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This time the podcast is the same file as the radio show that airs on WTJU, complete with public service announcements and continuity befitting a program that goes out over broadcast signal at a specific time. For the sake of the holiday, I have made this the November 29, 2025 edition. This is the 333rd day of the year, a fact that may or may not have any significance but sounds like a good thing to say. I'm Sean Tubbs, the publisher of Town Crier Productions and the writer behind Information Charlottesville at infocville.com. Most Saturday mornings I present you with several recent stories in audio form, and this week is not one of the exceptions. Though, this edition begins a process of looking back at this year.In this edition:* Legislators have filed the first bills for General Assembly 2026 (learn more)* A new era for public transportation could be underway with the formation of the Charlottesville Albemarle Regional Transit Authority (learn more)* The Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority finds out how much a pump station failure cost to repair (learn more)* Charlottesville rooting out invasive species on city parkland (learn more)Archive stories:* This being Thanksgiving week, there aren't as many fresh stories, so this is a good time to begin the process of looking back. One of the first important stories of 2026 will be when assessments begin to come out. Here's how that sounded in January 2025 when they went up 5.1 percent.* Meanwhile, property assessments in Charlottesville went up 7.74 percent for 2025. In January, Albemarle Supervisors filled a key vacancy. Here's that story.* Charlottesville had a surplus for FY2024 in excess of $22.4 million and some of that funding would eventually go to pay for things such as an office building intended to be converted to a low-barrier shelter for the homeless. Let's go back to January to hear more about that surplus.* There are a lot of quirks to the area and one of them is the 45 acres or so of land in Albemarle County in the Woolen Mills that can only be accessed via the City of Charlottesville. One more story from January.Meta-information for November 29, 2025I did not work on Thanksgiving and I so wanted that streak to continue into the following day. I had a better time than I thought I would, and made a choice to stay in one place rather than be itinerant. I drove back at sunrise and traveled on U.S. 250 approaching Charlottesville from the west. The roads were empty as the sunlight slowly drifted over the horizon. I thought about the many times I've driven that road and how many stories I have written about places that have been built over the last twenty years. When I first moved to this community, I worked on Ednam Drive near the Boar's Head. I would travel there from northern Albemarle by the airport. The house I lived in was torn down to make way for the North Pointe development. Nothing up there looks the same anymore. I wrote stories about the roundabout at U.S. 250 and Route 151. I was part of a collaboration with the Daily Progress where four of us were assigned a stretch of the roadway as it goes from Nelson to Zion Crossroads. All of these forgotten stories flashed through my mind including different places I've been to as a catering server or a friend. There was no traffic but me so I was able to drive slow and go at my own pace. The fight over the Restore-n-Station. The storage unit at the corner with Old Trail. The people who died at the Harris Teeter. The landscaper who had to fight the county to use property just outside the growth area as a business. The construction of another roundabout now underway. That place where my friends used to live off of Gillums Ridge Road. That woman's house in Ivy who hired me to do transcription for a documentary she was making. The fact that I've never been to Duner's and probably never will. The recovery hospital UVA built that I wrote about at a time when I had no idea what happened in places like that. Now I am older and have spent a lot of time with my parents in similar spots. And then an explosion of thoughts as I drove past the Boar's Head where I spent a year and a half in my first real production job. My entire life changed working at that spot. It was too dark to see the renovations at Birdwood. I thought about stopping at the Bellair Market but it may not have been open. I remembered being a volunteer for the Charlottesville Track Club picking up supplies left in Ednam Forest for an organized marathon training.But once I got east of the bypass, suddenly so much change. I remembered the medical building torn down to build another medical building. New buildings on one side of the road constructed close to traffic with a new sidewalk. And then the cinderblock stairwell towers that will make up the Blume, followed quickly by a great expansion of the University of Virginia. The Karsh Institute of Democracy is coming along and the new student housing buildings are coming out of the ground. The Virginia Guesthouse will open up for the first guests next year and UVA awaits funding for the arts center approved earlier this year. Thanksgiving was two days ago, but I want to thank you all again for reading this newsletter and especially thank those who are paying me to keep writing stories. I'm grateful to be able to do this work. I could reminisce all day but I have new stories to write. For this edition, I did begin the process of looking back at 2025. In December I will produce a series of editions from stories from this year. I do this as a way of seeing what loose ends I have to tie up and what I have to look forward to in the next year. Thanks for reading Charlottesville Community Engagement ! This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit communityengagement.substack.com/subscribe
In this week's episode we talk with Candy Petticord from North Pointe Training. Sponsor for this week is – KSG Holster are professional grade kydex hand-crafted in the USA and are available for a large variety of firearms. Each one is purpose built for comfort and concealability and can be customized to fit your exact… The post North Pointe Training first appeared on The Firearm Trainer Podcast.
