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Johnston, who plays with The Rogan Brothers band, said the perils of putting together a music festival are enormous, “like invading Normandy, when nothing goes right.”  He was impressed that short, 30-minute-or-so sets were moving along rapidly and organizers seemed to have pulled it off with aplomb.“Charlottesville needs this,” said Johnston, standing near the beer truck and wearing a green velvet shirt and black cowboy hat, beer in hand.  Several musicians said there is no similar venue or festival in the area and the event fills a void.“All these local bands need to have an outlet like this,” Johnston said….  Young rock bands are coming out of the woodwork, he said.That the thing happened at all makes it an unqualified success.

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One of the best events in the region makes its fall appearance this weekend at Crozet Park. More information here.Come and familiarize yourself with the Park grounds in anticipation for next weekend’s Crozet Music Festival.

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Competition makes the strong stronger, makes the efficient that much more so and forces needed changes and evolutions.In Crozet, the Old Trail development (ultimately 2200 homes in a New Urbanist development) is a force to be reckoned with….  They have plans to provide “affordable” housing (which may have a different definition of “affordable” than many of us are used to).The time for arguments about whether Old Trail should have been approved at such a scale, has past.Crozet Park faces some very real competition….  When it comes to nuts and bolts, they are providing a product, and for the past forty years or so (a great history is here, provided by Crozet’s Brian Campbell) have held a monopoly in Crozet on these facilities.But they won’t keep the reputation as having the best product if they don’t innovate and embrace their position as the hub of Crozet….  “Used” items aren’t as much fun (and often not as valuable either).Let’s hope that the Park Board sees fit to compete - the possibilities are endless.

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Should you ever want to write a story for the blog, please submit it here.I wonder if anyone else who grew up in Crozet ever feels this way when they drive through Crozet today.  I read that some feel the old Crozet was an eye sore, the old buildings and store fronts, etc. Maybe you need to go to Charlottesville to live….  Coffee Jackson selling Christmas trees in the parking lot beside the old bank, I just smile to think, “how did he make anything for his efforts?”Crozet had a theater at one time….  I felt sad when I rode to old Crozet Elementary School, I got out and walked around and went to the back of the school where I started first grade so many years ago. I walked through the play ground.

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Box 124 Crozet, Virginia 22932Text of the letter requesting funds is below the “fold.”From crozetpark.org:The annual Crozet Volunteer Fireman’s Fourth of July Parade will be held June 30th at 10:00 a.m. !  A summer fest - party will be held after the parade at Claudius Crozet Park with fireworks by the Crozet Community Association that evening.I don’t know that the Crozet Community Association is the sponsor, and frankly, I don’t care.  So long as the fireworks go on (and I can see from from my back porch)Dear Crozet community leaders:I am writing as President of the newly incorporated Downtown Crozet Association, Inc. to ask for your support of a community effort for which our organization has agreed to serve as the coordinating sponsor.After many years of providing a free Fireworks Display as part of their Fourth of July Fireman’s Carnival, our Crozet Volunteer Fire Department has reluctantly decided that they must give up providing this show which has become a tradition for our community.  The fireworks costs have increased significantly and this expense was taking away from the purpose of their carnival – to raise funds to purchase fire fighting equipment!The Downtown Crozet Association is a Virginia non-profit corporation (our IRS 501c3 application is pending) consisting of downtown Crozet merchants, property owners and others who are committed to preserving the identity of Crozet as a distinct community and promoting the small town values that drew us here in the first place!We must raise $4,200 to Save the Fireworks and, although we have placed collection jars at locations around town, your leadership donation is essential to reaching our goal.

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Thanks to Brian for this very informative comment, I thought it deserved its own post.”Crozet Park was donated to the community some 40 or so years ago. I can get the exact date….  We don’t have the resources to take care of things like baseball and soccer fields, and the county needed these recreational resources for it’s citizens in the Crozet area….  They supply and take care of all of the fields for the recreational programs, and we have the decision rights over what we want to have at the Park….  This includes groups like Peach Tree, The Fire Department, The Lions Club, and we also have at large members, those that aren’t attached to an organization, but have an interest in how Crozet Park is run.We meet the first Wednesday of every month to discuss the Park’s issues, and we’re always looking for new members.

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From The HooK today, referencing the new Field School, a single-sex school (of which I am a huge advocate, as I graduated from the former all-male Virginia Military Institute) - Barnett says he’s close to finalizing the school’s initial location, which will likely be in the Claudius Crozet Park community center in Crozet.  He proudly shows architectural renderings of the space, which will feature flexible classrooms with moveable walls and a large central common area.  The school is accepting applications for the fall for 16 spots in each the fifth and sixth grades….  A shuttle will take students from Charlottesville to and from school each day.The question of the day - what will be the impact on Claudius Crozet Park?

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Email Alerts. Thanks for visiting!From the Crozet Community Association listserv:
Bill Atwood, Architect for Crozet Station, the proposed redesigned, remodeled, and rebuilt commercial area stretching from the corner of 240 & 810 to Crozet Great Valu, came to [...]

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The bi-annual event continues!

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The girls’ team I coach is in need of a field - the offerings in Western Albemarle seem to have become more sparse and the competition more intense.  Anybody know of a spare soccer field - or even an open, level field that we could use?

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