2007 Was a Good Year for King Family’s Meritage

2 March 2010

From King Family’s email newsletter: The Governor’s Cup Wine Competition, held January 23, 2010, received over 200 entries. Of those entries, only 15 wines received gold medals.  Our 2007 Meritage was picked as the best of the gold medals, taking home the prestigious Governor’s Cup award.

…McDonnell presented the 2010 Governor’s Cup on Friday to King Family Vineyards of Crozet, near Charlottesville, for its 2007 Meritage.

…A contest such as this is valuable as a snapshot of how Virginia’s industry and individual wineries are doing, and the gold-medal list contained some surprises.

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Blue Ridge Builder Supply’s Design Center Grand Opening

2 March 2010

This Friday, 5 March at 8:30am.

Read the press release at my Crozet posterous .

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Crozet Twitter Updates – Brief Notes for 2010-02-28

28 February 2010

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It is Incumbent Upon US to Read the Albemarle County Budget

27 February 2010

“It is important for me to state very clearly that while the library is recommended for a reduction in this budget the County has not proposed and indeed would not support the closure of any branches, including those in Scottsville or Crozet. It is not our desire to recommend reductions to any of our valuable community agencies, but we do so out of necessity only after we have very aggressively reduced our own department expenditures to the point where core services must now be preserved. … In fact, in FY08/09 when the County was experiencing declines in revenues related to the economic downturn and responded by freezing/ eliminating county staff positions and reducing operating budgets, community agencies received an average increase of 4% in funding.

…I think a good business opportunity would be for some enterprising (team of) individual(s) to offer babysitting services in a central location ( Cville Coffee ? :) ) so that parents can attend the public hearing.

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Bodo’s Bagels in Crozet

22 February 2010

I stopped into Trailside Coffee this morning and was greeted with smiles and a surprise: they now are picking up Bodo’s Bagels in Charlottesville and bringing them to Crozet … hopefully every morning. Had I paid attention to their Twitter feed , I would have seen the news. … that was the secret fyi:) The logistics are still being worked out and perfected, but the bagels were there this morning and will hopefully be there tomorrow as well. Note to the FTC: I paid for my coffee .

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Crozet Twitter Updates – Brief Notes for 2010-02-21

21 February 2010

# RT @ SMCCville : RT @ toddwickersty2010No snow forecast for Weds, so no excuse to miss # smccville @ GetOpenSpace 5:30pm # RT @ iamhuntersmith : @ realcrozetva 250 is mushy and moving slowly. 64 west from 250 to downtown Cville was moving about 40 mph. … # WAHS is dismissing kids who can drive at 3; hoping to have buses leave at 3:15. # crozet # Buses are loaded at Crozet Elementary & kids will be leaving soon. … # @ Vanessa213 Previous tweet via @ julenesque in reply to vanessa213 # @ Vanessa213 Army helicopters have been circling over that area and along 250 for years; usually training new pilots & practicing manouvers in reply to vanessa213 # My post for tomorrow morning turned out much longer than anticipated. … about Albemarle County schools’ budget http://bit.ly/c0TzBy # RT @ Vanessa213 : Army helicopter circling over Old Trail in Crozet….anyone know what’s going on?

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Walk To School Day This Friday at Crozet Elementary

18 February 2010

This Friday, 19 February is Crozet Elementary’s Monthly Walk to School Day . We probably won’t be walking as we would be walking in the middle of the road for most of the way due to snow. I asked on Twitter if Brownsville does “Walk to School” days – (and really meant Western and Henley as well) and got an interesting response . Is it true that kids are discouraged/disallowed from walking to school on their own?

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The Last Crozet Master Plan Revision Forum is tonight

18 February 2010

A reminder that the last Crozet Master Plan Revision Forum is Thursday, February 18, at 7:00 PM in the Field School (Old Crozet Elementary) The format will be the same as for the other forums. The County staff will provide information on 1. what the land use changes reflect for population, 2. any changes to the use at the northwest corner of Route 250 and Crozet Avenue (Ploumis property), (Ms. Ploumis made a formal Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA) request, so it must be brought before the public formally at a meeting with time to allow her the opportunity to speak, as was done for Will Yancey and his CPA request last month.) … County Staff Presentation – a) Community Forums Recap & Summary of recommended improvements to the master plan 10/09-Residential Density 11/09-Downtown 12/09-Transportation, Parks/Greenways, Community Facilities/Services 1/10-Local Business & Economic Development (Light Industrial & Yancey Mills) b) Land Use Map Changes # Review updated land use colors and changes to land use map, including industrial categories # Consideration of CPA 07-02 Ploumis for small scale commercial (ex.

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Crozet Housing Prices and School Quality

15 February 2010

All the data in the world isn’t going to change my opinion, either as a Realtor or as a parent, that good, quality schools matter – to our kids and to our housing values.

…However, when purchasing a home, individuals do appear to consider the current test performance of students in the local school rather than the extent to which a community’s schools contribute to a cohort’s test performance.

… Brian Wheeler has presented a post with hard numbers – numbers that put into context what an increase in property taxes would mean for you – something that has been mostly lacking from most discussions I have read.

… … In an effort to get my head around the numbers, I have prepared the attached spreadsheet which evaluates (to the best of my ability with the data available) , the impact of the different budget scenarios and what different property tax rate increases necessary to close the funding gap.

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Crozet Twitter Updates – Brief Notes for 2010-02-14

14 February 2010

http://bit.ly/bOaCYu # If you want to “save” the Crozet Library – http://bit.ly/dv154s # RT @ hanchettjim : New potential budget “catastrophe” threatens Albemarle schools. Parent Council leader speaks out on 19 News Nightcast # Jarman Gap Road is covered in places by snow http://bit.ly/aRV8Uw # Crozet # Got a call in to the roofer – lost a few courses of shingles thanks to all this wind. … # RT @ BeckyFisher73 : [Flickup] – http://flic.kr/p/7C8QEy Tabor St in Crozet VA [I'm thinking there's no way we'll have school tomorrow] # RT @ JimDuncan Please Google, Bring Fiber to Charlottesville | Tell the Albemarle County BoS & City Council http://post.ly/NADC # It’s a freaking wind-storm in Crozet right now. … Thank you, # VZW & # comcast # crozet # @ Vanessa213 @OldTrail @ ACACfitness Anytime Fitness never closed. :) # justsayin in reply to vanessa213 # Powered by Twitter Tools

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