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Thanks to Bama Works, Crozet Arts offers Scholarships

Crozet Arts has received a grant from the Bama Works fund of Dave Matthews Band in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation (CACF) to support The Twinkle Project: Variations on a Theme by Mozart, a week-long interdisciplinary (music, dance, theater, and visual art) artistic performance production for children and teens, ages 6 – 14. The workshop takes place June 24 – 28, from 9:15 – 3:15 daily, and finishes with a performance on Friday.

There are still openings and, thanks to Bama Works, NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE! Please contact [email protected] for information/registration.

The workshop is open to students with or without experience or previous training in the arts. Students will learn dance/instrumental/drama scenes based on constellations, the Story of Dhruva (North Star), Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and will create props and costume pieces for the production. The production is directed by Sharon Tolczyk (Artistic Director, Crozet Arts), Boomie Pedersen (Director, Hamner Theater), Dr. Beth Cantrell (Director, Talent Education at Crozet Arts), and Madhavi Reddi (Bharatanatyam classical Indian Dance).

Crozet Arts is a 501©(3) Non-Profit located in the rear of the Old Crozet/Field School.

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Crozet Community Advisory Council Meeting – 19 June 2013

Anyone interested in live-tweeting this meeting? I’ve found the information for those unable to attend is invaluable.

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Please note that the June meeting of the Crozet Community Advisory Council will be held at the County Office Building at 6:30pm on Wednesday, June 19, 2013. The meeting will begin with a joint Advisory Councils meeting to discuss proposed changes to the critical slopes regulations in the Development Areas and we will follow that meeting with a short regular meeting of the Crozet CAC, the draft agenda for which is attached.

(draft agenda)

1. Agenda Review(Meg Holden – CCAC chair).
2. Approval of Minutes from May 16, 2013 meeting.
3. Project Updates/Information:
• Update on Library Fundraising (Bill Schrader)
• Update on streetscape
• Anything on plans for pedestrian crossing signal at Clover
Lawn/Harris Teeter, approve a resolution to request some action
regarding a safer solution for this crossing area
• Plans for Crozet Independence Day Parade, Celebration and Fireworks
on July 6.
4. Turning lanes on 250
5. Extreme jeep driving on Bear Creek Rd.
6. Items not listed on the Agenda
7. Announcements.
8. Future Agenda Items.

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Albemarle County Seeks to Facilitate Crozet getting a Hotel

Crozet needs a hotel. The County of Albemarle, recognizing this, “Albemarle County will take steps to make itself eligible for a state financing program that could support the construction of hotels.”

Catlin said the county’s economic development team is supportive of having a small hotel, one that keeps the character of Crozet intact, while filling the critical deficiency for adequate lodging. She estimated a future hotel would have between 30 to 60 rooms.

Read more at Charlottesville Tomorrow.

Questions:

– What’s the status of the proposed hotel in Old Trail?
– Could Crozet support two hotels? (I think yes, so long as they’re small and Crozet-ish)
– Where would the second one go? (Presumably in the site of the former Barnes Lumberyard)
– Will Crozet be further fractured?

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Restoration Restaurant at Old Trail

In a sentence – we’ll go back. On a father’s day lark, my wife and I went to Restoration and were impressed with the menu and the fact that they have only local beers on tap.

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The latest entry in the Old Trail clubhouse restaurant space is Restoration. The renovation is a nice one; next time I stop in I’ll go for dinner and get some pictures.

The Crozet Gazette noted in April:

Local restauranteurs Andrew Watson and Kelley Tripp, who have been involved in six successful restaurants including Boylan Heights and Mellow Mushroom on The Corner in Charlottesville, will launch a new restaurant at the Old Trail Golf Club later this spring. The restaurant is designed to serve golfers, host weddings and events, and welcome families from Crozet and beyond.

Restoration’s phone number is 434-823-1841.

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Reminder – When Storms Come, Follow RealCrozetVA

Just a reminder … when bad weather comes, the community that’s built around the @RealCrozetVA feed on Twitter has proven to be a pretty good resource for helping others and learning about what’s happening in Crozet.

Simple – go to Twitter. Create an account. Follow @RealCrozetVA. Best practice: install a twitter app on your phone (when the power goes out, this comes in handy).

For a simple explanation of Twitter, this video is awfully useful.

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RealCrozetVA Logo Design Contest

Design the RealCrozetVA logo!

You may remember last month when I talked about how I thought it was time for RealCrozetVA to have a logo.

As RealCrozetVA has been focused on the Crozet community since its inception, I figured the community could design the logo. I’d love for the logo to be something Crozet-focused designed by a Crozetian. Art/design-minded parents, feel free to assist your kids if they choose to draw something. Ultimately, I foresee having the final design tweaked a bit so that it’s ready, so if you enter a logo, please be prepared for it to be shined up a bit.

Really, I want this to be something of and for the community. So … design away!

My goal is to have the logo (or text saying RealCrozetVA.com) on a t-shirt no later than 13 September – the 8th birthday of RealCrozetVA!

Rules –

– Deadline for entries is 1 July 2013

– Selection will be 15 July 2013

– If no one enters, I’ll just do text – RealCrozetVA

– By submitting, you agree to transfer ownership of the logo to me so that I can use it for RealCrozetVA stuff

– Email or dropbox the logo design to me at [email protected]

Winner gets –

– At least one t-shirt with your logo (and probably two or three)

– Huge thanks.

– The knowledge that you’ve contributed something valuable to the Crozet community that will live on (hopefully) for years to come.