via email – The Old Trail Community Garden is now offering garden plots for rent to residents of the Crozet area for the 2012 growing season. It’s a beautiful location, good sun and soil, friendly fellow gardeners, and lots of exercise! Full plots (10′ x …
The annual Freedom 5k in Old Trail Village – Saturday, December 10 2011
via email: The annual Freedom 5k in Old Trail Village – Saturday, December 10th, 9:00 am. Race entries are limited – Register early online: www.Freedom5K.net. Cost for entry is $15 prior to 12/1; $20 after 12/1. Walkers are also welcome! The course will begin at …
First Cross Country meet in Old Trail today – Be Alert for Runners!
From the Friends of Western Albemarle Cross Country, Track & Field: WAHS is holding its first cross country meet on its new Old Trail course today. The meet starts at 5:00, so drivers should know that they should be prepared to stop for runners. There …
Jarman’s Gap “Detention Pond” to be “BioFilter”
Thanks go to everyone involved in advocating for this – from the Old Trail residents, Ann Mallek, VDOT and lots of others I’m sure. From the Old Trail group: We have some great news to pass on today. We’ve just heard yesterday from the VDOT …
The Moving Jarman’s Gap Timeline
I’m thinking I should look for a widget to put in the sidebar of RealCrozetVA to track the Jarman’s Gap timelines. – First it was “June through August of 2011” – Then it was “August 15” – Then it was “August 22” – Today (16 …
Jarman’s Gap photos – 13 August 2011
In case you’re interested … the retention detention pond has been dug out as well. Update from a reader: It’s a DEtention pond, not REtention. The difference is there is no standing water; It is only held there during a storm until the sewers can …
Jarman’s Gap Scrutiny
At Charlottesville Tomorrow. I, for one, am really looking forward to not being dependent on a car to get from one place to another. Useful discussion at the RealCrozetVA Facebook page.
Morning at The Lodge at Old Trail
I spent the morning with David Hilliard at The Lodge at Old Trail. I learned so much about what they are doing and was impressed with every facet. More to come in a later post, but I wanted to share the photos. First, thank you, …
Jarman’s Gap Retention Pond
I’d heard about this and driven/ridden my bike by the site of the soon-to-come retention pond but haven’t yet taken photos. Happily, I received this email from a reader today: I wanted to bring to your attention a detention pond that VDOT has planned along …
The Lodge is Coming Along. Quickly
If you haven’t been behind the Old Trail shops recently, you may have missed that the Lodge is rising. I took a few pictures this morning .