Amherst Town Talk

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 - Educating voters

40:32 - Finding common ground

42:15 - The Gideons

46:55 - Multiple generations living together in Amherst

47:26 - The Waltons

50:02 - The woman caught in adultery

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 business

46:44 - Minor site plans

49:09 - We have a lot to lose

52:17 - Local businesses provide us with services we need

56:03 - Living in town provides us with the opportunity to serve others

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 larger county

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 mentions Amherst Town Talk

52:47 - How do you define the community?

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