Put it on your calendar.
October 2, 3 & 4
Just take a look at some of the artists lined up!
Crozet Pool Closing for the Season
I don’t know about you, but buying a season pass to Crozet Pool was one of the best decisions we’ve made in a long time.
End of the Summer Hours!!!!
The pool will be open during regular hours through Sunday, August 23rd. On Monday, August 24th the pool will be open from 11 AM to 5 PM. The pool will re-open on August 29-30th at our regular hours and again for the Labor Day Weekend. Please see the Labor Day Weekend note below for operation hours.
Labor Day Weekend
The pool will be open Saturday and Sunday at our regular hours but on Monday the pool will be open from 11 AM to 7 PM. Please come out and enjoy the last weekend the pool will be open this summer.
Mark your Calendars!
The last pool event is upon us and will be held this Friday. The pool will be open late and food will be served beginning at 8 PM. These events will be open to the public. The cost to all Non-Season Pass Holders will be $4.00 per person (with five (5) and under free). All Season Pass Holders must bring and show their ID/pass to get in free!
Food being served will be hot dogs, chips and both freeze-pops and sugar cookies.
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Crozet Shark Club
The Crozet Shark Club will hold tryouts on Tuesday, August 25th for both the 18-U and 13-U fall baseball teams. Tryouts will begin at 4:15 and the WAHS baseball field. Please call Justin @ (850) 591-2802 with any questions.
Brief Notes for 2009-08-23
Follow RealCrozetVA on Twitter.
Why do I post these weekly summaries? Frequently, something may catch my attention during the week that doesn’t necessarily warrant a blog post, but is very worthy of a Tweet.
- RT @cvillepiefest: RT @stevewhitaker: @CreighDeeds Are you interested in being our final judge at the CvillePieFest (cvillepiefest.com)? #
- Crozet Pool is blissfully quiet tonight. Perfect weather, very few people … Nearly a private pool! #
- Wanted to get a haircut at the new "salon" in Old Trail, but wasn't expecting $19 for a basic haircut.Guess I'll always be a barbershop guy #
- @drinkmud Next time, go to the Waynesboro DMV http://bit.ly/7j8s2 in reply to drinkmud #
- RT @MudhouseCrozet: Show tonight! 2009 John Lennon Songwriting finalist Moriah Harris rocking the Crozet Mudhouse @ 7:30! #
- Fardowner's is packed tonight. Lamentably, they no longer have the bread and mustards. #
- RT @ancym: Pool closed because of thunder? yeah, right. #crozetparkpool FAIL #
- RT @cvilletomorrow: The permit for the Misty Mountain Music Festival was approved.Crozet Gazette has the details here: http://bit.ly/37g9F4 #
- A question from a reader: Why did the HooK not mention the Crozet Gazette in their Annual Manual? #
- Darn it. I missed the Crozet Business Networking forum yesterday. If there was a google calendar to which I could subscribe, I'd be there. #
- @cvilletomorrow What was the result of the hearing on the Crozet Music Festival? in reply to cvilletomorrow #
- Interesting the "new" Fardowners will be open until at least midnight every night. & would "like a reason" to be open 'til 2. #
- RT @petermcarey: @ACACFitness when will @acacfitness crozet open…any word? #
- RT @SMCCville: RT @toddwickersty -Link: http://tumblr.com/xnj2qq6ws #smccville #
- RT @JimDuncan: Meetup/Tweetup at Fardowners tonight? http://post.ly/2OID #
- Greenhouse Coffee in Crozet – Opening in September – http://bit.ly/fAmrf #
- @rustyspeidel Better map for Greenhouse Coffee http://bit.ly/72JmE in reply to rustyspeidel #
- 7 groups of people in the Crozet Mudhouse right now … 6 of these are all on laptops. #
- Good bluegrass playing this morning int he Crozet Mudhouse. #
- This week I am committed to finally putting together the Green House Coffee story/interview for RealCrozetVA – http://bit.ly/Dc12w #
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Old Crozet School Arts Registration –
Registration starts this week, and I think it’s pretty cool that Crozet has this offering for the community.
Some of the classes being offered –
Pilates (Cathy Harding)
Social Partner Dance Series: Nightclub Salsa! (Edwin & Amberlyn Roa of Zabor Dance)
Yoga (Ursula Goadhouse)
Acting Basics (Carol Pedersen)
Theatre Improv (Boomie Pedersen)
Juggling (Alan Hodge and the Hodge Family Jugglers)
Pre-Ballet (Sharon Tolczyk)
Beginning Ballet (Sharon Tolczyk)
Intermediate Ballet (Sharon Tolczyk)
Advanced Ballet & Pointe & Variations (Sharon Tolczyk)
Adult Beginning & Intermediate Ballet (Sharon Tolczyk)
Music & Movement (4-year-olds) (Elizabeth Cantrell)
Suzuki Cello (4-year-olds) (Elizabeth Cantrell)
Drumming (Stuart Gunter)
Music History & Appreciation (Stuart Gunter)
Painting: Basic Watercolor Techniques (John A. Hancock)
Painting: Oil & Acrylic (John A. Hancock)
Collage (Nym Pedersen)
Basic Quilting (Trish Brostek)
Sewing Basics (Trish Brostek)
From their newsletter:
OLD CROZET SCHOOL ARTS
Sharon D. Tolczyk, Artistic Director
Mollie Washburne, Administrative Director
John A. Hancock, Visual Arts Advisor
Boomie Pedersen, Theatre Advisor
Elizabeth Roberts, Music Advisor
REGISTRATION FOR SESSION #1 CLASSES BEGINS THIS WEEK!
