Crozet Twitter Updates – Brief Notes for 2010-06-20

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I’ll be watching the # worldcup in Crozet @ Fardowners # RT @ wsjcouch : WSJ Col: Trying to Blow Off Work for Today’s USA World Cup Action? … Maybe. http://bit.ly/bllEBw # Will Yancey discusses his plan to build a business park in Crozet – http://bit.ly/bF5RUS # Sneaky cop on 250 West, hiding in someone’s driveway just past Bloomfield Rd. … Come up after dinner for some ice cream, peach (cont) http://tl.gd/1udpq6 # RT @ nelsoncountylif : From NCL: DEVILS BACKBONE BREWING COMPANY: THE ROGAN BROTHERS on SATURDAY http://bit.ly/9QRN05 # Really weird light in Crozet now. # RT @ shannoneyedoc : IMMEDIATE NEED FOR BLOOD-PLEASE HELP BLOOD DRIVE IN CROZET THURSDAY, JUNE 17 11:30 AM – http://tl.gd/1ttgsl # RT @ AndreaSarate : RT @ OldTrail : Don’t forget Farmers’ Market on Saturdays in Crozet!

High Speed Internet – Batesville Broadband

In Crozet by Jim5 Comments

If you are seeking affordable high-speed Internet access, however, please read on for information about the service, including a list of the areas that Batesville Broadband will cover in the coming months. … (Editor’s Note: email address is cid **AT** thebatesvillestore –DOT — com) Here are some key features of Batesville Broadband: — In the coming months, we intend to cover these areas: Batesville, North Garden, Greenwood, Plank Road West, Craig’s Store Road, The Batesville Road, Miller School Road, Ivy, Route 151, Afton, Avon, Nellysford, Crozet, White Hall, Free Union, Covesville, and Lovingston. — We will take subscriptions as early as this Sunday and begin installing the service next week. — For a monthly fee of $59.95, two computers in a house will have access to the Internet through Batesville Broadband’s password-protected web portal. … More difficult installations might require the use of a narrow green pole that is bracketed to a tree and has a small antenna at the top. — Tests of the system show consistent, symmetrical upload and download speeds of 1.2 to 1.45 megabytes with latencies ranging from 12 ms to 50 ms. … Liza and I have lived in Batesville for twenty-four years and know from experience that as high-speed Internet access has become a virtual necessity of life, finding an affordable, reliable method for gaining that access in a rural community has remained virtually impossible.

Spend the Weekend in Shenandoah National Park

In Crozet by Jim1 Comment

Shenandoah National Park is observing its 3rd annual Neighbors Day on Saturday, June 19th, with free admission to The Park along with a 20% discount on SNPA bookstore purchases. Just show your driver’s license from a county bordering the park. — This program was initiated by the Blue Ridge Committee for Shenandoah National Park Relations. Visit www.nps.gov/shen/ Sincerely, Phil James Chairman, Blue Ridge Committee for Shenandoah National Park Relations

Express Your Opinion on the Crozet Master Plan

In Crozet, Growth by Jim2 Comments

Charlottesville Tomorrow reports : Having been heard on their demands for lower population projections, no expansion of the growth area, and preservation of the downtown business district, the Crozet community appears to be largely in favor of the village’s updated 20-year Master Plan. … At a recent meeting, the board decided to hold roundtables on June 23 and July 1 on the action plan to get additional public input. … Rooker addressed the question of whether the action plan opened the door for Yancey’s business park being located outside the growth area at the I-64 interchange in Crozet. … “My idea was to try and get some changes in [the action plan] that made it more consistent with the existing Comprehensive Plan ….

Crozet Trails Crew gets Noticed

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The Crozet Trails Crew — one of numerous local groups of its kind — has about eight to 10 regulars, and Mauzy hopes that number grows. “Once we start working on the trails that really connect the community … I feel like that’s what’s really going to bring folks out,” Mauzy said. “When they have a safe route where they can ride their bikes with their kids on a Sunday, or on a Saturday morning to the farmers market in downtown Crozet, I think that’s going to do wonders for the community.” The Scottsville Trails Group, Charlottesville Area Mountain Bike Club, Virginia Master Naturalists and Neighbors of our Parks are also among regular volunteer groups.

Crozet Twitter Updates – Brief Notes for 2010-06-13

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Shocking how many houses are for sale in the Highlands; at least 2 are foreclosures. http://bit.ly/9MgM02 # @ CrozetGazette What if we just closed the street by *being there*? … http://bit.ly/c09j0p # 22932 # RT @ CrozetGazette : Crozet Gazette is considering sponsoring an impromptu July 4th parade now that the CVFD one is canceled. … # RT @ gingergermani : Same father is sitting w/ his 3 friends who are smoking (not allowed at pool) and have used the f word at least 5 times. # @ gingergermani Which pool? in reply to gingergermani # Who’s going to to the public hearing about the proposed gas station in Crozet?

Fourth of July Parade in Crozet? Fireworks?

In Community, Crozet by Jim16 Comments

It’s most likely too late to plan them this year, so I ask – has anybody planned them? I assume there will be a parade and fireworks, but everybody knows what happens when one assumes …

…There was an important job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it. … And (/It ended up that) Everybody blamed Somebody because (/when) Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

Restore N Station Plan to Be Re-Submitted

In Crozet by Jim6 Comments

Albemarle Planning Commission members placed an “X” over a proposed gas and convenience store in Crozet — fearing high water usage could dry neighbors’ wells, and runoff could seep into neighbors yards.

…The commission voted Tuesday to deny some components of the proposed Re-Store ‘N Station, which would be next to the Crozet Moose Lodge, 0.3 miles west of Western Albemarle High School on U.S. … The Board of Supervisors will get the final say on whether to approve the plan for the two-story, 4,750-square-foot station, but opposition by the Planning Commission, which advises supervisors, comes as a major setback for the station.

…Dozens opposed to the station, many of whom said Tuesday that they live near the proposed site, expressed the same concern.