Will The Crozet Library Be Built Sooner?

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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.

Crozet Needs a Bigger Library

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Duh . Here is the report referenced by NBC29 and commissioned by the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library (JMRL) board. This information isn’t new: Crozet Library – Some numbers on why it’s Needed (12/09) Parking at the Crozet Library is an issue. The Twitter responses were pretty one-sided .

More on the Crozet Library

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From the CrozetEagle listserv: Many of you may not know that the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors has spoken about closing Scottsville Library and our own Crozet Library. … As you know, once they do close this library, it is very likely we will not get another one – new or old back into this area. … Also there is a website I have created for people to post on and I am sending these to Board of Supervisors: www.savecrozetlibrary.webs.com .

… Not only is Crozet not getting the mammoth new library it was expecting, a possible ten percent budget cut might mean closure of library it already enjoys, and Scottsville could lose its library with just a five percent cut.

Help Plan the New Crozet Library

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A reminder that the Crozet Library Design Steering Committee monthly meeting is this Monday, April 27, from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM at the Old Trail Golf Clubhouse conference room. Everyone is welcome to attend. Tentative Agenda I. Welcome & Re-cap II. BOS Meeting and …

Update on the Crozet Library

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These properties together provide approximately two acres to house the new library facility and associated parking. Crozet Library 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

Pulled from the Comments – Why I chose to move to Crozet

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My family moved out of Charlottesville to a farm near Crozet 9 years ago. We moved out this way because we could see the way things were changing in the north of Albemarle County, way more traffic, more subdivisions, more shopping centers….  Yes, it is rundown in some ways, but my kids love watching the train at the old library, I love being able to look for books in the library and still being able to keep an eye on my kids….  I make a trip to Charlottesville or Waynesboro once a week for a major shopping trip, what I run out of during the week, I shop for locally.I love that I can have chickens, roosters, donkeys, horses and cows and no one complains about the noise, smell, flies, ……  If we add all the things that people want like a movie theatre, Chinese restaurants, more pizza places, more stores, then it will begin to be more like NoVA and less like Crozet.

The Crozet Library’s impact on Downtown

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Let’s hope that the new Library (more on the plans here) has some of the impacts that Jim Bacon details here -The (Shirlington) library also contributes to the vision of a community where things are happening 24/7.  “We have a regular flow of traffic on the streets during the weekday but especially during early evening and the weekends,” says director Susan McCarthy….  “Most of our traffic is through the front door,” not from the parking deck connected to the side door.  “We have a lot of people who come over from the offices during the day, checking out a book for the weekend or using the wireless.”

Crozet Library will be Downtown

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The library will be Downtown.  Thanks to Jeremy Borden with the DP:Board members said neither site would please everyone, but they all had their own reasons for wanting the site downtown.Now …

Crozet Library meeting recap

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About one hundred and fifty people attended this past Wednesday’s Library meeting at Western Albemarle High School. Supervisor David Wyant opened the meeting with the sweeping statement that “The library today involves the internet.” The lead architect’s presentation was highlighted in part by her seeming …