24 Hour Fitness is a Toy Lift Drop Off Location

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I received in an email from Melody at 24 Hour Fitness – “Just wanted to let you know that the Kids Lift Foundation is beginning to accept donations. … The Toy Lift if near and dear to me, in no small part because my wife is on the Board for the Toy Lift.

Meat Truck in Crozet

In Crozet by Jim8 Comments

Sent in by a kind reader: I thought this would be amusing for RealCrozet. . .about fifteen minutes ago, this guy knocked on my backdoor and offered to sell me meat off his truck!!! … He stopped by my house on Monday, too, offering a free box of meat if I could “help him out” by buying a box.

Pulled From the Comments – Thoughs on the Crozet Master Plan and Reporting the News

In Crozet, Growth, Politics by Jim6 Comments

But the vast majority of residents don’t want to pay for it (tax increase are probably coming), shift students, or commute 12 miles to densities that are 3 times as dense as the 3/acre densities of the Biscuit Run development in Charlottesville. … However, they created this problem, and the excuses can be read as “local news” in the Daily Progress (concurrent calls for lower taxes and more spending on growth infrastructure can be in the Crozet Gazette).

Crozet Master Plan up for Review

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Albemarle County Senior Planner, Elaine Echols described the goal of the review which will take place initially behind the scenes and then be in front of the public in a significant way after July 1, 2009. … County staff outlined how they plan to work co-operatively with the Crozet Community Advisory Council (CCAC) which is setting up several subcommittees to keep the review on track between now and mid-2009.

Crozet Arts and Crafts Festival October 11 and 12

In Crozet, Crozet Park by Jim

This year with wine tasting! One note – if you happen to take photos of the Festival, please upload them to Flickr and tag them with “crozet” – that way they’ll show up in the slideshow to the right. From their press release: “Don’t miss …

Crozet Market Update – September 2008

In Crozet, Market Data by Jim1 Comment

In an attempt to keep Crozetians (and those curious folks outside Crozet who may be interested in moving here) informed, I am going to be publishing quarterly market reports specifically for Crozet.

… If you’re interested in a wider market analysis of the entire Charlottesville/Central Virginia area, you can see all of my market analyses at RealCentralVA .

A Few Changes to RealCrozetVA

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I’ve also added a widget in the sidebar that is a slightly more blatant announcement that I happen to be a Realtor. Since I started writing this blog in September of 2005 , I’ve never hidden the fact that I make my living as a Realtor, but I don’t think I’ve every come out and said, “I’m a Realtor!”

A Slower Master Plan and Redistricting

In Crozet, Politics, Schools by Jim4 Comments

Two stories of note from the Daily Progress – Crozet Elementary may move 101 kids to Brownsville Elementary Interesting is this – In February, school officials developed four options for moving students from Crozet to Brownsville and gave parents several months to voice their concerns and opinions. … Marshall, who’s also the editor of the Crozet Gazette, argues that “if the county drags its feet” on plans for a concentrated area of development in downtown Crozet, sprawl will occur in the meantime.

Encounter With a Bear

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Ed note: sent in by a reader – I started my morning run at 5:30 a.m., planning to run 6 miles, with 5 20-second sprints at around mile 4. … There, about eight feet up, was the bear, in a tree by the side of the road.