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Crozet Park Survey Results Point to Trail, Parking and Concert Goals

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PARRISHES OF NORTONSVILLE page 11 SAFE FROM SUN & BUGS page 16 SEASONED IRON page 17 LOW T? page 18 ROLE MODELING page 19 FOOTBALL CAMP page 20 PET DENTISTRY page 22 FRACKING VIRGINIA page 23 SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY page 24 CROSSWORD page 25 ON PATROL page 27 BEST SELLERS page 28 WAHS CLASS OF 2014 page 30 AWARD WINNERS page 31 WARMING IS REAL page 32 GROW YOUR OWN TEA page 33 ALL ABOUT TOUCH page 35

Crozet’s Charlie Black took his restored steam tractor to the National Threshers Association’s 70th annual show in Wauseon, Ohio June 26-28. Black, on right, is congratulated by NTA President Steve Lashaway for earning the John F. Limmer Award for Best Restored Engine.

Stoner Defers Planning Commission Vote on Barnes Plan Until August Facing what appeared to be a rejection by the Albemarle County Planning Commission June 19, developer Frank Stoner of Milestone Partners requested a deferral until August 5 of the commission’s vote on his proposal to develop the 20-acre former Barnes Lumber Company in downtown Crozet. Stoner was before the commission to

ask for a rezoning of the parcel, now zoned heavy industrial, to include it in the Downtown Crozet District, and to ask for a special use permit (SUP) that would allow him to build residential units on the eastern third of the property. The Downtown Crozet District, a unique zoning district in the county, was

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After nearly six weeks of soliciting input from the community regarding the long-term development of Claudius Crozet Park, the results are in. Nearly 450 people responded to the survey and data will be analyzed over the next few months, but meanwhile the park’s board is acting on the results to prioritize improvements and plan new projects. “We have lots of data to go through, but a few themes were very clear in the community input,” said board president Kim Guenther. “In addition to playing organized sports, people want to come to the park to walk, relax, bring their family (including the dog), hear some great music, and enjoy the natural beauty of this amazing place. The park has become the village green of our community.” Survey responses show that the community is very interested in developing the perimeter trail around the entire park, adding more amenities not tied to organized sports—picnic shelters/pavilions—and improving parking, Guenther continued on page 21

Girls Tennis Team Wins States By David Wagner The Western Albemarle girls tennis team brought home their first ever State Championship on June 14, defeating York High School. It was a huge win for the program, as they had flirted with winning the title in recent years. It was almost a natural progression as the Warriors made it to the Region finals in 2012, the State semi-finals in 2013 and “finally climbed the mountain,” as Head Coach Ellen Markowitz stated. Markowitz also said, “for our seniors it’s a dream way to end their careers, and they have been the best leaders and captains any coach could want for their program.” continued on page 37

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From the Editor Round 2 This month will show if developer Frank Stoner’s decision to punt at the Albemarle County Planning Commission June 17, postponing their vote on his vague and unimpressive plan for the vacant Barnes Lumber property rather than risk having it officially rejected, will result in revisions of the plan to make it capable of achieving the economic and civic goals that are essential to Crozet’s future prosperity. In granting the deferral, the commissioners rather generously gave Stoner another chance to work with the Crozet Community Advisory Council to arrive at a plan

that would win their support. So far Stoner has taken a take-orleave-it approach with citizens, for example declaring he will walk away if the county insists on payment of cash proffers for new residential units as its policy now requires. Proffers are a hard-won policy that took years to establish, but happened when the public finally grew exasperated with developers who walked away with handsome profits and left the messy consequences of their projects to be fixed and paid for by the ordinary taxpayer. Stoner deserves no exemption from them. Master planning came about because of the obvious failure of sprawl-style development, especially for commercial use, that made cars a more important priority than peo-

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To the Editor Letters reflect the opinions of their authors and not necessarily those of the Crozet Gazette. Send letters to editor@ crozetgazette.com or P.O. Box 863, Crozet, VA 22932.

Response from Mr. Stoner Dear Mike, I’m sorry you felt the need to be mean spirited and judgmental in your letter. (Not Good Enough, From the Editor, June 2014) The issue that will come before the Planning Commission on June 17th is about land use, not about the built vertical form. We have not submitted a design for anything other than the primary streets that will connect the Barnes Lumber site

to Parkside Village and High Street. The reason we haven’t submitted detailed designs for the rest of the project is that downtown Crozet already has a code of development that defines the parameters for the vertical development form. This code was developed to ensure that any future development downtown would look and feel consistent with the vision of the Crozet Master Plan. That’s why every other property in downtown was proactively zoned DCD by the County without any proffers or plans from property owners. We’re simply asking for the same consideration so that, together with the Crozet community, we can begin to design a downtown that is both culturally authentic and functional. continued on page 10

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designed to create a traditional, pedestrian-oriented commercial and employment district in the heart of town. The zoning encourages apartments on upper floors but forbids residential use on the first floor of a building unless approved through a SUP. County senior planner Claudette Grant, who was responsible for the report on Stoner’s plan, told the commissioners that the county’s planning analysis concluded that the plan should be rejected. Listing five problems with the proposal, county staff said the SUP request for 200 residences does not conform to the terms such SUPs normally meet and is also “inconsistent” with the Crozet Master Plan. Further, the proposed intensity of the residential use would mean it is not “a secondary use” as the DCD zoning requires. Planners faulted the proposal for “not showing a significant commitment to the office/research and development/flex uses/employment goals” that the Crozet Master Plan calls for on the property. Citing the Virginia Department of Transportation’s review of the proposal’s traffic study, planners said it shows impacts on Crozet

Avenue “that will be hard to address,” leaving those vague and unresolved but seemingly looming. Planners said the project needs an assessment of stream and stream buffer needs for the parcel, since those will likely have to be mitigated. Planners also said the project’s proffer proposals were not consistent with the county’s cash proffer policy and that they were in need of “substantial” revision. County policy currently requires developers of single family homes in a growth area to pay $19,753 per unit, $ 13,432 for each townhouse and $13,996 per unit in a multifamily building to offset the public infrastructure demands of the new residents. The Crozet Advisory Council, after meeting with planning staff to hear their reasons for a negative recommendation, held a special meeting the evening before the Planning Commission meeting and adopted a resolution opposed to the Stoner plan. The CCAC said it was “supportive of this type of mixed use development of the Barnes Lumber property and encourages the applicant to amend its application” and meanwhile noted its fundamental concern over “too much emphasis on residential development in lieu of commercial development.” The continued on page 13

