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From tonight’s State of Brownsville Elementary:
@realcrozetva max capacity of #BrownsvilleES is 750
— Paul Van Vleet (@vanvleets) September 15, 2015
Note: This. This is why I encourage all parents (and taxpayers) to get educated and involved, even if you don’t have kids in X school, schools matter.
Some of the things posted on RealCrozetVA facebook page don’t quite warrant a blog post, but in aggregate, they do. (also, now there’s a RealCrozetVA instagram)
14 September – After a brief walk outside this evening, I thought again that as our little town grows and grows, I truly, truly hope that the skies stay dark.
Being able to see the stars is something that is truly heartening and remarkable.
14 September – The Crozet Mudhouse has a new look.
14 September – 3rd Annual Crozet Elementary Walk (Bike) to School Day! – September 24th
Let’s celebrate our new sidewalks and traffic light!!
10 September – Crozet Culinary Competition at the Lodge should be tons of fun, and is a tremendous community event.
This is the major fundraiser for the Crozet Trails Crew, a grassroots community organization whose mission is to connect Crozet and Western Albemarle with trails and greenways.
Lots of good stuff on the agenda for the September Crozet Community Association meeting. Thanks to the CCA site.
Sad.
On September 2 around 8:25pm, Albemarle police say a 22-year-old male was hit and killed by a train in Crozet about 100 yards east of Starr Hill Brewery.
Continue reading “Crozet Man Killed by Train Near Starr Hill”
I love this video. How many more cool videos featuring Crozet are out there?
This is cool.
From Crozet Park’s Facebook page: (and RealCrozetVA)
We have some exciting news to share!! The Federal Highway Administration will provide us with a recreational trails grant. This grant plus the generous private match from the Neumeister family will allow us to proceed with building the long awaited Perimeter Trail. Creation of this trail has been on the Park’s master plan for many years, and respondents to last year’s Park survey overwhelmingly chose the Perimeter Trail as the most beneficial addition to our Park.
Background from the Crozet Gazette:
We are poised to start several Park projects in 2015:
Perimeter Trail: a paved, 8-foot wide, multi-use path, almost a mile in length, will go around the entire Park. Funding for this project would come from a grant the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) along with a generous gift from a local family. Our goal is to break ground in early summer.
Crozet Park is (seemingly) quickly becoming more and more of a destination location in Crozet … now … how about sidewalks on Park & Tabor?
Continue reading “Crozet Park Gets Funding for Perimeter Trail”
* this is a real estate post. I’m actually a real estate agent in real life.
Thinking about moving over the next several months? Call me for your complimentary professional photos NOW while everything is green.
No obligation to list with me, but if you do, we’ll have great photos to use!
Taking pictures now is critical for the winter and spring market.
This picture of Grayrock remains one of my favorite examples of why taking pictures in the fall is critical:
I’m going to update this in a bit, but wanted to publish it tonight. Click through, scroll to the bottom and work your way up.
Highlights (acknowledging that it’s not quite fair to pull some of these out of context):
– Our Delegate, Steve Landes was present for his first CCAC meeting
– The Downtown Crozet Initiative is ongoing. Milestone hopes to have better information/drawings/visuals in September/October.
– Mike Marshall introduced Warren Byrd, the “architect of the Crozet Plan” to talk about his plan for the redeveloping of Downtown Crozet.
– Warren Byrd acknowledged that the Master Plan should be malleable, and adapt.
– The Exit 107 resolution (I couldn’t find it online) was approved unanimously. I’m guessing it said something to the effect of “don’t grow here, and if you do, make it great.” Update: the CCA now has the passed resolution (PDF) up. Update #2: After a Twitter conversation with CCAC Chair Jennie More (see conversation in the Storify), resolutions will now be posted before public meetings. Thanks, Jennie!
– The CCA have updated their agenda with links to the proposed Block Plan and the two now-passed Resolutions. (and thanks for posting so late at night!)