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Financial Management

• Financial Management Inc., (800) 582-3111, of Waynesboro has teamed up with Krull & Company, one of the East Coast's leading financial services firms specializing in Socially & Environmentally Responsible Investing.  They help you align your investments with your values.  Securities offered through LPL Financial  Member FINRA/SIPC  Contact Ryan Miracle at 800-582-3111 or Krull & Company at 877-235-3684.   www.krullandcompany.com

Food/Grocery :

The Piedmont Environmental Council (and the lovely Melissa Wiley) put together an excellent resource in your quest to buy local. Check out www.buylocalcville.org . This list is currently limited to the Charlottesville and Albemarle County area.

CSA's :

• Best of What's Around: (434) 286-7255, P.O. Box 700, Matthew Holt. www.bestofwhatsaround.org
• Frog Bottom Farm: (434) 248-5525, PO Box 559, Pamplin, VA, 23958. Owners Lisa and Ali Moussalli grow food for folks in the Richmond, Farmville, Lynchburg, and Charlottesville areas using only low impact, sustainable methods.  Their focus is on honest, delicious food: lots of staple vegetables, with enough diversity to keep it interesting. 125-share CSA plus farmers markets. The Moussallis are passionate about helping to cultivate happy, healthy families and communities. Visitors welcome at the farm; family and outreach programs coming soon. frogbottomfarm.com
• Horse and Buggy Produce: (434) 293-3832. Founder, Brett Wilson began this business (not an official CSA) around March 2006. A couple hundred customers have turned into 1400 subscribers with 5 convenient pick-up locations in and around Charlottesville. You can't beat this fresh, yummy way to promote local, sustainable farming. Brett works one-on-one with Mennonite farmers from the Shenandoah Valley, who are earth-conscious growers. Nine drop spots serving the C’ville, Crozet, Lynchburg, and Richmond areas. www.horseandbuggyproduce.com
• The Farm at Red Hill: (434) 979-4693, 2400 Southside Drive, North Garden, Wendy and Richard Harrison. This is a family-run farm just 8 miles south of Charlottesville. They grow their produce year round (in greenhouses) using coconut fiber, a renewable natural resource. Some of their vines are over 100 ft long! They harvest their produce just hours before delivering it to stores like Fabulous Foods (in Crozet) and the Blue Ridge Country Store. They take visitors on Sun afternoons - call first. thefarmatredhill@aol.com

Local Orchards/Gardens:

• The Berry Patch: (434) 963-0659, Free Union, VA. Pick your own blackberries, blueberries and raspberries.
• Carter Mountain: (434) 977-1833, 1435 Carters Mountain Trail, Charlottesville. Seasonal apple picking fun for everyone! www.cartermountainorchard.com
• Chile's Peach Orchard: (434) 823-1583. Owned and operated by Crown Orchards since 1912! Bring home yummy fruit and help local farmers with this fun kid-friendly outing. www.chilespeachorchard.com
• Henley's Orchard: (434) 823-4037, 1917 White Hall Road, Crozet. Joe and Joan sell apples on-site and to local retailers and restaurants. Joe is passionate about apples, carrying on the legacy of his grandfather.
• Innisfree Community Gardens: (434) 823-5646, 5505 Walnut Level Road, Crozet. Trisha Costello sells on-site local apples and pumpkins. (Check out Innisfree in our "gift" section.)
• Vintage Virginia Apples: (434) 297-2326, North Garden. Charlotte Shelton, fruit@vintagevirginiaapples.com
  www.vintagevirginiaapples.com
  Sells on-site, online and at Feast!. Rare and vintage apples; cider; bare root, apple, peach, pear, cherry, quince, and plum trees (Nov-Mar). Specializing in rare and heirloom varieties. Hard cidery opening Spring 2009.

Farmer's Markets:

• Charlottesville's Downtown Farmer's and Holiday Market: April-November, Sat 8am-2pm (Nov. and Holiday hours); holiday market starts the Saturday after Thanksgiving. www.charlottesvillecitymarket.com
• Forest Lakes Farmer's Market: April 28-Sept 15, Tuesdays 4-7pm, 1650 Ashwood Blvd, South Recreation Facility. Contact dstory@pecva.org
• Meade Park Farmer's Market: Weds, May-Sep, 3-7pm.
• Whole Foods Farmer's Market : Seasonal, Tuesdays 4-7pm.
• Scottsville Farmer's Market : April-October, Thursdays 3-7pm.
• Crozet Farmer's Market : Seasonal Saturdays at the corner of Jarmans Gap Rd and Crozet Ave.

