RealCrozetVA
February 26, 2026
Dominion and their new transmission lines
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From a reader: Dominion Energy has proposed a rebuild of an existing 230-kV transmission line from Dooms in Augusta County to Charlottesville to sustain reliability. The route for the line goes through western Albemarle between Crozet and White Hall and into Ivy. Dominion reports that the new line will maintain current right of way and that new structures will be near the same location as existing structures. Learn more about… Read More
Albemarle County 2027 Budget – Are you Ready?
February 23, 2026
I was meeting clients recently at the Mudhouse and they asked me about the plan for solving school overcrowding and the Albemarle County budget. I talked briefly about the County’s inability to plan adequate for the future, and some of the reasons and the whys. Update 2/25/2026Click through to read the whole thing Albemarle County Executive Jeffrey Richardson’s proposed total budget of $724,021,078 in FY27 will utilize reserves in order… Read More
Building Affordable Housing in Albemarle County
February 18, 2026
I’m republishing the following with the permission of Michael Monaco. He published it originally here. I think his stuff is worth subscribing to as well. There was a reasonable conversation on facebook, Three of my favorite comments there: 1 – Unfortunately, the market will set the value of whatever housing gets put up. Where we make it affordable is by making it walkable reducing the need for other expenses. Mixed… Read More
Windy Knoll tries again
February 9, 2026
Now they are aiming for 18 units. bolding below is mine. Via Charlottesville Community Engagement:(click through to read the whole thing) At 6 p.m. the Planning Commission will have two public hearings with the first being for a rezoning in the Crozet growth area. Windy Knoll is the project name for what is now a proposed 18 unit development off of U.S. 250 near Cory Farms. A previous version had… Read More
Three Notch’d Trail Update – 4 February 2026
Found in the latest Board of Supervisors’ agenda. Learn much more at the Three Notch’d Trail page on Albemarle.org and…
A Quick Thought
In response to a FB comment, I posted: The focus of RealCrozetVA remains, and will remain, the Crozet community. And…
Roundabouts and Old Trail
While the snowcrete is keeping the 240/250/680 roundabout construction frozen, Albemarle County and VDOT continue to move forward with discussions…
Looking Back at 2025’s Wishlist
Last January, I posed the question: “What does Crozet Want?” Let’s have a look at 2025/2026 We have such a…
The problem with your solution is that none of the older developments in Crozet have either sidewalks or curb and…
I don't think the government should *force* that, but to incentivize more dense infill would be an appropriate use of…
Would that not be denying an owner their property rights? Why should we convert rural land to urban housing? Most…
Thanks Tom. I agree with most of what you wrote. One point -- In fact, the biggest threat to affordable…
Yes, anything is possible but, the majority of people moving to the Crozet Growth Area do not want an Urban…