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Pick one up, and buy something from the store where you got it.
It was windy this past weekend. Power out for hours and days windy. Roofs missing shingles windy. Trees down everywhere windy.
Really, really windy.
When we have weather events in Crozet, the Crozet Twitter lights up. Facebook, too, but Crozet Twitter is much more active. Roofers are going to be busy.
I feel so close to my #Crozet community on twitter…mostly during storms and power outages.
Yep.
During weather events like this, Crozet Twitter is fun, informative, and community-bringing-together-ness.
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) March 2, 2018
On 250 just before Greenwood store. pic.twitter.com/ipGLK0DSJD
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) March 2, 2018
#crozet why is it windy? StrongNoreaster combined with downslope winds off BlueRidge this cool video of streamlines showing low level wind pic.twitter.com/EKSMOf62EC
— Crozet Wx (@Crozetwx) March 2, 2018
This is the kind of damage we are still finding out there. We can't accurately tell you how long it will take when there are still so many downed wires, snapped poles & tangled lines. We know it's frustrating. We are working as quickly as we can to assess & restore your service. https://t.co/ayBv77kvJY
— Dominion Energy (@DominionEnergy) March 3, 2018
Happy Saturday. Who has no power? #Crozet
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) March 3, 2018
It seems that the single stream recycling many, if not most of us enjoy, is no longer available.
(the accompanying Facebook post is here)
Vanderlinde, the recycling center to whom our trash/recycling went, is no longer operating the recycling center.
The decision to close our household waste processing facility was not an easy one as much time, effort and expense have gone into it. However, with the severe drop in commodity prices over the past few years and the bleak forecast, we have made the economic decision to close our household processing facility. We will concentrate our efforts in areas of our business that are more profitable and that can ensure our organization has a strong future.
Matt Talhelm at NBC29 has more.
The company opened the processing facility in Zion Crossroads in 2009. Up to 30 hauling companies, plus individual customers, would bring in household waste so that food scraps and garbage could be separated from recyclables.
Asking for Recycling in Crozet – again — From 2007
At the CCA meeting on Thursday, March 8, I was hoping the room would be packed with folks wanting to hear about recycling from Michael Freitas, the Chief of Public Works for the County. Only one person that I emailed showed up. She had emailed her entire neighborhood–225 families–and no one showed up. Maybe we don’t really want it in Crozet?
If you want a recycling center in Crozet and missed that meeting, know this: there is $250,000 in the Capital Improvement Fund set aside for recycling in Albemarle County. The money is already there. It’s for recycling. The County has a plan for 3 recycling centers in the County. Now the County just needs to decide where to spend that money. I don’t know what it will take to convince them that Crozet is the place, but we can start by letting them know the demand is here.
Update on Crozet Recycling — from 2009
My opinion: a recycling center would be great. I’ll give particular credibility to arguments in favor of a recycling center when those argument suggest a location that is in their own backyards, instead of somewhere else. (aka: Not in my backyard)
Support for a recycling center in Crozet reaches 115%.
So long as it’s over there.
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) March 1, 2018
How Often Does the Train Run in Crozet?
Often enough that you miss it when it doesn’t run for a while.
And … the Instagram post*
The train’s lead locomotive was equipped with a forward-facing track image camera. Data extracted from the camera postcrash showed that as the crossing came into view, the gates were down and the refuse truck was on the grade crossing. Witnesses to the crash reported that the refuse truck entered the crossing after the gates were down.
Good story from C-Ville. We need roads, bike lanes, sidewalks. No report yet on when those will appear.
Good comments on the facebook post.
From C-Ville (read the whole thing)
A fire along Old Three Notch’d Road caused a rush hour roadblock February 1 on one of Crozet’s main thoroughfares: Three Notch’d Road, aka Route 240. Instead of being able to drive to downtown Crozet, drivers had to make a U-turn, return to U.S. 250 and make a right, then another right onto Crozet Avenue/Route 240, only to be part of a massive backup at the light and four-way stop near the railway trestle at Crozet Square.
High-density growth area Crozet surely has the homes, but roadways have lagged behind. Will 2018 be the year several road projects begin in earnest?
