Finalizing project plans, and readying the library for contract bids, increases the likelihood of the county receiving donations and grants, Supervisor Duane Snow noted, adding that there are people interested in donating. “But they can’t donate to something when they don’t know what is, what all is involved and whether or not it’s just a pipe dream,” Snow said. A fundraising committee had set a goal of raising about $1.6 million, Halliday said, and though the committee has collected about a tenth of that money, the fundraising campaign has become stagnate because the committee has not been able to tell potential donors when the library might be built or precisely what it would look like. As does lack of confidence or trust in our government to actually get something done.

These properties together provide approximately two acres to house the new library facility and associated parking. Last year the Board of Supervisors expressed unanimous support for pursuing LEED Certification for all newly-constructed County buildings including the Crozet Library— LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and is a nationally accepted rating system for designing and building green buildings. … Summary of Major Library Project Milestones to Date: – Downtown library endorsed by adopted Crozet Master Plan – December, 2004 – Purchase of Harris property for establishment of new Main Street – March, 2006 – Selection of project architect – September, 2006 – Contingent contract on Amato property – September, 2006 – Consultant meetings with stakeholders on library site – September, 2006 – Public meeting on library site selection – October, 2006 – Board work session on library site selection – November, 2006 – Purchase of Amato property – December, 2006 – Topographic surveys/alignment studies for Crozet Avenue and Main Street – initiated January, 2007 – completed June, 2007 – Board of Supervisors establishes library building at 20,000 sq ft with approximately 15,000 sq ft dedicated initially for library programming– March, 2007 – Downtown Zoning project begins – May, 2007 – Consultant selected for Crozet Avenue/Main Street Streetscape project – May, 2007 – The streetscape project that will create New Main Street and access to the Crozet Library gets underway – August, 2007 – Structures on the Harris property are removed as part of site preparation for the library project – March, 2008 – The Board of Supervisors appoints a Steering Committee work with County staff and the project consultant during the library’s conceptual design phase – May, 2008 – The Board of Supervisors adopts the downtown zoning ordinance for Crozet that establishes the conditions necessary to design and construct the library as envisioned in the Master Plan – June, 2008 * republished in entirety from the County’s press release