An aerial view of the Barnes Lumber parcels

The plan submitted for approval by Milestone Partners

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By Mindy Beaumont A full theater celebrated Albemarle Ballet Theatre’s (ABT) 10th anniversary spring dance gala May 17 at The Dickinson Theater at Piedmont Virginia Community College. The hall brimmed with dance parents and a community that follows ABT’s ballets and diverse dance performances. The show opened with a playful duet by sisters Veronica Hart and Nicky Hart Coelho. Set to Doc Watson’s folky blues songs, “Shady Grove” and “Deep River Blues,” the sisters’ whimsical choreography told their story of a childhood spent growing up on an Albemarle County farm. Watching these two professional dancers, daughters of Sally Hart, a former Joffrey Ballet dancer, showcase their talents in this lighthearted piece was especially enjoyable. The second act began with dim lights and a quiet stage. A single dancer, barefoot, walked into the light, then walked off. Another walked across the stage, more quickly than the first, and disappeared. Two more came out from behind the curtain, then another. Suddenly the air was filled with different tempos, syncopated sounds, but no music, just the rhythm of footsteps moving across the floor. The audience glued its eyes to the dancers clad in black and white. They moved independently, seemingly unorganized, and suddenly melded together as one.

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Crozet United Methodist Church pastor Rev. Doug Forrester, under whom the church has clearly prospered over the last nine years, held his last service in the church June 15. He was toasted by the congregation at a farewell party afterward. Forrester has been tapped by Virginia Conference Bishop Chung Jin Cho to be the Senior Pastor of Reveille United Methodist Church on Cary Street Road in Richmond. He started there July 1. Forrester called the move “bittersweet.” Before coming to Crozet in 2005, Forrester had served in churches in Newport News and Prince George County. Popular with his congregation, he became known to the rest

of Crozet by serving as chaplain of the Crozet Volunteer Fire Department and for the eloquent case he made for the new Crozet Library, which was widely appreciated as speaking the heart of the town. CUMC Lay Leader J. R. Sanders called Forrester “beloved” by the congregation and praised him for his spiritual leadership, his “masterful sermons” and his attention to every ministry of the church. His impact was uplifting, Sanders said. CUMC’s new pastor is Rev. Jim Chandler, who comes to Crozet from Crossroads United Methodist Church in Ashburn with his wife and two teenage daughters.

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Crozet Park will host another Picnic in the Park July 18 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Admission to the picnic is free. Everyone is welcome! Bring your blanket and chairs, your favorite games, and hang out in one of the most beautiful spots in all of Crozet. Locally owned Blue Ridge Pizza Company will be serving pizza or you can bring your own picnic. Kona Ice will also be on hand. After the picnic, enjoy movie night at the pool. Bring your swimsuit. Daily pass rates are available: adults: $8; youth/seniors $3. The last picnic of the summer will be August 15.

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ACAC Physical Therapy Opening at Clover Lawn By Margaret Marshall Crozet will soon be one business healthier when ACAC opens its newest physical therapy outpost, ACAC Physical Therapy at Crozet, which has taken over the space formerly inhabited by Anytime Fitness in the Clover Lawn shops on Rt. 250. Construction in the space began on June 20, and the office plans to open July 21. Jean Momorella and Jen Fontaine, Crozetians who both currently work as physical therapists at ACAC Albemarle Square, will lead the venture, along with Brooke Albert, a personal trainer who will be handling administrative work. Eventually they hope to have a staff of three fulltime physical therapists as well as an athletic trainer. Momorella, who earned her master’s in physical therapy at Shenandoah University, and Fontaine, who earned hers at the Medical College of Virginia, say that ACAC Physical Therapy at Crozet will be ready to treat any injury and any person, from Western Albemarle athletes to Mountainside residents. Momorella, who specializes in sports medicine, says that ACAC Physical Therapy is “heavy in orthopedics”

and can help diagnose, treat, and prevent all sorts of pains and injuries. Fontaine, whose background is in pediatrics and neurological rehab, agrees. “There’s a wide base of knowledge here,” she said. ACAC has been hoping to open a physical therapy office in Crozet ever since it opened its Crozet gym in Old Trail in 2009. The two ACAC locations in Charlottesville each have a physical therapy office built alongside the gym, so that patients and their PTs can access the equipment and facilities there. Though the Crozet Physical Therapy location is a mile down the highway from the Old Trail gym, patients will be able to use the ACAC Crozet gym with their physical therapist, and will be able to enroll in the gym’s 60 days for $60 plan to continue their exercising regimen after treatment. Momorella pointed out that since ACAC Crozet is open 24 hours, PT patients will be able to schedule appointments that fit their schedules more easily. Fontaine and Momorella, who have children at Brownsville and Henley, are glad to get to work where they live again, and are looking forward to being very involved in Crozet’s health community.

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There are challenges, however, and we’ll need help from both the community and the County to ensure that Barnes Lumber and the Downtown Crozet District as a whole is successful. One challenge addressed in our application is that the DCD code, as currently written, prohibits any residential use on the first floor anywhere in the downtown district. While well-intentioned, the effects of this mandate are damaging in several ways. First, they limit the residential options in downtown to upper level apartments and condominiums, and residents deserve more choices. Second, it does not allow for an orderly transition of use and density that is sensitive to the existing surrounding neighborhoods on Hilltop and in Parkside Village. The professionals that developed the original Crozet Master Plan recommended this transect as early as 2004, but it was abandoned in the final code in favor of a special use permit process. The terms of our special use permit would require that first floors be adaptable for commercial uses in the future. It doesn’t mean there can’t be commercial uses in the area covered by the SUP request as submitted. It does mean that the residential and commercial uses don’t have to be in the same building. This approach is far more consistent with the way towns have developed historically. In downtown Charlottesville, there are still single family residential uses within a block of the downtown mall and the further you move away from the Mall, the more residential uses you see. Access, parking, and retail/commercial economics are among the other challenges that must be addressed in order for downtown to be successful. No developer can address these problems alone. Access is severely constrained to 240, the primary commercial corridor in downtown. We’d like to help fix that problem with a connection under the tracks at the east end of the Barnes site and have hired an engineer to study the feasibility. Full build-out of downtown will require a long range parking plan that includes parking structures when the time is right. We’re committed to helping develop and implement the plan for the benefit of all the DCD properties. This plan is needed to attract

