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A 10 year old little girl was shot and killed this morning in Crozet.
A news round up –
NBC 29
WINA – (link fixed)
Newsplex
Those are words I wish I could have never written. Thoughts, prayers and support go to the family.
Update – there is a Facebook group supporting the family and a statement from the Virginia Church of God; the kids’ father is the pastor at Crozet’s Victory Hill Church of God.
Just received via email –
Crozet Gator Kickoff Event today at pool from 3- 5PM
The Crozet Swim Team is a perfect way to keep your child active and have a lot of fun this summer. Not only do we have an amazing coaching staff, but we have family fun events through out the summer including weekly spirit activities, a private pool party for swimmers and their families, a float in the July 6th parade in downtown Crozet and many other special surprises.
Our kick-off event is at the Crozet Pool today from 3-5 pm.
Continue reading “Crozet Gators Kickoff Event – 19 May 2013”
I’m glad I went and live-tweeting the Crozet Community Advisory Council meeting last night; the interaction on Twitter highlighted how important it is to have outside voices paying attention but also that outside people are paying attention. I pay a lot of attention to what’s happening in Crozet – both because I love it and live here, but also so I can better advise my clients. Had I not attended and tweeted last night, I wouldn’t have known about a lot of the stuff listed below. Suggestion: look at the highlights, click through to read the entire Storify then get involved.
Highlights –
– Someone is apparently interested in the Barnes Lumberyard
– 1306 and 1278 Crozet Avenue are going to have some sort of infill redevelopment (nothing showing yet at Albemarle’s County View)
– Funding has temporarily fallen through for Claudius Place
– Crozet schools are on their way to getting crowded – see the tweets.
– I’m still baffled that no one thought Old Trail would have kids (apparently someone thought it’d be all retirees)
– Crozet Fireworks – 6 July
– Meeting on 19 June to discuss Critical Slopes proposed changes. (this is a potentially big deal).
Continue reading “Storifying the CCAC Meeting – 16 May 2013”
Anyone up for writing a story or live-tweeting this meeting? I’m curious to hear about what the Blue Ridge District Advisory Team is … and also, who’s up for helping pull off the Crozet Fireworks?
via email –
CROZET COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL
The Meadows, Crozet (5735 Meadows Dr.)
Thursday, May 16, 2013 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Tentative Agenda
1. Agenda Review. (Meg Holden – CCAC chair)
2. Approval of Minutes from April 18, 2013 meeting.
3. Public Comment.
4. Project Updates/Information:
• Update on Library Fundraising (Bill Schrader)
• Library…plans for unused space
• Blue Ridge District Advisory Team
• Any news on development of Barnes Lumber Company property
• Update on streets cape
• What do we know about re-zoning request at 1306 Crozet Ave.
• Present growth issues concerning our schools
• Anything on plans for pedestrian crossing signal at Clover Lawn/Harris Teeter, 2 deaths, approve a resolution to request some action regarding a safer solution for this crossing area
• Plans for Crozet Independence Day Parade, Celebration and Fireworks on July 6.
5. Old Business • Ombudsman – members of CCAC and the role they will play for the council
6. Items not listed on the Agenda
7. Announcements.
8. Future Agenda Items.
This year’s Crozet Arts and Crafts Festival is this weekend; it should be a great weekend, hopefully with equally great weather.
It’s a big weekend in Crozet. What other events are there? (They’ll be added to the Crozet Calendar if you let me know)
The Crozet Farmer’s Market is on Saturday from 8 to 12 on Tabor (I’d suggest walking or biking if you can … traffic’s liable to be hairy). (Update: a Facebook commenter notes that the Farmers’ Market sign is at its old location on Crozet Avenue, presumably to seek to alleviate traffic this weekend. I’d still suggest walking or biking. 🙂 )
It seems that the Crozet Arts & Crafts Festival brings the perfect opportunity for Crozet neighborhoods to have community yard sales. I know Parkside Village is having one (adjacent to Crozet Park) and while riding my bike to a home inspection in Grayrock, I noticed that Baragamin Park and Grayrock are having community yard sales on Saturday.
