April 16, 2014

Hello everyone,

I am writing to provide you with a brief update on the demolition activities at the Acme Visible Records site in Crozet.  Despite winter’s best efforts to delay the project, the building demolition of the main manufacturing facility and former credit union building at the site was completed on March 28th, 2014.   Additionally, the former carpentry building was demolished. As you may recall, the original plan had been to keep it, but there ended up being significant roof, structural, and infrastructure issues with this building. Repair costs were astronomical as compared to the building value.  The building would have been more of a liability in a potential sale, than an asset.

The final remediation strategy development as required by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) program remains on schedule as discussed at our November Community meeting. We are working closely with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to advance the project toward completion. The goal remains to have the property ready for productive use in 2016.

As always, please contact me should you have any additional questions.

All the best,

Sarah
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Sarah Huddle, APR
Partner, Albright Group
804.788.4485 (o)
804.248.0489 (c)
www.ThinkAlbright.com

Dear Neighbor,

Please join us Saturday, April 26th from 8AM – 5PM for Comcast Cares Day. Join community volunteers as they work on various improvement and beautification projects throughout the Claudius Crozet Park. We will be painting, weeding, mulching, clearing brush, and replacing and fixing Park fencing.

Lunch is provided !

To register for Comcast Cares Day, please follow this link:
http://www.comcastinthecommunity.com/

Please note you will need to sign-in using your existing Google or Facebook account.

A comprehensive listing of projects we'll be tackling on the 26th is available by going to the Crozet Park website at:http://www.crozetpark.org/about-us/volunteering/

Hope to see you at the Park !

Kim
Kim Guenther
Board President, Claudius Crozet Park

Join the Crozet Lions at their third annual Crozet Lions Club Fantastic Pancake Dinner on Saturday evening April 5, from 5:00 to 7:30 PM. at the Field School (1408 Crozet Avenue), across the street from Crozet Elementary School.

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Your help is needed to support the Crozet Library funding increase requested as part of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library's annual budget request to Albemarle County.  The Albemarle County Executive's proposed budget for FY2015, released recently, includes increased funding for the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library. Those increases cover:
  1. Mandates required by the County's requested changes to the revised regional agreement,
  2. Additional costs due to the development of the new Northside Library,
  3. Salary increases to bring JMRL staff pay closer to comparable County positions, part of a multi-year effort, based upon the County's recommendation of a professional salary comparison.

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Albemarle County officials including Supervisor Ann Mallek will join Crozet residents and business owners at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Crozet Streetscape project on Tuesday, April 1, at noon on Crozet Avenue in front of the new Crozet Library.

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Fourth Annual Crozet Swing Dance Fundraiser
on Saturday, March 29, from 8 to 11 PM
at the Field School, 1408 Crozet Avenue
 (across from Crozet Elementary)

The dance is a fundraiser for the new Crozet/Western Albemarle Library (BCL), the Crozet Volunteer Fire Department (CVFD) and the Western Albemarle Rescue Squad (WARS)

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RT. 29 ADVISORY PANEL MEETING
TO BE HELD 1 P.M., MARCH 27 IN CHARLOTTESVILLE

in the Main Auditorium at the Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research, 530 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903

Public can attend the meeting or videoconferenced locations, view live webstream or recorded podcast

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Household Hazard Waste Amnesty Days

The Rivanna Solid Waste Authority is  holding a household hazardous waste collection event Saturday, March 15, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm at RSWA’s Ivy Material Utilization Center (IMUC) located at 4576 Dick Woods Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903. The event is open to residents of Charlottesville City and Albemarle County. Hazardous materials exist in our homes in many seemingly innocent forms such as paints and stains, cleansers and polishes, motor oil and antifreeze, and pesticides and herbicides, to name only a few. For more information and a list of items that will be accepted at the event please visit  http://rswa.avenue.org/household.htm

Three additional amnesty collection days will be held for the following items.

• Furniture/Mattresses on Saturday, March 22, 2014
• Appliances on Saturday, March 29, 2014
• Tires on Saturday, April 5, 2014

The daytime closure (8 AM to 4:30 PM) of Tabor Street with detour continues Monday, March 31 through Friday, April 4. The road will be closed to through traffic but access to private property will be maintained from High Street during the closure.  Complete closure of the road will speed up the proposed Tabor Street improvements and will result in a safer construction work zone. 

• Tabor Street will be closed and the detour used only on weekdays between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:30 PM,
• The existing gravel surface of the detour route through the lumberyard is graded and additional stone added as necessary to provide a drivable surface acceptable to VDOT and maintained in that condition for the duration of the detour.
• Detour signage is provided as directed by VDOT. Traffic barrels will be place at 20-foot intervals to indicate the detour route.  Please do NOT go via The Square.
• The road closure has been coordinated with the public school bus routing managers.

If you have concerns or questions about the Crozet Streetscape, Albemarle County's Project Manager is Frank Pohl.
He will hold office hours Wednesdays from Noon to 1:00 PM at the Crozet Library

A copy of that route is shown below.

Crozet Community Meeting
March 13, 2014
7:30PM at the Field School

(Click here for PDF version of the agenda)

Welcome
Agenda Review / Changes and additions from the floor.
Approval of the CCA’a last meeting's minutes (January 9, 2014)
Treasurer's Report by Emery Taylor  ($10 family contribution for 2014 now payable)
A Moment in Crozet History (Phil James)

Drop-in visit from Albemarle County Police officers (Evening Patrol Division) As part of the Albemarle County Police department community policing.

Presentation:  Albemarle County Police Officer Andy Gluba, the Blue Ridge Division Crime Prevention Officer.  About Community safety and preparedness.

Updates and news from our supervisor, Ann Mallek.

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