What’s going on in the Crozet real estate market? For one, Old Trail’s doing well.
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Crozet Twitter Updates – Brief Notes for 2010-05-16
- It saddens me that liability has to be discussed re: railroads in Crozet. “Don’t let a train sneak up on you” seems sufficient advice #
- RT @Rullmania: Taking video of lightning is hard! Here is a storm in Crozet tonight: http://tinyurl.com/2ac8p5z. [very cool] #
- RT @centofante: House across the street just got hit by lighning! Hole in the side just where the roof meets [wow!] #
- The fencing of Crozet’s Square – http://bit.ly/dyus55 #
- RT @CBS19: Crews at The Square in Crozet sent back this picture of the railroad company blocking off parking – http://twitpic.com/1nqurv #
- Registration for Crozet Pool’s swim team starts this weekend – http://bit.ly/adKGpW #
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So … Crozet’s Square Has been Fenced Off
Mostly.
A fence? So soon?
Update: The Crozet Gazette and the Daily Progress provide well-researched stories this morning.
If anyone would be willing to share a copy of the proposed contract, please email me.
Can’t we all get along?
Now what?
To Crozetians: let’s be nice, respectful and considerate of each other as we fight & jockey for the few spaces. I saw an elderly woman trying to get to Parkway Pharmacy today and she had to park much further from the pharmacy than she wanted. Me? I’ll ride my bike whenever possible.
Vote for your Favorite Crozet Entrance Signs
They’re hoping to vote on the signs at Thursday’s Crozet Community Association meeting, so vote fast!
If you’d like, you can see the larger PDF here.
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Albemarle County Announces Safe Routes to School Grant for Crozet Elementary
Earning/winning this grant was the result of collaborative work by the County of Albemarle, the Albemarle County School Board, 250 West group, Crozet Community Association, the Alliance for Community Choice in Transportation and a few others. Readers of RealCrozetVA know that I have long advocated for walkability and bikeability in Crozet, and practice what I preach.
(Bolding mine.)
From the press release:
Chairman Ann Mallek, School Board member Barbara Massie Mouly, and Crozet school officials and parents. The grant will fund construction of a new sidewalk north of the school connecting to neighborhoods where many students live and a crosswalk with activated flashers and a warning sign to alert approaching motorists. This project will be funded entirely by grant funds.
The project is intended to provide a pedestrian-friendly environment in the area surrounding the school, and will significantly increase the number of students who can safely walk or bike to school. Approximately 177 of 305 students live within two miles of Crozet Elementary School and there are over 200 homes in neighborhood located within one-half mile of the school that will be able to take advantage of the new pedestrian features. In addition, the private Field School located directly across the street from Crozet Elementary will also be linked by the new sidewalk to neighborhoods north of downtown Crozet and will be served by the new crosswalk and warning sign features.
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Crozet Community Association Meeting – 13 May 2010
If anyone wants to write a story for RealCrozetVA about this meeting, please do so. I’ll buy you a cup of coffee at the Crozet coffee shop of your choice. 🙂
Via email:
This Thursday, May 13, at 7:30 PM is our semi-monthly Crozet Community Association Meeting at the Field School auditorium (across from Crozet Elementary).
This meeting will be a joint meeting with Albemarle County Community Development, Crozet Community Advisory Council and us (CCA) to review draft revisions to the Crozet Master Plan and to hear a safety update from the County Police Department. With the recent burglaries in Crozet and summer approaching we thought it important to hear from the police about ways we can protect our neighborhoods.
These two brief presentations will be followed by an open house where you can ask questions and provide feedback on the draft revisions.
Our proposed meeting agenda is attached as well as I have enclosed the email about the Crozet Entrance sign designs we asked David & Meg to gather.
Please come and bring a friend and/or a neighbor or two to bolster our group and encourage involvement in your home town. As you can see from the agenda, we have several very important items of lasting impact on Crozet to consider.
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Albemarle County to Announce Pedestrian Safety Grant
From the press release:
Pedestrian safety near Crozet Elementary School will get a major boost thanks to a state grant award that will be announced on Wednesday, May 12, at 1:00 pm at Crozet Elementary School by Board of Supervisors Chairman Ann Mallek, School Board member Barbara Massie Mouly, and Crozet school officials and parents. Details of the grant and the specific improvements it will fund will be outlined at the press conference.
I’m looking forward to seeing how “near” is defined. And “major.”
Either way, walking to Crozet Elementary is a good thing. As is “walkability” for home prices.
Crozet Twitter Updates – Brief Notes for 2010-05-09
- Work on trails in Crozet this weekend – http://bit.ly/aJ6dnY #
- With no parking, what is the future of Crozet? http://bit.ly/ca1YIm #
- RT @CrozetGazette: The Square in downtown Crozet to be closed to parking within 30 days http://bit.ly/ahVv3G [death knell for Downtown] #
- RT @CrozetGazette: The Square in downtown Crozet to be closed to parking within 30 days http://bit.ly/ahVv3G [what???] #
- RT @CrozetGazette: The Crozet Gazette loves having the Crozet School and Office Supply store here! #
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Crozet Rap – Courtesy of Henley Middle School Students
I had no idea Crozet was known as “CZT”
RIP Downtown Crozet?
More opinion to come … The Crozet Gazette has the story on the closing of the Square’s parking lot.
Buckingham Branch Railroad will close The Square to parking and storage of materials within the next 30 days to protect itself from liability and safety issues.
And to whomever “cussed out” the railroad employees … thanks.