INSIDE PARADE DAY page 8 SHENANDOAH BOYS page 12 THE UNDERPASS page 13 CHIMNEY SPOT page 15 CROZET BOARD OF TRADE page 16
JUNE 2016 VOL. 11, NO. 1
Commissioners Approve Adelaide Rezoning to R6
FREE LUNCHES page 18 BOLD ROCK OUTPOST page 20 MORE EAGLES page 21 A GOOD WALK page 22 TPP=BAD pages 23 COVER STORIES page 24-25 DOG AGGRESSION page 26 ICON PROJECT page 31 THE DRIVEWAY page 32 ABELIAS page 33 OLD-FASHIONED DOC page 34 PARK PARKING page 37 SPORTS page 38-41
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This Revolutionary War-era cabin was dismantled and moved from Rt. 250 to Crozet Avenue.
Yancey Mills Cabin Gets New Lease on Life A small cabin home in Yancey Mills that is believed to date to the Revolutionary War era has a new lease on life now that historic house restorer Matt Lucas has taken possession of it. Lucas is in the midst of restoring what is reputed to be the first true frame house in Crozet, a building that has been moved twice—once on the south side of the tracks and later over the tracks, probably around 1850— and now rests at 1278 Crozet Avenue roughly opposite the Western Albemarle Rescue Squad station. The
project is the admiration of Crozet not just for the daring in taking it on, but for the splendid authenticity of its renovation—for instance Lucas had its original windows refurbished— and its dazzling stone chimneys. The cabin was in the way of a new office that Froehling & Robertson, F&R, an engineering firm, is building for itself on Rt. 250 next to its present building, not far from the Interstate 64 interchange. F&R’s shift is making way for an expansion of Pro Re Nata continued on page 10
The Albemarle County Planning Commission approved a request to rezone two parcels totaling 20 acres on Rt. 250 one-third of a mile west of the Clover Lawn shopping center from R1 to R6 at its May 10 meeting. The vote for Adelaide, as the project is named, was 5-2, with White Hall District Commissioner Jennie More and Rio District Commissioner Mac Lafferty opposed. Lafferty is a former member of the Crozet Community Advisory Committee and More is its past chair. Lafferty is also More’s father. Lafferty blasted the outcome in a letter to the Board of Supervisors the next day as the most appalling in his six years as a commissioner for its disregard of a ratified master plan. At R1 the parcels’ greatest by-right density is about 28 units. The master plan calls for developments on the edges of the Growth Area to be less dense and a map in the plan shows the location as potentially three-to-six units per acre. The county does not have an official density category between R1 and R6, such as R3. The project from developer Kyle Redinger has 80 units, 40 single-famcontinued on page 5
Police Baton Passes in Full Stride
rating TEN Years!
Retiring Albemarle County Police Chief Steve Sellers was pleased to see his top officer, Major Ron Lantz, elevated to replace him in the post at the end of May. The two men, both Crozet residents, met early in their careers in Fairfax County. In 1999, Sellers was Lantz’s first sergeant as a street patrol officer. They were together six months and
then moved on to different assignments. After 25 years in Fairfax, Lantz was eligible to retire. He had risen to the rank of captain and commanded the Fair Oaks district, population 125,000, one of eight in Fairfax, and had responsibility for a force—155 men—larger than the Albemarle police department. But he heard of the opening in Albemarle under
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WAHS Rowing Champs. See story page 39