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!

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.

Proceeds 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.

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, 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.)
 

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.

On Tuesday, July 21, the Virginia Department of Transportation will close Route 671 (Millington Road) in western Albemarle County to replace a structurally deficient storm drainage pipe under the roadway.

 
The road will be closed at 9 a.m. approximately 0.3 mile north of Route 614 (Garth Road) and is expected to reopen the afternoon of July 22, weather permitting.
 
Through traffic should use an alternate route during the closure. Northbound motorists will be detoured west on Route 671 to Route 810 (Browns Gap Turnpike), and then right onto Route 674 (Clark Road), which carries traffic back to Route 671. Southbound motorists will reverse the detour.
Road and weather conditions, traffic camera feeds and other real-time travel information are available on the 511 Virginia website, the free VDOT 511 mobile app or by calling 511 from any phone in Virginia. Local updates are also on VDOT's Facebook and Twitter. Call 1-800-FOR-ROAD to report road problems or request information about Virginia’s highways.