Please see our current list of Session #1 classes, below;
check website for updates:
www.oldcrozetschoolarts.org
WALK-IN REGISTRATION will be held at the school on the following days:
— Thursday & Friday August 20 & 21: 4:00 – 6:30
— Thursday & Friday August 27 & 28: 4:00 – 6:30
— Wednesday & Thursday & Friday September 2 – 3 – 4: 4:00 – 6:30
OCSA is located at 1408 Crozet Avenue in the rear of the Old Crozet School. Our entrance is around the right side of the building in the rear wing. Please note: OCSA IS IN THE MIDST OF “FIX-UP” MODE – please pardon the BIG mess!!
patience – stay tuned!! (An easier-to-read schedule, all forms, class descriptions & tuition info, etc. will be available at the walk-in registration.)
QUESTIONS? Please contact us: [email protected]
Greenhouse Coffee – A Place Where People Can Come and Be
"A place where people can come and be"
Coming soon – Greenhouse Coffee. It’s just to the right of the BP/Dairy Queen.
They’re hiring now and planning to be open the third week of September.
I spoke with Camille Phillips several weeks ago and asked what her inspiration was. Her response was thrilling – she wanted the challenge, wanted to take the things the loves to do – coffee, baking, serving – and bring them all together. Camille was an Air Force nurse, then a nurse in Charlottesville and now the owner/proprietor of Crozet’s newest coffee shop/cafe.
Her passion is infectious.
A very interesting comment she made was that "as many people asked for wireless as those who asked for me to not have wireless." And she may be on to something. This could be a big shift in the away from the expected coffee shop atmosphere – and perhaps a return to the "traditional" coffee shop – where people come to engage and discuss rather than work on their laptops. If she does make this decision, I think she may be on to something.
From the Wall Street Journal:
But in New York, the trend is accelerating among independents. At Cocoa Bar locations in Brooklyn and on the Manhattan’s Lower East Side, a five-month-old rule forbids laptops after 8 on Friday and Saturday nights. At Espresso 77 in Jackson Heights, Queens, owners covered three of five electric outlets six months ago after its loosely enforced laptop-use restrictions failed to encourage turnover. At two of three Café Grumpy locations — one in Brooklyn and the other in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood — laptops are never welcome.
Laptop backlash poses particular difficulties for people without offices, says Leah Meyerhoff, 29, a film director and free-lancer. She long has used coffee shops to interview cast and crew and to work on pre-production. Now, she says, "it’s a constant search for places with the Internet where I can sit and focus without being frowned upon."
As much as I want to develop this into a full-fledged review/introduction to Greenhouse Coffee, I thought that sharing some of my notes would help to convey a good first impression of the space/idea/concept/plan:
What’s Greenhouse Coffee going to be?
– Coffee bar, lunch, cafe homebaked goods, desserts
– Fenced in play space for kids
– The feel of Cville Coffee (she worked at Cville Coffee part-time for a year)- separate spaces for kids and adults
– Picnic tables
– Outdoor section – parties, tents
– "Gardening is one of my passions"
– Natural meet with friends, kids,
– Welcome.
– Ecologically friendly, sociologically aware.
– Energy efficient – tried to save everything
As the other Crozet coffee shops are finding, the hours of operation are expected to be a bit fluid until traffic is assessed. When we spoke, Camille was leaning towards 6:15 am to 6pm.
I know this – I’ll be stopping by as I’m walking to and from Crozet Elementary this school year.
*Editor’s note: this story is much shorter than I intended it to be; I just don’t have the time to translate all my notes into the long story I meant to write.
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Fardowners is Now a PUB?!
I, for one, am exceedingly please to now have a pub in Crozet. I really liked the old Fardowners, but I’m certainly looking forward to trying out their pub fare and atmosphere.
Courtesy of Fardowners’ email newsletter:
"A Sneak Peek at the new Fardowners…
Read on for more on what the Pub at Fardowners is all about!
Dear Jim,
In case you missed the last newsletter, we were closed last week for some minor renovations and in order to prepare for our newest endeavor – "the Pub at Fardowners." We apologize for any inconvenience, and wholeheartedly invite you to join us as we reopen tomorrow (Monday, August 17th) to unveil our new look and new menu. For you, our valued guests, we’d like to offer the following insight into what’s in store for Fardowners…
The Food
We’ll have lots of appetizing munchies for starters – including but not limited to:
Spinach Dip in a locally made artisan bread bowl
Fresh Wings in Mild, BBQ, or Jerk sauce
Tachos (a wacky twist on the classic nachos!)
