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If you know whose cows these are, we’d appreciate your letting them know where they are.
Note: This is not a common occurrence … they’ve been appearing just for the past few days.
Update 16 June 2011: Carter Johnson at the Newsplex reported on the cows and interviewed my daughters. I have to say, living in a little town where wandering cows is news is pretty nice.
Be aware. It was a one-lane road today. They’re closing the road soon
Update: The Newsplex has more.
Crews Tuesday cleared trees in the path of the future road. The lanes are currently narrow with no curbs or sidewalks, which residents say is a dangerous combination. Construction will correct those problems, widening the lanes to 12 feet and adding a four-foot wide bike lane on each side and sidewalks on the northern portion of the road.
If you’re interested in hearing/seeing about the Claudius Place design and concept, come to the Crozet Community Advisory Council meeting this Thursday. In the meantime, read about it at Charlottesville Tomorrow.
With the new Crozet Library stalled for lack of funding, it appears a new commercial building will be the cornerstone of a major expansion of downtown Crozet.
Update 13 June – Perhaps the best explanation comes from a Newsplex comment:
If you take time to read the letter provided by the Batesville Store to its clients, which is linked in the story, the reason for closing is clearly explained. They had been operating as a country store and were under the governance of the state’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. However, it was determined that the store did too much business to remain a country store. The only option available was for them to become a restaurant and to comply with all Virginia Health Department regulations. The owners state in their letter that the requiremetn (sic)to operate as a restaurant was not viable for many reasons.
Update 12 June: See the bottom of this post for new from the Batesville Store that they are closing. For good. Surely the State could find a way to make this work for the good of the Batesville community.
Update 12 June #2 – cvillenews has more insight.
Update 11 June: The Newsplex reports:
A store employee told CBS19 that the reason behind the shutdown wasn’t a health issue, but a safety issue. He says the store had exceeded their seating capacity.
A country store is allowed to have 15 total seats by law, but The Batesville Store has over 40. The employee was frustrated saying that the Health Department hadn’t given them a warning.
Surely someone in Batesville can shed some light on this. The Batesville Store is fantastic – the food, ambiance, smells, location, beer, music … it would be a tremendous shame if it were to be shut down by the State of Virginia.
Just received via email …
Dear Friends of The Batesville Store,
I have some sad news:
The Batesville Store is closed until further notice.
Earlier today two representatives from the state of Virginia showed up at the store without warning, informed us that we were not in compliance with certain state regulations, and basically gave us no choice except to close immediately. Continue reading “Batesville Store is Closed”
They’re moving to the new brewpub in Nellysford. Find them on Twitter and Facebook in the meantime.
A year ago I wrote about how the Crozet Office & Supply store saved me a trip to Charlottesville. Now they’ve expanded and moved a little bit closer to the Great Valu.
And they’re now a FedEx shipping location!
Check them out, support a local business and save gas by not driving to Charlottesville!
The government don’t seem capable of building it or funding it, so why keep the citizens’ hopes up?
Read the whole thing at Charlottesville Tomorrow, and don’t miss the timeline of the Crozet Library.
By the end of the summer, the parking lot for the new Crozet Library will be completed. As for the $9.6 million, 20,000-square-foot library itself, Albemarle officials said last week that, absent sufficient capital funding, its start date was uncertain and the project may have missed the window of a very favorable construction market. ?
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“The most recent estimate that we just received has that cost estimate at around $6.8 million or just under $300 a square foot,” Henry said, describing the construction costs in the $9.6 million overall project. “The big drivers in that cost estimate change are site work and concrete.”
But at least we’ll have a parking lot.