Year: 2011

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Lack of High-Speed Internet Meeting on Thursday

Thanks to the Daily Progress:

Members of the White Hall community are invited to attend a meeting this week to discuss the need for high-speed Internet in the area.

The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at Montfair Resort Farm in Crozet. The event is free and open to the public.

Residents and Albemarle County leaders will discuss ways to get high-speed Internet service to White Halland the surrounding areas.

Ann H. Mallek, chairwoman of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, will speak.

Several small-business Internet providers are also expected to attend the event.

The Montfair Resort Farm is at 2500 Bezaleel Drive, Crozet.

For more information, call event organizer Phyllis Ripper at 823-5830.

Thanks to this on Twitter,

@realcrozetva @tfjtolson Have you seen this? http://bit.ly/bF1t4S Augusta, Greene, and Orange have greater density of coverage than we doless than a minute ago via TweetDeckBeckyFisher73
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I spent 20 30 minutes down the internet rabbit hole looking for these graphics and other such information:

From Broadband.gov: (note: 4Mbps is still sloowwww)

74% homes in Albemarle have access to 4Mbps Broadband

And this from Gizmodo:

State of the Internet

Interesting infographic from Gizmodo depicting Internet Speeds and Costs Around the World, Shown Visually

I’m still working on a story at RealCentralVA.com about the potential impacts the FiberLight announcement will have on the citizens/denizens of Charlottesville, Albemarle, Greene, and the surrounding Counties.

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Old Trail + Assisted Living Facility

Remember way back in 2008 when I told you about the assisted living facility coming to Old Trail?

It’s going to be a reality. Huge thanks to the Crozet Gazette:

Near it, on the east side of the village stores’ parking lot, will be a new 126-bed assisted living facility to be known as The Lodge at Old Trail. The facility will offer services ranging from basic to end-of-life care and memory care, all on a rental model. It is being built by David Hilliard, who has previously built and now operates two assisted living facilities in Vermont. The facility will have underground parking on its basement level, entered from behind the building, and that is being excavated now. There will be three floors above. Completion is expected in 18 months. The building was designed by local architects Russell Skinner and Richard “Jyke” Jones.

Beights Development formally transferred 48 acres, mainly lying along Lickinghole Creek, to Albemarle County in December to be the site of “Western Park.” Beights said he hopes the county will begin improvements soon. The transfer makes possible the creation of a walking path connecting Grayrock and other Jarmans Gap Road subdivisions to Henley Middle and Brownsville Elementary Schools.

Please read the whole thing at their site.

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What are the Best CSAs in and around Crozet?

From a reader:

I was checking out CSA listings at Local Harvest, and was disappointed by not many listings and many that *were* there were outdated! So if you know of ANY CSA (community supported agriculture) in the area (Charlottesville/Crozet/Central VA), no matter how small, please respond here and I will make a listing of them. Let’s support our local farmers – especially the ones just getting started!

Thanks!

So – what are your favorites CSAs??

Personally, I usually search at the Buy Fresh, Buy Local site, but would much prefer recommendations.

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Closing Jarman’s Gap for the Summer?

Brilliant. I’m no engineer, but I’d wager that they would finish it in a month if they were properly incentivized.

Newsplex reports:

At its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors is expected to endorse a resolution supporting the temporary closure of Jarmans Gap Road (Route 691).

The Virginia Department of Transportation has recommended a complete closure of Jarmans Gap Rd. to traffic for approximately 60 days during the construction project to allow for the installation of a precast box culvert at Powell’s Creek.

The road closure would be coordinated with the summertime public school closing, June through August of 2011. VDOT advises that during the school year, Jarmans Gap Rd. will be reduced to one lane of traffic, as necessary. Complete closure of the road would expedite the installation of the culvert and shorten the overall length of the project.

This could be damaging and isolating to Downtown Crozet. On the other hand, it could provide an opportunity to further develop its own identity.

VDOT’s Dashboard for the Jarman’s Gap project.

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RealCrozetVA’s “Crozet” Defined

Responding to this comment:

… just wish you would define just where is “RealCrozet”:) Don’t you go including Greenwood, Freetown, Brownsville, or White Hall when you try to keep us up to date of the areas activities. 🙂

From Downtown Crozet to Old Trail to 250 West, to Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton and some points west, to Freetown to Batesville Store, to Beaver Creek, to the White Hall Store, to Chiles Orchard. And anywhere else that piques my interest or touches Crozet.

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Recap of Oliver Kuttner’s Talk at the Field School

From the Field School’s press release:

We are are grateful to Oliver Kuttner for participating in our speakers series Friday night.  Kuttner drove to Field School straight from the office in Lynchburg where he and his Edison2 team have been building a new generation automobile.  In the Fall, the team won the coveted Progressive Insurance Automotive XPrize along with a check for $5 million.  

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