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Category Archives: Blog Posts
Acme Visible Records Property Remediation
Update on Acme Visible Records property remediation
December 2018
The environmental remediation continues on the former site of Acme Visible Records, the property to the east (Charlottesville side) of the Delivery Agent/Starr Hill Brewery building. It is now called the Wilson Jones property, because the Wilson Jones Company owns it.
As a follow-up to their November 1, 2018 update (Update 09) letter, the December 1, 2018 (Update 10) letter lists the anticipated project tasks to occur for the current Interim Measures (IM) soil remediation and ongoing Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) tasks at the Former Acme Visible Records site. They completed the IM soil excavation remediation task during the second week of August 2018. The subsequent soil blending portion of the IM being performed on the north side of the Wilson Jones site’s property is progressing well. This task will likely last for approximately three more months. We will continue to keep you apprised of upcoming tasks and any schedule changes.
No on-site work is scheduled on the property for the holiday break starting December 21, 2018 through January 1, 2019.
Please feel free to contact Ms. Sarah Huddle at (804) 788-4485 or sarahhuddle <at> thinkalbright.com if she can be of further assistance. Wilson Jones Company is committed to working with the VDEQ and the community to complete the project and bring the property back to productive use.
Bridge Rehabilitation Underway on Rt. 707 in Crozet
Bridge Rehabilitation Underway on Rt. 707 in Crozet
Road Reduced to One Lane by Day,
Closed to Through Traffic at Night
starting Monday, October 1st
The Virginia Department of Transportation has begun rehabilitating the Route 707 (Blair Park Road) bridge over Lickinghole Creek in Albemarle County. Motorists on the dead-end road should expect intermittent flagging operations during the day on both Route 691 (Jarmans Gap Road) and Route 707.
Route 707 will be closed to vehicular traffic nightly on the following days:
- 9 p.m. Oct. 1 to 6 a.m. Oct. 2
- 9 p.m. Oct. 2 to 6 a.m. Oct. 3
- 9 p.m. Oct. 3 to 6 a.m. Oct. 4
- 9 p.m. Oct. 9 to 6 a.m. Oct. 10
- 9 p.m. Oct. 10 to 6 a.m. Oct. 11
- 9 p.m. Oct. 11 to 6 a.m. Oct. 12
VDOT is coordinating the closure with residents and local emergency response personnel.
The existing bridge was built in 1960 and is currently posted with a 21-ton weight restriction. After construction is complete in mid-October, the bridge will be open to all legal weight vehicles.
For more information about VDOT’s bridge and VDOT’s bridge inspection program, including current conditions of the state’s bridges, FAQs and video of a bridge inspection, visit www.virginiadot.org/info/Bridge.asp.
Crozet Avenue Streetlight Repair on September 20, 2018
On Thursday, September 20, 2018 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., contractors for Albemarle County will be repairing the multiple streetlights reported out by the public. Work crews and a bucket truck will be positioned on Crozet Avenue between Tabor Street and The Square.
During that time, please SLOW DOWN and use caution as you travel and be alert for signs and flag men.
The speed limit on Crozet Avenue is 25 MPH between St. George Avenue on the north and the Rock Gate Cemetery on the south. Please check your speedometer, not just Thursday, September 20th, but every day. Some drivers are going way faster than 25 MPH through downtown Crozet. The time you save isn’t worth the injury or death you might cause.
Household Hazardous Waste and Bulky Waste Amnesty Days, Fall 2018
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Crozet Elementary Fifth Graders Water Conservation PSA
Crozet Elementary Fifth Graders are making an IMPACT !
This spring the Crozet Elementary fifth graders are connecting with our community through service and our environment. Their grade-wide IMPACT project (I’m Making a Planned Act of Compassion Today) was studying and protecting the creeks that feed into the Beaver Creek Reservoir. They received a grant from the Roots and Shoots organization founded by Dr. Jane Goodall to fund our research and solutions.
At the June 20, 2018 Crozet Community Advisory Committee (CCAC) meeting the primary agenda item was a presentation by the Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority (RWSA) on the Crozet Drinking Water Infrastructure Plan. (Search #CCAC0618 on Twitter to follow the meeting highlights). Allie Pesch, chair of the CCAC, graciously agreed, at the last minute, to add the fifth graders’ presentation to the end of the meeting following the RWSA. Several former fifth graders and their teachers came and stayed for the whole meeting to show the Public Service Announcement (PSA) they created. To view the video, click on this link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9rtCSDf6_zAG697Jzh6euOKBNvILSjq/view?usp=sharing
or
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hw5yv7s25es2cnn/Crozet%20Water%20PSA.mp4?dl=0
They spent this spring studying water issues and have created two other videos about what they learned. You can view these on YouTube.
Very impressive work by these young people and a great deal of thanks and appreciate to their teachers, Betsy Agee, Gwedette Crummie, Brandy Garbaccio, and Justin Stauffer who have made it possible. The Crozet community is very lucky to have such dedicated and gifted teachers and smart, capable young people!
