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Albemarle County Supervisor Ann Mallek will announce her candidacy for Supervisor representing the White Hall district.
She was first elected to the seat in 2007.
When: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 10 am
Where: Crozet Western Albemarle Library, Front door, east side
From Ann Mallek:
I do not know Kristin, but want to offer her my congratulations on her great showing at the Garden.
I know how much work it takes to help your dog learn how to move in the show ring, and to seem to enjoy the competition. My task was to work with my Mom’s shepherd pups.
Seeing someone who shows their own dog, a dog they raised, is a special thrill.
Great job Kristin. It was funny that the announcer said Cro-zette, rhymes with closet.
Competitive elections are good for everyone – the candidates and the constituents.
Steve Landes just announced that he’s running for reelection.
His competitor is Angela Lynn.
So far, VPAP reports that Steve Landes has about $26k and his challenger has $0; that’ll probably change.
While you’re researching (you do research, instead of voting for the D or the R, right?), see what bills he’s sponsored in the General Assembly.
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Beauty and the Beast at WAHS – featuring a mix of 55 students from Western, Henley, Crozet, and Brownsville and a 15 member orchestra, a crew of 20-25, nearly 100 Crozet kids are involved in this production.
Thursday March 12th– Benefit preview, by donation- 7:30 pm
Friday March 13th– show 7:30 pm
Saturday March 14th– show 7:30 pm
Sunday March 15th– show 2:00 pm
Friday and Saturday March 6 and 7 at 7:30 pm and Sunday March 8 at 2:00 pm
Benefit preview Thursday March 5th at 7:30 pm (tickets by donation)
Tickets available in WAHS main office and online.
– Students $6 in advance $8 at the door
– Adults $12 in advance $14 at the door
– Seniors $6 in advance $8 at the door
Classic story of character triumphing over appearances, with memorable songs such as “Be Our Guest” and “Home”, charming characters, poignant scenes, beautiful costumes, and heartfelt message, this is sure to be a remarkable event.
Highlights –
– King Family talking about their special use permit request; neighbors saying the Kings are good neighbors but Half Mile Branch is a problem. This highlighted a bigger Crozet concern – infrastructure needs are exceeding what current infrastructure is designed to handle.
– A bit of an economic development conversation
– The Moose Lodge presentation was pushed to March
– Milestone Partners & Ombudsman topics ran out of time
Click through to read the tweets from the meeting, courtesy of RealCrozetVA and the Crozet Community Association (Tim Tolson).
We went to a birthday party at Greenwood Community Center yesterday, and it was a ton of fun. Simple, good, childish fun. Highly recommended.
Also saw this photo, with thanks to a lot of Crozetians (I know, Greenwood isn’t in Crozet, but it’s close) , which I thought was wonderful:
As far as meetings go, this should be awfully informative.
(one small observation, item of encouragement – lots happen in these meetings – over many, many months and years. Please, please come to more than just the one meeting that affects you. Community involvement and awareness are work – valuable, necessary work.)
Agenda after the break.
A few stories from the RealCrozetVA facebook community –
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The purpose of this project is to provide safe pedestrian access along Crozet Avenue from the Crozet Elementary School to Ballard Drive. Drainage improvements, a sidewalk and a curb-and-gutter will be constructed along the west side including a pedestrian crossing at the school entrance. Plecker Construction Company has been awarded the construction contract and plans to start on March 2, 2015, weather permitting. AMT will assist the County with onsite inspection services and F&R Inc. will perform materials testing on the project. Funding for this project is primarily through a grant from VDOT.
If you would like more information regarding this project, please contact Frank Pohl, Senior Project Manager, by phone (434)-872-4501 x 7914 or by email [email protected].
This is a real estate post. I’m a real estate agent by the way) Questions? ask me … 434-242-7140.
Pulling assessed values in Crozet is tough. Across Albemarle County, assessed values are up 2.64%; White Hall is up 2.94%.
Last year, Parkside Village had the highest percentage increase; this year, Old Trail and Western Ridge are leading the way.
One note: with respect to fair market value, my opinion is that an assessment has about as much validity as does a zestimate.
In my opinion, county assessed values are good for one thing – top-level trending information. As I wrote a few years ago:
Assessments are not a reflection of market value. They are a backward-looking assessment of what the market value may have been at the time the assessor looked at the house (most likely online, and not in person). The assessor may or may not know the condition of the property, the condition of the property’s neighbors, may not consider the traffic noise, crime stats, proximity of sexual offenders, level of inventory, smell of the neighborhood, etc. etc. etc. Assessments are why you pay taxes on.
The Daily Progress notes this year:
The current rate is 79.9 cents per $100 of assessed value. At that rate and including an assessment increase of 2.64 percent, the annual tax bill would edge up $63 to $2,460 on a home previously assessed at $300,000. The new assessments will be reflected in tax bills to be mailed in late April.
It costs nearly $12k to educate a student in Albemarle County schools; think about that for a minute when thinking about the new homes – and residents in the County.
I pulled data from the Albemarle County GIS site for the following neighborhoods:
A few notes:
Albemarle County real estate assessments are out … did yours go up? Go down? Questions about your assessment? Ask me …(434-242-7140. I’m a real estate agent by the way).