Feb 17 '14 Williamsburg VA Upper End Real Estate Market Update Feb 2013 So how is the upper end market doing in Williamsburg VA ? Specifically $900,000 and above .. We ended up with 15 sales in the last 12 months over the $900,000 mark. Best month for closings was August 2013 with four .. Top selling neighborhoods in this price range were Fords Colony with […]
Feb 13 '14 Sams Club is coming to Williamsburg VA Sam’s Club will be joining Target, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Kohl’s, JCPenney and Best Buy at the Marquis shopping center in upper York County York County recently approved a 250,000-square-feet expansion to the center making room for Sam’s Club, as well as a gas station and restaurant. The developer plans to build out the site […]
Feb 1 '14 Busch Gardens Williamsburg–DEALS FOR 2014 Busch Gardens opens for the 2014 season March 16. With so many great deals, a trip to Busch Gardens is more affordable than ever. A Free 2-Park Preschool Pass is a great way for families with young children to save a few dollars on a trip to Busch Gardens and Water Country USA. Or consider […]
Dec 19 '13 Stalled New Kent Virginia Development moving forward. A developer is jump-starting a stalled development with a $22 million plan. John Adamson, acting as Maidstone Village LLC, is acquiring Maidstone, a mixed-use development in New Kent County, VA that faltered through lack of financing, bankruptcy and ultimately foreclosure. Adamson will downsize the project but maintain previous owner Grosjean “John” Crump’s vision of a […]
Dec 12 '13 UVA & W & M in Top Five of Kiplinger’s “Best Values in Public Colleges” Rankings Two Virginia public universities are ranked in the Top 5 of Kiplinger Magazine’s annual ranking of the “Best Values in Public Colleges.” The University of Virginia in Charlottesville was ranked second, while The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg stayed at number four. Five other Virginia universities also ranked in the magazine’s top 100, […]
Dec 9 '13 Petanque anyone ? Petanque/bocce courts are now available at Mid County Park in James City County. JCC Parks and Recreation provided court space and construction materials and the Mid County Park Petanque Group members built the courts and will maintain them. Petanque can be played by two teams of one to four players. Metal balls, known as boules, […]
Dec 5 '13 Williamsburg named to Best College Towns in US by T&L Magazine Williamsburg VA was named #4 on a Top 22 list of America’s Best College Towns by Travel + Leisure Magazine. Four other VA towns made the list The magazine’s readers also voted Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, Fredericksburg and Lexington to the list highlighting 20 of the best college towns in the U.S. Burlington, Vt. was No. 1. […]
Dec 1 '13 Christmas Events in Williamsburg Dec 1-8 ,2013 December 1 – 8 (Grand Illumination) Grand Illumination 2013 Dec 8, 4 – 8 pm In the 18th century, illuminations were held to celebrate major events! Join us in Colonial Williamsburg for this very special event. A Colonial Christmas December, 9 am – 5 pm Holiday traditions of 18th-century Virginia are recalled through special interpretive […]
Nov 27 '13 James River power lines win OK by Va. regulators State regulators on Tuesday approved the construction of a high-voltage transmission line over the James River that critics contend will be an eyesore near some of Virginia’s most important historic sites, including Jamestown. The State Corporation Commission acted on a request by Virginia Dominion Power to construct an 8-mile, 500-kilovolt transmission that would cross 4.1 […]
Nov 23 '13 54th Annual Williamsburg VA Christmas Homes Tour Saturday, December 7, 2013 The 54th Annual Williamsburg Christmas Homes Tour, presented by the Green Spring Garden Club Inc., features houses decorated with holiday floral arrangements. All are located in and around The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s Revolutionary City. Visit six private residences in and around Colonial Williamsburg’s Revolutionary City, open to the public for the Green Spring Garden Club’s […]