Personal chef:

• Dinner at Home: (434) 960-6091. Ashley Hightower. www.ashleysdinnerathome.com/thechef.shtml
• Green Bean Cuisine: (434) 409-0418.
  Jennifer Bedrosian founded Green Bean Cuisine, a personal chef service specializing in locally-inspired, seasonal, organic and vegetarian meals in Charlottesville. She believes in the importance of eating with awareness and gratitude for the food, the farmers, and the earth.  www.greenbeancuisine.com

Grocery Stores:

• Cville Market: (434) 984-0545, 221 Carlton Rd. Owners Denise Yetzer's and Spencer Morris's quaint market carries a nice selection of local products from local farms. www.cvillemarket.com
• Everything Raw: (434) 293-6325. Paul Mamakos' company caters to the increasing need of nutritionally rich, raw (below 118°F) super-food matched with taste and convenience while bearing in mind their environmental responsibility. This spring, they created an "unbelievable aphrodisiac", Raw Decadence® in addition to the Yoga Bar ™ white chocolate. Can't wait to try it!  http://www.everythingraw.com/products.php or at Rebeccas, Integral Yoga and Whole Foods.
• Feast!: (434) 244-7800, 416 W. Main St. Kate Collier and her husband Eric carry an amazing collection of family-farm produce and hand-made cheeses (along with their unforgettable smiles!) This is a great place to go for that last minute and local gift for your dinner host/hostess. www.feastvirginia.com
• Integral Yoga: (434) 293-4111, 923 Preston Ave. Books, vitamins, produce, smoothies. This grocer has been serving Charlottesville for more than 37 years. In peak season, well over half of their produce is locally grown from a wide range of farmers. They have a bulk department with over 20 types of granola, some locally made by the Innisfree Village. www.iyfoods.com
• Market St. Market: (434) 293-3478. Full service grocery store located at the Downtown Mall. www.marketstreetmarket.net
• Organic Butcher of Cville: (434)244-7400, 416 West Main (Main Street Market). Locally raised beef, pork, lamb and chicken. Free delivery to Ivy. theorganicbutcher.com/cho_home.html
• Rebecca's Natural Food: (434) 977-1965, 1141 Emmet Street (Barracks Road Shopping Ctr). Newly renovated 100% green (wall to wall FSC and Greenguard certified products), voted Charlottesville's favorite health store, Rebecca's will help you choose from a variety of healthcare products, gluten-free items, bulk spices, organic beverages --whatever suits your needs. www.rebeccasnaturalfood.com

Furniture :

• Circa, Inc.: (434) 295-5760, 1700 Allied St.. This shop, owned by Jackie Binder, has an eclectic selection of a whole BUNCH of stuff (from cork lamps to kitschy cabinets) and the turnover is high, so you must check it out. If you are looking for something in particular, you can leave your name. They buy and sell. www.circainc.com
• The Habitat Store: (434) 293-6331, 1221 Harris Street. This 20,000 square feet store sells everything from 8-person hot tubs to claw feet for cast iron bath tubs. Their inventory is constantly changing. Donations are accepted during store hours. www.cvillehabitatstore.org
• Harlowe Powell Auctions: (434) 293-2904, 2109 India Rd (across from theaters behind Kmart).
  www.harlowepowell.com
• Lemons: (434) 977-1900, 1829 Seminole Tr (behind Kohr Brothers Yogurt, in the lower shops.) Margaret keeps a fun selection of pieces: furniture, jewelry and many home decor items. www.lemonsconsignment.com
• Morris Mill Antiques: (434) 244-0606, Pantops.

 

(Mattresses: see Mattresses)

Gardening:

• Eltzroth and Thompson Greenhouses: (434)295-2488, 1686 Monacan Trail Road, Charlottesville. www.eandtgreenhouses.com
• The Garden Spot: (434) 973-4402, 515 Rio Road West, Charlottesville. Owners Ed and Jeanne Mickiewicz are extremely helpful, knowledgeable and, not surprisingly, earth-friendly: they recycle their pots (and others if the size fits their needs), and apply fungicides and pesticides only on an as-needed basis.
• Panorama Pay Dirt: (434) 978-4566, 300 Panorama Rd, Earlysville. Steve and Drew Murray. panoramapaydirt.com

Gardens:

• Cville Foodscapes (434) 806-6255
  C’ville Foodscapes designs, installs, and maintains food-producing gardens in Charlottesville, Virginia. Our mission is to help people grow healthy food using organic, sustainable methods. Free initial consultations for residents within C'ville or the immediate vicinity. info@cvillefoodscapes.com
  www.cvillefoodscapes.com
  

Gifts:

