Any guesses as to who it is? If you remember, the “mystery buyer” wouldn’t say who he represented, But … “The only hint Thomas would offer: In 30 days the deed will be recorded.” Hopefully the buyer (and buyer’s intentions) won’t be hidden behind various …
Barnes Lumberyard Sold for $1.9 Million
The buyer, shown in the white shirt with stripes and khaki pants, is unknown and wouldn’t give his name. Skip to 2:40 in the video to see who he is. The HooK has more. The first eight minutes are here. The last three minutes of …
Big Week in Crozet – Library, Lumber yard, Fireworks
Tuesday 26 June – The Crozet Library is breaking ground – at 11:30 Wednesday 27 June – Barnes Lumber Yard is being auctioned off – equipment sale starts at 9, real estate starts at noon Saturday 30 June – Crozet Independence Day celebration – some …
Barnes Lumberyard to be Auctioned 27 June 2012
Does this mean that the “Crozet Downtown Mall” is likely to happen sooner rather than later? From the Daily Progress: Update 5 June 2012: Lisa Provence at the HooK has more information. Also, here is the foreclosure PDF from the attorneys representing the foreclosing bank.
This is What the Renovated Barnes Lumber Property May Look Like
Read the whole story at the Crozet Gazette . Barnes Lumber Redevelopment Plan in Crozet The plan submitted by PDG includes an 600-foot-long pedestrian mall in the center of the project, anchored at the west end by a large building. Roell said a national firm that builds boutique hotels is interested in the site. Other features include the extension of Library Avenue (still an unofficial name for the road partially constructed in downtown) to connect to Parkside Village and a walking path junction in the southeast corner of the property nearest to Claudius Crozet Park that will connect downtown to the extensive system of trails laid out in the Crozet Master Plan.
Lots of Big Stuff on Tomorrow’s Crozet Community Advisory Council Meeting.
The agenda for the CCAC meeting on 20 January at the Meadows: (bolding mine) 1. … Project Updates (Elaine Echols) – Wind Turbine at Henley – Crozet Station – Restore-N Station – West Village (re-submittal) – Barnes Lumber parcel rezoning to Crozet Downtown District 5. … Old Business from November meeting: Sub-committees and ombudsmen (CCAC) 8.
…This is the part where I beg a government or journalism student at Western Albemarle High school to attend this meeting and write a story for RealCrozetVA … after four years of asking, I’m thinking I shouldn’t hold my breath.
Crozet’s “Downtown Mall”?
Now that the Crozet Community Advisory Council has given their endorsement … what do the rest of you think? A group that oversees planning in Crozet has endorsed a new concept to redevelop a lumber yard on the Square into a walkable and livable community similar to Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall. “We need a pedestrian mall in Crozet,” said Mike Marshall, chairman of the Crozet Community Advisory Council. … Bruce Barnes Lumber Yard and CSX railroad property to allow for future development as part of the Crozet Master Plan.
Pedestrian Mall in Crozet?
He asked the commission for flexibility in language that would define where light industrial uses would be allowed on the 20-acre parcel. Commercial uses on the parcel, cur- rently zoned heavy industrial, would presumably fall under the rules for the adjoining Downtown Crozet District, which are designed to cre- ate a walkable, traditional down- town business district with a mix of apartments and shops. Interviewed later, Conley said that discussion of the plan that has been submitted to county planners, planning commissioners and super- visors for reaction was premature, but that he believed that county leaders would like the concept. … The concept shows a central, 600-foot pedestrian mall flanked by three- and four-story buildings and the extension of Main Street to Parkside Village with two- and three-story buildings along it, a small park, a greenspace median and numerous parking areas.