Winners in the Crozet Gym Contest

In Crozet by Jim1 Comment

The two winners have each won one month memberships to the new 24-hour fitness in Crozet. Should they choose to post their names here, they are more than welcome to do so.

Starr Hill + Budweiser

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Starr Hill + Budweiser Originally uploaded by jimduncancville As noted in December , Starr Hill is going national. Congratulations to them, although seeing a Budweiser truck in front of Starr Hill’s Crozet operation was a bit odd.

Help out the Crozet Community – volunteer for the CCAC

In Crozet, Growth, Politics by Jim2 Comments

The 15-member group meets monthly and is active in partnering with the County on a variety of critical projects including the streetscape project, the Crozet Library, the Western Park master plan, and the downtown zoning project. … The CCAC needs the continued energy and commitment of Crozet residents to continue the good work started in the group’s first two years and to keep momentum going on major infrastructure projects underway like the downtown revitalization and the library.

Win a one month membership to the new 24 Hour Fitness in Crozet

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To help people learn more about the new 24 Hour Fitness facility in the Clover Lawn Shoppes on 250, the owners are generously offering two one-month memberships to readers of RealCrozetVA. … Crozet is moving forward … a gym, a new Harris Teeter under construction across the street, the Old Trail Towncenter on its way … the Waynesboro Town Center fifteen minutes to the west …

Old Trail groundbreaking

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This “reporter” missed the groundbreaking, but these are a few of the related stories from the media -The Daily Progress -Old Trail – set against a backdrop of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Crozet – will feature a “town center” in the midst of residential development. The center will include 85,000 square feet of commercial and office space, including a coffee shop, three restaurants and fitness center along with individual offices. The Old Trail community has about 135 occupied homes, but the large development could have up to 2,600 townhouses, homes and apartments in the next 10 to 15 years. Developers said in an interview they are hoping to build about 100 units per year.Old Trail LivingView photos of the event here and here.Old Trail groundbreakingPhoto courtesy of.

Pulled from the Comments – Why I chose to move to Crozet

In Crozet, Growth, Library by JimLeave a Comment

My family moved out of Charlottesville to a farm near Crozet 9 years ago. We moved out this way because we could see the way things were changing in the north of Albemarle County, way more traffic, more subdivisions, more shopping centers….  Yes, it is rundown in some ways, but my kids love watching the train at the old library, I love being able to look for books in the library and still being able to keep an eye on my kids….  I make a trip to Charlottesville or Waynesboro once a week for a major shopping trip, what I run out of during the week, I shop for locally.I love that I can have chickens, roosters, donkeys, horses and cows and no one complains about the noise, smell, flies, ……  If we add all the things that people want like a movie theatre, Chinese restaurants, more pizza places, more stores, then it will begin to be more like NoVA and less like Crozet.

Crozet Streetscape – Phase 2

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Republishing press releases from the County is but one way that this blog tries to inform and educate Crozetians. This meeting also presents an opportunity for somebody to write a first-hand account of the meeting. Crozet residents are invited to a Community Meeting for the …

What is the RealCrozetVA blog?

In Blog, Crozet by Jim7 Comments

I am starting this blog somewhat on a whim, so as to provide a forum for Crozet to (hopefully) discuss their thoughts about Crozet’s growth. My whimsical vision also sees this as a place to discuss Crozet’s goings-on, music and cultural events, local vineyards, etc. …