CBK Properties, LLC

03/22/2026

Anyone interested in a space at a beauty collective. Located in FarmVille with ample parking.

12/10/2025

Anyone interested in opening an alteration business in a commercial space?

10/08/2025

It’s that time of year!!

College care packs! Don’t miss out!

Also!

Did you know anyone can order a college care pack? We just put together these boxes thinking of the college students! Grab one for your own kids or grandkids!

Fun treat boxes for all!

All orders due by Monday October 27

09/22/2025

Here’s where economic development misses the mark. We fawn over small business owners and shower them with resources, while building owners get ignored. Which is insane. Building owners are entrepreneurs too, and without them you won’t have any good business owners.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve toured downtown with the Main Street director and they tell me they are recruiting a brewery, or an olive oil shop, or a café. I nod, it all sounds great. Then I ask the question that matters: “So where are they going?” Blank stares. A business can’t exist without walls and a ceiling. UPS needs an address. This part should be obvious, but it’s constantly overlooked.

If you have no available space, don’t expect new businesses. If all you have is bad space, don’t expect good businesses. Who rents the $200-a-month, leaky-ceiling dump? Startup churches, Beanie Baby ladies, DVD stores, karate shops. Quality entrepreneurs know their brand, their product, and their customer experience depend on a quality location. They’re willing to pay more to make more. Rundown downtowns attract rundown tenants.

And let’s kill another myth. Just because you have empty buildings doesn’t mean they’re available. Nine times out of ten, they’re not. Maybe they’re locked in a trust, maybe some family in Florida owns them, maybe they’re a tax write-off in some portfolio. If the owner isn’t trying to lease or sell, it’s not available. You’re not convincing them otherwise. The only solution is new ownership.

This is why small building owner development matters more than small business owner development. Everyone wants to help entrepreneurs write business plans, but almost no one is helping small developers. Yet developers are the key. They write good leases, they recruit tenants, they invest sweat equity, and they care about the district’s success because their own success depends on it.

Your downtown will never thrive if the real estate is in absentee hands. You can run all the entrepreneurship bootcamps you want, but if those businesses end up in a strip mall, you’ve failed. Revitalization starts and ends with local developers. Shift resources to train and finance them. Pass legislation that pressures deadbeat owners. Work with banks. Bring in the Incremental Development Alliance. Stop pretending you can fix your downtown with business programs while your buildings rot.

Your town was built by small developers, brick by brick. It will only be rebuilt the same way. Small business owners matter, but they depend on building owners. Ignore that, and your downtown stays stuck. Face it, without local building owners, Main Street is dead.

08/20/2025

1062 Sq ft Retail space for rent
216 N Main Street Farmville

07/24/2025

https://kayton.appfolio.com/listings

Welcome to 118 Fairgrounds Road, a charming 3-bedroom home located on the edge of Farmville, VA. This home boasts a single, well-appointed bathroom and a host of amenities designed to make your life easier and more comfortable. The kitchen comes equipped with a dishwasher, ensuring clean-up after me...

02/27/2025

Love Hosting? Hate Cooking? We’ve Got You.

Let’s be honest—cooking for a crowd is exhausting. 🏡 Let us cater your next event so you can actually enjoy it.

📅 Booking for spring events now!

03/27/2024

03/21/2024

We have teamed up with Duffs Sugar House and baked some delicious maple cupcakes! Real Virginia made maple syrup!

4 packs $15.00 Farmville area tomorrow! Get your orders in today!

03/01/2024

When all the components that make up a street create an environment that makes people feel special, that street then is doing something hard to put a price on. That street is creating a sense of attachment, fostering a sense of civic pride, increasing residents’ loyalty to their community, and deepening a sense of resident ownership and engagement. It’s simultaneously an incredible piece of marketing, a huge tourist draw, the most effective economic development strategy and a ready-made Instagram photo.

Once we look beyond the cost of production and start considering the return on investment, we can start to understand why it makes sense to build a beautiful public realm. We also must consider the long-term cost of building cheap vinyl garbage places that erode our basic sense of dignity, places that foster anti-social behavior and negatively impact our mental and social health. Sure, they are cheaper to build, but the price cities pay on the backend is substantially higher.

Maybe it’s a decision about a street light, or a section of sidewalk, who knows, maybe it’s a bike rack, a hanging basket, or the lowly manhole cover. Be careful not to overlook the little decisions. Think beyond cost and remember value. Consider human nature and how you want to feel when you experience a place, and consider whether or not residents will feel proud or ashamed of the place they call home.

02/07/2024

https://www.freshprints.com/group-order/product?groupOrderId=108525&designGroupId=35500

02/02/2024

Built around a 150-year-old railroad depot, Greer suffered from motor-vehicle-age changes; a streetscape project has made downtown a destination.