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Crozet Catholics are sponsoring a canned food drive this season. Drop- off at Blue Ridge Beads & Glass in the Crozet Great Value Shopping Center Monday(8 December) thru Friday (12 December) and at the Field School Friday thru Sunday (14 December). Collections to benefit the local food pantry at Crozet Methodist Church. More info at 434-823-4237
– Trailside Coffee becomes Grit Café. What Marcia and her team did at Trailside cannot and should not be understated; thank you. My opinion: this is a transition from really good people to really good people. As such, we all benefit. (more insight at C-Ville)
– Crozet Chosen for Renewable Energy Academy.
– Milestone Partners is moving forward to purchase the former Barnes Lumberyard. I think this is good for us all; a less-rushed process provides an opportunity for (hopefully) less polarizing conversations.
– Downtown Crozet’s improvemements are celebrated. (Now … about repaving all the roads … )
There is plenty of stuff to do in Crozet this December. (Update: please make sure to check out the full calendar; more events are being added).
If you feel like adding your event to the list, you can do that here. If you don’t want to do that, you can email me your event and I’ll add it (although it’s really easy to add the event yourself). Also, images help the post a lot.
So far, some highlights for December:
Thanks, Crozet.
That is all.
I posted a few videos last week on the RealCrozetVA facebook page, and thought I’d put them here as well. If you’re curious to see some videos of Crozet neighborhoods, hopefully you’ll find these useful.
One day, the Safe Routes to School might get funded … I’m tired of writing about the delays, and I know Crozetians and the folks at the County just want the darn improvements finished (and started).
Trevor Henry with Albemarle County emails:
The Safe Routes To School (SRTS) bids were opened Thursday afternoon and unfortunately came in over staff’s construction estimate again even though there was significant scope changes in the plan from the previous bid, including adjusting the alignment of the sidewalk to remove ~ 350 ft. of ACSA water line relocation.
The bids were ~$70K above the latest estimate and exceed the 25% difference in bid to estimate required by VDOT to allow the project to proceed. Staff utilized recent construction cost information from local projects and the VDOT cost database prior to confirm the cost estimate going to bid.
Staff discussed the bid results with VDOT and have been informed that if the county can find the additional funding and justify the cost increase VDOT will support the grant funded project to move forward. Staff is currently conducting the bid analysis are planning to request the funding increase at the January BOS meeting that if approved by the BOS and VDOT will allow the project to move forward in early spring.
With the coming budget cuts in Albemarle, I’m of the opinion that this may be a hard sell.
Lots to do this weekend in Crozet.
From music at the local pubs to Crozet Trails Crew workday to a town hall with Ann Mallek, there’s surely something to keep you occupied.
Have something to add to the calender? It’s easy; do it here.
As usual, lots was discussed at this evening’s Crozet Community Advisory Council meeting.
Click through, scroll all the way to the bottom, read up and get informed.
I’ll post an update whenever the Charlottesville Tomorrow story is up.
Thankful for the wi-fi at Crozet Library – it made tweeting from my computer possible vs tweeting from my phone. 🙂
Should be fun well, interesting (and hopefully Storify will work this time for the recap).
CROZET COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL
The Crozet Library, Crozet Wednesday,
November 19, 2014 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Agenda
1. Agenda Review. (Meg Holden – CCAC chair)
2. Approval of Minutes.
3. Project Updates/Information:
– Introduce Emily Kilroy and new CCAC members
– Streetscape updates/issues and celebration, safe walks to school, Harris Teeter Crossing
– Update on Barnes lumber closing – Frank Stoner
– Discussion of CDC presentation and brainstorm development issues and ideas per email I sent earlier from Dave Stoner (Jim’s edit: read that email)
– Wind energy business update and overview – Rich Pleasants
4. Items not listed on the agenda.
5. Announcements.
6. Future Agenda Items.
