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This Week In Crozet (12/4)

This Week In Crozet (12/4)

Dec 5th - 11th

Crozet United
December 04, 2024

Connecting you to what’s happening around town

Forecast

Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time…

Things to do

Find all events and links at DiscoverCrozet.com updated every Thursday

Want your event listed? Send us an email with the details. Lastly, this is a static newsletter, but life isn’t. Check the venue’s website to make sure the event is still happening before heading out with your family.

Our Town

Nominations open for the Christmas Map - Check out the Crozet Christmas map by clicking the red and white present icon at the bottom of discovercrozet.com for up to date information on local Holiday Markets, Performances and Lights.

Want to get your holiday display on the map? Email [email protected] with the address and a fun name for the display (and a picture, if you have one) and we’ll take care of the rest!

The Christmas Map is at www.discovercrozet.com under the “present” icon.

Shred Alert- The chilly weather this past week has brought some exciting news—Wintergreen Resort is kicking off the season early!

Skiing & Snowboarding: Slopes open Saturday, December 7, from 9 AM – 4 PM.
Snow Tubing: Opens Friday, December 6.

Thanks to the recent cold snap, Wintergreen's Snowmaking Team has been hard at work blanketing the slopes. Snowmaking will continue as weather allows, and updates on available terrain will be shared soon.

Ready to hit the slopes? Check out the latest mountain report.

WAHS Warriors Basketball Season Tips Off - It’s basketball season, and the WAHS Warriors are back in action! Last night, the Girls Varsity team beat New Kent 61-38 for their home opener limiting the Trojans to just 8 points in the second half with an all-out and relentless team defense.

The Boys Varsity team is gearing up for their first home game this Friday, December 6th, at 7:30 PM against Rocktown (a new Harrisonburg-area high school that opened earlier this year).

Grab your winter season tickets now at an incredibly low price and enjoy all the basketball games for the next three months and become a local WAHS booster!

Individual Game Tickets: $7
Winter Season Pass: Adults $50 , Students $40 - these tickets are good for all WAHS sporting events through February

Show your Warrior spirit and don’t miss out on what’s shaping up to be an exciting season. Go Warriors!

Western Albemarle Boys Basketball Schedule

Planning Commission to hear Oak Bluff rezoning proposal- Riverbend, the developer of the proposed Oak Bluff neighborhood (located at the end of Eastern Avenue and just past the playground in Liberty Hall) will make its case for rezoning the property to Albemarle County’s Planning Commission at its meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 17, at 6 PM.

The County’s staff report has not yet been made available to the public.

*EDITORIAL*

Here’s what Crozet citizens need to know:

The majority of the Oak Bluff neighborhood cannot be accessed unless the County allows the developers to misuse an unbuilt and otherwise irrelevant portion of the final stretch of the long promised Eastern Avenue Connector between Route 240 and 250.
Behind closed doors, County staff is meeting with potential developers to evaluate whether a bridge over Lickinghole Creek, the crucial part of the Eastern Avenue Connector, can be procured through a public private partnership (P3).
Such a deal would theoretically cap the project’s total cost at $17M and shift all of its risks, including steep regulatory hurdles and hard project deadlines, to a private sector developer.
Oak Bluff should not be approved without an iron-clad contract and hard delivery date with a bona fide contractor to build the Eastern Avenue Connector. If the County rezones the Oak Bluff property without these most basic guarantees, it is reasonable for Crozet citizens to assume that the Connector, promised to our community for decades, will never be built.
The Planning Commission, Board of Supervisors, County staff and Crozet citizens should carefully review the Brookings Institution’s summary of Virginia’s history with similar P3s. In response to several prominent P3 failures (including one that wasted $300M before it became clear that the developer wouldn’t be able to secure the environmental permits it required), Virginia created a center of excellence, in part to give expert guidance and oversight to local P3 efforts such as the Eastern Avenue Connector.
Despite the fact that Albemarle County has no prior experience with a public private partnership like the one it is now considering, it has opted to “locally administer” it with virtually no oversight and only perfunctory engagement with the state’s P3 center of excellence.

Oak Bluff needs to tap into the last unbuilt stretch of the Eastern Avenue Connector (on left)

Crozet United is here not only to keep you informed, but it is also your platform to celebrate Crozet and the people in it.

Share your good news—like team victories, community cleanups, or any positive updates—with us. Small or big we want to share the good things happening around town.

On The Lighter Side

First proposed in 1921, Virginia boasts over 500 miles of the Appalachian Trail’s 2,190-mile journey. What year and where was the very first section of the Appalachian Trail built?