A variety of mini sliders with hormone-free beef from Gryffon Aerie Farm in White Hall
Our salads will still feature local greens and produce from Brightwood Farm in Madison
Lots of sandwich options for lunch or dinner
(all featuring local bread from Goodwin Creek in Afton)
A classic Philly with sirloin or chicken
Pulled Pork BBQ with house made coleslaw
Gryffon’s Aerie Sloppy Joe
Several entrees available anytime (we just couldn’t part with these!)
Our classic Grilled Meatloaf with Gryffon’s Aerie beef
Everyone’s favorite Stuffed Pork Chop
Twice-Baked Mac & Cheese
We’ll also continue to bring you delicious, seasonal, and always homemade desserts
Our tasty brunch menu will not be changing much (why mess with such a good thing, right?) and will still be served from 11 am – 3 pm. Difference is, we’ll stay open on Sunday nights now!
* Lots of the regular menu items will be available on our late-night menu as well, so congregate with us as we feature live local artists or come in to watch the big game on one of our new TVs! *
The Drinks
We’re definitely upping the ante in this department. As always, Happy Hour is 4-7 Monday-Friday. Sunday afternoons (from 4-9 pm) we’ll offer up local drafts for $2.50 a pint and $9 a pitcher.
All day until 9 pm we’ll feature deals on
Martini Mondays
Tequila Tuesdays
Wine Wednesdays
The Music
We’re starting off with a bang. Come out on Saturday August 29th to check out Max Collins and Ross van Brocklin of the Kings of Belmont playing an acoustic set, followed by Space Cadet 7. We’re so siked about these guys opening up our new music series that this show will be free! More details will follow, but mark your calendars now!
If jazz is more your style- Bobby Read will be taking time out from touring with Bruce Hornsby for a surprise show at Fardowners before hitting the road again! Join us for some of the area’s best jazz on Sunday August 30. $10 cover charge.
We’ll be featuring local talent more and more. Keep your eyes and ears peeled for news about upcoming events happening on weekends.
We hope you’re as excited as we are, and we can’t wait to see lots of familiar faces this week at Fardowners. Be the first to try our new menu and check out our new look!
Sincerely yours,
Mark Cosgrove
W.C. Winkler
& the rest of the staff at Fardowners Restaurant"
Brief Notes for 2009-08-16
- RT @mastomillers: RT @MudhouseCrozet Today's coffee cupping begins at 2:00. Yay for tasting free coffee! [You going?] #
- RT @etarichmond: Gorgeous afternoon spent touring & tasing @ King Family Vineyard in Crozet – delicious Viognier #Cville [nice!] #
- Heard a not insignificant rumor about something in Batesville. Working on vetting it now. #
- @gingergermani I'm partial to Fardowners' in Crozet. Or Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton (only 12 minutes away) #
- RT @gordonmphillips: Going to Crozet where everything is beautiful. [what a nice thing to say!] #
- Two State Trooper motorcycle cops running radar on 64 on Afton. #
- RT @hanchettjim: All Crozet schools made AYP, going through rest of results #
- Thinking how psyched I am that @ubertwiter now allows multiple accounts! #
- Found a teacher at Henley – @henley_price – any other teachers at Western Albemarle schools? #
- Wondering where to watch the USA-Mexico match in Charlottesville today #
- RT @cvillepiefest: Huzzah for our newest sponsor, The Crozet Gazette (@crozetgazette)! [I can't wait for the piefest!] #
- Seriously, Google Calendar is down? WTH? #
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How Should Crozet Grow?
Now, rather than after the fact, is the time to discuss and voice your opinions.
Crozet Gazette: (also download the complete results of the Crozet Master Plan questionnaire from the Gazette – thank you, Gazette!)
Crozet residents don’t want to see the small town quality of life they enjoy sacrificed to growth pressures and therefore identified future population limits as their top agenda item in the current master plan revision process. They also confirmed their support for the original goals of the 2004 plan, which placed the first priority on the vitality of downtown Crozet and discouraged growth along Rt. 250.
County staff plans to present the Planning Commission with recommendations next month about which areas of the Master Plan should be focused on, as revisions are considered. Staff hopes to address the Board of Supervisors in October.
With the input of Crozet residents and the Crozet Community Advisory Council, county staff is eyeing areas of focus, as it examines ways that the Master Plan could be revised:
Population: Among the most controversial components of the plan is its inconsistent population estimates. The Master Plan text refers to a maximum population of 12,000 people, but the plan’s map allows for nearly 25,000 residents.
Downtown: Planners are aiming to keep the bulk of commercial developments downtown, and they’re trying to make sure infrastructure and zoning regulations support that vision.
Developments along U.S. 250: The current Master Plan discourages further commercial developments along 250, an idea welcomed by many residents.
The county surveyed Crozet’s citizens about the Master Plan—which currently calls for the population to more than double—and it was in that context that they volunteered their concerns about population growth
Ben Hiked the Blue Ridge Tunnel
Thanks, Ben for the comment!
Thanks for the directions! It was a pretty easy find from the Afton side and definitely worth the short hike.
We traveled the entire length of the tunnel – just be prepared for potentially knee deep freezing water on the Afton end and crawling through two short drainage pipes. These pipes lead through the two walls that Kelly mentions above.