live!!!

Mark your calendar for these events at the University of Virginia coming up this week and weekend:

September 17

Screening of new PBS documentary "Questioning the Constitution" 5:00 pm at Newcomb South Meeting Room
Ken Stroupe of the Center for Politics will introduce a screening of "Questioning the Constitution". This new one-hour documentary produced by the Community Idea Stations (WCVE Richmond PBS) in partnership with the University of Virginia Center for Politics, looks at the development of the Constitution, how it has been interpreted over the years and explores the arguments for and against Constitutional reform. Award-winning producer and director Mason Mills (Wilder: An American First) reveals expert opinions through interviews with notable political leaders, scholars and historians including NAACP Chairman Julian Bond, Senator John Warner and Dr. Larry J. Sabato.

September 18
6:00 p.m. UVA Field Hockey vs. Virginia Commonwealth Turf Field

8:00 p.m. Charlottesville Music Chamber Festival Concert Old Cabell Auditorium

September 19
11:00 a.m. The Miller Center Forum: Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch
Adam Clymer has contributed Op-Ed articles, obituaries, and an Outdoors column to the New York Times, having retired as Washington Correspondent in 2003. Throughout his tenure at the New York Times, he served as National Political Correspondent, Polling Editor, Political Editor, Weekend Senior Editor, Chief Congressional Correspondent, and Washington Editor. Clymer has also worked for the Virginian-Pilot, the New York Daily News, and the Baltimore Sun. He is the author of Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch: The Panama Canal Treaties and the Rise of the Right (University Press of Kansas, 2008) and Edward M. Kennedy: A Biography (William Morrow, 1999). A book signing will follow his Forum.

7:00 p.m. UVA Men's Soccer vs. NC State Klockner Stadium

9:00 p.m. McCormick Observatory Public Night McCormick Observatory

Sept 21
1:00 p.m. UVA Field Hockey vs. Ohio Turf Field

3:00 p.m. Charlottesville Music Chamber Festival Concert Old Cabell Auditorium

You can find a comprehensive UVA Calendar linked through my website Go Virginia Homes, a real estate resource for UVA Professors, Staff, Graduate Students, Doctors, medical Residents, Fans, Alumni and more. This great site also includes links to the UVA Homepage, UVA Health Systems, Darden, The Sabre and more....Enjoy!

If you are considering buying your first home, you need to know about the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit from the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008.

The high points of this program:

• The tax credit is for "first time" homebuyers only (this includes those who haven't owned a home in the last three years);
• The maximum credit is $7,500;
• The credit is available for homes purchased on or after April 9, 2008 and before July 1, 2009;
• Single taxpayers with incomes up to $75,000 and married couples with incomes up to $150,000 qualify for the full tax credit;
• The tax credit works like an interest-free loan and must be repaid over a 15 year period.

This tax credit, combined with low interest rates, a good selection of homes, and the opinion of most economics that the housing market has hit bottom, makes it a great time to buy a home!

You can visit my website for more information about the Home Buying process and many other Buyer Topics, to search the Charlottesville Area MLS for homes or you can call me any time to set up a First Time home buyer counseling session.

On Monday, September 8, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings named 320 schools nationwide as 2008 No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools. Among them is Virginia L. Murray Elementary School, one of just seven public schools in the Commonwealth and eleven total schools, public and private, in Virginia to earn this distinction.

Our Superintendent, Dr. Pam Moran said that, “We are proud of Murray Elementary's consistent achievement for all of its students, not only on standardized assessments, but also on developing critical thinking, digital literacy, and other 21st century skills. For a school to achieve at this highest possible level, takes a dedicated community of parents, students, faculty and people who value education and make it a priority that all children succeed.”

As a Murray parent, I am doubly proud of this great accomplishment and I know how grateful I am for the education my daughters receive at Murray Elementary! Congratulations to Murray's excellent staff and faculty!!! This is a real achievement.

If you are thinking of relocating to our community, you can find a great list of resources on Charlottesville and Albemarle schools on my website, along with lots of Charlottesville Community information.

Excellent Schools: another reason why Charlottesville, Virginia is a great place to live!

Amy Bender Webb
Real Estate III
Charlottesville, Virginia
visit me online at A Home in Charlottesville
Licensed to sell real estate in Virginia

If you are a recent arrival in Cville, or are thinking of moving here, or you have lived here for ages and are taking our wonderful city for granted!......courtesy of CAAR and the Real Estate Weekly, here is a blog link on the Top 50 Things to Enjoy About Charlottesville!

50 reasons why Charlottesville, Virginia is a great place to live!

Amy Bender Webb
Real Estate III
Charlottesville, Virginia
visit me online at A Home in Charlottesville
Licensed to sell real estate in Virginia