Landscaper Scott Watkins makes his case to the Planning Commission Scott Watkins is a lifelong resident of Albemarle County who has operated a landscaping business here since 1984. However, the future of his livelihood is currently in jeopardy. “The County has determined that I cannot have my landscape business in a rural area because it’s […]
Tag: Land Use – Crozet
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Crozet residents host the White Hall Supervisor candidates
(left to right) Ann Mallek (D), David Wyant (R), and David Wayland On September 13, 2007, the Crozet Community Association hosted a candidate forum for the two candidates seeking the White Hall seat on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors. About 60 residents gathered in the Crozet Fire Station to hear David Wyant (R) and […]
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Beaver Creek adequate for Crozet until 2035
As Crozet’s water supply, the Beaver Creek Reservoir was thought in 2005 to have an adequate supply for at least the next 50 years. This week , the Board of the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA) learned that a safe yield study and revised population projections had shortened that window of sufficiency to approximately […]
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Top-10 Growth & Development Stories of 2006
In my weekly appearance on WINA AM 1070 with Coy Barefoot on the Charlottesville Right Now program, Coy and I will count down the top-10 growth and development stories of 2006. Call 977-1070 to get on the air and share your insights. Charlottesville Tomorrow’s Top-10 Growth and Development Stories of 2006 Honorable mention stories for […]
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Albemarle receives grant to assess Crozet’s historic resources
Albemarle County Media ReleaseDATE: December 4, 2006CONTACT: Lee Catlin, Community Relations Manager, Phone (434) 296-5841, fax (434)296-5800, lcatlin@albemarle.org CROZET HISTORIC RESOURCES TO BE SURVEYED BY NEW GRANT PROGRAM Albemarle County has received a grant from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources to locate, identify, survey and document between 270 and 300 properties within the Village […]
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Crozet water supply to be studied
The Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority (RWSA) announced today that it has received a $20,000 grant from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to develop detailed water supply plans for Crozet and Scottsville. The RWSA’s previous work to approve an urban community water supply plan , which includes a new dam at Ragged Mountain Reservoir […]
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Crozet rezonings move forward
On September 13, 2006, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors approved two new Crozet developments erasing a “line in the sand” that was drawn in early August when the Board indicated they were unlikely to authorize new rezonings until developer proffers were substantially increased and the funding of infrastructure was more adequately addressed. Westhall Phase […]
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Will growth in Crozet impact Waynesboro retail sector?
8/14/06 * Augusta Free Press [ full story ] A twist to this development tale is that it’s not just the people responsible for community planning in Albemarle County who are going to have to make adjustments to the way they go about doing their jobs. Waynesboro officials are making it a point to keep […]
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Transportation funding challenge hits home: Crozet development deferred, Cascadia approved
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors held a lengthy discussion on transportation funding challenges and developer proffers as they reviewed two rezoning requests ( Westhall-Crozet and Cascadia-20N ) at their meeting Wednesday. Supervisors reached consensus that there was an urgent need for a worksession on these topics and these items are expected to be discussed […]
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Realtors touting walkable, livable villages
Local realtor Jonathan Kauffmann has a blog that focuses on the Old Trail development in Crozet, VA . In a post today, he makes mention of a CNNMoney.com article entitled ” The next real estate boom: Dense settlements, not sprawling ranch houses, are the future of housing – and could make for a smart real-estate […]