• Blue Ridge Ecoshop: (434) 296-0042, 313 East Main Street, Downtown Mall. Paige and Hakon Mattson opened this eco-friendly retailer in Aug 2007. They offer green gifts and eco-friendly alternatives such as beeswax candles, recycled glassware, organic clothing and baby gifts. www.blueridgeecoshop.com
• C-Ville Arts Cooperative Gallery: (434) 972-9500, 118 East Main Street, Downtown Mall. With 70 artist members, you'll find a wide assortment of hand-crafted clocks, artwork, jewelry, etc. When I stopped in, Steve (who himself brings new life to old jewelry) just sold a cheese board made from recycled wine bottles. I also admired Allan Young's clocks made from computers (his card states, "Saving the Earth one piece at a time."
• Charlottesville City Farmer's Market and Holiday market (see under F for food)
• The Virginia Shop: (434) 977-0080, Barracks Road Shopping Ctr. Selling Virginia's finest foods, traditional gifts, and Virginia wine for over 20 years. www.thevashop.net

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HOME NEEDS

Buildings account for one third of our total energy use, raw materials use, green house gas emissions and waste output. We must make better choices when it comes to building, remodeling and repairing our homes.

Currently LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), www.usgbc.org/LEED is the most stringent level of green building, (beware of larger upfront costs, but this may save you lots over time), followed by Earth Craft House Virginia www.earthcrafthouse.org (smaller scale changes with a focus on energy). Some businesses may simply put a LEED AP on staff or receive certification as a marketing tool, so do your homework!

Architects:

• The Gaines Group: (434) 979-5245, 1006 E Market St. This architectural firm includes expertise in environmentally sensitive design, the LEED rating, and the Earthcraft Homes systems. "With 20+ years of experience in Central Virginia, our firm has built a reputation for designing high performance energy efficient projects from family homes to commercial and institutional projects." www.thegainesgroup.com
• Hays + Ewing Design Studio: (434) 979-3222, 609 East Market Street, Suite 203.
  "Merges inspiring designs with principles of ecology in commercial, cultural, residential and institutional projects," providing green building technologies, designs for green homes, and LEED certification. Christopher Hays and Allison Ewing, both former partners at William McDonough + Partners, "bring expertise in incorporating aesthetic and ecological considerations in a range of project scales and types in projects located around the globe."
• Sunbiosis, Inc.: (434) 249-2932. Small architecture firm whose LEED accredited professionals offer sustainable design and consulting services. Specializing in single family residential, institutional, and commercial projects, incorporating strategies such as passive and active solar, energy and water efficiency and "green" building materials. www.sunbiosis.com
• Thomas, Andrew: (434) 296-936, 1014 Druid Avenue, Charlottesville.
  
• Topia Design, Greg Jackson: (434)825-3763, 826 B Hinton Avenue. This is a "progressive architectural and community design firm with a proficiency in ecological design" to quote their website.
  gjackson@topiadesign.net, www.topiadesign.net
• Waterstreet Studio: (434) 295-8177, (434) 906-0374, 111 3rd St SE. Waterstreet is a Charlottesville-based environmental design firm offering landscape architecture, engineering, and conservation planning for residential homes, gardens and estates, institutional grounds and commercial sites. "We aim to enhance the aesthetic condition and ecological health of the built and natural environment through thoughtful and attentive landscape architecture and civil engineering; through leadership in sustainable/regenerative technologies; through strategic partnerships with like-minded professionals; and through continuing education and re-assessment of our means and methodologies." waterstreetstudio.net
• Charlottesville Community Design Center: (434) 984-2232, 101 E. Main St. Maintains a good list of local firms and individual practitioners. www.cvilledesign.org

Building Supplies:

• Altenergy Incorporated: (434)882-0908, Paul Risberg, owner. This company sells solar thermal (h20) and photovoltaic (electricity). "Practicality forces us to design systems that ensure hot water at the tap when you turn it on. Altenergy Incorporated knows how to use the very best and efficient technologies to build a reliable hot water plant for your home. A system that will pay for itself and provide your family with clean, renewable energy."
  www.altenergyincorporated.com
• The Habitat Store: (434) 293-6331, 1221 Harris Street. This 20,000 square feet store sells everything from 8-person hot tubs to claw feet for cast iron bath tubs. Their inventory is constantly changing. Donations are accepted during store hours. www.cvillehabitatstore.org
• Nature Neutral: (434) 975-2002, 370 C Greenbrier Dr. Owner John Meggs opened in 2003, offering safer paints, stains, sealers and all your other green building supply needs. www.NatureNeutral.com

