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An interesting by-right development is coming to downtown Crozet.
The Vue. 120+Â apartments on Blue Ridge Avenue.
Dig into the plan. (start here) Get informed and aware. The preliminary site plan is here.
The Crozet Gazette isn’t a fan of the project. (bolding mine)
The poster child for abuse of this policy is a new by-right apartment project called The Vue on Blue Ridge Avenue. On land zoned R6 and designated at that density in the Crozet Master Plan, Pinnacle Construction and Development of Charlottesville will build nine 14-unit apartment buildings, a clubhouse and swimming pool to create a total of 125 apartments with an effective density of R18. This cynical and exploitative move is an act of sabotage to the master plan and destroys a happy 125-year-old neighborhood.
Read the whole thing.
Update: The Crozet Gazette pulls this from their archives:
It seems (to me) that morning traffic in front of Henley has been worse than usual. Maybe their new pilot schedule is the reason (see after the jump for that). Maybe not; at least they’re aware of the challenges and are trying to make things better.
The schedule may or may not be the cause (or contributor) but this much is true – with more growth brings more kids. There is currently limited capacity to deal with current population; what’s the solution?
My one comment on the following: why not address/encourage those who ride bikes or walk? Words matter.
Update: Good conversation at the corresponding facebook post.
Before School
Car riders report to cafeteria
Bus riders who arrive before 8:40 report to gym—-
After School
Car Riders dismissed at 3:43
Bus Riders at 3:45 to lockers
Staging areas 3:50 until busses
We had a good discussion in December on the RealCrozetVA Facebook page about connectivity between Old Trail (there’s now going to be less) and Henley. That conversation evolved to the topic of pick-up logistics at Henley
From that, I offered/asked Beth Costa, Henley’s principal, to write a story about the pickup changes. She obliged, and I’m thankful.
I had intended to post this letter a couple weeks ago from the proposed Adelaide developer. Â Since then, the Cory Farm HOA have gotten together and written a letter outlining some of their concerns. Both are below.
So as to not bury the lede, the CCAC meeting where this development will be discussed is Wednesday, 16 December at the Crozet Library.
– Letter from the HOA to the CCAC of the adjacent neighborhood, Cory Farm.
Crozet is going to grow, folks. We are a growth area. How we grow is, in part, up to us. In part.
In February we had  a good conversation about buses from Crozet to Charlottesville.
Brandon Black from Lenoir Limousine has asked me to ask you –
“Looking to get some input on what people think about a bus service from Crozet to Charlottesville.
• Would you ride it?
• What times should it depart in mornings and evenings?
• How much would you pay per week?
• What areas in Charlottesville would you want to go?
Just throwing around ideas want to hear community input.”
This used to be a narrow shoulder. Then they paved it and made it a wider shoulder, which served as a wonderful bike lane.
Then they rumble-stripped it. Â Â As someone who rides a bicycle and drives there frequently, I hate this new “feature.”
I posted the question on Facebook; Â the consensus is that the rumble-stripped the road because people driving cars keep running off the road.
Alison’s response wins, and I encourage folks to act as they see fit: (bolding mine)
The driver who ended up in our yard actually passed two breathalyzers. She was sober, there was no bad weather, it was light out, nothing in the road. We assume she was looking at her phone as it was in her hand when my husband got to her car seconds after she crashed. She had two fence posts go through her windshield on either side of her head. She was lucky to have nothing more than a couple gashes. She went through two back fences, took out several mature trees, missed our kids play structure by literally inches, and broke through our side fence, stopping feet from our neighbor who was unloading groceries in her driveway. That same neighbor had a car go through their yard a few months earlier.
So we and several others on our street have been begging VDOT for a guardrail since this happened and they have repeatedly shot it down as too dangerous for the drivers. We also asked them to lower the speed limit to match the section of 240 near Western Ridge and they refused to do that as well. What they did do is pave the shoulder (because the drop off was soft and didn’t allow drivers the opportunity to self-correct) and put in the rumble strips. We told them it was not enough but after 11 months of asking that was what we were given. Anne Mallek even spoke up for us and they didn’t budge.That being said, I would urge anyone who is unhappy with this situation to call VDOT and tell them! There are houses on our street where the drop off from 240 is very steep and any car going off the road would be in their living room in seconds. People regularly drive too fast and we have spent many nights watching them swerve in and out of the lane lines for no apparent reason. So we are not giving up.If you’re willing to help, you can reach our Charlottesville Residency Administrator at VDOT at 434-422-9373. Express your safety concerns/unhappiness with not having a bike lane/frustration with wasteful spending… If enough people speak up maybe they will reconsider. We won’t get what we don’t ask for. Thanks!
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.
It may be hard to see, but I took this picture when riding my bicycle back from showing a house.
It is truly awesome to see Jarmans Gap being used by so many-
– kids on bicycles.
-Parents pushing kids.
-Joggers.
– People walking back from the Crozet farmers market.
Sidewalks and bike lanes are cool.