Year: 2011

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News About the PARC

From the Crozet listserv:

We have exciting news to share regarding the Crozet PARC (Park Aquatics and Recreation Center).

We are in the FINAL stages of approval and fundraising and if all goes as planned we will start construction in early February with a completion date of May, 2012!  Our Architectural and Building Committee has been working diligently and are “ready to build”.  The PARC has raised the community match thanks to all our community friends.

The Park Board made a major improvement by re-plastering the pool last spring, and we need to rebuild that account, so the Park match of $200,000 is solid. In mid December we were given another $10,000 gift with another $10,000 match IF we can raise the remaining 20,000 shortfall by the end of the year.

We have recieved $11,000 in pledges and donations in the last few days, so we are now only $9,000 shy.   Right before Christmas, we received a $10,000 pledge, which will be received if we raise this last $9000 before the end of the year.
That ‘s right, we’ll receive the $10,000 match grant, giving us a total of $40,000 raised in December and covering the shortfall due to the re-plastering of the pool.

If you are considering any end of the year giving opportunities please consider the Park… it adds up fast and will give us the security we need to make this project successful along with a $10,000 match gift.  All donations and pledges (yes, pledges will count toward making our match gift so you can pledge now and pay later; but  we need to receive something in writing or a donation dated for this year)  can be sent to:

Crozet PARC
PO Box 171
Crozet, VA 22932

Again thank you for all your support in making this project a reality.  Crozet Park will have the first year round aquatics and recreation facility open to the public in the County thanks to the Crozet community and its passion to see things happen!   Look for more information in the weeks to come.  If you have any questions, please contact Cynthia at [email protected].

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Tweets from the 15 December CCAC Meeting

Summary of tweets after the jump …

CCAC meetings are representative of the proverbial frog in the boiling pot of water. Many if not most Crozetians won’t know about many of the things discussed here until said things make the headlines of the Daily Progress or the TV news … and then it may be too late. Spend some time reviewing these tweets by @ChuckfromAkron, and ask questions.

If you’re curious about Twitter, it’s easy; watch this video to see just how easy. Continue reading “Tweets from the 15 December CCAC Meeting”

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Crozet – In Video

“Crozet” is hard to define – Understanding Crozet is sometimes difficult, particularly when you’re looking to move to Crozet. Some define Crozet as “the 22932 zip code“. Some define it as broad as “past Ivy“.


 

 

At Nest, we have been slowly releasing our Live Where you Love video series … we have decidedly not overtly branded these as we intended these videos to be for you rather than explicit marketing for us.

(for my clients, this is how I define it – the Brownsville and Crozet Elementary school districts.)

Have questions about Crozet? Ask me. I live here. Or call me – 434-242-7140.

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Crozet Library Going to Bid

It’s about time. Thank you everyone for all of your hard work.

From our Supervisor, Ann Mallek:

As I get ready for dinner, please help to share my thanks with all in the Crozet and Western Albemarle community who have supported construction of the Crozet library since 1988. This afternoon the Board of Supervisors did approve sending the project to bid. The Board will approve final wording a week from today, at our 3 pm financial planning discussion in room 241.   

A final vote is still needed to send the project to construction, of course, as every project requires final approval once the bids are received and evaluated. Decisions on the fiscal year 2013 budget will be made in March/April, 2012.

Today’s first step is essential to make the process real in the minds of our bidders and our donors. Today’s success would never have happened without you. I may be the point of the spear, but you are the muscle-the sustained, informed, persistent outreach from many members of the community was and still is essential. You wrote letters, made phone calls, met with supervisors individually, sent emails, and stormed the BOS meetings with witty and intelligent information about the history of the project. No supervisor could ever ask for more from her constituents.   

The bid documents will be finalized in about a month. The plans are now at about 98% completion. Board member Duane Snow suggested adding to the bid process that builders are invited to make suggestions of cost savings for the project. This will continue the value engineering on the plans begun this fall.

The CIP or Capital Improvement Program committee has the library as its number 1 project. Their report will come to the board and the public during the next week.

The funds for the library construction are based upon an equalized tax rate. Retaining a fourth tax cut in a row would leave the local government facing severe service cutbacks and remove any capital projects from the budget, even emergency projects. 0.5 cents of the equalized rate revenue is to be used for capital projects ONLY, and other efficiencies and reductions in local government operations will be used to meet increased expenses for retirement system payments and other mandated obligations.

There is more work to do, more baby steps to accomplish, but we are on a better path today. Pleased stay focused on this project and continue to share your support with the [email protected].

Thank you again. See you at the Soiree.

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Crozet Christmas Parade – 11 December 2011

One of my favorite things about Crozet.

From the Crozet Volunteer Fire Department:

SANTA WILL BE ARRIVING ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2011 @ 3 PM
 

THE CROZET VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOSTING A SMALL CHRISTMAS PARADE ON DECEMBER 11, 2011 AT 3 PM. THE PARADE WILL START AT WAYLAND DR AND TRAVEL TO THE CROZET FIRE STATION.

 
SANTA WILL MEET THE CHILDREN AFTER THE PARADE AT THE FIREHOUSE.

 
HOT CHOCOLATE AND COOKIES WILL BE AVAILABLE AT FIREHOUSE

 
ANYONE WISHING TO ENTER THE CHRISTMAS PARADE MAY CONTACT THE CROZET VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AT (434) 823-4758 OR DROP OFF YOUR INFORMATION AT THE FIREHOUSE.

(sorry for the all-caps, but I copy and pasted)