Stop in front of Great Valu, buy a cupcake & donate some money for Haiti # The most reasoned comment I’ve seen about the WAHS student accused of threatening classmates – http://bit.ly/8lgv1N # Brownsville Elementary students holding a bake sale tomorrow for # Haiti – http://bit.ly/7kcG8j # RT @JimDuncan: Great meeting at @ trailsidecoffee this morning. … Grateful Crozet has such a place # RT @ GuyKawasaki Poll: 81% support medical marijuana legalization [Virginia has a bill for this http://om.ly/eNqW http://ow.ly/YBvy ] # @ DoloresMaireRog I’d be willing to pay slightly higher taxes if I trusted the gov’t to spend it one what I wanted. … http://bit.ly/7iYSxx # RT @hanchettjim: New Alb. county report: massive Acme bldg in Crozet only 4 yrs into 10 yr enviro clean-up…more on CBS19 at 5. … # Crozet efforts for Haiti – http://bit.ly/4A6d8x # @ BSBIAssociates Do you have more information on the PIedmont Senior Living/The Lodge in Crozet you can share?
I have a story idea
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 .
Crozet Library to Close?
Read more at The HooK .
Time to Wake up the Bedroom Community Citizens of Crozet!
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 Public Meeting – Thursday 21 January
The Yancey family has submitted a Comprehensive Plan amendment to rezone 84 acres on the southeast corner of the Interstate 64/Route 250 intersection to ‘light industrial’ for the construction of an industrial park that would contain from 1.1 million to 1.8 million square feet of buildings. On January 21 at 7 p.m. at the Field School (the Old Crozet Elementary School across from the current Crozet Elementary School), the public will have a chance to react to a county study on light industrial land in the County, and give county staff you input regarding the study, which will include a section that addresses this proposed rezoning. … As Mike Marshall, editor of the Crozet Gazette said in this month’s issue: “… [the] adoption of the Yancey proposal would likely shift the economic center of Crozet to Rt. 250 and result in a commercial highway build-up at the Interstate similar to what we see happening in Waynesboro, and many other Virginia towns that have sadly lost their traditional walkable downtowns to sprawl. … The Board of Supervisors last week adopted an “action plan” that included the following item regarding the Yancey property – “Yancey Mills and 250 East Corridor from 1-64 to Shadwell Store – The report on available light industrial zoning should be expedited and a report on the possibility of expansion of this type of zoning in these areas should be brought back to the board in the first quarter of the year for discussion and possible action.”
Crozet Business Networking Forum – 19 January
“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
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?
News From Henley Middle School – 15 January
Murray Elementary In addition to meeting all state and federal achievement benchmarks for at least two consecutive years, schools and divisions receiving the Board of Education’s Excellence Award must have made significant progress toward goals for increased student achievement and expanded educational opportunities set by Governor Kaine and the board. Joining the Division, the following three Albemarle County schools earned the Board of Education’s Excellence Award: • Brownsville Elementary • Scottsville Elementary • Stony Point Elementary Schools and divisions qualifying for the Board’s Competence to Excellence Award, the third-tier award in the VIP program, must have met all state and federal achievement benchmarks for at least two consecutive years, and made progress toward VIP objectives reflecting the goals of Governor Kaine and the board. … Murray Elementary (3rd consecutive year at top tier) • Western Albemarle High • Woodbrook Elementary “We are pleased with the academic performance, accomplishments, and continued progress of our schools,” said Superintendent Pamela Moran, “and exceptionally pleased that, for the first time, Albemarle County Public Schools joins a select group of recipients to be honored with the Board of Education’s Excellence Award.” MARK YOUR CALENDAR (NEW DATES IN ITALICS) January 15 – End of 2nd 9 weeks and 1st Semester January 18 – Martin Luther King Day, No School January 19th – Professional Learning Day for Teachers, No school January 27 – 8th Grade Visit to WAHS February 2 – ACPS School Board Public Hearing: Proposed budget, FY 2010/11, 6:30 pm, Location TBD March 3 – Board of Supervisors Public Hearing: The County Executive’s recommended budget, Fiscal Year 2010/11, time TBA, Lane Auditorium, ACOB March 31 – Board of Supervisors Public Hearing: The BOS’s proposed budget, FY 2010/11 2010 calendar year tax rate, time TBA, Lane Auditorium, ACOB April 7 – Board of Supervisors Public Hearing: The BOS sets the 2010 calendar year tax rate.
Crozet Efforts to Aid Haiti
Just received off the handy-dandy RealCrozetVA chat window: Otto’s is collecting cases of water for Haiti from Jan 14 through Jan 21 -spread the word – thanks For those of you interested, Otto’s is just off 250 across from Blue Ridge Builder’s Supply . Word spread. 🙂
Ann Mallek is Blogging
Everyone welcome Ann Mallek, our representative on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, to the world of blogging !