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The Crozet Music Festival has a great new website.  Get your tickets here.”Featuring over 25 exceptional music acts, food, and festivities the first annual Crozet Music Festival promises to be exactly what Crozet is: eclectic, family-oriented, American, and a heck of a good time.”With Sponsors like these - MusicTodayFlowThe HooKThe Corner 106.1Starr Hill BreweryWAHU Fox27How could this be anything but a good time?If you want a poster to display in your business, please let me know.*The colors of the posters didn’t come out quite right when posting.  *I expect that the resizing bug will be fixed soon.*Disclosure: I am on the Board of Directors for the Festival.

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This might mean a little, a lot or nothing at all.Ann Mallek has raised three times as much in Crozet as has incumbent David Wyant….  Mr. Wyant has raised eight thousand dollars more than Mrs.  Mallek and has nearly twice as much on hand, but this race should be interesting.  Everybody would do well to see where candidates’ money are coming from at Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP)’s site.

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The man didn’t seem satisfied.As well he shouldn’t have.{democracy:5}For a local government with such a great recent track record of embracing green initiatives and active lifestyles, this is a shame.Whom should we contact at the County to express a desire for bike lanes?Thanks to C-Ville.Also, per David Wyant: “We want a walkable, bikable community.”…  Our primary challenge during the design process is going to be achieving a balance of the improvements to: accommodate the needs of all users (vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists, and future transit); aesthetically enhance this main thoroughfare of the Downtown; preserve existing unique features and characteristics of Crozet Avenue and Crozet; increase vitality and economic benefit to downtown business owners; and try to provide environmentally sensitive solutions to stormwater management within this constrained corridor….  The stipulation was made that all new roads in subdivisions should be wide enough and properly striped for bike lanes, and that as existing roadways were improved, they were to be brought into conformance by adding striping where width allowed and adding paved shoulder or separate paths where needed.As the supervising authority over VDOT’s road projects, it is up to the Board of Supervisors to make sure about those details, as projects are approved and also as the projects are built out….  In one area a house has been constructed on top of a filled in storm water detention pond lot and the water has all been diverted into a pipe and dumped into the field across the street, where it impacts that owner’s basement.Details are important, from the planning aspect or the follow through.

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I just noticed that the County has redesigned their comprehensive site for Crozetians.  Check it out.

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Cvillenews asks the question today.  I’ve pondered doing a story about incorporation but want to research it (and try to get some UVA law students to help).  There are a couple of reasons that Crozet doesn’t incorporate, and three of those are that 1) We’d have to pay separate taxes to the town2) We’d have to hire our own police force with said taxes3) Everybody wants everything but doesn’t want to pay for it.Maybe we can talk about it this evening at tonight’s Town Meeting at Western Albemarle High School.  The fun starts at 7 and (is scheduled to) ends at 9.The town meeting will also serve as the kick-off for the Downtown Crozet Streetscape Project Phase 2, which will focus on pedestrian-friendly improvements like sidewalks, landscaping, and lighting along Crozet Avenue to Tabor Street and will begin construction of New Main Street to provide access to the new Crozet library.As always, learn more here.

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Thanks for the incomparable Charlottesville Tomorrow you can listen to last Thursday’s Crozet Community Association forum with challenger Ann Mallek and incumbent David Wyant.  Growth, infrastructure, transportation - issues that are pertinent to all Crozetians and Albemarle County residents - it’s all there.  Listen at Charlottesville Tomorrow or CvillePodcast.

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This year marked a significant departure from the previous years’ Carnivals put on by the Fire Department, not the least that the Downtown Crozet Association’s sponsorship of the Fireworks.Let the Fire Department know how they did at their online survey.

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Seriously.  It’s official!More at Old Trail Living and the HooK’s blog.  When the company first considered adding a grocery store to Crozet all those years ago, it was going to be a Food Lion, says Boninti.  But as Crozet’s demographics have changed with more upscale developments like Old Trail, Grayrock, and Waylands Grant, the company opted for a Harris Teeter instead.Even more at three previous stories at RealCrozetVA.

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Listen to the podcasts at Charlottesville Tomorrow.

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This is a perfect opportunity for someone to write a story about the meeting.From the CCA email:This meeting has been extended one hour to allow time to hear the latest version of the downtown rezoning proposal; to conduct Association business; and to hear both candidates for the White Hall seat on the Board of Supervisors.  There is another important meeting scheduled the following week on September 20 at WAHS where the County will give an overview of all the projects and plans that concern Crozet….  We have combined the rezoning presentation with our regular meeting on the 13th in order to spare all of us yet a third meeting in September regarding Crozet issues….  7:00 - Meeting opens with County consultant Ken Schwartz & others presenting revised re-zoning plans for downtown Crozet and fielding questions.8:00 or so - Community Association business.

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