I’d say things have turned out well.
4 Years Ago Today was the Crozet Library Groundbreaking
IPA Jamberee at Starr Hill 25 June 2016 – Benefiting Crozet Park!
- IPA Jamberee at Starr Hill this Saturday … in “Hangar Park” (big building across the street from the brewery)
- Featuring:15+ Virginia Breweries | Pouring 50+ Local IPAs
Brewer Sessions | Hop Grower Exhibits
Live & Local Music Featuring Sons of Bill
Local Food Trucks | Games & Prizes
Proceeds Benefit Claudius Crozet Park
- Featuring:15+ Virginia Breweries | Pouring 50+ Local IPAs
- IPA Jamberee Afterparty
And:
via email: (bolding mine)
- Please join the fun on Saturday, June 25th from 1-7PM for Starr Hill Brewery’s IPA JAMBEEREE at Hangar Park across from the Starr Hill Tap Room. Proceeds from every ticket sold and all t-shirt sales will be donated to Claudius Crozet Park’s “Play Crozet” capital campaign. This initiative will fund the building of a new pond-side amphitheater at Crozet Park. Buy a shirt here.
West Glen Stream Crossing Passes at Albemarle County PC
I couldn’t make it to the Albemarle County Planning Commission meeting on 21 June, but luckily, Neil Williamson with the Free Enterprise Forum did. And he tweeted the meeting.
tl;dr: Much discussion, two one recusal (More), two absences, stream crossing passed 3-1.
Update: Tim Dodson with Charlottesville Tomorrow has the story.
Click through to read the tweets.
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Love the Flowers on Jarmans Gap
When Are the Crozet Fireworks (in 2016)?
When Are the Crozet Fireworks Being Done? is one of the more common questions asked. “How can I donate to the Crozet fireworks?” is one of the more common questions that ought to be asked.
- The Crozet Fireworks are being held on 2 July, 2016
- You can donate to the Crozet Fireworks fund here.
- And … volunteers are needed!
- Pro tip: walk or ride bikes to the parade and the fireworks – you’ll find navigation much, much easier.
From the CCA site: (click through to read the whole thing)
It all starts with the Crozet Volunteer Fire Department (CVFD) parade at 5:00 PM at Crozet Elementary School and goes down Crozet Avenue through downtown Crozet to Claudius Crozet Park. The Parade Grand Marshals are Rick and Pete Maupin and we hope that the Richmond Shriners’ ACCA Mini-Patrol cars are one of the many entries in the parade.
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It takes a village to have a community celebration. Your help for just an hour or two on Saturday, July 2 will make a big difference to the success of the Crozet Independence Day Celebration. Sign-up to help with the Crozet Independence Day Celebration (CIDC) next Saturday, July 2, between 5PM to 10PM. There are a variety of tasks and time slots. Most of the time slots are only an hour – so there’s lots of ways to help and still enjoy the event.
To sign up to help and volunteer, go here.
When you sign-up it will ask for your name, email and, optionally phone number. No one else can see your email and phone. We promise we won’t share it. It’s helpful for us to have it if something happens and we need to let you know about a last minute change.
We urge church groups, civic and neighborhood associations to sign-up. Crozet Trails Crew already has volunteered to staff one spot the whole evening! Let’s see which group can have the most volunteers!
With your help, we can make this Crozet Independence Day celebration the best ever!
Update 28 June 2016
Interested in the Crozet Cycling Club?
It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. ~ Ernest Hemingway
You may have seen us on the road, and hopefully you saw the great story in last month’s Crozet Gazette.
If you’re interested in riding with the Crozet Cycling Club (we have 3 segments of the club now!), come out to Pro Re Nata this Friday, 24 June between 7 and 9. (the facebook event is here) We’re calling this a non-spandex social. Already ride? Cool. Thinking about starting to ride? Come on down.
If you’re out on local scenic roads at the crack of day, you’re likely to see a posse of Crozet cyclists trailing slipstreams, winding like wind down the roads.
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“This area’s hard to beat. It’s gorgeous. We stop to take pictures,” said Duncan. “We take time to appreciate where we are. Morning commuters know us because of our headlight power. We stick together as a group. We’re extremely conscientious about safety and sharing the road. We live here and we don’t want to piss off our neighbors.
