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Suzanne Herndon with Albemarle County Fire Rescue discussed the annual “Stair Climb” event happening on September 12th at the John Paul Jones Arena in remembrance of the 343 firefighters who lost their lives on September 11th, 2001.
Charlottesville HS Graduate, and current member of the Cal Berkley Football video services team, Maggie Heaphy was joined by her dad, WINA Chief Legal Analyst and former Federal Prosecutor Tim Heaphy to discuss the dynamics of college players getting paid, Judges getting involved in the process, concerns over the protection of the athletes and more.
WINA Early Childhood Education Analyst Price Thomas takes on the discussion of parental accountability, student behaviors, access barriers to educational outcomes and much more.
State Senator Creigh Deeds discussed the pending Dominion Energy merger, the relationship with Governor Spanberger, funding for homelessness in Charlottesville and more.
WINA Chief Real Estate Analyst Michael Guthrie breaks down the numbers from the CAAR second quarter market report, including whether or not the numbers indicate the market is getting healthier now that interest rates have changed again. He also discussed the complexity of simply “building more housing” and whether that would reduce prices.
WINA Chief Economist Ed Burton discusses inflation in America, given the latest Consumer Price Index data, the correlation or lack thereof of the stock market performance to the overall economy and how to stop things from costing us more overall.
The Executive Director of the Center at Belvedere and WINA Healthy Aging Expert Melanie Benjamin discussed the importance of older adults continuing their education and developing a “personal curriculum” of learning around their interests as a mechanism of healthy aging and more.
The President and CEO of the Free Enterprise Forum discussed affordable housing issues in the city, the change in the master plan in Albemarle, public comment issues during the Greene County Board of Supervisors meetings and much more.
Joy Toth and Riley Hughes are Exercise Physiologists at UVA Health who discussed the cardiac and pulmonary rehab program.
Senior Communications Specialist for VDOT, Sharon Ketcham provided a report on road conditions and VDOT operations in the aftermath of intense summer storms.