CROZETgazette businesses and retailers downtown. The businesses and retailers will likely be homegrown and it’s critical that we offer them affordable options for both rental and ownership. Despite a master plan and a businessfriendly zoning code, there has not been a single commercial project in the DCD since it was conceived. We’d like to change that and feel strongly that the elements of the plan submitted will help jumpstart development in the DCD. Most importantly, we’re committed to building a vibrant downtown that has unique, Crozet character. There seems to be strong consensus within the community that downtown should feel eclectic, organic and unpretentious..We fully support that vision and will share architectural precedents in an effort to build consensus about how it looks and feels. I look forward to expanding that effort during the next stage of design and review, but the process will involve not just us and the community, but people who want to build and own their own building in downtown. I don’t expect that everyone will agree with the all the architectural decisions made at Barnes Lumber, but that’s not essential to make downtown a success. Solving the parking and access issues are. I’ve heard a number of people say to me, “we only have this one chance to get it right.” I couldn’t disagree more. Downtown will have many chances to get it right and they don’t depend on this rezoning. Two-thirds of downtown is rezoned already and waiting for development, waiting for new businesses, waiting for new restaurants and services. There are 13 undeveloped parcels in the DCD and another 33 underdeveloped properties. And yet businesses and multifamily development are choosing to locate in Old Trail. If you care about Crozet, I hope you’ll ask why this is happening and be openminded to those of us who build places for a living. Downtown needs improved access, employment, a long-range parking plan and more residential within walking distance of the commercial core. By my count, there are 86 homes within ¼ mile of downtown (the generally accepted limits to be considered “walkable”) and yet the master plan envisions reduced parking demand because people will live within walking distance. 86 homes, most withcontinued on page 32

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Mamie Parrish For many years, the sign attached to the second floor porch railing of the grand old store at Nortonsville in northwest Albemarle read “L.C. Parrish. Nortonsville Post Office.” But it likely wouldn’t have been the imposing figure of L.C. Parrish waiting behind the counter for your business. History has shown that at the right hand of many a successful man is a very capable woman, and for L.C., that special woman was the diminutive Mamie Wood. Margie Shifflett, recalling her grandfather Louis Cranston “L.C.” Parrish, said, “He was a jack-of-alltrades.” Indeed, he was: gardener, farmer, cattleman, Notary Public, auctioneer and undertaker. He organized and transported orchard laborers during fruit harvest season; ran a mail route from Charlottesville to Staunton; was a furniture maker, house carpenter, and schoolbus driver; and handled most of the hauling for the store. In his spare time, like the rest of the Parrish family, he was a store clerk. The village of Sandy Hook in

At the close of his WWII military service, Kermit Parrish returned home to work in the family’s store at Nortonsville. He remained there on the job until his passing in 1980. Many in his neighborhood felt that he had been on call 24/7, and he had helped them whenever he was able. [Photo courtesy of the Parrish family]

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Goochland County was where L.C. and Mamie first met. He was a native of Augusta County but had secured work at his sister’s husband’s Sandy Hook store. Mamie, born and raised near Nortonsville, had earned a teaching degree from Madison College and become Sandy Hook’s new schoolmarm. The sweet hand of Providence had arranged her room and board within the safe confines of the family of L.C.’s sister, practically sealing their destiny. As their courting conversations turned to the subject of marriage, Mamie made it clear that she preferred to live nearer her family back in Albemarle. L.C. agreed, confident that his energy and work ethic could provide for them wherever they lived. Their knot was tied in 1917. Back in Nortonsville, after a season of renting, they were able to purchase the dwelling and store business from the Marshall and Perkey families. The Marshalls’ path of ownership traced back to Cyprian Norton who, in 1835, had lent his name to the post office established near that place. The Parrish family worked in the Nortonsville store for three generations before it closed. “Grandma was a tiny little woman, and the store business was actually Grandma’s,” L.C. Parrish’s granddaughter Margie recounted. “She started the store business with her own money. When she was raising her children, people would knock on the door, and say, ‘Mrs. Parrish, I need five pounds of sugar,’ and she would open the door and sell them the sugar and then lock it back up and go on about her daily duties. And that’s the way it was.” L.C. and Mamie were blessed with five children, all born in the first decade of their marriage: Kermit, L.C. Jr., Frances, Juanita, and Jack. George Milton Via married Juanita. Remembering his mother-in-law, he wrote, “How she found time to do all the work she did, I don’t know, but she knew

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Three of five Parrish children: Frances, Kermit and L.C. Jr., with pet “Billy” on a leash. In the background, next to their house, the tent of a traveling medicine show was set up and ready for customers. [Photo courtesy of the Parrish family]

what had to be done and she did it.” Mamie, the petite former school teacher, confidently grew into her varied roles of wife, mother, chief cook, baker, food preserver and washerwoman for her own family of seven, plus a household that included extended family members and boarders. She raised chickens for the family and the store, was the store’s acting manager, clerk and bookkeeper, with a thorough

knowledge of the store’s extensive credit accounts. She was Nortonsville’s postmistress. She answered the telephone and wrote messages for the village’s doctor, W.A. Kyger, whose office and living quarters were upstairs over the store. She performed those duties and countless others for decades prior to the arrival of electricity to that remote corner of the county. continued on page 12

L.C. Parrish Store at Nortonsville c.1956. The store and attached house with “21 rooms and a lot of porches” provided a busy home for the Parrishs’ growing clan and extended family members, plus the village’s school teacher, a doctor and a dentist. [Photo courtesy of the Parrish family]

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Nortonsville —continued from page 11

