From the Editor: Virginia’s Disgrace
Virginia’s Disgrace Oh, shame, shame, shame. The Governor’s reappointment of University of Virginia Rector Helen Dragas and the General Assembly’s ratification of it shows that our most prominent...
View ArticleFrom the Editor: What a Loving Town We Make
What a Loving Town We Make The Gazette family would like to express our deep gratitude to the community for their generous support following the devastating stroke that struck in our home in April. We...
View ArticleFrom the Editor: Gaming the Rules for Greed
Gaming the Rules for Greed It’s time for the county to change its ordinance that allows developers to include unbuildable land in their density plans for their actually buildable land. Floodplain,...
View ArticleFrom the Editor: Let’s Do It Ourselves
Let’s Do It Ourselves The spirit of Crozet has always been self-reliant because no one else will care to solve our problems for us. The citizens of Crozet have the expertise at hand to do an update...
View ArticleFrom the Editor: Roads and Traffic
Roads and Traffic Crozet is filling up with cars and its past time to get serious about road design and traffic. The county’s recognition of its ownership of, and therefore responsibility for, The...
View ArticleFrom the Editor: School Population Pressures Require Attention Now
School Population Pressures Require Attention Now As Crozet well knows from projects such as improvements to Jarmans Gap Road and Crozet Avenue and the library replacement, the gestation of...
View ArticleFrom the Editor: The Square Comes First
The Square Comes First Last month Crozetians were asked for ideas about how to spend part of the Neighborhood Funding Initiative, a $1.4 million surplus in the county budget that the Supervisors will...
View ArticleFrom the Editor: Let’s Find Out What We Think
Let’s Find Out What We Think I’m writing to ask your help in an important community-driven effort that will help shape the future of Crozet. As you may have read in last month’s Gazette, a volunteer...
View ArticleFrom the Editor: Thanks for the Pictures/How to Save the Bay
Thanks for the Pictures An old adage says that a picture is worth a thousand words, and the truth of that has come home in the redevelopment of the Barnes Lumber Company property in downtown Crozet....
View ArticleFrom the Editor: Crozet’s Economy is Ready to Boom
Crozet’s Economy is Ready to Boom The Crozet business scene is in an unusual churn that suggests an expansion that recognizes the number of new residents in town. Part of the excitement is the...
View ArticleFrom the Editor: Have Your Say
Not many small towns have the spirit or available volunteer expertise to undertake a professional quality survey of their citizens. That’s another thing that sets Crozet apart from the usual. The...
View ArticleFrom the Editor: For Love of Neighbor
Crozet’s civic life runs on volunteers, people who’ve realized that they want to invest in the future of the town and understand that it can’t just be left to someone else to do. It’s personal. There...
View ArticleFrom the Editor: Leave the Courthouse Where it Is
We’re having a hard time understanding how to respect our history these days. Statues that represented heroism and sacrifice to our grandparents are now cast as shameful and disposable. Our seat of...
View ArticleFrom the Editor: In the Game for Public Funds
Albemarle County is considering applying for a VDOT matching funds grant using $1 million of developer Frank Stoner’s money to leverage $1 million in state funds to build the street that will connect...
View ArticleFrom the Editor: No “Rain Tax”
Albemarle County Super-visors called a time-out as the date for a decision on imposing a storm water management fee on county property owners drew near, but what the facts call for is a punt of the...
View ArticleFrom the Editor: Community Survey Reveals Growth Principles
God smiles often on Crozet. Not many towns our size can summon the technical expertise and the volunteer spirit needed to pull off a community survey that has genuine scientific sampling and unbiased...
View ArticleFrom the Editor: No Cell Tower at WAHS
The cell phone tower proposed to loom over the home bleachers at Western Albemarle High School should not be permitted, or if allowed, should be moved to the most remote corner of the property...
View ArticleOnce Again, With More Feeling: No Cell Tower at WAHS; No Rain Tax
Last month the Gazette opposed the installation of a cell phone tower above the home bleachers at Western Albemarle High School. It should be refused outright, or if allowed, it should be moved to the...
View ArticleFrom the Editor: The Square Comes First
The Square Comes First Last month Crozetians were asked for ideas about how to spend part of the Neighborhood Funding Initiative, a $1.4 million surplus in the county budget that the Supervisors will...
View ArticleFrom the Editor: Let’s Find Out What We Think
I’m writing to ask your help in an important community-driven effort that will help shape the future of Crozet. As you may have read in last month’s Gazette, a volunteer committee has prepared a...
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