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The Crozet Arts and Crafts Festival is May 12 & 13 2012 and they’re looking for volunteers.
If you’re interested, go to their sign up page and see what you can do. They have slots open for everything from setting up to tearing down. Note to the kids at WAHS – they’re offering community service hours, too!
Presumably “auto laundry” means “car wash”.
Either way, it’s likely to come across from Music Today on 240. Continue reading ““Automobile Laundry” Coming to 240″
Update: The Newsplex did a nice story on proposed new development One clarification: the new development could help or hurt the Crozet community. My greatest personal concern is that the new development seems to have its sole access via Park Road. Go to the end of this post for an excerpt from a relevant discussion in 2006.
The question is … will the Eastern Avenue be part of this process? (I think it should be)
145 more homes could be coming to the area between Western Ridge and Foxchase and Westhall. This sort of development has wide-ranging ramifications and potential impacts:
– school populations and balancing
– loss of natural landscape (which all new neighborhoods tend to do)
– infrastructure – will there be any improvements? i.e. – roads, bicycle paths, connectivity?
– more housing inventory which could be a good thing, depending on what houses will be built (remember, I’m a Realtor)
– more traffic on 240
See the location of the proposed Westlake neighborhood on Bing.
Update: Laurie Shannon has an excellent comment on RealCrozetVA’s Facebook page: (bolding mine)
Seems a bit of a squeeze. I cannot imagine that many more houses coming out through existing neighborhoods would be a good, safe, or appealing reality. If the entire landmass that is Crozet becomes residential homes then the things that attract people to Crozet – keeping land/home prices so stable – will be gone and people will no longer desire – and pay – to live here. The view of the mountains, the expanses of open land – already depleted – and the country – not full on suburb – are very fragile and once gone cannot be brought back.
If you’re interested, go to Albemarle’s GIS site and search for these Parcel IDs – 05600-00-00-095A0 and 05600-00-00-095A0 and 05600-00-00-095a0
Westlake Hills Subdivision in Crozet – Plat Continue reading “145 More Homes Coming Behind Western Ridge and Westhall?”
Thanks to everyone who participated in rejuvenating the Crozet murals. Meg West sent me these photos so the community who hasn’t yet seen them in person can see the murals here. The Crozet Gazette has a wonderful story about the people and the process involved.
I know that the sidewalks are being used now quite frequently and I look forward to more people using the bike lanes when they’re in place … if you haven’t been down Jarman’s Gap lately, the progress (while seemingly slow to those who are living through the construction) is coming along quickly.
If you’re interested, this is everything that I’ve written about Jarman’s Gap here on RealCrozetVA.
via email –
The Old Trail Community Garden is now offering garden plots for rent to residents of the Crozet area for the 2012 growing season. It’s a beautiful location, good sun and soil, friendly fellow gardeners, and lots of exercise! Full plots (10′ x 10′) can be rented for $ 20. This is an organic garden (with a deer fence) and is located in Western Park (east of the soccer field), between Old Trail Drive and Brook View Road in Old Trail, Crozet, VA. Access to the garden is by foot, about a 1/4 mile walk from nearby streets. Parking is available on Brook View Road. A minimum of ten hours of in-kind work maintaining the common areas of the garden is required of all garden plot owners.
Space is limited; first come, first served. Please reply before April 1st. For more information, call 434-205-4087 or [email protected].
Big thanks go to the Crozet PTO for organizing today’s Walk to School Day. In spite of the sudden rain, a lot of families continued on and made it to school on foot and bike without incident. I hear the next Walk to School day is March 9.
I’ll be doing more of these in the future, but this was my first attempt at what I hope to be quarterly (or if I get super-motivated, monthly) real estate updates for some of the Crozet neighborhoods. The quality and setting will improve by next time, too; I found a recording studio right here in Crozet.
(Disclosure: I’m a real estate agent. I live in Crozet.) Continue reading “Crozet Neighborhood Real Estate Updates – February 2012”
Sooo much on the agenda this month. I won’t be able to attend … I wonder if any WAHS students are interested in going to live tweet it. (I’ve tried for years to get them involved to no avail. I’d think “local government” would be something at least one of the classes might be interested in …)
CROZET COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL
The Meadows, Crozet (5735 Meadows Drive)
Thursday, February 16, 2012 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Tentative Agenda after the break …
Continue reading “CCAC Meeting – This Thursday 16 February 2012”
A question from a reader:
“Good morning, Jim. I am curious if you or any or your readers might have information about who has been running fiber-optic cable along Mint Springs Road over the past week. I live in Emerald Ridge, above Mint Springs, and can see where the cable extends to the entrance of my neighborhood. I would love to replace my spotty DSL connection with fiber service. Keeping my fingers crossed.”