Amherst Town Talk

00:00 Intro 02:01 Town Talk moving to 5pm 03:56 Limited routes through town 05:13 Facebook blowing up over Main Street one-way proposal 10:54 Update on town council candidates coming on the show 11:33 Recent VIP visits to town 12:44 Friends don’t let friends cross the James 15:38 Lt Gov Winsome Sears spent all afternoon in town 17:02 Great things going on in town 20:52 In a small town, we’re stuck with each other 24:37 Amherst Corner Alpha-Gal friendly options 25:59 Buffalo Hill 28:00 Monacan

00:00 Intro 05:05 Two very upper-level Virginia statespeople coming to Amherst 09:44 Amherst has the best workers 12:05 Best small town in Virginia 15:45 Commercial break 17:47 Return 19:25 Townofamherstva.com 23:58 Town council meetings 29:35 Whatever’s inside of you is what’s gonna come out

00:00 - Disclaimer 00:19 - Show intro 00:57 - Introduction to Town Council member Mike Driskill 05:09 - Amherst Pool 09:15 - Air Force KC-135s 10:10 - Upcoming Town Council election 11:25 - Town Park 20:18 - Attendance is up at Town Council meetings 21:22 - Town growth brings more opportunities for all of us 24:26 - Encouraging and protecting locally owned business 27:21 - Skateboarding 30:30 - Airbnb 33:06 - Amherst Lawn and Garden (advertisement) 34:26 - Trivia Night at Loose Shoe Brewery 37:22 -

00:00 - Show intro 03:28 - They want us to be fighting 06:15 - Politics attracts certain personality types 08:39 - Our system is a compromise 12:16 - All seven Amherst Town Council candidates invited to come on the show 14:04 - Whitewashed tombs 19:03 - Legislating beauty 22:06 - Zoning has come full circle 26:16 - Town businesses serve a need for the surrounding county 31:54 - The Waltons 33:28 - Town mowing ordinance 39:45 - Murals on Warehouse Antiques 44:31 - Aesthetic regulations hurt

00:00 - Show intro 01:15 - Air conditioning invented by Town of Amherst company 02:10 - Glad Manufacturing Company 04:30 - Town mountain biking trails 05:19 - Virginia Blue Ridge Railway 10:25 - Show archives up on Spotify 11:00 - Invasive species 13:39 - Insufficient discussion when the Town Council passes laws 14:44 - Seven candidates running for three open Town Council seats 29:36 - Brockman Park 38:40 - Every day was a farmer's market in the 1960's 44:55 - Town businesses serve the needs of the

00:00 - Show intro 02:10 - Town Council pulls sign ordinance changes 25:16 - Town restrictions on "free speech" signs 30:04 - New town police chief named 30:55 - Town criminalizes stealing water from hydrants 33:53 - Town spending priorities 37:35 - Multinational corporations vs locally-owned businesses 42:16 - What Amherst was like 80 years ago 43:41 - The town exists to serve the wider community 45:44 - Political tents at the Town First Responders Celebration 51:48 - Amherst New Era-Progress

00:00 - Show intro 02:12 - At the crossroads of US 29 (Baltimore to Pensacola) and US 60 (Virginia Beach to Los Angeles) 06:32 - Lack of media that discusses town issues 08:49 - What newcomers contribute to town 13:26 - Upcoming town First Responders Celebration 20:00 - National politics vs local politics 24:50 - Taking care of the people in our community 32:56 - Amherst Poor House Farm 44:09 - Knowing your neighbors 49:12 - A dollar spent in town goes around seven times

00:00 - Show intro 03:20 - National politics vs local issues 06:50 - We need people to be involved 09:40 - Home Owners of Amherst (HOA) 12:45 - Host background information 21:30 - Wendy (caller) 29:50 - Indoor Sign Ban 41:35 - Town Park