L.C. and Mamie remained faithful to their family even as they worked hard to address the needs of their community. Their daughter Frances recollected those earlier days: “All five of the Parrish children spent our childhood at Nortonsville living in the house behind the store. Our home life was not very private. A store is a very public place. Our property was like a small village—a store, post office, doctor, dentist, schoolhouse, barber shop, blacksmith shop, garage, and a working mill. The store business always came first. Raised during the Depression, we learned many things that have stayed with me all my life. We were taught to appreciate what we had [and] not to go into debt. We learned right from wrong. We were taken to church and learned to thank God for his blessings.” Parrish’s store was set up and operated in the typical manner of its day. Milton Via became wellacquainted with the store in the early 1940s while he was courting Juanita. He wrote, “The store was not one you waited on yourself. A

Nortonsville Private School was established by L.C. and Mamie Parrish. They refurbished a former school building on their property, boarded and paid the salary for a teacher for their children and others in their immediate neighborhood. [Photo courtesy of the Parrish family]

long counter ran down one side of the store. Shelves were on each side from the floor to the ceiling. The ceiling was so tall that a special hook was used to reach up on the

Louis Cranston “L.C.” Parrish and his new bride Mamie Wood Parrish, 1917. They settled in Nortonsville, VA, near her parents. [Photo courtesy of the Parrish family]

top shelves. When Mrs. Parrish ran the store, you told the clerk what you wanted, or you gave her a list of things. These things were gotten together and put on the counter.” Frances Parrish Gibson also remembered times when certain “outsiders” passed through the village. “Salesmen or ‘drummers’ would come in the summer and show what they had for sale and take orders for Christmas and winter clothing and things. Gypsies would come through once in a while. They camped in an open field just a short distance from the store… My parents were happy when the gypsies stopped coming to our area. “When we were small children in the ’20s, sometimes in the summer the ‘Medicine Man’ would come through the area. I remember them putting up a tent in the open space beside the store with benches for

people to sit on. They would put on a show for entertainment and sell candy in small boxes… Each night they would talk a lot about the medicine they sold which was supposed to cure almost any and everything.” “Granddaddy used to pick me up on Saturday when he would go to town to buy the stuff to sell,” said Margie. “One Saturday, Grandma had her list for him to buy. When we got back, she was missing 15¢. She said, ‘Cranston, I need to know where my 15¢ is.’ She stewed and stewed with him and added up all the tickets again where we had bought stuff and went through everything. Finally he said, ‘Mamie, I know exactly where it went. I bought Margie Ann and I a CocaCola and Nabs.’ She said, ‘Good. That’s fine. I just needed to know where it went.’ That’s how she ran her business.”

A post office operated at several locations in Nortonsville, beginning in 1835 in the original Norton house and lasting until 1936 at the Parrish Store. Mamie Wood Parrish was the last postmaster at that place. [Photo courtesy of the Parrish family]

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Barnes Plans —continued from page 3

CCAC asked for a commitment to phase commercial development before residential development, and sought a more detailed commitment to a public plaza and green space, concluding that the plan “should comply more closely to the goals and intent of the Crozet Master Plan.” White Hall District Commissioner Tom Loach of Crozet asked for clarification on one point to open the Commission’s discussion. Do DCD rules allow green space or relegated parking behind businesses to be considered as buffer solutions for adjoining residents on Hilltop Street and in Parkside Village? The answer from county planning chief David Benish was yes. Presenting his plan, Stoner described it as based on a quartermile walking distance radius from The Square, which he said is the usual distance people are willing to walk. He said, “Commercial development is less viable on the east end of the continued on page 14

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property,” he said, and the 200 units he proposes for that area include 25 single family detached houses and 40 townhouses. Samuel Miller District Commissioner Karen Firehock said she wanted to see more green space in the plan and criticized Stoner for showing a storm water pond on the southeast corner of the parcel rather than a management solution that was more naturalistic. Civil engineer Craig Katarsky of Timmons Group clarified that they knew a pond was not allowed as a solution in that instance, though the plan had mistakenly labeled it so. Firehock also asked about the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority’s observation that the development of the parcel may strain capacity in the single sewer line that carries Crozet’s waste to the Moores Creek treatment plant in Charlottesville. Stoner answered that developers pay a tap fee of

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Model the Life You Want Your Children to Live When I was growing up, my dad was a big runner. I remember seeing him stretch on the driveway after his runs, and being dragged with my brothers and sisters to the track while he ran with a group. As a kid, I neither admired this nor was upset by it; it was just a part of who “dad” was and what he did. It was normal. In middle school and high school, he would drag my siblings and me to run some 5Ks with him, which again I neither liked nor disliked. It was just normal. In college and beyond, my dad was still getting us to run 5Ks and 10Ks with him, or to come to a group track workout or trail run. The older I got, the more I started to gain an appreciation for the fact that my dad was still active, and could still smoke me in any race or distance. This was just normal. Now, though he is no longer able to run comfortably, at the ripe age of 75 my dad is still tearing it up on no fewer than three extended ski trips each winter, and he stays active with regular cycling. Fast forward to when I got married and had a son of my own. That first six months was a hard adjustment. I’m pretty sure I did not exercise even once. I was just happy to get a shower in on some days. But I recall a moment when I was sitting on the couch with our baby in my arms and I considered my own upbringing. I started realizing just how amazing it was that my dad was able to run and stay active during my entire childhood and even now as a grandfather. I decided then and there that I wanted to be like that for the baby I was holding in my arms. In the previous year I had not focused at all on my own physical fitness. Everything was focused on the baby. I again realized why it was so great that my dad was always so active as I grew up. Instead of telling me I should go outside and be active, he went outside and was active. Instead of telling me to watch what I ate, he ate healthy and avoided junk food. With zero words exchanged, he demonstrated an active, fit life and as a kid, that was simply my normal.