Household Hazardous Waste and Bulky Waste Amnesty Days, Spring 2018
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Update on soil remediation at former Acme Visible Records property
Former Acme Visible Records Site
Currently Owned by Wilson Jones Company
5327 Three Notch’d Road Crozet, Virginia 22932
April 2, 2018
Update: 02
Dear Neighbor,
As a follow-up to our October update letter, enclosed is the revised schedule for the current Interim Measures (IM) soil remediation and ongoing RCRA tasks at the Former Acme Visible Records site (Click here for PDF). We anticipate completing the soil remediation measures around June or July 2018, depending on weather and field conditions. We will keep you apprised of upcoming tasks and any schedule changes.
For your convenience, below is a summary of the anticipated upcoming remediation activities taking place during the month of April, 2018:
Week of April 01, 2018
– Equipment Mobilization and Additional Concrete Cutting, and initiate Soil Excavation, Hauling, and Disposal on the North Side of the WJC Site. *Please note, to expedite the soil excavation, the excavation contractor plans to work Monday-Saturday (~10 hour days) with only Sunday off.
– Additional IM (soil) Offsite Backfill Soil Sampling is performed. – Surface Water Pollution Prevention Plan Inspections & Maintenance is ongoing.
Week of April 08, 2018
– Soil Excavation, Hauling, and Disposal on the North Side of the WJC Site continues.
– Confirmation Soil Sampling on the North Side of the WJC Site is initiated.
– Surface Water Pollution Prevention Plan Inspections & Maintenance is ongoing.
Week of April 15, 2018
– Soil Excavation, Hauling, Disposal, on the North Side of the WJC Site continues.
– Confirmation Soil Sampling on the North Side of the WJC Site continues.
– Backfilling soil on the North Side of the WJC Site is initiated.
– Surface Water Pollution Prevention Plan Inspections & Maintenance is ongoing.
Week of April 22, 2018
– Confirmation Soil Sampling on the North Side of the WJC Site is completed.
– Backfilling Soil on the North Side of the WJC Site is completed.
– Surface Water Pollution Prevention Plan Inspections & Maintenance is ongoing.
Week of April 29, 2018
– Equipment Mobilization, Minor Demolition, Concrete Cutting and Soil Excavation, Hauling, and Disposal on the South Side of the WJC Site.
– Surface Water Pollution Prevention Plan Inspections & Maintenance is ongoing.
We hope you find this update helpful. We will continue to provide necessary updates to the schedule as the remediation work progresses. Please feel free to contact me at (804) 788-4485 or sarahhuddle@thinkalbright.com if I may be of further assistance. Wilson Jones Company is committed to working with the VDEQ and the community to complete the project and bring the property back to productive use.
Best regards,
Sarah Huddle,
APR Public Information Coordinator,
Former Acme Visible Records site—Crozet, VA
Attachment: Interim Measures (IM) (soil) Project Schedule – Update 02 – Click here for PDF
cc: Ryan Kelly, Corrective Action Project Manager, VDEQ-Office of Remediation Programs
[Received from Ms. Huddle, as PDF document link, and converted to text.]
Support Crozet Park at the Starr Hill IPA Jambeeree
Please join the fun on Saturday, June 25th from 1:00 to 7:00 PM for Starr Hill Brewery’s IPA JAMBEEREE at Hangar Park across from the Starr Hill’s Tap Room on Three Notch’d Road.
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eds from every ticket sold and all T-shirt sales will be donated to Claudius Crozet Park’s “Play Crozet” capital campaign.
This initiative will fund the building of a new pond-side amphitheater at Crozet Park. Get your limited edition JAMBEEREE / Play Crozet before it’s too late by clicking here to buy your t-shirt by June 30th and support Play Crozet!
The main event is, of course, the great line-up of beers. But you also won’t want to miss the great music, including Charlottesville’s hometown heroes, Sons of Bill, as well as The Shack Band, Lord Nelson, Travis Elliott, Ultra Kings, and Delta Junction. Get all the details at Starr Hill’s IPA Jambeeree website
And don’t forget to get your IPA Jambeeree tickets as well by clicking here.
Pitch-in at the Park, Saturday, April 16, 2016
The Claudius Crozet Park‘s Pitch-In at the Park
this Saturday, April 16 from 9 am to 4pm
Your help is needed! This third annual maintenance event keeps our community park fit and ready for an entire year of use. This year’s event, sponsored by BB&T Bank, brings together volunteers and businesses throughout the community and makes it possible to complete many of the Park’s annual maintenance activities.
There are several items that so far have no volunteers, including landscaping, pond-side and fence-line clearing, and firewood splitting.
Lunch will be provided to ALL volunteers.
Please sign-up to spend a half-day or full-day and feel free to participate in as many projects as you wish; no need to skimp! This is a significant effort and we need everyone’s help. Sign up to help at: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040d4aa4a72aa57-pitchin2