Could Open Space work in Crozet?

In Crozet by Jim7 Comments

While they are still trying to, in the words of a friend, ” trying to find their soul ” – seeking their own personality as it were, it’s a fantastic concept, and is a space I use as frequently as possible.

…For starters, it is going to be a place where I (others, too, but I’m really looking forward to this space) will be able to rent time to work in an aesthetically pleasing, architecturally designed professional workspace populated by fellow creative professionals, many of whom I suspect will either be fellow entrepreneurs or telecommuters who live in Charlottesville and work in other parts of the country or world.

…? Right now, lacking a physical office outside of home, I spend an inordinate amount of time in coffee shops … but coffee shops don’t have quiet spaces to meet with clients as well as talk on the phone or Skype. Take some of the people from coffee shops, provide a cool space with conference rooms, Apple displays, great lighting (and coffee, hopefully) – and the possibilities are pretty exciting.

I have a story idea

In Blog, Crozet by JimLeave a Comment

But don’t have the time to put it together. Are there any enterprising students at Western Albemarle High School who are interested in writing a story or two for RealCrozetVA? Maybe a journalism student? If you’re interested, please contact me .

Time to Wake up the Bedroom Community Citizens of Crozet!

In Crozet, Crozet Park, Growth, Politics by Jim4 Comments

It was announced tonight at the Crozet Community Association meeting that there is going to be a Master Plan review and meeting on Thursday, January 21st whose purpose (for one) will bring to light an idea that at least one person in our community claims will supply the revenue generating light industrial growth that Crozet (by way of our growth-area designation in the county) is destined to support. … The vision of retaining the downtown area and building it up to support sustainable and healthy growth alongside the tracks and within walking distance of community services already in place, will become nothing but a memory if the car and semi-truck driven sprawl is allowed to go in where it is proposed. … If we do not interact, speak-up and have a hand in the sustainable design of our town here- it will not be a tool in our hands- but in the hands of those that would profit from mindless business-as-usual sprawl. … People that live in Crozet can affect how and where that revenue-creating light industrial growth is to occur by becoming the community that we claim we came here to be part of.

Crozet Business Networking Forum – 19 January

In Crozet by Jim2 Comments

“The next meeting of the Crozet Business Networking Group will be next Tuesday, January 19th. This meeting we will learn about three businesses in the Old Trail Town Center: ACAC , Face Value Studio , and Trailside Coffee . We will meet at ACAC at 12:30 and end at Trailside Coffee where lunch may be purchased. I hope everyone will come out and network.”

Crozet Twitter Updates – Brief Notes for 2010-01-17

In Crozet, Twitter by Jim1 Comment

I was away this week, so the updates are a bit bare … two very pertinent stories are coming up that Crozet residents need to be aware of. … Astonished that my kid’s high school history teacher barely discussed Haiti in the “current events” segment of class on Thursday # schoolfail # Dalucas looks pretty busy tonight. … # RT @gingergermani: @ realcrozetva You would have to be in NYC the day I needed to know not to take the interstate. [I am so sorry! :)] # RT @thechrisbell: Playing a show in Crozet, VA at 8:30 PM today at Fardowners http://bit.ly/6aUhbh # Crozet is getting a new bookstore – it’s going to be here – http://bit.ly/8fVdQ1 # RT @nyrbclassics: Don’t know exactly where Crozet, Virginia is, but there’s a new indie bookstore opening there this spring @ OvertheMoonBook # Curious – how many people under 40 were at Steve Landes’ town hall in Crozet yesterday?

Third Speakers Series Event at Field School

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On Friday January 15th at 7 p.m at Field School , we will be having our third speakers series event, one that has featured Michael Thompson, Joe Ehrmann and Nick Nichols over the past three years. This year, we are hosting Joe and Claudia Allen, research professors at U.Va. who have written Escaping the Endless Adolescence: How we can help our teenagers grow up before they grow old.   

… In Escaping the Endless Adolescence , internationally-recognized psychologists Joseph and Claudia Allen use ground-breaking scientific research seasoned with years of clinical experience to show how and why we are in danger of psychologically crippling an entire generation of young people. More importantly, they go on to tell us precisely what parents, educators and others can (and must) do differently to help their teens grow into mature, productive, happy, and caring adults.

Crozet Twitter Updates – Brief Notes for 2010-01-10

In Crozet, Twitter by Jim2 Comments

Answer: none other than Domino’s http://bit.ly/5cjKos # RT @MagnusMusic: Just announced: Burnley Station at Fardowners in Crozet VA Saturday Feb. 6th. … Good stuff this month – http://bit.ly/8sZvO7 # RT @themuckrakes: New show announced in Crozet, VA at Crozet Music Festival on October 8, 2010 http://lnk.ms/5CzDY # RT @gingergermani: @ realcrozetva From the emails that I have read, it sounds like “memberships” will be available to non-residents # Is it a done deal that the Old Trail poll will be open to everyone this year? … in reply to superninjarobot # RT @GoodwinCreek: the breadmobile is out with it’s precious cargo, heading to Crozet, dwtn C’ville & Belmont 🙂 [Great bread!] … As bad as “bankers’ hours” # Luckily the Crozet water treatment plant serves only 25 people. http://bit.ly/5c8Phf ACSA Crozet is better http://bit.ly/7rAcxr # Took the Christmas tree to Crozet Park for mulching.

Crozet Gazette Pulls No Punches

In Crozet, Growth, Politics by Jim2 Comments

The decision of the departing Kaine administration to bailout the investors in Biscuit Run, the largest subdivision ever approved in Albemarle County, and turn it into a state park will add to growth pressure in Crozet once the housing market begins to revive, which, we nonetheless hope, comes soon. The addition of Biscuit Run’s 3,100 houses to the Albemarle market with better proximity to Charlottesville meant homebuyers had an attractive alternative at a time when county policies were aiming growth on Crozet and claiming that it could handle a population of 24,000. … And about that $9.8 million: hasn’t Crozet been told for the last 12 years that there is no VDOT money to pay for Jarmans Gap Road improvements, and more recently that there is no funding possible for Crozet library ($6.3 million), the number one priority library on the state library’s list of construction projects? Thus the poor Virginia tax payer now has to pay to master plan and then operate in perpetuity a state park he had no idea he wanted, in a place he probably would not have picked, and to make up millions in tax revenue that was forfeited in the form of credits.