A friend asked me a question the other day ( through Facebook ) about a recent foreclosure that sold in his neighborhood and it triggered something I’ve been meaning to do – If you live in a neighborhood in the Crozet area and would like me (actually the MLS system but it’ll look like it’s from me) to send you emails when a property comes on or goes off the market, has a price reduction or sells, please send me an email and let me know your name, email address and neighborhood . … If you’re a regular reader of my blog, you know this isn’t a veiled attempt to sell you something anything, but a recognition that I have access to a service that could provide value to you.
24 Hour Fitness is a Toy Lift Drop Off Location
I received in an email from Melody at 24 Hour Fitness – “Just wanted to let you know that the Kids Lift Foundation is beginning to accept donations. … The Toy Lift if near and dear to me, in no small part because my wife is on the Board for the Toy Lift.
Civilization Comes to Crozet
 New China Originally uploaded by jimduncancville In the form of the New China restaurant in The Square. Their phone numbers are 434-823-5256/434-823-5291. They are open Monday through Thursday from 11am to 9:30pm, Friday and Saturday from 11am to 10:30pm and Sunday from noon to …
Meat Truck in Crozet
Sent in by a kind reader: I thought this would be amusing for RealCrozet. . .about fifteen minutes ago, this guy knocked on my backdoor and offered to sell me meat off his truck!!! … He stopped by my house on Monday, too, offering a free box of meat if I could “help him out” by buying a box.
Pulled From the Comments – Thoughs on the Crozet Master Plan and Reporting the News
But the vast majority of residents don’t want to pay for it (tax increase are probably coming), shift students, or commute 12 miles to densities that are 3 times as dense as the 3/acre densities of the Biscuit Run development in Charlottesville. … However, they created this problem, and the excuses can be read as “local news†in the Daily Progress (concurrent calls for lower taxes and more spending on growth infrastructure can be in the Crozet Gazette).
Crozet Master Plan up for Review
Albemarle County Senior Planner, Elaine Echols described the goal of the review which will take place initially behind the scenes and then be in front of the public in a significant way after July 1, 2009. … County staff outlined how they plan to work co-operatively with the Crozet Community Advisory Council (CCAC) which is setting up several subcommittees to keep the review on track between now and mid-2009.
Crozet Arts and Crafts Festival October 11 and 12
This year with wine tasting! One note – if you happen to take photos of the Festival, please upload them to Flickr and tag them with “crozet” – that way they’ll show up in the slideshow to the right. From their press release: “Don’t miss …
Crozet Market Update – September 2008
In an attempt to keep Crozetians (and those curious folks outside Crozet who may be interested in moving here) informed, I am going to be publishing quarterly market reports specifically for Crozet.
… If you’re interested in a wider market analysis of the entire Charlottesville/Central Virginia area, you can see all of my market analyses at RealCentralVA .
A Few Changes to RealCrozetVA
I’ve also added a widget in the sidebar that is a slightly more blatant announcement that I happen to be a Realtor. Since I started writing this blog in September of 2005 , I’ve never hidden the fact that I make my living as a Realtor, but I don’t think I’ve every come out and said, “I’m a Realtor!”
A Slower Master Plan and Redistricting
Two stories of note from the Daily Progress – Crozet Elementary may move 101 kids to Brownsville Elementary Interesting is this – In February, school officials developed four options for moving students from Crozet to Brownsville and gave parents several months to voice their concerns and opinions. … Marshall, who’s also the editor of the Crozet Gazette, argues that “if the county drags its feet†on plans for a concentrated area of development in downtown Crozet, sprawl will occur in the meantime.