The Crozet Arts & Crafts Festival is May 8 & 9, Mothers’ Day weekend . What a great time of year to roam around outdoors, taste a little wine, have some bar-b-q, and treat Mom. We’re looking for volunteers to help in all areas; setup/teardown, parking, information tent, wine tent and more. The Festival is the main source of income for the year operation and maintenance; and now the dome is close to being built, primarily with contributions from individuals like yourselves.
Flooding in Crozet – 16 April 2011
Big thanks to the Crozet Gazette and Roscoe Shaw for this video showing the flooding in Crozet today.
Journalism by the people rocks. These are some pics I took at the 250/240 intersection this afternoon.
Full Bike Rack at Crozet Elementary
Spring is here, and more people are walking and biking to Crozet Elementary. I wish there were more. The ride to school is pretty easy (on sidewalks).
But is the Beer Ok?
Starr Hill polluting Lickinghole Creek .
Guilty.
A Ruckersville man charged in the death of celebrated local winemaker Daniel Neumeister pleaded guilty Wednesday morning.
Green Olive Tree Grand Opening
From the Green Olive Tree: The Green Olive Tree will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony and grand opening for business on April 16th at 10 AM. The new location is on Three Notch’d Road in Crozet area across from Music Today (ie ConAgra Building). The Green Olive Tree is a Christian thrift store offering to the community a variety of clothing for the whole family, books, household items, linens-lots of good company and friendly smiles. … For more information, please contact Jo Ann Perkins 434-823-4987.
Crozet’s Population Doubled in the Last Decade
From the Crozet Gazette :
Crozet’s population (Census Bureau boundaries roughly overlap the Crozet Growth Area) grew from 2,585 in 2000 to 5,560 last year. That means White Hall District—which started out as the district already closest to ideal—needs to shed about 950 people, which happens to be very near the size of Yellow Mountain precinct, which, broadly, is a southern section of Greenwood. One advantage in being able to shift a whole precinct is that no change of polling place need happen.
“Loss of Biodiversity More Important Issue than Global Climate Change” Discussion
Via press release: Naturalist Marlene Condon, the author of The Nature-Friendly Garden: Creating a Backyard Haven for Plants, Wildlife, and People (Stackpole Books), will be giving an Earth Day presentation, “Wildlife at Work”, at the Charlottesville Senior Center on April 22 at 1:30 PM. … According to Condon, the environmental focus nowadays is on global climate change, but a much more pressing issue is the loss of biodiversity. … In this 45-minute slide show, the photographer shares images of wildlife working in her yard to keep it—and the environment— functioning properly. She will also illustrate how people can create their own nature-friendly gardens in which Mother Nature furnishes, free of charge, most of the labor!
Video of Structure Fire in Crozet
There was a fire in Crozet tonight. It was a small shed. I’m not going to speculate on how it happened, only I’m glad that the Crozet Volunteer Fire Department arrived so quickly and no one and no home appear to have been injured.
ToughMudder in Wintergreen
Our own Anytime Fitness is putting a team together for the Tough Mudder in Wintergreen this October.
… Anytime Fitness (Crozet, Lovingston, Ruckersville) is working on getting a team together to participate on Saturday October 23rd at Wintergreen. We would love to ask the community to participate with us. … Anytime Fitness will have a cottage for the participants that evening to have fun after the event.