Year: 2011

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Crozet Arts and Crafts Festival looking for Volunteers (2011)

From Tracey Pugh:

“Folks, it’s that time of year again.  The Crozet Arts & Crafts Festival is May 7 & 8, Mothers’ Day weekend. 

What a great time of year to roam around outdoors, taste a little wine, have some bar-b-q, and treat Mom. We’re looking for volunteers to help in all areas; setup/teardown, parking, information tent, wine tent and more.  The Festival is the main source of income for the year operation and maintenance; and now the dome is close to being built, primarily with contributions from individuals like yourselves. 
Volunteer Hub is live and ready to take your volunteer reservations. 

Here is the link to our site. Feel free to forward this to friends, family members, co-workers etc.  

Many thanks to all!!!!
 
Tracey”

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Green Olive Tree Grand Opening

From the Green Olive Tree:

The Green Olive Tree will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony and grand opening for business on April 16th at 10 AM. The new location is on Three Notch’d Road in Crozet area across from Music Today (ie ConAgra Building).  The Green Olive Tree is a Christian thrift store offering to the community a variety of clothing for the whole family, books, household items, linens-lots of good company and friendly smiles.  Plan to attend and shop for exciting spring items.  For more information, please contact Jo Ann Perkins  434-823-4987.

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Crozet’s Population Doubled in the Last Decade

From the Crozet Gazette:

Crozet’s population (Census Bureau boundaries roughly overlap the Crozet Growth Area) grew from 2,585 in 2000 to 5,560 last year. That means White Hall District—which started out as the district already closest to ideal—needs to shed about 950 people, which happens to be very near the size of Yellow Mountain precinct, which, broadly, is a southern section of Greenwood. One advantage in being able to shift a whole precinct is that no change of polling place need happen.

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“Loss of Biodiversity More Important Issue than Global Climate Change” Discussion

Via press release:

Naturalist Marlene Condon, the author of The Nature-Friendly Garden: Creating a Backyard Haven for Plants, Wildlife, and People (Stackpole Books), will be giving an Earth Day presentation, “Wildlife at Work”, at the Charlottesville Senior Center on  April 22 at 1:30 PM.  This presentation is free and open to the public. 
 
According to Condon, the environmental focus nowadays is on global climate change, but a much more pressing issue is the loss of biodiversity.  Sheexplains that humans can adapt to changing weather patterns, but they can’t easily step into the roles played by disappearing wildlife.  Condonmaintains that a variety of wildlife is required to keep the environment habitable for mankind.
 
In this 45-minute slide show, the photographer shares images of wildlife working in her yard to keep it—and the environment— functioning properly.  She will also illustrate how people can create their own nature-friendly gardens in which Mother Nature furnishes, free of charge, most of the labor!
 
Condon’s book will be available for purchase.  If you have questions, please call (434) 823-8150. 
 

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Video of Structure Fire in Crozet

There was a fire in Crozet tonight. It was a small shed. I’m not going to speculate on how it happened, only I’m glad that the Crozet Volunteer Fire Department arrived so quickly and no one and no home appear to have been injured.

The video is unedited; taken with my Droid.

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