Buying/Selling (Eco-Brokers):

• Jim Duncan: (434) 242-7140 mobile, (434) 974-1500 Century 21office, email jim@realcentralva.com, www.jduncanrealestate.com
• Harrison Grubbs: (434) 817-4040, 820 A East High Street.
• Laura Winn Smith: (434) 566-0121, Nest Realty.
• Megan Sacco: (434) 466-2463, Pace Real Estate Associates. A sustainability-minded agent with a vision of helping clients buy, sell and create healthier, more comfortable, and more energy-efficient homes. Megan has earned the EcoBroker® designation and taken additional training in green building, sustainable living and conservation.
• Roger Voisinet: (434) 974-1500, RE/MAX Realty Specialists, (434) 981-1076 mobile, 355 West Rio Road. www.cvilleproperties.com
• Sara Greenfield: (434) 987-2074, 300 Preston Ave Suite 203, Charlottesville. Principle Broker for Charlottesville Fine Homes and Properties, Sara assists clients with the search process, buying, building,
  and selling of healthy and sustainable homes. She promotes responsible use of the earth’s resources, while
  encouraging energy efficient building technologies. Ms. Greenfield is an advocate for home energy audits and a member of the Virginia Association of Realtors, CAAR, 2009 NAR Green Designee, and blogs for CAAR Green Brokers. sara@cvillefineproperties.com
  www.cvillefineproperties.com

Contractors (remodeling and building):

This is a list of all the companies in town with at least one LEED AP on staff (LEED, Leadership in Energy and Design, AP = Professional Accreditation) or EarthCraftHouse certified. Let us know if we've left out your favorite green builder.

• Abrahamse Company Builders, (434) 295-9379, email builders@abrahamse.com, 1020 Linden Ave., www.abrahamse.com
• Artisan Construction, Inc.: (434) 979-6399, 1130 E. Market St. This company, owned by Doug Lowe (LEED AP), is currently partnering with Blue Ridge Home Builders Association and the Virginia Sustainable Building Network on a pilot program
• Barry Meade Homes: (434) 977-8882. Owners: Barry and Tracy Meade, founded in 1987. email meade@cstone.net . In 2006, Barry Meade Homes completed the EarthCraft House™ certification program and made a 100% conversion to building energy efficient, earth-friendly green homes primarily in the $300,000-$500,000 range. www.barrymeade.com
• Barton Malow Company: (434) 245-6934, 100 10th St NW.
• Church Hill Homes: (434) 975-0085, 105 Monticello Ave. james.d@churchillhomes.net, www.churchhillhomes.net
• Faulconer Construction Co, Inc.: (434) 295-0033, 2496 Old Ivy Rd.
• Gilbane Building Co.: (434) 977-8900, 40 South Lawn.
• Hazard and Associates: (434) 295-7620.
• Kingma Developers, Inc.: (434) 981-4137, P.O. Box 5626. doug@kingmadevelopers.com
• Piedmont Housing Alliance: (434) 817-2436, 111 Monticello Ave.
• Smith & Robertson, Inc.: (434) 971-7026, 1128 E High Street. www.smithandrobertson.com
• Upstream Construction: (434) 823-6025, Crozet, Virginia.  Owner Terry Herndon and her team build healthy and sustainable new homes, remodels and additions. "We build to the highest regional and national green building standards (EarthCraft, Energy Star, LEED for Homes) so that your home is guaranteed by third party testing to be a high performance home." www.Upstream-Construction.com
• Willow Tree Construction: (434)227- 9822, Darren Young. Willow Tree Construction Company "conscientiously renovates existing homes using the most sustainable construction methods available. Our goal is to use eco-friendly products and methods on all phases of the project. This includes designing for durability. By designing for durability, not only are you the client getting excellent craftsmanship, but you are also spreading the environmental impacts of building over as long a period as possible." www.wtconstruction.net

Energy Experts (Audits):