Remember the commercials back in the ’80s and ’90s?--Parents who use drugs will have kids who use drugs. Well, parents who are inactive will have kids who are inactive. And parents who eat poorly will have kids who eat poorly. Likewise, parents who eat well and are active will have kids who eat well and are active. This entire thought process entered my mind that day as I held our sleeping son, and that was all the motivation I needed to commit to a lifetime of fitness. I suddenly understood a fitness goal that was above my own personal desires of looking fit or avoiding health problems. I set my fitness goal: that when I was 50 years old, I would be running circles around my 20-year-old son; and when I was 60 years old, and he was in his thirties, I would be an active companion; and that when I was 70 years old, I would be a healthy grandfather, able to go hiking and skiing without significant physical limitations. So, I signed up for a race a few days later. I knew I needed little goals to keep me focused on the big goal— a healthy life as a healthy role model. Many parents have lost this perspective, this “big picture” as our kids’ main role models. Life as a parent is invariably hectic and time and energy are always in short supply. We often make excuses that we are too busy or too tired, when the truth is that we simply are lacking the motivation and commitment. That’s tough to hear, isn’t it? Next time you hear yourself getting ready to say, “I just don’t have the time” regarding exercise, think how it feels when you instead say, “I’m just not really motivated.” Ouch. Getting back into shape is quite simple really. The world complicates it by advertising new diets, new workout plans, and “6-minute abs.” Fitness is simpler than that. It is about having a motivation to do the work and then persevering through rough patches. So parents, use this as your motivation: Your kids are watching you. Every minute of every day. Their continued on page 29

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Dental problems are just part of being alive. All of us have millions of bacteria in our mouths that would love to gain access to the deeper tissues. Our saliva, immune system, the enamel on our teeth, and a healthy gum-tooth junction all keep bacteria where they belong. That is, until these areas start breaking down. Dogs and cats really don’t get cavities like we do. The enamel covering their teeth is strong and they really don’t have many pitted chewing surfaces. What they do get is periodontal disease, tooth root disease. Bacteria start building up at the gum line and start forming plaque. This eventually hardens, forming tartar, which then starts to build up at the gum line. Bacteria are well protected under this tartar and start causing gum recession. They work their way up the tooth root. The result is destruction of the bone surrounding the tooth roots, leading to pain, infection, abscessed teeth, terrible breath, and a host of other problems related to chronic infection and inflammation. This is really no different than what happens with people, however we have the benefit of regular tooth brushing, flossing, and going to the dentist. Before the very modern advent of good dental care, tooth decay, root infections, and abscessed teeth must have been a daily struggle for everyone! Pets that come to me with broken or infected teeth are living with this discomfort all throughout the day. But typically they still want to play, they still smile and interact, and they still eat. continued on page 29

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Fracking Is Banging on Virginia’s Door [ by elena day • elena@crozetgazette.com \ It’s boom times– and dollars—for the energy companies. Instead of moving quickly to develop renewable technologies and implement conservation and energy efficiency, U.S. oil companies are extracting oil and natural gas anywhere they can. Fracking is being promoted as the answer to the U.S. quest for energy independence. Its negative social and environmental costs are left for the public to discover, and once they are known we will still have to push local, state and national officials to implement protections. Lately there has been a big push to develop more natural gas wells so that our natural gas can also be sold and burned overseas. Fracking may be coming to Virginia’s Tidewater unless communities gather their collective energies to oppose it. Exploration for natural gas occurred in the Taylorsville Basin (one of 5 Mesozoic basins in Virginia) in the late 1980s and early 1990s by Exxon, Texaco and Shore Exploration. The Taylorsville Basin parallels and lies largely to the east of Rt. 301 through Maryland and Virginia and narrows as it continues to Richmond and Petersburg. Test wells indicated that the basin could yield commercially profitable amounts of natural gas. Shore Exploration commenced buying up drilling rights and currently owns drilling rights on 80,000 acres in King George, King and Queen, Essex, Caroline and Westmoreland Counties. 50 percent of the leases are in Caroline County, which is in the watershed of the Rappahannock and Mattaponi Rivers. The other counties are in the watersheds of the Potomac and York Rivers. All are major tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. (The Mattaponi is the most pristine tidal river and the best shad fishery in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. In 2009, after 13 years, a coalition of environmental groups and the Mattaponi Indian Tribe convinced a federal judge to deny Newport News permits to create the King William Reservoir, which would have destroyed 400 acres of

wetlands. The reservoir had the backing of powerful politicians like Sen. John Warner and Virginia land developers and was okayed by the State Water Control Board and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.) Although fracking was being developed in the late 1940s, the fracking boom didn’t begin until 1997, when the technique was adapted to break up shale rock and release the gas and oil therein. West Virginia and Pennsylvania were first to experience the new fracking method, which is also referred to as hydrofracking. Hydrofracking is a high-pressure extraction system that uses from 2 to 8 million gallons of water per well, large amounts of sand and a secret, “proprietary” mix of chemicals. It combines traditional vertical drilling with horizontal drilling. When the depth of the gas-bearing strata is reached, horizontal drilling is employed to more effectively break up the shale to release the natural gas and oil. The large quantities of water needed come from local streams or groundwater. The chemical mix is secret thanks to the efforts of Dick Cheney. Halliburton, Cheney’s former employer, wanted to expand into the natural gas industry. In 2005 Vice President Cheney successfully lobbied Congress to exempt the natural gas industry from the 1974 Safe Drinking Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Superfund Act, the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, the National Environmental Policy Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The Environmental Protection Agency can neither regulate the poisons that fracking delivers into our water nor is it privy to the industry mix of these toxic pollutants. Agriculture, forestry and fisheries are the mainstay of the rural counties in eastern Virginia. Shore Exploration has determined that the Taylorsville Basin is ready to become a “play,” a term used to indicate that a shale formation will be profitable if fracked. “Playing” around with water resources can be disastrous, but that’s what has been happening for the last 15 years. Today 15.3 million

Americans live within a mile of a well that has been drilled since 2000. Johnson County, Texas, has 3,900 wells and 99.5 percent of its population of 150,000 lives within a mile of a well. The Bakken/Three Forks oil field in North Dakota is the largest in the world. In square miles it is approximately the size of West Virginia. When a friend took a night flight west to Arizona, the pilot pointed out the lights of Bakken. Natural gas that is not captured is routinely flared or burned so that the methane extracted is turned into CO2. They say this is because CO2 contributes less than methane to global warming. Derailments of oil/natural gas shipments are becoming more frequent. Note the recent derailment and fire in Lynchburg. In Pennsylvania, forests are increasingly fragmented by natural gas pipelines. Pipeline clearings create migration barriers for small mammals and amphibians and openings for invasive species. And of course a bucolic hamlet is quickly ruined by the infrastructure of fracking. Rural roadways are inadequate for heavy equipment and large trucks. Fracking workers are not generally locals. Boom and bust technologies rarely enrich the local economy. Farming communities end up with sickened/dead cows and methane, plastics, and toxic chemicals used to frack the wells in their groundwater. France and Bulgaria (both countries have extensive natural gas reserves) have banned fracking. Closer to home, Rockingham County tabled a request for rezoning that would have allowed Carrizo, LLC, a Texas company, to frack in the floodplain of the headwaters of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River. Carrizo had leased 13,000 acres in Rockingham. The river was the source of drinking water for two nearby towns. Coors had