At the moment, we have 3 groups of riders –
- Wednesday morning at 6am – and usually every other morning as well)
- The 9:30 Club – who meet Fridays at 7:15 at Mudhouse during the summer
- The Easy Riders – meet at Crozet Mudhouse on Mondays and Thursdays. ** see the end of this post for more information on the Easy Riders
* one request – if you do request to be a member of one of the google groups, please also email me and let me know a little about who you are and how long you’ve been riding; the google groups are private groups, and we like to know with whom we’re communicating (our email threads tend to be comical from time to time, too).
I’m always happy to answer questions, or talk about the different groups, and which one may be the best fit for you. Call/email/text me anytime and 434-242-7140.
We are now discussing holding clinics for those of us – beginners and not-so-beginners – to learn to be better skilled and safer riders. I truly love and am humbled by the growth and evolution of this group.
If you’re interested in riding with the Crozet Cycling Club, come out to Pro Re Nata this Friday, 24 June between 7 and 9. (the facebook event is here) We’re calling this a non-spandex social.
CCAC Meeting Recap – 15 June 2016 | Growth, Schools, Adelaide, Power Lines
So much discussed tonight, and I’ll update this once the Charlottesville Tomorrow story is posted Update: Here’s Tim Dodson’s story from Charlottesville Tomorrow. (and I apologize for the formatting issues)
- I love that 4 people were tweeting the meeting tonight; true comprehensive coverage
- Schools and growth were a big topic of discussion
- West Glen neighborhood proposal was discussed at length. Stream buffers, critical slopes, and more.
- West Glen will be going to the planning commission on Tuesday
- Another discussion about Adelaide (now to be discussed at BoS in September, I think)
- The Albemarle County Planning Commission recommended approval in May of Adelaide
- Bill Schrader brings up Revenue Sharing agreement – since 1982 Albemarle County have given the City of Charlottesville $282 Million.
- Dominion is looking to upgrade their high tension power lines — see email at the end of this story.
These are some of the supporting/background stories referenced tonight
- Schools matter; buyers do not compromise on schools/school quality when evaluating where to live.
- West Glen and the CCAC in December 2015
- West Glen and the CCAC in March 2016
- West Glen Special Use Permit plans
Storify with all of the tweets after the break. Really, please spend 15 minutes scrolling to the end and making your way back up. Please. Get informed.
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CCAC Meeting 15 June 2016 – Schools, Growth, Adelaide, West Glen
via email: (if you’re going to follow along on Twitter, the hashtag will be #CCAC0616
CROZET COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The Crozet Library
Wednesday, June 15, 2016 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Agenda
1. Agenda Review (David Stoner – CCAC chair)
2. Approval of Minutes
3. Albemarle County Schools Discussion (Dave Oberg, Beth Bassett) [30min]
4. West Glenn Stream Crossing SUP CCAC Discussion [30min]
5. Adelaide Project Rezoning – Amended Resolution? [30min]
6. Items Not Listed on the Agenda
7. Announcements
8. Future Agenda Items
Update – Staff reports on West Glen – Staff report, special use permit plans.
Crozet Real Estate Conversation – at PRN!
We’ve been doing our Crozet Real Estate Conversations at the Mudhouse for the past few months, and have done our market update videos at several Crozet businesses. We’re shaking things up this month and for the forthcoming months … Thirsty (real estate) Thursdays.
The Third Thursday of the month from 5:30 to 7:30, David Ferrall and I will be at PRN to talk about the Crozet (or Charlottesville/Albemarle/Nelson) real estate markets. PRN have Wi-Fi, so we’ll probably be running some real estate statistics, too, because that’s one of the things we do for fun (really).
Have questions about the Crozet real estate market? Stop by PRN Thursday, 16 June from 5:30 to 7:30.
Support the Crozet Independence Day Parade & Fireworks (2016)
via email –
“We are writing to ask for your enthusiastic support of our small town tradition – our annual Crozet Independence Day parade and fireworks show!
This event helps maintain the best of Crozet – friends and neighbors coming together to enjoy good times, celebrate our nation’s independence and help out others. It’s an event that brings our community together and is an important fund-raiser for many local organizations like the Crozet Volunteer Fire Department, Crozet Lions, and Claudius Crozet Park. Your attendance at the event helps them, too.
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