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“Loss of Biodiversity More Important Issue than Global Climate Change” Discussion

Via press release:

Naturalist Marlene Condon, the author of The Nature-Friendly Garden: Creating a Backyard Haven for Plants, Wildlife, and People (Stackpole Books), will be giving an Earth Day presentation, “Wildlife at Work”, at the Charlottesville Senior Center on  April 22 at 1:30 PM.  This presentation is free and open to the public. 
 
According to Condon, the environmental focus nowadays is on global climate change, but a much more pressing issue is the loss of biodiversity.  Sheexplains that humans can adapt to changing weather patterns, but they can’t easily step into the roles played by disappearing wildlife.  Condonmaintains that a variety of wildlife is required to keep the environment habitable for mankind.
 
In this 45-minute slide show, the photographer shares images of wildlife working in her yard to keep it—and the environment— functioning properly.  She will also illustrate how people can create their own nature-friendly gardens in which Mother Nature furnishes, free of charge, most of the labor!
 
Condon’s book will be available for purchase.  If you have questions, please call (434) 823-8150. 
 

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Video of Structure Fire in Crozet

There was a fire in Crozet tonight. It was a small shed. I’m not going to speculate on how it happened, only I’m glad that the Crozet Volunteer Fire Department arrived so quickly and no one and no home appear to have been injured.

The video is unedited; taken with my Droid.

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ToughMudder in Wintergreen

Our own Anytime Fitness is putting a team together for the Tough Mudder in Wintergreen this October. October 22 & 23 if you’re interested.

Anytime Fitness (Crozet, Lovingston, Ruckersville) is working on getting a team together to participate on Saturday October 23rd at Wintergreen.  We would love to ask the community to participate with us.  The more the merrier.  Anytime Fitness will have a cottage for the participants that evening to have fun after the event.  

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Crozet Lions Take a Spring Break Cruise

I’ve never really heard much about the Crozet Lions, but I’m happy to help them publicize their event.
 

The 72nd annual Crozet Lions Club variety show features musical performances by Pete Vigour & Friends, Maia Oden, Bobby Graves, Alex 141 and Blue Country Band.  Other highlights include Ballet dance performed by Rebecca Richardson and Laura Ewell, as well as, Modern dance performed by The Kawasaki Sisters.
 
Performances are Friday & Saturday, April 8 & 9 at 7:30 pm – the Brownsville Elementary School Auditorium.  Tickets are available at the door –  $8 for adults and $4 for children 12 and under.  All proceeds benefit charity!

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CTC Update – This is a Busy Crew!

There a few things I’d like to update you all on:

1. We will have a CTC workday next this Saturday, March 26th, at Beaver Creek reservoir (Henley Hornets Trail). We will be checking the trail for any maintenance issues, putting up a few signs, clearing, and investigating the stream crossings. Please meet at the parking lot at 9am. Bring tools if you’d like, and bring friends and family. This will be a great workday for kids as well.
 
2. The Crozet Community Advisory Council (CCAC) met last night and we have decided that the April CCAC meeting (Thursday, April 21st) will be dedicated to the topic of walking and biking to the local schools. This will be a great meeting to attend if you have any interest in the topic. I will send out more information to the CTC in mid-April. Mark your calendars.
 
3. We would like to plan a day to begin the lower portion of the Grayrock Ponds access trail. It is very important that we get buy-in and assistance from the Grayrock community. If you live in Grayrock and are interested in helping (or know someone who would like to help), please let me know. We’d like to plan this event for a weekend in mid-May. It will take several workdays to complete, likely spread out over a few months.

Naturally, I’m excited to see them working on the walking to school topics. I’ve tried to work the bureaucracy to encourage walking to school but have been stymied by the bureaucracy, the fear, the fear of liability and the lack of sufficiency. I’m more than glad that the Crozet Trails Crew is working on this.

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Crozet Gets another Music Festival – Campout East

Crozet, meet Campout East:

Join us this summer for the first annual east coast Campout, hosted by Cracker, Sons of Bill and Camper Van Beethoven. The festival will take place June 17 and 18 at Misty Mountain Camp Resort in Crozet, Virginia, in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Campout East will showcase the region’s best music, art and food.

Tickets are on sale now. (find them on facebook, too)

It seems that campouteast is following in the path cleared by the Crozet Music Festival; here’s hoping to another successful event.

They’re drawing people from Virginia, Colorado?!, Tennessee, Ilinois, Maryland, Florida and Michigan to name a few states.

I’m curious – what is the expected attendance?

The other question is – Does Crozet need another music festival?

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Road to Somewhere in Crozet

The Daily Progress picks up on a conversation we’ve had here a few times … what’s up with the Road to Somewhere? Also known as Library Street?

*bolding and links added by me

But construction won’t stop there.

In coming years, Library Avenue will extend to Park Ridge Court, the plans entails, and provide a connection to Three Notch’d Road. Cory Farm Road will be extended into a proposed Eastern Avenue, under the Master Plan, ultimately running from Rockfish Gap Turnpike to Three Notch’d Road.

The new roadways are part of a network of interconnected streets to be built in and nearby downtown Crozet.

“Ultimately, it’s designed to help provide better and easier access to downtown to revitalize that area and help improve the economic vitality,” said Elaine Echols, senior planner with Albemarle County.

My thought: Don’t Hold Your Breath. This sign is from the Cory Farm neighborhood indicating where the Eastern Avenue (not the Eastern Connector , another road in Albemarle that may be built by the time my grandkids are driving flying cars) will go. One day.

 

The Charlottesville/Crozet area lost the 804 area code June 1, 2001.

1 – It’s an 804 area code
2 – They misspelled “development”

Rather than replace the sign, save the money for a road.

Most people know not to assume that things aren’t going to change.