As Crozet continues to grow, it’s important to keep the end result in mind. What do we want Crozet to be in 10 years? In 20 years? This story at CNBC is a great in-depth read that has quite a few parallels to Crozet as …
Results of the “Does Crozet Need a Hotel” Survey
First, thank you to everyone who took the time to take and comment on the survey; I’m going to keep it open for responses for at least a couple weeks.
Second, to answer two of the comments on the survey “and btw, bugger you if you use my ip address! for anything!” and “Don’t want to be contacted or added to mailing lists.” Nope. Never. If you want to subscribe to RealCrozetVA, you can do that. If you want to subscribe to my monthly note, you can do that too. I’ll never spam you.
Third, I received this by email (and am posting it with permission and have edited it a wee bit) –
Am I the only person who nowadays finds mention of “Crozet” as a location confusing?
People often refer to events taking place in Old Trail as being in “Crozet”–period. If I were a stranger to the area trying to attend an event in Old Trail listed as being “in Crozet,” I would be searching in downtown Crozet for an event that is actually taking place in Old Trail.
Thus when you ask if a hotel should be built in “Crozet,” I don’t know if you mean “old” Crozet or “new” Crozet (i.e., Old Trail or along 250). Therefore I can’t contribute to the survey without knowing exactly where you are talking about. Could you please let me know?
I do think there needs to be a discussion about differentiating between downtown Crozet and all of the new businesses outside of downtown, either on 250 or in Old Trail. It’s too confusing, in my opinion, for people to just say “Crozet”.
And my response –
When I say “Crozet” I deliberately think all of Crozet – from Greenwood Gourmet to the railroad trestle at 240/250 to about Wyant’s …
Realistically we have three business districts – Downtown, Old Trail and 250 and I personally think that we need to focus on downtown as Old Trail has the developers focusing on it while 250 has the market, if you will.
So … I think for the first part of the conversation it’d be better to be “greater Crozet” and then where within Crozet … what do you think?
We touched on this topic in January when we talked about “What do We Want Crozet to Be?” – which ended up having a great discussion – worth (re)visiting.
I’m going to excerpt some of the comments to the survey below.
If you’re interested in the full results (minus respondents’ contact information) please leave a comment or contact me.
Questions on a Crozet Hotel – Survey
Update 28 September around 9:30 pm – There was quite a bit of discussion at last night’s Crozet Community Advisory Council meeting about Virginia Tourism Development Financing Program, Tourism Zone Ordinance. If you’re interested, read these three background reports at Albemarle County’s site: – One …
Results of the “What Should become of the Crozet Library” Poll
Thanks, all for the responses. I’m going to be in meetings and coaching soccer until the CCA meeting tonight, so I’ll try to update this again just prior to the meeting The “other” responses are below. Winner of “other” – Train station. (updated 13 September …
Crozet Library Nearly Finished, Streetscaping Underway, North Sidewalk Soon
It’s amazing what one can learn when one pays attention to what the Board of Supervisors discuss … particularly when Charlottesville Tomorrow points out that the Board is discussing such matters. The Office of Facilities Development Capital Projects Status Report pdf is here. In summary: …
Crozet Community Association Meeting Wrap up – 14 March
Huge thanks to Todd Edgerton for volunteering to guest post this. Crozet Community Association (March 14th, 2013) *of note, this is my first meeting for this organization and I’m very very glad to have this support network in our community, every community should be so …
“Skybar” (finally) Coming to Crozet!
You may have noted last month when I noted that Claudius Place was coming soon … The Crozet Gazette has the full story – from timeline to who’s going to be in Claudius Place in Downtown Crozet (get used to talking about Crozet Central!). Crozet’s …
Claudius Place – Coming Soon
I asked Katurah Roell if he’d mind giving me an update on when Claudius Place would be breaking ground. He was kind enough to say that they’re hoping to break ground soon: “We have several commitments for spaces in the building and would anticipate starting …
Crozet Town Hall Recap – 8 November 2012
Lots of good information tonight at the Crozet community Association – Crozet trails connectivity – Geo policing – Power outages – Crozet Library fundraising – Streetscape and more Huge thanks to @Ryan for tweeting the meeting! Click through, go to the end and work your …
Have You Read the Crozet Master Plan?
The Crozet Master plan is something that is supposed to be a guiding document for the growth and development of Crozet. If you’re in support of the plan, it would be wise to know what you support. If you’re in opposition to the plan (or …