located in the Valley because of the water quality. Rockingham supervisors visited fracking sites in West Virginia and didn’t like what they saw—heavy trucks hauling sand and water on rural roads and air pollution from the large quantities of sand/silica used in fracking. They visited a number of counties where a few towns had been transformed for the better, but most were worse off. In late 2010 and early 2011 Rockingham and nine other local governments passed a resolution asking the U.S. Forest Service to deny fracking permits on the 1 million acres of the George Washington National Forest in the Shenandoah Valley. This year the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority, the Washington Aqueduct, and the Fairfax County Water Authority passed resolutions against fracking in the GW Forest. The D.C. City Council followed with an anti-fracking resolution in March. The price of democracy is citizen vigilance. Frackers currently have a friend in President Obama. He and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission are poised to permit the Cove Point, Maryland, liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility on the Chesapeake Bay. Twenty such complexes have been proposed on our coasts to facilitate overseas exports. This means more pipelines and more rail shipments. Environmentalists and “fractivists” will gather in D.C. Sunday, July 13, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. to oppose permitting Cove Point. If Cove Point is permitted, it will accelerate fracking from Colorado to West Virginia. We can expect more water and air pollution, and more methane/CO2 vented into our warming atmosphere. Development of renewables and energy-efficient fixes will once again languish.

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Let Freedom Ring! by Clover Carroll | clover@crozetgazette.com

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act outlawing discrimination based on race, creed, or national origin; the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I; and the 238th anniversary of United States independence. What better time to revisit our most well-known and wellbeloved patriotic song, “America,” (more commonly known as “My Country, ’Tis of Thee”)? Who among us cannot recite the first verse of this graceful and stirring hymn by heart? Familiar to every American since grade school, this patriotic bedrock served as our de facto national anthem for 100 years and enjoys unflagging (no pun intended) popularity. Its passionate and heartfelt lyrics evoke our country’s history, its beauty, and its noblest ideals to express intense love of country and patriotic pride. Samuel Francis Smith (1808-1895) was only 24 years old, a student at Andover Theological Seminary in Massachusetts, when he ran across “God Bless Our Native Land” while translating a book of German songs. This shares a melody with “God Save the Queen/King,” the British national anthem and “royal anthem” of several of its Commonwealth territories such as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. According to the Oxford Companion to Music, the slow, stately tune dates from around 1619,

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and may have originated in plainsong, a Scottish dance tune, or compositions by John Bull (15621598) or Henry Purcell (1659-1695). Smith liked the tune so much that he decided to compose his own set of lyrics in praise of America, his own “native land,” which had gained independence only 50 years before. His eloquent composition was first performed on July 4, 1831 by a Boston children’s choir, and instantly became a popular favorite at patriotic events. Smith went on to write over 150 other hymns, and in 1970 was inducted into the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame. No doubt wishing to clearly assert the cultural as well as political independence of the United States from our British forebears, President Woodrow Wilson ordered that a more unique, home-grown song be used as our national anthem in 1916, a decision ratified by Congress in 1931. More elegant and musically complex, “The Star Spangled Banner” can also be more challenging to sing. Smith opens the song by using the poetic device of apostrophe to directly address his country as if it were a person, calling it “thee.” The somewhat circuitous syntax of the first few lines can be tricky to follow. “My country,” the poet avows, “it is of thee I sing;” or more simply put, “I sing of my country.” The appositive “sweet land of liberty” is inserted in the middle of this thought not only for poetic/musical effect, but also to introduce the song’s primary theme: liberty. This is what the pilgrims risked their lives for in making the dangerous ocean crossing, this is what our ancestors fought and died for in the War of Independence, and this is the sweet reward of all the pioneers’ toil and hardship: freedom from oppression and discrimination. With the implied comparison of freedom to a bell, the poet charges us to “let freedom ring” from every one of America’s many mountainsides—perhaps alluding to the ringing of the liberty bell after the reading of the Declaration of Independence. The second stanza praises the natural beauty of our new country—a rill is a creek, by the way— while again celebrating the freedom of its inhabitants, even comparing it to heaven with “like that [rapture which will be experienced] above.” The poet adopts biblical language throughout the song to suggest the sacred nature of America as a blessed land, addressing it as “thee” and “thou” and referring to “templed hills” and “holy light.” The third stanza, my favorite, charges all of nature—rocks, animals, trees, even the wind itself—to raise their voices in praise of America, as we do in singing this song! The repetition of the word “sweet” reminds us of the sense of peace that true freedom from oppression brings. Finally, the poet addresses God himself, praying for protection and preservation of all these joys—life, freedom, and the land that sustains us. The sing’s popularity and importance as a

America By Samuel Francis Smith My country, ‘tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims’ pride, From ev’ry mountainside Let freedom ring! My native country, thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills, Like that above. Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees Sweet freedom’s song; Let mortal tongues awake; Let all that breathe partake; Let rocks their silence break, The sound prolong. Our fathers’ God, to Thee, Author of liberty, To Thee we sing. Long may our land be bright, With freedom’s holy light, Protect us by Thy might, Great God our King. national symbol lives on. During the 1963 March on Washington—in which, at the tender age of 13, I was privileged to participate—Martin Luther King, Jr. quoted the entire first stanza of this hymn in the concluding portion of his seminal “I Have a Dream” speech. Repeating the theme “let freedom ring” no less than ten times, King linked the goals of the civil rights movement with our country’s founding principles of freedom and dignity for all people. Marian Anderson, with the support of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, performed the song on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 after being barred by the Daughters of the American Revolution from performing at Constitution Hall. The musical Of Thee I Sing, a political spoof with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin, won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1932. I wish that we had the opportunity to sing our beautiful patriotic songs more often. They remind us of what we have in common and inspire us to live up to the noble ideals on which our country was founded. I hope you have a rousing and musical Independence Day!