Weather for Crozet this weekend …
Update 2 –
North Branch is having its annual music festival and silent auction (with a cake walk, face painting, and other children’s activities) called BandFair TOMORROW at Cardinal Point Winery, 1 pm – 7 pm. You can purchase tickets at the gate tomorrow for $7.00 for a child ticket, $12.00 for an adult ticket, and $36.00 for a family of 4 or more. Great local music and kid-friendly fun, with wine-tasting for the grown-ups right up the hill. Don’t miss out on the fun!
While I’ve shifted most of the Crozet Calendar/happenings to the Crozet Calendar section of RealCrozetVA, the Crozet Triathlon is really interesting. My little one did the Dogwood Duathlon this past weekend (for the 2nd time) and had a blast. I wondered on Twitter if Crozet could do one, and I was quickly told that yes, not only can we, but we are.
.@realcrozetva @stevebragaw see crozet gazette page 8! Field school is sponsoring a youth triathlon in crozet issuu.com/crozetgazette/…
— anne.d (@crozetbulldogs) May 5, 2013
So … Check out the Field School’s sponsorship of the Crozet Triathlon on 15 June. Note that this cool flyer was designed by Crozet’s Allie Pesch.
And it’s in a new location, too – in the parking lot of Tabor Presbyterian Church.
Via email –
Students from the Western Albemarle High School Leadership class will present a $1,000 donation to the Build Crozet Library fund on Friday, May 10 at 9:45 am. The presentation will be made to Fundraising Chair Bill Schrader and other library representatives on Library Ave. beside the new library (under construction).
This donation will earn the WAHS Leadership program a leaf on the Giving Tree planned for the lobby of the new library. The donation will be doubled due to the matching grant from BAMA Works, and will help to purchase seating in the Teen Area of the new library. Students raised the money by staffing concessions at football games and through their annual spring pageant, Mr. WAHS, organized by students Mac Outlaw, Colleen Flanagan, Montana Frayser, and Sierra Brown.
Mr. WAHS attendees were also asked to bring canned goods for donation to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. This donation is in line with the WAHS Leadership program’s local, community-based focus for all its fundraising events this year.
Update 2 May 2013 – Repairs are set to last through 9 May.
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Be patient again this week on 64 and 250 in and out of Crozet …
from VDOT’s site –
– Intermittent traffic restrictions on Interstate 64 between Charlottesville and Waynesboro will resume next week during operations to remove unstable soil from Afton Mountain above the highway at milepost 100.3 in Albemarle County.
Beginning at 9 a.m. on Monday, April 29, traffic on I-64 will be restricted in both directions for 30-45 minutes. The restrictions will continue through the day, ending between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. The westbound right shoulder will be closed and work zone activity will begin at 7 a.m. each day but traffic will not be restricted before 9 a.m. The work is expected to continue through Thursday, May 2.
The restrictions will affect traffic from Exit 107 (Route 250/Rockfish Gap Turnpike) at Crozet to Exit 96 (Route 624/S. Delphine Avenue) at Waynesboro. Drivers should expect significant congestion and delays; passenger vehicles are encouraged to use Route 250 as an alternate route. Message boards along I-64 will advise motorists of the closures and expected congestion in the area.
Motorists should check VDOT’s traffic information web site, www.511virginia.org, or call 511 for real-time information about traffic conditions and delays.
A note received from Ashley Fitch via email about this past weekend’s James Sun memorial:
Today I decided to run the James Sun Memorial 5K to inspire my kids to exercise and to get them excited about moving to our new neighborhood where the race was held – Old Trail. I accomplished that goal, but what I didn’t expect was how inspired I would be by the event.
I was inspired by Mr. Sun, in which attending this event had to be difficult for him, took a few moments to kick a soccer ball to my young son and to thank the attendees for supporting his son’s memorial. I, also, was inspired by the Western Albemarle students’ leadership in organizing the event in memory of a deceased classmate and in making something positive come out of the tragedy. Lastly, I was inspired by seeing classmates and families run together for such a wonderful cause, an organization that helps support families who have lost a child.
I did not have the pleasure of knowing James Sun, but it was obvious that he left a positive impression on his classmates, and they, in turn, left a positive impression upon me. Our future will be in good hands with these leaders.
I encourage those of you who were unable to attend this wonderful community event this year to attend it next year.
Sincerely,
Ashley Fitch
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Background – James Sun was killed in July 2011 near Harris Teeter when he was hit by a car.