An accident has changed the look of Crozet Avenue. From around 1:30pm on Wednesday to around 9pm or so, Crozet Avenue was closed to remove the truck and the awning. What a shame, and what a horrible thing to happen to Whistlestop’s outdoor seating. The …
CCAC Meeting October 2020 | Crozet Park Plans & Water Projects
Zoom zoom. Honestly, I could be convinced to never go back to in person meetings. via email Crozet Community Advisory Committee Wednesday, October 14, 2020 7:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M. Virtual Meeting This meeting is being held pursuant to and in compliance with Ordinance No. 20-A (6); …
Staying Aware of Crozet Park’s Massive Plans
There is a lot here. Take the time to read and digest. Crozet Park is planning to move forward with a Special Use Permit application for their massive plans. As a neighbor, it would have been neat if they’d told us. Below is a very …
More on the Gone Trees
You may remember this story from a few weeks ago about the tree clearing for another new development near Crozet Park. I thought about titling this story, “Trees Gone, Why Were We Surprised?” But that felt click-baity. From a neighbor and guest author*: When the …
Master Gardener Events on Zoom
Bev emailed me asking if I’d do a story about this Master Gardener event series, “In this time of COVID, many have turned to gardening as one of the ways to enjoy the outdoors, reduce stress and reap concrete rewards for the work.” She obliged …
Crozet Land Use Meeting Recap
There was a big land use meeting the other day. Here’s the blog post with the agenda, and below are the attachments sent out after the meeting. These land use decisions affect everything. Housing, schools, roads, trails, jobs, parks, and virtually everything else. Note that …
Crozet Land Use Meeting – 23 September at Noon
This looks like an important meeting. Land use affects everything. Note: this is a great podcast episode that gets into land use in the last half; it’s worth listening. via email: Please find attached materials for our special meeting scheduled for () Wednesday, September 23 from …
Trees Go Fast; New Development next to Crozet Park
Walking by Crozet Park last week, we saw heavy equipment. I noted that the surrounding trees would likely be gone within a week, and was right. Looks like this is a separate part of Glenbrook at Foothills. Phase V, to be specific, so not necessarily …
Vote Early In-Person Starting this Friday, September 18 (2020)
via Albemarle County’s email (if you’re curious, you can learn more background about voting in Albemarle by reading the CCAC recap) Vote Early In-Person Starting this Friday, September 18 Beginning this Friday, September 18th through Saturday, October 31st, registered voters can vote early in-person in …
CCAC Recap for September 2020
What I would have tweeted, but with more formatting, and way longer; I hope you find this useful. Like them or not, these meetings influence many aspects of our lives in Crozet, and in Albemarle County. Land use affects almost everything. Highlights Voting discussion, Animal …