Amherst Town Talk

00:00 Intro 02:47 Planning Commission Meeting Recap 04:40 Town Council Meeting Recap 14:47 Welcome to Special Guest Fred Loving 49:04 What’s Happening in the Town of Amherst 51:53 Romans 12:14-21

00:00 Intro 01:48 Home 04:39 Cilantro 06:11 Black Market Restaurant Reservations 07:34 Street Parking 13:15 Town Talk Year in Review 37:46 John 1:1

00:00 Intro 02:10 Recognizing Councilwoman Sharon Turner 03:58 Amherst Mountain Biking Club President Mike Hansen 20:15 Sunset Drive Speed Limit 24:20 Town Council Letter to Virginia AG 27:50 Commercial Break 28:30 Return 32:40 Skill Games 40:55 What’s Happening This Week in the Town of Amherst 46:48 Matthew 6:14-34

00:00 Intro 05:30 Planning Commission Meeting 07:45 Town Christmas Parade 24:51 Commercial Break 25:36 Return 30:03 What’s Going on This Week in the Town of Amherst 49:20 Matthew 6:1-13

00:00 Intro 02:20 Welcome to Amherst Ink Tattoo Artist L.C. Freeman 31:10 Commercial Break 32:29 Return 41:14 What’s Going on This Week in the Town of Amherst 48:40 I Corinthians 13:1-13

00:00 Intro 02:04 Election Recap With Town Council Member Mike Driskill 14:24 Town Council Meeting Recap 16:10 CVPDC Traffic Safety Brief 23:16 Lead Water Service Lines 25:17 Town Speed Limits 28:53 Commercial Break 30:23 Return 32:07 New Noise Ordinance Coming 42:08 Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer 43:59 What’s Going on This Week in the Town of Amherst 48:01 Ephesians 4:26-32,6:11,6:17-19

00:00 Intro 02:25 Welcome to Tim Ware 03:40 Election Day 09:20 Amherst Mountain Biking Club 38:00 Commercial Break 38:58 Return 41:30 Planning Commission Meeting Recap 47:50 What’s Going on This Week in the Town of Amherst 51:37 2 Corinthians 13:7-13

00:00 Intro 10:01 Ghost Walk 16:29 Seven Oaks Summit Update 19:38 Town Council Race 33:41 Christmas Decorations 39:35 What’s Going On in the Town of Amherst 46:39 Commercial Break 47:54 Psalm 43:1-5

00:00 Intro 05:50 12 Days Until Election Day 11:48 Seminole Park Playground 13:30 Call From Gloria Witt 28:58 Commercial Break 30:02 Return 35:56 Amherst Life Saving Crew Building 40:21 Good News Exchange Magazine Lynchburg Edition 44:46 What’s Going On in the Town of Amherst 52:29 Psalm 40:1-8

00:00 Intro 00:38 Live From The Amherst County Fair 09:39 Angela from Hangout on Main 18:02 Mike from Leaf Filter 22:44 Wine and Garlic Festival 25:38 Commercial Break 26:53 Return 28:49 Town Council Member Mike Driskill / Apple Harvest Festival 36:32 Amherst County Republican Committee Vice Chair Bill Wegert 44:14 Wayne from Piedmont Baptist Association 45:10 Nathan The Blind Conservative 47:40 J...

00:00 Intro 05:00 Infinite Number of Amazing Things Going On In Town 06:48 Town Talk Available on Additional Podcasting Platforms 11:33 Call from Nathan on Voter Registration 30:32 Town Council Meeting 30:50 VDOT Pedestrian Improvements 39:03 Surfacing Standards Vote 44:12 Wireless Water Meters 46:03 Matthew 5:8-14

00:00 Intro 04:00 Early Voting 11:25 Buy Local 19:05 Amherst Mountain Biking Club 22:27 Clifford Sorghum Festival 31:30 Commercial Break 33:03 Return 37:13 What’s Happening This Week in the Town of Amherst 47:08 Romans 12

00:00 Intro 01:33 Welcome to Town Council Candidate Jared Martin 04:12 Firefighting Since 15 Years Old 08:13 What Made You Decide to Run For Town Council? 10:50 The Importance of Local Businesses 14:35 Childhood in Amherst 20 Years Ago 17:07 Revisiting the Rules 21:16 Listening to Town Residents 26:37 A Different Perspective 29:28 Commercial Break 30:59 Return 34:15 Amherst Life Saving Crew 41:04...

00:00 Intro 03:34 The Amherst Night Sky 08:59 Town Sign Ordinance Updates 17:54 The Giant A 19:14 World Atlas Darling Small Towns In Virginia 21:10 Deep Impact 23:44 Commercial Break 25:18 Return 27:10 The Foods of the Town of Amherst 27:52 Vito’s 28:06 Dogwood Cafe 28:45 Number One Wok 29:09 Subway 31:05 Baine’s Books & Coffee 31:42 McDonald’s 33:44 Quickie 34:42 Filling Station 36:03 CVS 37:...

00:00 Intro 04:30 Town Council Meeting 07:28 Speed Limits 16:33 Town Hall Farmer’s Market 18:33 Sewage Treatment 19:16 Town Christmas Parade 22:39 Fred Loving 25:21 September 11th Anniversary 27:29 Commercial Break 28:38 Return 29:42 Main Street Improvement 30:43 Jeanine Casey appointed to Economic Development Authority (EDA) board 31:15 Lead water service lines 37:06 Virginia Breeze 38:34 Amtrak...

00:00 Intro 01:29 Welcome to Town Council candidate Jason Eagle 03:37 Jason’s background 05:18 Why did you decide to run? 08:52 Growth is necessary 12:35 Making the zoning code make sense 17:12 You have to have a mix of businesses 20:24 Missing the Amherst Milling Company 22:45 The “G” word 25:45 Commercial break 26:47 Return 30:13 The park vote 35:30 We’ll find out on November 5th 39:44 Thank you...

00:00 Intro 03:57 Sonny’s background 07:11 Prank caller 10:11 Town Council candidate Jason Eagle coming onto the show next week 13:18 Citizen comment for hire 15:16 What’s going on in Amherst this week, courtesy of townofamherstva.com 27:33 Commercial break 28:31 Return 29:53 Macadam Road / town speed limits 44:48 Main Street improvement proposals 52:20 Psalm 1:1-6

00:00 Intro 04:29 Seven Oaks Summit informational session 11:34 Zoning Map vs Comprehensive Plan 16:01 Food Lion Man and the farmer’s market 18:21 Caller 21:18 Copy and paste homes 24:50 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 26:00 People come her because of what we are 28:41 Swimming in the local creek 30:36 Commercial Break 31:36 Return 34:48 Everybody in town is not the same 37:33 Working class peo...

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...

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 - Ai...

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 -...

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 Pa...

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...

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 - Kn...