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Common Sense Patrol My husband and I were in a card shop one day when I suddenly heard him exclaim, “Hey! That’s you!” When I looked at the shelf to see what he was grinning about, I saw Lucy van Pelt (from the Charles Shultz comic strip “Peanuts”) behind the wheel of an old-timey police car. On the side of the car where it would normally say “Police” it instead said, “Common Sense Patrol.” Now Lucy is my writing companion, off to the right of my keyboard. Common sense is most often defined as sound practical judgment based more upon one’s personal experience rather than specialized knowledge or training. However, very few people have faith in what their own eyes tell them or are confident in their ability to make decisions without the advice of, or confirmation by, one or more experts. For example, you will read in gardening magazines that the feeding activity of a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, a woodpecker that makes shallow “wells” in the surface of tree bark to access sap, is deleterious to trees. But an astute observer can find many huge trees that are covered with ancient sap wells as well as more recently made ones. Obviously the woodpeckers that have visited the trees through the years did no harm of any consequence; otherwise the trees could not have lived long enough to have gotten so big! Therefore common sense should tell anyone who pays attention to the natural world that this gardening lore is just plain wrong. Yet when I point out the fallacy of these kinds of accusations against wildlife, people are often reluctant to employ critical thinking that would lead them to the truth. If they know someone with Ph.D. after his name who is a supporter of

a supposed truth, they are going to put faith in that person’s purported credentials instead of in what reality tells them is true. Consider an experience I had one autumn more than two decades ago. I visited a nature preserve every morning for a week or so to make notes about the plants and animals that could be found there. I’d been asked to write a nature column for the newsletter that was mailed out monthly, and I wanted to make sure I mentioned the appropriate organisms. Many wildflowers were in the process of going to seed in the fields while other plants, such as goldenrod, were beginning to bloom—just in time to provide nectar that would be especially valuable to Monarch butterflies migrating south at that time of year. The fields were absolutely bursting with life! A variety of insects visited plants for their final meals of the year while numerous species of birds poked about to feed upon seeds, insects, or both. Bees buzzed and birds chirped. It was exhilarating. Then, within the course of just 24 hours, I returned to find the place quiet and lifeless. Every single field had been cut; every plant was lying on the ground. Virtually all of the activity that had been taking place just the day before had ceased. The insects and the birds had been forced to move on to find other sources of nourishment and cover; the Monarchs would get no help from this nature preserve as they tried to get to Mexico. I immediately expressed my dismay to the person in charge, providing her with the details of my observations. I explained why the fields should not be cut in the fall, but rather only in early spring so as to minimize the detrimental effects of mowing upon wildlife. She listened intently, and I thought she understood how sensible my explanation was. But even

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though the course of action I was recommending for future management of the area was logical, common sense didn’t prevail. When I next visited the area and talked to her, she told me she hated “to pull rank” on me, but she had asked her husband, a U.Va. biologist, what he thought. He had disagreed with me. He felt mowing would impact critters no matter when it was done, so the timing didn’t make one bit of difference. I didn’t know what this man’s area of expertise was supposed to be (he had a Ph.D.), but I could tell that it was not wildlife land management. I was very surprised that he would voice his opinion when he obviously had neither personal experience with, nor personal knowledge of, the circumstances of this situation. The professor was overlooking the fact that a fall cutting meant the plants, along with their seeds and any eggs laid upon them by invertebrates, would be prone to rotting as they lay upon the ground. If they’d been allowed to stand tall throughout the fall and winter, they would have been able to dry out by swaying in the wind following a rain or snow storm. If the seeds and eggs rotted, plant and animal species would not be perpetuated, and wildlife trying to survive the coldest months of the year would not be fed. And, of course, with the plants on the ground, they couldn’t provide cover or shelter for wildlife during harsh weather. In other words, cutting the fields in fall creates conditions that are problematic for wildlife, whereas cutting the fields in early spring— the best time to cut them—would follow the example of Mother

Nature herself. By springtime, dried plants are beginning to decay and fall over; animals have been fed and sheltered when they needed it most; and the seeds and eggs not discovered and consumed have a chance to start the cycle of life over again. Although I find the idea of following Mother Nature’s example to be intuitive, my experience has been that people ignore common sense and instead try to fight this suggestion at every turn. It certainly doesn’t help when “experts,” who may not possess much knowledge about a situation, don’t hesitate to offer their opinion as seemingly sound advice anyway. In truth, a Ph.D. following someone’s name does not automatically imply expert status with regards to any subject, no matter how distantly related to that person’s field of study. It’s simply proof that the person successfully mastered a particular topic. Unfortunately, when people seen as reliable sources of information provide poor advice regarding our natural world, there can be seriously detrimental consequences for its welfare (and ultimately, for ours) as a result. But no one needed a Ph.D. to understand the logic and common sense of managing the fields as I had explained. A little bit of analytical thinking about the deafening silence of the cut fields after they had been so full of life should have made obvious the correct course of action to follow. So now you know why I always have to be on common sense patrol!

Marlene Condon’s June column, The Great Enemy of Truth is Myth, was held out of the print issue for space reasons and appeared only online at CrozetGazette.com website. Look for it there. Photo credit: Marlene Condon.

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ple. Planning tries to learn from mistakes and avoid them. The Crozet Master Plan is the fruit of 10 years of wise, diligent and vigilant effort by hundreds of citizens to preserve the best aspects of Crozet’s small town life while coping with the pressures that come with being designated by the county as an official Growth Area. If you familiarize yourself with the plan, you will find it describes the sort of town you—and nearly everybody—wants to call home. It went through a formal public revision process in 2010 and, learning from their experience with its implementation, citizens corrected weaknesses that had produced undesirable results. The plan is sound and has strong support in the community. So far the county officials have shown they will respect it. Only developers have tried to alter it to suit themselves, such as Stoner’s campaign to introduce rule changes that allow detached houses where they were formerly banned. As Stoner’s plan stands now, it still represents a fatal subversion of the community’s vision. From the start, the Master Plan has faced resistance from developers who wanted to develop Rt. 250 into a file of shopping centers and who regarded downtown as obsolete. The Downtown Crozet District was designed to change that calculus and, by codifying some details that developers typically had to hassle over, make downtown the place that was more advantageous to build in. But, to make a football analogy, the DCD draws lines on the field; it does not call the play that will be run. Stoner’s plan shows the imagination of a dive into the line and none of the imagination of that goes for victory. The future of Crozet is absolutely on the line when the public decides which development plan will be allowed to proceed. Wasting the only open ground in downtown on residences when undeveloped townhouse-density zoning lies on the west and east sides of the DCD, means that ultimately commercial growth will happen on Rt. 250 rather than in a setting friendly to pedestrians and community social life. The master plan aims to create an

