As the snow began to fall Friday morning and the roads had yet to become impassable, dozens of Crozet residents rushed out to Crozet Hardware after hearing—primarily over Twitter—that the shop had received a last-minute truckload of snow shovels. By 10 a.m., more than 80 percent of the 230 shovels had been bought up. A few doors down, the Crozet Mudhouse was doing brisk business as residents took advantage of the final few hours they could travel freely before hunkering down inside their homes.

… With the last big storm, the best outlets for regular updates about the outside world came from The Daily Progress on Twitter , CBS-19 on Twitter , and The Hook’s blog , so folks hungry for information might check there for the best updates.

Charlottesville Tomorrow has a good rundown of Thursday’s meeting at the Field School about Yancey Industrial Park : A spirited crowd of Crozet residents was on hand at a public forum Thursday to challenge the notion that western Albemarle is a prime location for expanded industrial development. The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors has asked for consideration of a new light industrial business park in the Crozet Master Plan’s first five-year update. … Yancey said many potential business owners have told him his family’s land would be an ideal location for them to locate because of its close access to I-64. – What will be the cost to the County? – What infrastructure will have to be improved? Who will pay for it? – What assurances do the citizens have that this won’t be re-zoned in five years to commercial. – How will this benefit the community? – How will this harm the community?