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

2018 Special Collection Days are Coming!

The Rivanna Solid Waste Authority (RWSA) announced their Household Hazardous Waste and Bulky Waste Amnesty Days at the Ivy Materials Utilization Center

Fall Household Hazardous Waste:
Friday, September 28, 2018            HHW                         9am-2pm
Saturday, September 29, 2018        HHW                         9am-2pm

HHW collections are free to residents of Albemarle County, Charlottesville, and Scottsville, and available to Nelson County residents who obtain a voucher from Nelson County government.

Fall  Bulky Waste Amnesty Days:
Saturday, October 6 2018       Furniture/Mattresses    8:30am-4pm
Saturday, October 13, 2018     Appliances* . . . . . . . . . . 8:30am-4pm
Saturday, October 20, 2018     Tires   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8:30am-4pm

*refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, stoves, furnaces, and water heaters

Amnesty Days are free and available to residents of Albemarle County, Charlottesville and Scottsville only.

Normal tipping fees will be charged to residents for all non-amnesty items brought on these days.

Note: The RWSA normal daily paint collection will NOT be accepted on HHW Days due to logistical limitations. But please remember that you don’t have to wait for HHW collection now to dispose of your 1 gallon and 5 gallon latex and oil-based paints in their original containers. This is now a daily service at Ivy MUC.

Check their website for more information and details regarding acceptable items.

This webpage courtesy of RWSA Communications Manager, Katie McIlwee

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

2018 Special Collection Days are Coming!

The Rivanna Solid Waste Authority (RWSA) announced their Household Hazardous Waste and Bulky Waste Amnesty Days.

SPRING Household Hazardous Waste:
Friday, April 27, 2018            HHW                         9am-2pm
Saturday, April 28, 2018        HHW                         9am-2pm

HHW collections are free to residents of Albemarle County, Charlottesville, and Scottsville, and available to Nelson County residents who obtain a voucher from Nelson County government.

SPRING Bulky Waste Amnesty Days:
Saturday, May 5, 2018       Furniture/Mattresses    8:30am-4pm
Saturday, May 12, 2018     Appliances* . . . . . . . . . . 8:30am-4pm
Saturday, May 19, 2018     Tires   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8:30am-4pm

*refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, stoves, furnaces, and water heaters

Amnesty Days are free and available to residents of Albemarle County, Charlottesville and Scottsville only.

Normal tipping fees will be charged to residents for all non-amnesty items brought on these days.

Note: The RWSA normal daily paint collection will NOT be accepted on HHW Days due to logistical limitations. But please remember that you don’t have to wait for HHW collection now to dispose of your 1 gallon and 5 gallon latex and oil-based paints in their original containers. This is now a daily service at Ivy MUC.

Check their website for more information and details regarding acceptable items.

This webpage courtesy of RWSA Communications Manager, Katie McIlwee

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

StarrHill 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.

ProceSupport Play Crozeteds from every ticket sold and all T-shirt sales will be donated to Claudius Crozet Park’s “Play Crozet” capital campaign.

Claudius Crozet Park logoThis 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

 

Candidates Forum – October 13, 2015

Candidates Forum, Tuesday, October 13
from 7:30 to 9:30 PM at the Field School (1408 Crozet Avenue).

Thirteen candidates for election in November, including all the at-large and White Hall district school board candidates, as well as those for countywide offices and the state House of Delegates for this area have accepted the invitation to come to the CCA-sponsored candidates forum. (see list below).

There will be a moderator to ensure fairness and time efficiency. We will start with each candidate having three minutes for opening remarks and then proceed to questions. We will start with submitted questions and then take questions from the audience. We reserve the right to moderate questions. We expect that everyone will demonstrate appropriate civility and decorum.

Submit your questions here: http://goo.gl/forms/tLVvoOcI2s

House of Delegate candidates
Steve Landes
Angela Lynn

School Board at-large candidates
Jonno Alcaro
Dolly Joseph
Catherine Lochner

School Board White Hall district candidates
C.J. Hatcher
David Oberg

White Hall district supervisor candidate
Ann Mallek (unopposed)

Clerk of the Court candidates
George W. Foresman
Franklin Micciche
Debra M. Shipp
Jon Zug

Commonwealth Attorney candidates
Robert Tracci
(Denise Lunsford cannot attend tonight, but will be at EARL forum 10/15.)
 

 

 

Fourth Annual Crozet Culinary Competition for Charity

Crozet Culinary Competition for Charity
Thursday, Sept. 17 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM
at the Lodge at Old Trail.

The Fourth Annual Crozet Culinary Competition for Charity is this Thursday, Sept. 17 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.  Four Local restaurant chefs compete for bragging rights and the coveted silver trophy. Raffle tickets give you a chance to win a seat at the Judges Table or The Tasting Table.  There will be wonderful Hors d'oeuvres and desserts as well as a cash bar featuring local wines and micro brews. 

All to benefit the Western Albemarle Rescue Squad (WARS). 

Details at The Lodge at Old Trail at 434-823-9100 or rsvp@lodgeatoldtrail.com

  • Tickets $20 in advance, $25 at the door. (SeeTim Tolson at Wednesday's CCAC meeting or get tickets at Fardowners or Sal's Restaurants or the Lodge at Old Trail)
  • Volunteers needed to help make this event a success! Signup at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e054caeaa23a13-2015
    It takes a village – give a half-hour or hour of your time and get in half-price, as well as giving back to the dedicated women and men who are always available to come when you have an emergency.