I’ll try to post a picture later tonight of the small brushfire in the field adjacent to Parkside Village. If anyone has any information into how the fire started (spontaneous combustion is a dubious cause), please call the Fire Department – 434-823-4758.
Nelson County’s Newest Brewery
(from the C-Ville article) Devil’s’ General Manager Chris Trotter tells us that Crandall and friends granted a portion of the site back to Nelson County for the possible purpose of building a skate park. “The plan is to make this area the Virginia Jackson Hole,†says Trotter, who is referring, of course, to über cool resort town Jackson Hole, Wyoming, which is beloved almost as much for its dining, entertaining and non-skiing recreations as it is for its amazing slopes and powder.
Yancey Business Park folded into the Master Plan
Find out more at Charlottesville Tomorrow – The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors has overturned a decision by the Planning Commission to end consideration of a proposal to create a new industrial park in Crozet on largely rural land just outside the designated growth area. The 184-acre Yancey Mills Business Park will now be considered as part of the mandated review of the Crozet Master Plan scheduled to take place next year.
Lost Dog Near Old Trail
Our dog, Jenny, a small female black and white Jack Russell terrier is missing. … She probably wandered off near Caitlin Drive or Old Trail, possibly near Brownsville or Henley.
Anytime Fitness gets a plug in Today’s Daily Progress
Both gyms give their members access cards to get into the gym, have security cameras rolling and put emergency buttons in the facility in case something goes wrong. Swartz’s location also has a security device that gym-goers can wear while they exercise in case they need to summon help while they’re on the treadmill.
Greenwood Gourmet Grocery gets a blog
Oh, and a website , too. Blog is here .
From the Inbox – Historical Crozet Accident
That eventful night on 250 several young people were drag racing and one killed upon their car turning over, driver being thrown out, hit, and dragged beneath the small MG that supposedly hit him…or so those involved testified. … Should you ever come across the mystery details of the young man found beneath the MG, on that fateful night of drag racing on Highway 250, I would like to learn if the police ever solved the puzzle?
Is the Harris Teeter in Crozet going to be Open 24 Hours?
And their response: The store is scheduled to in late spring 2009. Please check back with us closer to the opening date (perhaps in March) and we would be happy to share with you more details about the store.
From the Inbox – Lost Dog in Crozet
I’m posting this for at least two reasons – 1) Help the dog find its owner 2) Highlight how Crozet really is and can be a small, helping community. … spaniel on Three Notched Road today across from Highland Drive. (forget the subdivision name) I drove around and knocked on doors for 2 hours looking for the owners….no luck.
Tax Town Hall
A majority of states — many with budgets already full of deep cuts and dependent on raiding rainy-day funds or tax increases — are scrambling to find ways to get through the rest of the year without hacking apart vital services or raising taxes.
…Slutzky, a Democrat, said the county should start with a tax rate closer to 90 cents – which would allow the county to avoid service cuts, and then systematically decide which of those services should be cut or scaled back.