• Airflow Home Energy Diagnostics, Jimmy North: (434) 979-4328, 1713 Allied St., Charlottesville. Home Energy, Rater and Dain North, Rater Assistant. This company is the third party certifying/testing organization for the Virginia Green Building Program, EarthCraftVirginia. They promote green building and the impact that it can make for our kids and their kids. They offer three types of energy audits for your home: a walk-through, a more detailed analysis, and a thorough computerized report. "Build it right, seal it tight, and ventilate it properly." www.aiflowhtgair.com
• Albemarle Heating and Air, Tom Kouvanis: (434) 293-4556, 102 Keystone Pl., Charlottesville.
  Tom provides a duct leakage test, a blow door test and infared imaging for reasonable prices.
• Cville Enviro, Russell Edwards: (434) 882-1781, 1130 E. Market St., Charlottesville. Their "Green Home Audit"  incorporates a conventional energy audit (which typically focuses on bulk kwh/fuel usage with blower door and infrared scan), but also looks at other factors such as air quality, water usage/management, and building durability.  "A report includes blower door testing, infrared scan, heating and cooling review, appliance and lighting review, indoor/outdoor water management, short-term air quality monitoring, and a slue of issues we look for in moving a home toward green." www.cville-enviro.com
• LEAP: (434) 227-4666, 608 Ridge Street. Established in 2009, the Local Energy Alliance Program's mission is to lead the effort in our local community to conserve energy in buildings to promote cost savings, job creation, sustainability, local economic development, and environmental stewardship. leap-va.org
• Think Little, John Semmelhack (434) 409-3970, 1515 Chesapeake St., Charlottesville, email info@think-little.com. Small solutions for a big world. "Think Little’s comprehensive home performance consultation is more than just an energy audit. Our investigation, analysis and recommendations are designed to improve the comfort, health, safety and durability of your household and home, while significantly reducing your utility bills." www.think-little.com
• Do-It-Yourself quick audits: check out www.energystar.gov

Engineering Experts:

• F7 Engineering Group, Tom Cassidy,LEED AP, (434) 244.0023, 400 10th Street NE, Suite B. F7 provides the sustainable engineering that makes green buildings work.  F7 engineers solar, geothermal and rainwater recapture systems to collaborate with efficient traditional systems to optimize building performance. www.F7engineers.com
• McKee Carson: (434) 979-7522, 301 E High St, Charlottesville. "As a multidisciplinary office of landscape architects, consulting engineers and land planners, McKee Carson advocates a collaborative approach to site design.Regardless of a project's size or complexity, we provide sound ecologically and economically sustainable solutions." www.mckeecarson.com

Flooring:

• Carpet Plus: (434) 977-7587, 1739-A Allied Street (behind C-Ville Coffee). "The area’s largest selection of eco-friendly flooring products, including cork, bamboo, linoleum, leather and “green carpeting”. As many of our customers become increasingly concerned with the size of their carbon footprint, we add more earth-friendly, socially conscious floorcovering to our repertoire." carpetplusonline.com
• Mountain Lumber: (434) 985-3646, 410 West Main Street, Charlottesville next to Feast! Reclaimed antique flooring. www.mountainlumber.com

Hardware Stores (Repair) :

Ok, so hardware stores are not the most eco-friendly places on the planet, but where do you go for the insulation blanket for your heater, your clothesline, your low-VOC paints? Shop with the local guys. (John Meggs at Nature Neutral is the local expert in green building supplies.)

• Crozet Hardware: (434) 823-4381, 5783 County Road 1217. Rick has owned this Crozet staple since 1949. CFL may be the only eco-friendly product he sells, he confessed to me.
• The Habitat Store: (434) 293-6331, 1221 Harris Street. This 20,000 square feet store sells everything from 8-person hot tubs to claw feet for cast iron bath tubs. Their inventory is constantly changing. Donations are accepted during store hours. www.cvillehabitatstore.org
• Martin's Hardware: (434) 293-8171, 941 Preston Avenue, Charlottesville. Locally owned and operated. This hardware store has been around since 1893. If you can navigate the crowded aisles, it's worth a visit, but I always call first. www.martinhardwareinc.com
• Meadowbrook Hardware : (434) 293-8052, 914 Preston Ave. Owner, Ronnie Kite has been serving Charlottesville since 1965 with an impressive early opening (5am!).
• Nature Neutral: (434) 975-2002, 370 C Greenbrier Drive, Charlottesville. Owner John Meggs opened in 2003. He offers FSC-certified lumber, safer paints, stains, sealers and more. www.NatureNeutral.com

Home Decor:

• August Moon Organics: ,(434) 985-1581.Beth Jacobsen, owner email Beth@AugustMoonOrganics.comThis company has been a member of Co-op America since 2002! They offer color grown and low impact dyed bedding, including duvets and shams, table linens, original design yoga mats as well as organic fabrics by the yard.  All of the products are fair made locally. www.augustmoonorganics.com
• Blue Ribbon Solutions: (434) 964-0816, Diane LaSauce. Amid already owned household items and great finds from local sources, Diane consults with results. Spruce up the office too. Recommendations for color (low VOC), furniture placement, lighting, organization, and renovation liaison. Lots of bang for your buck! BFA Interior Design, VCU. Twenty-five years experience. Artistic placement of everyday objects. Sensible hourly rate.