Read at RealCrozetVA about the efforts to get children to walk to Henley Middle School.
It’s a damn shame that:
1) Our society has gotten to a place where this can be said with seriousness in a public forum.
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An afternoon in Western Albemarle – Strawberries, Eggs and Beer
It’s easy to forget about or take for granted some of the simple and simply awesome things that are available in the Charlottesville area. This is about three hours on Sunday, 8 May: Picking strawberries at Chiles Orchard in Crozet : 
Driving to Blue Mountain Brewery to fill up a growler with Rockfish Wheat : 
Picking up some local, farm fresh eggs at AM Fog : 
* Pictures taken with my Droid Pro, and weren’t edited or altered at all. It’s just that pretty here. 🙂
Even More on Buyer Agency – and Why it Matters
More stories after the break …
Coaching Soccer This Spring. Again.
Easy: When we bought our home several years ago, one of my requirements wishes was that we live close to a soccer field. … At the time, I was coaching my older daughter as she began her U-8 soccer career, and I was (and am still) playing in an adult soccer league. … Coaching soccer is one of the ways I choose to participate in my community, and more importantly, my kids’ lives. Seeing the kids in the hallways of the schools, in coffee shops, in grocery stores, and knowing that for that little time of their lives, I had a impact, is something I encourage every parent to do.
Deal of the Day – Four Bedroom Townhome in Crozet
I reluctantly post this as I rarely post about active homes for sale in Crozet or Charlottesville, but this is an exception. Last sold in 2006 for $315k (asking price was $325k). Now on the market for #219k .
Can Crozet have Three Centers?
Downtown Crozet needs to do something to combat the challenges put forth by: – The 250 West Corridor – Anytime Fitness, Harris Teeter, medical and dental offices, restaurants, office space … residential housing … – Old Trail Village – ACAC Fitness, Trailside Coffee, restaurants, Augusta Medical facility, Advanced Center for Physical Therapy (awesome place – they helped me rehab my ankle after a soccer injury) … residential housing in Old Trail Village .
…A group that oversees planning in Crozet has endorsed a new concept to redevelop a lumber yard on the Square into a walkable and livable community similar to Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall. 

…“This is a very small scale, a version of that, but what it does create is the ability to have a gathering space and some place where people love to go [in] Crozet.†
… “From [research and development] business to office space, restaurants, retail [and] some housing,†Roell said, “it will provide a variety of opportunities for people to locate their businesses, live, work, play and entertain each other.â€