Some would say …
Right across the street from Blue Ridge Builders’ Supply.
Personally, my money will stay with Sal’s and Crozet Pizza, but that’s just me.
Crozet Library news
Wednesday, September 20, 7:00pm, in the Crozet Library: Architect Meet and Greet with the Crozet Library Building Advisory Committee
Ms. Melanie Hennigan, of Grimm and Parker Architects, will be available to answer questions and hear comments regarding the new Crozet Library. Grimm and Parker has been hired as the firm who will be aiding in the selection of a library site and, ultimately, designing our new Crozet Library. Thursday, September 21, 7:00pm, at the Meadows (unless location is changed due to turnout), Ms. Hennigan will hold a Meet and Greet with members of the CCAC, which is also open to the public.
Wednesday, October 25, 7:00pm, Western Albemarle High School: Community Feedback Time!
Albemarle County Representatives and Grimm and Parker architects will solicit community feedback regarding the library and its potential sites. Community feedback from this meeting will be reported to the Board of Supervisors.
Petition to save Downtown Crozet
76 People signed. If Crozetians want to “save” Downtown Crozet, they will need to aim higher – think over one thousand people, and even then there is little assurance that the BoS will listen. More interesting to me is how these residents distributed this petition. If they distributed it “offline,” they hurt themselves. If they did it online, it seems it didn’t get much support.
How better could one market such a (or any other) petition?
Last month’s Crozet Gazette (PDF) has a nice editorial about Downtown Zoning.
Crozet’s reach is growing
Today’s August Free Press has an interesting story about the expansion of Crozet’s spending power, further highlighting the redefinition of “regionalism.”
Technorati Tags: crozet
Morning reading for Crozetians
Excellent story in today’s Daily Progress:
A lack of supporting infrastructure and a major dispute over population figures has put Crozet at the center of controversy, with residents making sharp accusations that county leaders have misled them, misrepresented them or simply let them down.
Recent Crozet news
Vito Cetta talks about affordable housing and Crozet
The 250/240 intersection is potentially dangerous and definitely inefficient.
Per usual, “spokesperson for the Virginia Department of Transportation … says he’s not sure when decisions for 240/250 will be made, but says it’s a three-way decision-making process among developers, County planners and traffic officials…”
Don’t hold your breath.
Last night’s Crozet Communication Association meeting
A roundup of last night’s CCA meeting is coming, but I wanted to briefly note a couple of things:
1) The attendance by the County was fantastic – Lee Caitlin, Rebecca Ragsdale, Tom Foley and Susan Stimart. David Wyant was absent. Thank you.
2) About 35 -40 residents turned out – a relatively large number for a summer meeting.
3) The Crozet Library project may have some interesting developments coming down the pike. With a bit more investigation, I will write more.
4) In discussing the perceived poor implementation of the Western Connector and the lack of bike lanes, it was said that – wait for it – “The sidewalks ARE the bike lanes.”
Technorati Tags: crozet, politics, Master-Plan
Crozet Community Association meeting – July
Mark your calendars for this Thursday! This “Growth Summit” seems interesting. The more public involvement, the better.
From the CCA’s listserv:
We are scheduled to have the requested July meeting this week on Thursday at 7:30 at the Firehouse. This is a special summer meeting called to address issues related to the rapid development going on around Crozet.ÂÂ
There will be a report from the Crozet Community Advisory Council, the Board of Supervisors’ appointed group that is asked to advise the BOS on Crozet concerns. It has met three times and is asking for public input.
There will be discussion of a proposal to hold a “Growth Summit” in Crozet in September, where the general public, members of the BOS, the Advisory Committee, and others will address the build-out projections, the development of commercial space in and around Crozet, the re-zoning process, the protection of rural space, and other concerns. People from other growth areas in the County would be invited to attend.
Technorati Tags: charlottesville, crozet, growth
Crozet zoning notices
The zoning notices pop up all the time; keeping track of them is a difficult task. If only there were a way to search for zoning notices by either Zip Code or a map-proximity search …
Here are a few signs, by no means all-inclusive, that have been seen in Crozet the past couple of days –
Sign # 7 – Wickham Pond
Sign # 10 – Birchwood Place
Sign # 72 – Albemarle County Service Authority
Sign # 43 – King Family Vineyards – Winery Expansion
Sign # 59 – Westhall
Sign # 64 – Westhall
If you see any other ones, please post below.
Technorati Tags: charlalbemarle, crozet
Crozet’s population -12k or 24k?
The Crozet population matter comes to a head (again) in the form of a “Crozet Master Plan Population Resolution” this Wednesday, 5 July.
The full text of the proposed resolution. One (sarcastic) question: why all the “Whereas'”?
As usual, Charlottesville Tomorrow has full coverage. Mary Rice, who seems to be among the most knowledgeable and articulate on Crozet’s growth has a lengthy comment.
Interestingly, she refers to an “optimal density,” echoing the message touted by ASAP (whose domain name has expired). You can listen to a recent podcast of Jack Marshall at Cvillepodcast.