RealCrozetVA is Now Mobile-Friendly

In Blog, Crozet by Jim4 Comments

I spend a lot of time on my phone, and a lot of time online on my phone, so it was natural that I make RealCrozetVA more mobile friendly. Better yet, you’re mobile and see something interesting, say, a truck on fire in the parking lot of The Square , take a picture and send it to me.

How Many Residents in Old Trail Walk to School?

In Crozet, Old Trail by Jim34 Comments

I would love to see a story about the restrictions that Western Albemarle, Brownsville and Henley place on walking to school … from someone who has the time to investigate such things. … Sure there aren’t sidewalks, but I don’t think anyone would be harmed by walking on the path that has started to be worn into the grass. And here’s the thing – I know that the schools have prohibitions against kids walking to school (schools, jump in and correct me if I’m wrong) but if parents stepped up and advocated for their kids’ rights and their rights as parents to allow their kids to walk to school, the schools would have to listen. View Larger Map As an aside, I’ve asked the video students at WAHS to help me out – this time on a project that focuses on walking to school – but this year is the fourth year that I’ve gotten no response.

Pictures with Santa + Help the Toy Lift = Win

In Community, Crozet, Old Trail by Jim1 Comment

Trailside Coffee and Angie Brement Photography again will be offering Pictures with Santa Saturday, December 4th, 10 am – 2pm at Trailside Coffee, located in the Old Trail Village Center. Like last year’s event, this charity effort will benefit the Toy Lift. Families bringing children for pictures with Santa are asked to bring a toy or make a donation ($10 suggested) to the Kids Lift Foundation ( http://www.kidslift.org/ ). If a family chooses not to make a donation, they may also take their own pictures with Santa.

Harris Teeter Preferential Parking for Hybrids

In Crozet by Jim33 Comments

From a reader : Today I was shopping at our Crozet (Blue Ridge) Virginia Harris Teeter and saw that there were special parking places given to those driving hybrid vehicles. … Driving a hybrid does nothing for planet earth and giving preferential treatment to those who do breaks the principle of justice, treating all people as equally important. If you wanted to treat some as more important than others, driving a hybrid would not even be on my top 100 categories of people to honor. … Please change your evil practice and remove the signs for preferential parking based on what type of car people drive.

Nelson’s Distillery Nears Completion

In Crozet by Jim1 Comment

The Virginia Distillery Co .’s 15,000-square-foot facility off U.S. 29 north of Lovingston looks to be completed at some point between July and September, with whiskey production and cask aging scheduled to get under way by the end of the year. The company says its single-malt Eades brand whiskeys will be the first produced at an American distillery that features authentic copper pot stills made in Scotland and that relies on the traditional Scottish distilling craft. “We’ll be the first distillery to make authentic single malt in the country and that’s because of our copper stills,” said Pat Jones-McCray, the company’s executive vice president for marketing and communications. Once it opens next year, whiskey fans will have the opportunity to visit the two-story distillery located at the company’s 100-acre Eades Hollow property to observe the production process and to taste the results.

Remember the Home Buyer Tax Credit? It’s Still Good for Veterans

In Crozet, real estate by Jim1 Comment

Thanks to IRS.gov : Additionally, there are new benefits for members of the military and certain other federal employees: • Members of the military and certain other federal employees serving outside the U.S. have an extra year to buy a principal residence in the U.S. and qualify for the credit. … It applies to any individual (and, if married, the individual’s spouse) who serves on qualified official extended duty service outside of the United States for at least 90 days during the period beginning after Dec. 31, 2008, and ending before May 1, 2010. … This relief applies where a home is sold or stops being the taxpayer’s principal residence after Dec. 31, 2008, in connection with government orders received by the individual (or the individual’s spouse) for qualified official extended duty service. … Qualified official extended duty is any period of extended duty while serving at a place of duty at least 50 miles away from the taxpayer’s principal residence (whether inside or outside the U.S.) or while residing under government orders in government quarters.

Help Our Neighbors in Crozet this Thanksgiving

In Community, Crozet by JimLeave a Comment

For most, Thanksgiving is a time of enjoying plenty of food with our friends and families, but for some Thanksgiving is a reminder of just how little there is to go around. Now, Crozet Baptist Church is doing its part to give families in need a holiday to remember. For the past 21 years, Crozet Baptist Church has taken part in the Share the Blessing Ministry, providing a full Thanksgiving meal for hundreds of families in need. Last year, Share the Blessing served more than 200 families and this year, they are looking at helping close to 325.