Chuck Williams, CEO of Northpointe Bancshares (NPB), discusses the company's IPO and its growth journey. He highlights their growing mortgage business but says they're not a “rate-dependent company.” He talks about the awards the company has won, its customer relationships, and its “best-in-class” software.======== Schwab Network ========Empowering every investor and trader, every market day.Subscribe to the Market Minute newsletter - https://schwabnetwork.com/subscribeDownload the iOS app - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/schwab-network/id1460719185Download the Amazon Fire Tv App - https://www.amazon.com/TD-Ameritrade-Network/dp/B07KRD76C7Watch on Sling - https://watch.sling.com/1/asset/191928615bd8d47686f94682aefaa007/watchWatch on Vizio - https://www.vizio.com/en/watchfreeplus-exploreWatch on DistroTV - https://www.distro.tv/live/schwab-network/Follow us on X – https://twitter.com/schwabnetworkFollow us on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/schwabnetworkFollow us on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/schwab-network/About Schwab Network - https://schwabnetwork.com/about
En este episodio, analizamos las claves del mercado y los eventos que están impactando la economía global: Mercados en rojo: Los futuros caen tras nuevos aranceles propuestos por Trump y datos de inflación por encima de lo esperado. ¿Cómo afectan estas noticias las expectativas sobre la Fed? Apple apuesta por China: La compañía planea lanzar sus funciones de inteligencia artificial en el país con apoyo de Alibaba y Baidu. ¿Qué significa esto para su crecimiento en Asia? CVS en recuperación: Tras un 2024 complicado, la acción de $CVS ha subido un 45% este año. Analizamos los factores detrás de este resurgimiento. Roku sorprende al alza: La compañía proyecta superar expectativas en 2025 y apunta a rentabilidad en 2026. Northpointe lanza su IPO: La empresa bancaria debutará en la NYSE con una oferta pública inicial de más de 10 millones de acciones. Meta y su dividendo: $META aumenta su dividendo un 5%, consolidando su posición entre los gigantes tecnológicos que devuelven valor a los accionistas. GameStop y Bitcoin: Las acciones de $GME suben 8% tras informes de que la empresa evalúa invertir en criptomonedas. ¿Estamos ante un nuevo capítulo en la saga de GameStop? No te pierdas nuestro análisis sobre estos temas y su impacto en los mercados.
Passage: Mark 4:35-41 Guest Preacher: Bill Kollar *Missionary from North Pointe with CRU International*
If you have heard of physicians investing in Short term rentals with 10% down Lending products and then turning around and pulling all that downpayment out come tax time in tax savings -Come learn how! Responsible Leverage is a big part of a real estate investor's Wealth strategy. Listen as Jeff Chisum with Northpointe mortgage joins us to discuss:Financing alternatives like the 10% down second home loan, HELOCs & delayed financing to help you maximize leverage and scale faster Non- income based Loan products for those on a 1099 and those who have exceeded your DTI (Debt to Income ratio)Jeff is a Top 1% loan officer in the U.S, and specializes in 10% down loans as used for short term rentals! Come hear what's real, and what's a myth about the Second Home loan.Also if you are looking into Short Term Rentals, don't forget to download our FREE STR calculator so you know you are actually getting a good deal!
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Blairs Fire and Rescue Deputy Chief of Administration Stephen Barts takes listeners back to the early morning hours of November 12 when a fire at the NorthPointe Apartments threatened the lives of its residents. Barts describes how prior experience, forethought and planning, along with the purchase of a key piece of apparatus, kept numerous lives from being lost, as well as the strategic decisions made by Pittsylvania County dispatch and all the County's first responders that contributed to that outcome.
Hello I am Curt Whitesell and want to welcome you to the coolest and most informative podcast in the Westfield Indiana area.....Whatsupwestfield. Whatsupwestfield is a local chat fest to dig deep into politics, development, who's doing what and anything else we can fit into 45 minutes of fun online. If you have topics or an interest in being an amazing guest, please reach out to us and we would love to hear your ideas. My guest today is a seasoned developer that has put his companies mark on many of the cool new developments in Westfield like Grand Park Events Center, a Hampton inn, the west fork distillery and of course the Northpointe industrial park. We are lucky to have him as a guest and Westfield is even luckier to have his company pushing hard on development. This might be a long one but well worth the time hearing how he got started, his experiences and his time in Westfield. This should be a fun one. Please welcome Chris Wilkes to the podcast
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On today's episode of the Cashing Out podcast, co-hosts Todd Sullivan and Brian Dukes speak to James “Bud” Petcoff, a prolific entrepreneur and CEO.Bud has more than 35 years of insurance industry experience, including founding North Pointe Insurance Co. in 1986, taking it public in 2005, and facilitating its sale to QBE Holdings Inc. in 2008.Today, Bud is the chairman and CEO of Conifer Holdings Inc, and is responsible for establishing the overall direction and materializing the strategy of the company. We talk about leaning on experts when taking on new challenges, his learnings from a lifetime of entrepreneurship, and what it's like building his newest enterprise with his two sons.I hope you enjoy our conversation with Bud Petcoff.Episode Highlights:(3:58) College life, and starting his first insurance company(7:46) Bud's first exit - selling North Pointe Insurance for the first time(9:00) In hindsight, should Bud have used an Investment Banker?(12:11) Problems at the acquiring company, and buying North Pointe back(14:43) Getting North Pointe back on track for another run at success(16:53) Taking North Pointe public, and why?(19:14) The second exit of North Point Insurance Co.(22:33) The big difference in selling a public vs private company(25:04) After selling North Pointe Insurance a second time, what comes next?(28:32) Final advice for entrepreneurs considering an exit(30:21) Building the next enterprise with family(38:25) The role that Bud's parents played in creating an incredible human and entrepreneurWhere To Find Todd Sullivan: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddfsullivan/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Todd_Sullivan Where To Find Brian Dukes: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brdukes/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bdukes32 Episode 31 Required Reading: DBusiness Detroit 500 - The Most Powerful Business Leaders In Metro Detroit Michigan Law: 1986 Dram Shop Act QBE Purchases North Pointe Insurance Startup Savant Podcast TRUIC: Guides To Start And Grow Your Small Business