Crozet Music Fest – Now in the Spring!

In Crozet by Jim1 Comment

We can say with 95% certainty that the first Spring CMF will be held May 13, 14, and 15, 2011 at 4 sites in and around Crozet. The papers aren’t signed, but it looks like we’re good to go to return to Crozet Park with a Country/Bluegrass/Gospel mix…. Other locations can’t yet be confirmed, but there will be 3 more: a Festival Mix site (similar to what we’ve always done), a Christian Music site, and a fourth site variously called Guitarist Paradise, Banjo Paradise, and Drummer’s Paradise. Working on the locations for Sites 2, 3, and 4, will keep you all posted on the progress.

The HooK Looks at Re-Store ‘N Station

In Crozet by Jim11 Comments

Lisa Provence at the HooK reports .

…As for the owners, Michelle Sprouse says she and her husband envision the Re-Store ‘N Station as an environmentally friendly place— complete with healthy foods— and whose the motto will be “refuel, replenish, refresh.”

…I’d love for the Sprouses to write a letter to RealCrozetVA describing what their vision is. If you want or need background on the Restore N’ Station or the Re-Store N’Station or Re-Store ‘N Station .

Should we trick or trick on Saturday or Sunday in Crozet?

In Community, Crozet by Jim11 Comments

I was asked this question this morning while walking my daughter to Crozet Elementary – is there a day this year in Crozet that is considered “the day” for Trick or Treating? It’s a question that is being asked around the country , in many localities . So, I pose the question – Should we trick or trick on Saturday or Sunday in Crozet?

Crozet Music Fest – Double the Fun!

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Crozet Music Fest Hope you all had a good time a few weeks back, and hope you had a chance to enjoy Crozet Arts and Crafts and The Festy Experience on Columbus Day weekend, what incredible events. As the festival season winds to a close, we are putting on our thinking caps and making big plans for next year. We can already say for sure that we are going to start doing our thing twice a year, the first Spring CMF will be the weekend of April 29, 30, and May 1. Lots of plans in the works to get the multi-site model under way, there is SO MUCH GOOD MUSIC around here, we need more venues to put it on display.

Field School Spirit Walk This Weekend

In Crozet by Jim1 Comment

Starting at 6:30 on Friday and Saturday, October 22nd and 23rd, we will be staging the Spirit Walk, with actors portraying characters from the history of the area through the streets of Crozet. Tickets are available in 15-minute increments at Maupin’s Video in Crozet or at Greenberry’s Barracks Road. On Friday night, we will also start to cook 60 gallons of apple butter, to be bottled early Saturday morning. Stop by to get yours either Saturday morning or Saturday night at the Spirit Walk.”

Thoughts on Crozet, the CCAC and Business in Crozet

In Crozet by Jim36 Comments

I can share with you that over the last 3 years there have been serious inquiries from such businesses as a small surgical instrument manufacturer (10-12 employees with average salary of $40,000+, a dentist office, a doctors office, a bakery, lawyers office and an architectural firm. … They even restricted neighborhood density to the north of Crozet by including language in the Revised Crozet Master Plan that prohibits neighborhood density to include retail/commercial infill except to the west and the east of Crozet. The language in the Revised Master Plan reads as follows: ” Neighborhood serving retail/commercial areas and office uses of less than 5,000 square feet may be allowed by exception only in Neighborhood Density Residential areas located within half a block of Downtown along Blue Ridge Avenue and east of Firehouse Lane.” … The Chairman of the CCAC, owns property to the west of the Crozet Downtown District with an assessed value of $2.397 MILLION dollars and a member of the Albemarle Planning Commission owns property on Blue Ridge Avenue assessed at $461,800.00, yet not once during review of the Crozet Master Plan and/or at any meeting did either one of these?