Month: October 2016

Places like Greenhouse Coffee make Crozet special. Take three minutes and watch the video below to learn a bit about Greenhouse.

(The Crozet Cycling Club is there every morning post-ride at 7am, and attest to Greenhouse’s awesomeness)

Continue reading “A Bit of Love for Greenhouse Coffee”

I’m happy that Charlottesville Tomorrow is dedicating more time and resources to covering Crozet. Make time to click through and read these stories in their entirety; this is important stuff.

School officials look west as Crozet growth continues

The county’s Crozet Master Plan calls for a 2030 population of 12,000. County staff in February estimated that Crozet has 6,854 residents and could have 7,786 by 2020 if current building trends hold.

For White Hall District School Board member David Oberg, that is not a good sign.

“I see a train wreck, honestly,” he said. “All you have to do is walk up to Old Trail after Henley Middle School lets out and see the 50 or 60 kids who are walking between Henley and Grit Café to see how many kids are in that neighborhood. It is packed.”

That isn’t lost on school division planning officials, said Dean Tistadt, county schools’ chief operating officer.

Continued development puts pressure on Crozet’s master plan

As Albemarle officials wrestle with increasing population trends, many are watching to see if Crozet’s future will match the vision within its master plan.

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One major completed element of the Crozet Master Plan is the new Crozet Library, which recently celebrated its third birthday. Since then, more than 439,000 people have visited.

“As you have probably noticed, there’s a lot going on in downtown Crozet since the library opened,” said John Halliday, director of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library. “Is it a coincidence?”

Across Library Avenue, construction crews are working on the four-story Piedmont Place, which is being built by developer Drew Holzwarth across the street.

The two buildings complement the completion of both a Crozet streetscape and improvements to Jarmans Gap Road that are intended to make the downtown area a walkable or bikeable destination from neighborhoods like Old Trail and Grayrock to the west.

This chapter of the Re-Store N Station is closed. For now.

Charlottesville Tomorrow* reports:

Albemarle County Board of Supervisors denied a Crozet gas station’s plan to build additional office space, a drive-thru doughnut restaurant and an auto retail business and repair shop on its 4-acre lot.

Crozet Re-Store ’N Station, located at the intersection of Rockfish Gap Turnpike and Freetown Road nearWestern Albemarle High School, currently consists of 2,775 square feet of retail space, with an additional 1,000 square feet of office space on the second floor.

The owner proposed amendments to its special-use permit in December that would have cleared the way for a 20,000-square-foot addition. The board rejected the amendments by a unanimous vote Wednesday, bringing an end to a tumultuous review process.

Supervisor Ann H. Mallek recalled that Re-Store ’N Station’s original proposal for a larger building was denied by the Board of Supervisors in 2010.

“It should stay denied today,” Mallek said. “The developer has failed to make the case … that [this addition] is compelling or even warranted.”

For background on Re-store N Station, start searching here.

* Seriously. Local journalism matters. Consider donating to Charlottesville Tomorrow; without them, we’d not know an awful lot about what happens in Crozet, Charlottesville, and Albemarle.

** I really wish they’d named the gas station something different. Typing “Re-Store ‘N Station” is hard.

From the CCA newsletter:

Crozet Arts and Crafts Festival!

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8-9 AT CLAUDIUS CROZET PARK
Join over 100 juried fine Art and Craft Exhibitors at Claudius Crozet Park for the 36th Annual Crozet Fall Arts and Crafts Festival, a family-friendly celebration of Art, Craft, and Community on October 8 & 9. With great food, Virginia wine and draft beer, live music, and entertainment for the kids, this award-winning Festival is the place to relax and enjoy time with friends and family over the long weekend.