Bring on the Chains!

In Crozet, Growth by JimLeave a Comment

Chain retailers, that is.  Thanks to Jonathan:Harris Teeter will soon be coming to Crozet.  At least they’ll have a comprehensive wine selection, something that Great Valu has rapidly been expanding recently.  Will people come from Waynesboro?  As of the 2000 Census, 5,229 people lived in the 22932 zip code.  People are continuing to move into Crozet, though.Heck, I’ve heard rumors about a CVS …

Crozet Library news

In Community, Crozet, Growth, Library by JimLeave a Comment

Wednesday, September 20, 7:00pm, in the Crozet Library: Architect Meet and Greet with the Crozet Library Building Advisory Committee Ms. Melanie Hennigan, of Grimm and Parker Architects, will be available to answer questions and hear comments regarding the new Crozet Library. Grimm and Parker has been hired as the firm who will be aiding in the selection of a library site and, ultimately, designing our new Crozet Library. Thursday, September 21, 7:00pm, at the Meadows (unless location is changed due to turnout), Ms. Hennigan will hold a Meet and Greet with members of the CCAC, which is also open to the public. Wednesday, October 25, 7:00pm, Western Albemarle High School: Community Feedback Time! Albemarle County Representatives and Grimm and Parker architects will solicit community feedback regarding the library and its potential sites. Community feedback from this meeting will be reported to the Board of Supervisors.

Crozet Community Association Meeting 09-14-2006

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From the CCA listserv:The Crozet Community Association will hold its September meeting on the 14th at the Crozet Firehouse, beginning at 7:30 PM.Anyone desiring to be on the agenda should e-mail me at dfwayl AT earthlink DOT net with your request.We take no pleasure in reporting that Arlyn Newcombe, our extremely capable secretary, has had to submit her resignation.  Arlyn was a wonderful secretary who kept excellent minutes of our meetings.  We need a volunteer to take Arlyn’s place for this meeting and November’s, when we will hold elections.  Please, someone, can you help out!?I have asked Mike Marshall to preside at the September meeting, as I will be unable to attend.  Sorry.  Note: I have also added this meeting to the Google Calendar.  If you have any upcoming events, please email me.

Petition to save Downtown Crozet

In Community, Crozet, Growth by Jim2 Comments

76 People signed.  If Crozetians want to “save” Downtown Crozet, they will need to aim higher – think over one thousand people, and even then there is little assurance that the BoS will listen.  More interesting to me is how these residents distributed this petition.  If they distributed it “offline,” they hurt themselves.  If they did it online, it seems it didn’t get much support.  How better could one market such a (or any other) petition?Last month’s Crozet Gazette (PDF) has a nice editorial about Downtown Zoning.

Over the mountain

In Crozet by Jim2 Comments

We went over Afton Mountain last night to stock up for the upcoming storm.  Fourteen minutes from my house to the grocery store.  Explain to me, please, why gas at Martin’s grocery store is $2.49 (and then I got a .10 discount for a total of $2.39/gallon!)  and gas here in Crozet is anywhere from $2.77 to $2.89/gallon.

Have a spare soccer field?

In Crozet, Crozet Park by Jim3 Comments

The girls’ team I coach is in need of a field – the offerings in Western Albemarle seem to have become more sparse and the competition more intense.  Anybody know of a spare soccer field – or even an open, level field that we could use?

Mountain biking in Crozet area?

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I know that the Crozet area has a reputation for being an excellent area for mountain biking, but, not being a mountain biker myself, and having had the question posed to me yesterday – Where does one mountain bike in the Crozet/Western Albemarle area?

Crozet Calendar

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I have added a Google Calendar to the sidebar.  If you have an event – a yard sale, HOA party, Farmers’ Market, etc. that you would like the community to be aware of, please email me.  If you want a Gmail account, you may email me for one of those as well.