Reviewing Crozet in 2016 through the RealCrozetVA lens

2015 was interesting. 2016 continued the interesting.  Through November, 140 stories were posted here on the blog. A lot more throughout the RealCrozetVA ecosystem. I’ve done this recap for a couple years and I find it useful, informative, and helpful for me; I hope it is for you as well.

What do you think were the biggest stories of 2016 in Crozet?

These are a few, but by no means the only, or biggest, 2016 Crozet stories

 

• Great Valu sold
• The CCAC, CCA, and CBOT are redoing the Crozet Master Plan.
• Piedmont Place opened
• Barnes Lumber redevelopment continues its path
• More houses and neighborhoods, very few infrastructure improvements
• Tweeted CCAC meetings every month; these are often long and boring, but are profoundly important.
• The Crozet Cycling Club grew
• The Crozet Calendar continued to be useful to many

Crozet is and will remain a wonderful place to live. Let’s see how we can work together to grow wisely, keeping as much as we can that makes Crozet a special place to be.

The RealCrozetVA ecosystem is: The RealCrozetVA blog, RealCrozetVA Twitter, RealCrozetVA facebook, and RealCrozetVA Instagram. The RealCrozetVA home is and will always be the blog, because I own it … and the rest likely can and will change. I’ve found the archives here invaluable.

Questions? Comments? Email or call me anytime.

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January (11 posts)

• Looked at crash data on 64 between Crozet & Charlottesville
• Median home prices continued to rise … and rose throughout the year
• Snow days in Crozet are awesome
• CCAC meeting – Adelaide, Restore n Station, Downtown Crozet
• Crozet real estate conversation for January 2016 – I love doing these with David; we hope you enjoy them and find value.

February (10 posts)

• Soup and cupcakes – Love Crozet!
• CCAC meeting for February. Read the tweets.
• Henley’s principal wrote about the picking up/dropping off kids at school challenges/perspective.

March (10 posts)

• Sal’s Jerry Finazzo died after fighting cancer. He is missed.
• March’s CCAC meeting; a 2.5 hour meeting. So much is discussed at these things.
• Libraries are awesome
• The buildings/land from the corner of Crozet Ave/240 to Great Valu were sold.

April (13 posts)

• Crozet celebrated Jerry Finazzo at Crozet Pizza
• Henley changed their schedule; we discussed it.
• CCAC Meeting wrap-up; more NIMBYism.
• Seeking protection of the Crozet Trails
• The park behind Crozet Library is awesome; so is Crozet.
• Brownsville got a new principal
• 1st Quarter Crozet Real Estate Conversation
• World-class fields in Albemarle? Not.
• A few RealCrozetVA facebook posts (the FB page really took off this year)

May (13 posts)

June (15 posts)

• 4 years ago this month, the new Crozet Library opened
• The West Glen development received approval for their stream crossing
• The flowers on Jarmans Gap are beautiful
• The Crozet Cycling Club continued its growth
• June’s CCAC meeting – growth, schools, Adelaide
• We moved the Crozet real estate conversation to PRN; it’s going well.
• Another entry in the Restore N Station saga
• An effort was made to feed hungry kids during the summer.

July (15 posts)

• What if … they widened 250?
• Old Trail released plans for the next phase of their commercial space
• Crozet Park’s parking lot construction neared the end
• CCAC Meeting Recap – “Master Plan, state of growth, population, infrastructure, accusations against County Staff, lamentations about being blindsided by developers, a few new faces from the public, absence from those whose neighborhoods aren’t *directly* impacted by things on the agenda”
• Why do you Love Crozet? Part 2
• The Crozet Board of Trade met
• Crozet Real Estate Conversation – 2nd Quarter 2016
• Public involvement matters as Crozet grows
• Why do you Love Crozet? Part 1

August (15 posts)

 

• Crozet Cycling Club got new high-viz kits
• Have you read the Downtown Crozet District code?
• 190 Apartments are coming to Old Trail
• Crozet Park continues to grow
• CCAC Meeting Recap. Again, lots of good and relevant Crozet stuff here.
• After 6 years, Crozet Elementary got a new sidewalk
• Emerson Commons – Cohousing coming to Crozet
• The August 2016 Crozet Gazette was, as always, great
• Childcare is a huge need in Crozet.
• Old Trail’s next commercial phase was released.
• If Crozet became a town, what might its budget look like?

September (16 posts)

• About that Snob Zoning Story – this had quite the discussion, and is extremely important and relevant
• The Crozet Express! – Bus service between Crozet and Charlottesville
• Crozet Park is looking good
• CCAC meeting recap – “The new Master Planning process, seemingly without County authorization/approval (no judgment, sometimes it’s better to just do something rather than wait), Crozet Express, and a lot more.”
• Crozet Board of Trade Meeting recap.
• Delivery Agent files for bankruptcy
• Foothill Crossing’s rezoning approved
• The Crozet Bike Shop was announced
• Good discussion about Crozet’s housing buildout
• I wrote about how Crozet needs a dictator

October (11 posts)

• Greenhouse Coffee is awesome
• Crozet in the Fall is special
• October’s CCAC meeting wrap up
• Crozet Schools, growth, and population discussion. This is never going to be solved.
• Re-Store n Station rezoning denied
• Crozet’s 3rd Quarter real estate market update
• Sidewalks might be coming near Harris Teeter
• Chalk Kindness at Brownsville Elementary
• Another response to the Snob Zoning story, this one focusing on the business needs

November (14 posts)

• Crozet Board of Trade Recap
• Great Valu sold
• Peeked into Smoked BBQ
• CCA meeting recap
• Results of the Crozet Express survey
• So. Many. Crashes. on 64

December ( XX posts)

• Changes at Great Valu
• Crozet Trails Crew helps the Blue Ridge (Crozet) Tunnel Foundation 
• CCAC Meeting Recap -Robotic cars, property rights, NIMBYs and more
• Service Tax Districts in Albemarle County?
• So many RealCrozetVA facebook posts