Well done.
Crozet area Shootings
A quick summary of some of the discussions surrounding the Crozet shootings.
Cvillenews
The Hook
Daily Progress (sporting a new website, no less!)
CNN, FoxNews and the AP have converage as well.
It’s a bit eerie today; schools are closed, but kids are playing outside. Soccer practice was canceled, but not everybody knew, or expected to not have practice. Thankfully, schools are open tomorrow.
Anybody have any thoughts on today’s events?
Old Trail groundbreaking
This “reporter” missed the groundbreaking, but these are a few of the related stories from the media –
Old Trail – set against a backdrop of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Crozet – will feature a “town center†in the midst of residential development. The center will include 85,000 square feet of commercial and office space, including a coffee shop, three restaurants and fitness center along with individual offices. The Old Trail community has about 135 occupied homes, but the large development could have up to 2,600 townhouses, homes and apartments in the next 10 to 15 years. Developers said in an interview they are hoping to build about 100 units per year.
Matt from Blue Mountain Brewery responds to comments
“I just wanted to respond to Lonnie’s suggestions. I am one of the owners of Blue Mountain Brewery and I’m glad you made it out to the brewery and I appreciate your suggestions.
1.) We are changing our hours starting April 1st. We will be open from 4pm to 10pm during the week…and 12pm to 10pm on the weekends.
2. Sorry you found our seating akward. We had our large oak tables built to give the brewery a kind of european brew hall feel. We have benches, bar stools, folding chairs, leather chairs, and couches….so hopefully people can find something comfortable.
3. As for our menu…. unfortunately expanding it is just something we can’t do at the moment. Our vision of the brewery was to be more in the lines of the wineries in the area. A place people could come in to sample the beers, sit on the porch and enjoy the view, maybe go on a tour of the brewery, and get some light food. What happens is that when people think of a brewery the first thing they think of is a full fledge restaurant … which we understand … but we just are not able to do at the moment. We are flattered that people enjoy our food so much and we will continue to offer a light menu and we hope to expand our kitchen in the future.
Thanks so much for coming out to the brewery and we hope to see you out there again. We have some great beers on tap and coming on tap soon. Our Belgian triple will be released next week. We will have our wheat beer back on tap and in bottles in a few weeks … along with the very popular Imperial Porter.
Matt Nucci
Co-Owner
Blue Mountain Brewery”
Thanks, Matt for stopping by and for commenting. You’ve got great beer. Folks, they’re only 14 minutes away!
*editor’s note – I cleaned up some of the spelling and formatting in the above comment.
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This week in Crozet – 17 March – 23 March
“The meeting on March 11 was held at Henley — and was really lively and worthwhile!
Her next Town Hall meeting, this coming Tuesday, March 18, will be held at the White Hall Community Center. Same time:Â 6:30-9:30 pm.
The final one will be on Tuesday, March 25, at Broadus Wood Elementary in Earlysville.
All White Hall district residents are welcome!”
Thanks to a reader for sending this in. Are there any comments or feedback from the meeting? As always, if you have an announcement, please let me know.
What’s up with the perennially parked black car on 240?
A reader writes –
Inquiring minds want to know what’s with the black car with WV license plates that is parked every day in the turnout on the bottom of the hill on 240 (between the corner with 250 and Tabor)? I won’t even go into the theory she has about it can you set her mind at rest? Or perhaps someone on the blog can?
Insight anybody?
This week in Crozet 10 March – 16 March
Tuesday, March 11, Crozet Fire House – Supervisor Ann Mallek
The core meeting agenda, from 7-9 PM will focus on Supervisor Mallek’s report to constituents on recent decisions by the Board of Supervisors, in-depth discussion of tax and budget issues, and open discussion time for White Hall residents and communities to voice their questions, opinions and ideas on local issues. Â Before and after the core meeting, constituents are invited to talk with Supervisor Mallek about individual matters of concern.
Mallek invites all White Hall district residents to attend. Â “It is my responsibility to be open, accessible, and accountable to the voters. Â Many people find it inconvenient or even intimidating to attend Board meetings. Â I hope White Hall residents will see this as a good opportunity to meet with me and with their neighbors, so we can talk together about how we can make our community stronger and our local government more responsive to people’s concerns.”
Light refreshments will be provided.  For further information, please contact Ann; phone 434-978-1150.
Thursday, March 13, Crozet Fire House
Mr. Fredericks of Rivanna Solid Waste will brief the Crozet Community Association on RSWA’s recent proposal to the city and county for expanding recycling efforts in the region. Good timing to give him feedback from Crozet. I am not quite sure about the time he will speak, but approx. 7:30 or 8:00 he’ll start.
Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton
Stealing Borrowing inspiration from cVillain’s story about Blue Mountain Brewery –
Fardowner’s (in the Square where Ombra’s used to be) has a couple of Blue Mountain’s beers, and you can buy them in the six-pack from Greenwood Country Store … where else can you get Blue Mountain locally, outside of their brewery?
Originally uploaded by hand_rail
Proof the Crozet Library is coming
Demolition is supposed to be taking place starting today and will be finished within a month. Progress, here we come!
Urgent need to Conserve Water in Crozet
So say The Daily Progress, WCAV and WVIR. From the DP:
The Albemarle County Service Authority is asking residents and businesses of the Crozet area to curtail water consumption for the next few days.
A water line break discovered today is limiting the amount of water available to the area.Residents are asked to not wash vehicles and delay laundry until early next week.
Restaurants are asked to serve food on paper plates to minimize the number of times they run the dishwasher.
The voluntary water restrictions are a “precautionary measure” to ensure that firefighters have enough water to extinguish any potential fires.
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