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“We’ve worked hard for the past 10 years, so it would be great to finally take some steps,” says Ann Mallek, chair of the Albemarle Board of Supervisors and representative of the White Hall District, which includes Crozet, where two connector road projects are in the works.
One would connect Route 240 to Route 250 through Park Ridge Drive and the Cory Farm subdivision.
The proposed Eastern Avenue Connector, which runs north-south, still has two major portions that need to be constructed, says Kevin McDermott, transportation planner for Albemarle County.
The northern piece may break ground soon. “The private developers of the Foothills-Daly development are responsible for making a connection onto Park Ridge Drive and onto Route 240,” McDermott says, and they have submitted all of the required applications.
To the south, a bridge that is needed to cross Lickinghole Creek to complete the connector road “is the sticking point and has been for many years,” says David Stoner, a member of the Crozet Community Advisory Committee. “It’s such an expensive proposition that it hasn’t risen to the top of the county’s list of projects to be funded.”
The southern-portion work is No. 12 on the county’s priority list of road projects, McDermott explains. “Because other priorities are already under way, No. 12 will be a priority in the next year,” he says.
Cities and states stand to lose billions in funding for projects that are already moving toward construction. Nationally, more than 70 projects are waiting for funding from the New Starts program, and only about a dozen have been approved.
Yeah, it’s a political post of sorts, but yeah, I love our libraries, and libraries are one of the best things in Charlottesville.
If you have two minutes, how about sending an email to our delegate, Steve Landes? (click here to send an email)
Dear Delegate Landes,Please support the Virginia Library Association’s budget amendment, Item 238 #1h (Delegate Rush), Item 238 #2h (Delegate Sickles), to increase State Aid for Public Libraries by $2.5 million dollars. Local libraries play an indispensable daily role in Virginia’s educational system and State Aid to Public Libraries is essential to meeting those needs. This increase would be used by libraries to support summer reading materials and programs or library materials that target STEAM instruction.This additional funding will provide an additional $100,248 in state aid to the Jefferson Madison Regional Library and would allow JMRL to improve collections, programming, etc. in support of education here in our community.Thank you for your support and help with this matter.
via Nextdoor, by way of Twitter –
“”I wanted to pass along there are a few neighborhoods spreading the word to place white ribbons on the trash can handles this week (Wednesday), to show support for the victims of the train crash. People will also be placing ribbons on their trees if they desire. This is a voluntary act of kindness, and I wanted to spread the word, so please pass this idea along to friends who may not read Nextdoor. Thank you.””
On January 31st 2018, Christopher Foley was one of the victims in the Amtrak and garbage truck collision. Unfortunately Chris lost his life. We here at the company lost a friend and a brother, his one year old son and mother of his child lost a father. We have set up this page to help Mr. Foley’s family, theres no amount of money that can replace a human life. Anything that you are able to donate helps the family financially through this horrific time. We are trying to raise enough for the family to cover funeral cost and help with some living costs. All the money will go directly to Mr. Foley’s family.
On January 31st 2018, Dennis Eddy was one of the victims in the Amtrak and garbage truck collision. Fortunately, Dennis is still with us, however he remains in recovery at the hospital. We have set up this page to help Mr. Eddy, to help with hospital expenses as he recovers. Anything that you are able to donate helps him financially through this horrific time. All the money will go directly to Mr. Eddy.
I understand there will be GoFundMe for the two other victims, who were in the ICU last I heard.
I’m going to put something on FB later, but it’ll be something like, “please be nice & patient with Time Disposal folks. They just suffered a tragedy, & we should help them anyway we can. We can start by wig nice & understanding of our trash isn’t picked up”
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) January 31, 2018
I’ll update this as the day goes on.
Amtrak train carrying GOP politicians to the Greenbrier hit a trash truck at the Lanetown intersection … think – Railroad Avenue towards Mint Springs, but bear left to go behind Orchard Acres, cutting over to Jarmans Gap.
Emergency crews are on the scene in Crozet where an Amtrak train struck a garbage truck.
A nurse on the scene tells NBC29 that there is one fatality and at least one person is in critical condition.