Crozet Community Association Meeting Tonight 13 January

A reminder that our bi-monthly Crozet Community Association (CCA) meeting is tomorrow, Thursday, January 13th at 7:30 PM at the Field School (across from Crozet Elementary).

I’ve also attached our agenda for tomorrow’s meeting. Agenda highlights include:

* Sgt. Chiarappa from Albemarle County Police Dept. will be speaking on crime prevention tips and information on local residential and non-residential burglaries in our area.
* Planning and details for the February 5th Valentine Swing Dance fundraiser for Western Albemarle Rescue Squad (WARS) and Crozet Volunteer Fire Department (CVFD).
* Election of CCA officers.

If you have additional agenda suggestions or announcements, please mention them at during the “Agenda Review” at the start of the meeting.

Please come and bring a friend and/or a neighbor or two to bolster our group and encourage involvement in your home town.

Agenda is after the fold:

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This Thursday, Ann Mallek will Announce her Candidacy for Re-Election

Via press release:

The district announcement will be at the Crozet Community Association meeting at 7:30 PM, Thursday, at the Old Crozet School auditorium.?

Following the announcement, the candidate will be available for interviews. ?

Ann Mallek has served as the White Hall Supervisor since January 2008. She has focused on representation, hosting fifteen town halls in the three years, listening to and speaking out for citizens in the district. She worked with Crozet residents on passage of the downtown zoning district and the successful revision of the master plan that protects the character of their small town. She led ordinance changes for off-farm sales for farmers. In April, 2010, citizens in the northern end of the district celebrated the opening of the new Advance Mills Bridge, reuniting the community and providing timely emergency medical and fire services to residents north of the river.
Mallek pushed for emphasis on locally owned enterprises and rural economic success in the newly adopted Economic Vitality Plan. In 2011 the review of the comprehensive plan will need the attention of all residents to discuss regulations for bed and breakfasts, historic tourism and other topics.?Mallek assures her voters, “open government is not a slogan but a way of life.”

I know this – when I call Ann, she answers and listens. That’s pretty much all I can ask of any politician. More power to her for running again.

Secrets of the Blue Ridge Book Signing

From Over the Moon Bookstore:

We’re delighted to host local historian Phil James, author of the newly released Secrets of the Blue Ridge: Stories from Western Albemarle, as he reads from and discusses his book.  A compilation of the author’s award-winning columns from the Crozet Gazette, Secrets of the Blue Ridge: Stories from Western Albemarle boasts more than 160 vintage photographs, and is a fascinating record of the people, places, and events in this beautiful section of Virginia.

Please join us for this special event!

Copies of Secrets of the Blue Ridge: Stories from Western Albemarle are available for purchase at the store and can be signed by the author.

RSVP.

Update:

Saturday January 15, 2011 from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST

New Year for Old Crozet School Arts

Old Crozet School Arts SPRING SESSION begins January 19th.

Ballet, Creative Movement, Pilates, Yoga, T’ai Chi, Hsing-I Short Stick, Clay (K- 8), Visual Arts, Flute Ensemble, Chamber Strings, Cello Choir, Guitar, Theatre, Basket Weaving … more!

For class descriptions and registration info: www.oldcrozetschoolarts.org or call – (434) 964-6770

What is Steve Landes Up to?

Update 4 January 2011: Thanks to Kim’s comment, I called Mr. Landes’ office and confirmed that he will be holding a town hall meeting this Saturday at The Meadows from noon to 1:30. This would be an excellent opportunity for an enterprising journalism or government student from WAHS to write a guest post for me. (but I’m not holding my breath)

Get your browsers, email clients and phones ready – the Virginia General Assembly will be back in session in 9 days.

The 2011 Virginia General Assembly session will convene on January 12, 2011, and is scheduled to run for 45 days. Here you can learn about and track the fate of the thousands of bills that will be proposed, voted on, and the few that ultimately become law.

Some of the bills are inane, some seem to be designed to implement gridlock, some are a waste of taxpayers’ time and money, and some will absolutely, positively affect your daily lives if they were to become law.

I’ll be primarily tracking bills that focus on real estate, but tend to watch bills that touch privacy, governmental interference and other bills that interest me. And hopefully one focusing specifically on single agent dual agency.

I tend to look at the newest bills every day or two, but so long as you’re looking and letting your legislators know that you’re watching them. The lobbyists are spending piles and piles of money; all we have are our phone calls. (for the life of me, I can’t figure out this bill’s purpose)

While you’re spending time at Richmond Sunlight reading about the bills our legislator, Steve Landes is filing , head over to the Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP) to see who’s giving him money. (note: the “Map Donations” tool is mighty cool).

Be aware, be informed and be willing to express your voice and opinion. If you don’t, your complaining means less.

Note: contact Mr. Landes, from his last email newsletter:

Remember you can reach us here in the District Office at 540.245.5540 and our fax number is
540.248.8434. You may also contact me by sending a letter to P.O. Box 12, Verona, Virginia
24482, or you can still contact us by sending an email to [email protected]

* originally posted at RealCentralVA.com and edited for RealCrozetVA.com.

Where to Ship a UPS Box in Crozet?

A reader asks a question I have asked a few times, but never here. Suggestions? Answers?

Where in Crozet (businesses) can you ship a box by UPS?

I do not specifically need pack-and-ship; only an authorized agent for UPS who, in the normal course of their business, receives pre-packaged goods for regularly scheduled pick up by UPS.