Crozet United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall 1156 Crozet Ave, Crozet Please join Crozet Library Steering Committee members and Albemarle County staff for an open house on the conceptual design of the new Crozet library and an update on the Destination Downtown project, including the streetscape and stormwater projects. The public is invited to drop in at any point during the Open House to view the conceptual design and other materials, talk with staff and committee members, and provide feedback.
Minutes from the Crozet Community Association Meeting – 12 January 2009
New officers were elected for 2009 : President: Sarah Henley , Vice President: David Wayland , Secretary: Judi Burbes , Treasurer: Emery Taylor Moment in History: Phil James was not available for the meeting, but the group discussed the history of the Crozet library; included in the discussion were memories of the Women’s Club serving as a library, the bookmobile serving as library, and the various buildings that served as libraries. … This has been pushed to back to be included in the revision to the Crozet Master Plan, which will start later this year. There are questions in terms of watershed protection (the stream on the property has recently been rated as only of fair quality already). This area is not attached to the growth area as defined under the Master Plan.
Crozet Park Board Responds to Swimming Proposal
The executive summary failed to list several concerns with the Star Swimming proposal: – County high school swim teams, the only beneficiaries, will need to use the facility for many years, even if more convenient options are available (such as Smith Aquatic Center, Crozet Pool, or McIntire YMCA facility) for recovery of a $500,000 County investment. … If the focus of the request is only for additional options for high school swimming, Claudius Crozet Park, Inc. further urges the Board of Supervisors to re-evaluate the needs of high school swimming in relation to more important needs of City and County residents and in relation to the location of existing and proposed public and private facilities in Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville.
Pool Enhancements coming To Crozet Pool?
Favorable Factors: · Most attractive proposal to Western Albemarle swim team. · Conveniently located to serve western part of County with potential non competitive swimming programs. · Least expensive request of 3 proposals. · Potential long-term partnership with YMCA. · Very committed Park Board has sustained outdoor pool annual operations without County assistance. … Consideration should be given to funding the Star request at $100,000 per year over a 5-year period with the first $100,000 being provided from the existing Parks and Recreation capital budget in the spring of 2009, if the Star request is included in the final adopted 5-year CIP.
Take Steven Landes’ Legislative Survey
The survey is here ; my longstanding belief remains – if you don’t voice your opinion, it’s not worth very much. … Landes’ legislation at Richmond Sunlight and find out who is donating money to him at the Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP) .
Crozet and Brownsville Redistricting Plan Approved
The expansion, which includes a new wing of classrooms, more kitchen space and a new gymnasium, is slated to be finished in the spring. … If you are thinking about buying (or selling, really) in Crozet – check the school district yourself – don’t necessarily trust the MLS ( as much as it pains me, as a Realtor, to write that) .
Yancey Business Park folded into the Master Plan
Find out more at Charlottesville Tomorrow – The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors has overturned a decision by the Planning Commission to end consideration of a proposal to create a new industrial park in Crozet on largely rural land just outside the designated growth area. The 184-acre Yancey Mills Business Park will now be considered as part of the mandated review of the Crozet Master Plan scheduled to take place next year.
Tax Town Hall
A majority of states — many with budgets already full of deep cuts and dependent on raiding rainy-day funds or tax increases — are scrambling to find ways to get through the rest of the year without hacking apart vital services or raising taxes.
…Slutzky, a Democrat, said the county should start with a tax rate closer to 90 cents – which would allow the county to avoid service cuts, and then systematically decide which of those services should be cut or scaled back.
No Business Park in Crozet – Yet
The Commission came close to recommending that the development be reviewed as part of the upcoming Crozet Master Plan update, however, the discussion concluded with a 6-1 vote to end all further consideration of the matter. … We will reach out to the Crozet community and try to reassure them that have been in the area for a long time, well over a hundred years, and we intend on keeping our word and to do what we say.
Crozet Library Delayed Until 2013
And we’re not alone in having projects pushed back due to the economy (bolding mine)- The County will delay several capital projects. … Western Park in the Crozet growth area, scheduled to open in 2012, will also be moved out of the first five years of the capital plan .