employment district in downtown so that Crozetians eventually commute to jobs in Crozet, and not to Charlottesville. The concept behind Growth Areas is to consolidate growth so as to contain the county’s infrastructure costs in coping with it. Crozet is currently projected to reach a population of 17,500 people (it’s now about 7,000), making it only slightly smaller than Waynesboro. Meanwhile that is supposed to be achieved without having to turn Rt. 250 into a fourlane highway. That makes the success of downtown development vital. Let’s remember that Stoner’s Milestone Partners company is a for-hire firm that offers development management services to real estate investors who prefer to remain anonymous and unburdened by the quotidian hassles of getting a project through the county’s permitting process or having to answer the public’s objections to the plan. As the company’s website makes clear, it expects its compensation to reflect how lucrative a plan it succeeds in chaperoning through the public approval process for its clients. Perhaps this explains Stoner’s obdurateness; improvements or compromises are not his call to make but the prerogative of his unknown investors. Now we shall see if we can get a plan that the mysterious investors would be willing to have their name[s] known for. The CCAC has come up with a useful description of what elements are essential for the success of downtown and it now appears the CCAC is prepared to defend the master plan. An acceptable plan will have to have a better road system that will allow traffic to circulate around the commercial activity. It can’t draw thousands of people in one place served by one road. Second, the right plan will respect Crozet’s town identity and provide it an adequate civic and event space protected from cars. Third, the plan would emphasize job creation over bedroom creation. Fourth, the plan should have strive for beauty and protect our glorious views. Crozet has been a community since America began and we don’t want to be transformed now into a bunkhouse for Charlottesville. This month will decide if we settle for that future or continue marching to

one we have been striving for. For all the talk about “evolving” town design, whatever is built in downtown is essentially permanent. We must ensure that it is not done wrong.

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out sidewalks, cannot support new commercial development. Crozet needs more people living downtown. Unfortunately, most of those people won’t want to live in an apartment above retail, so you’ll need other options. Our plan shows 260,000 square feet of commercial space and we’re only 31% of the downtown area. Do you really think that’s not enough? My livelihood doesn’t depend on the Barnes Lumber rezoning. There are plenty of other development opportunities in our region that are easier and more profitable. We chose Barnes Lumber because it’s brownfield redevelopment that has the potential to be a transformational catalyst for downtown. I’ve already invested in the largest building in downtown (Mountainside Assisted Living) and offered to give the County our parking lot to create a downtown plaza. I have not made single dollar on my investment at Mountainside. The returns go to subsidize JABA and their mission to provide affordable assisted living there. I don’t say this to toot my own horn but to to suggest that your use of the word greedy in your editorial is misguided. I am committed to an inclusive process and a successful outcome that is consistent with the intent of the Crozet Master Plan. I hope you’ll reconsider your position with regard to our application, but I respect your right to express your opinions in your own paper. I’d appreciate it if you could publish my remarks in your next edition. Thanks, Frank Stoner Milestone Partners It’s Real I write to point out that the article by Heidi Sonen and Roscoe Shaw in the recent Crozet Weather

Almanac is misleading (Crozet Weather Almanac: Climate Change, June 2014). As a Ph.D. meteorologist, I agree there is abundant evidence to suggest the earth has warmed and humans have contributed to the warming. There is a broad scientific consensus that global average temperatures have already increased by over 1°F. In fact, even the most conservative estimates suggest at least 2.5°F warming will occur as CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere double. The authors claim there is no evidence that extreme weather is more common in a warming world, but there are precipitation studies that show heavy downpours have grown more frequent and more intense over the past 50 years (http://www. climate.gov/news-features/featuredimages/heavy-downpours-moreintense-frequent-warmer-world). However, my main criticism of this article is the “bottom line” statement that despite an explosion of new emissions from China “climate has stubbornly refused to warm.” Along with the cryptic graph, this statement creates confusion, if not deliberate misinformation. I would like to tell your readers that the combined global average temperature over land and ocean surfaces in May 2014 was the warmest May on record; temperatures were 1.3°F above the 20th century average according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (http://www.ncdc. noaa.gov/sotc/global/2014/5). Furthermore, recent analyses from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration note that, globally, the 14 warmest years on record have occurred since 1998. (http://data. giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/). Finally, for the authors to suggest that citizens’ efforts to cut energy consumption are of no value is simply irresponsible. In fact there is good evidence that action to curb global warming makes economic sense and that the costs of inaction are high. (http:// www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/ solutions/reduce-emissions/economics-climate-factsheet.html). Jennie Moody Greenwood More Climate Change Points We are concerned that the infor-

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For All the Tea in Charleston If you were to conjure up an image of a tea plantation, I’d bet that it might involve misty green hills somewhere in South Asia, where much of the world’s tea is indeed grown. But what about the steamy lowlands of coastal South Carolina? Strictly speaking, tea is a drink made from the leaves of only one plant, Camellia sinensis, sometimes known as the tea plant. Other drinks that are produced by steeping plant leaves, flowers or twigs in water are properly known as infusions, tisanes or herbal teas. Just to confuse things a bit more, true teas may also be flavored via the addition of other plant material. Tea has been consumed in China for thousands of years; in colonial times it was introduced to the West. Commercial tea production was long dominated by China, but eventually an enterprising Scottish botanist, Robert Fortune, was able to smuggle plants out and bring them to India. Once an expensive luxury, increased production now permitted all classes to acquire the tea habit. All types of tea—black, green, white, oolong, etc.—are produced from the leaves of one species, although there are at least two subspecies of Camellia sinensis and hundreds of varieties. The differences among these types of teas owe to varying processing techniques. And as with any natural product, differences in climate and soil type will also produce differences in taste. As you might guess, China and

India battle it out for leadership in tea production, with each country accounting for 25-30 percent of the world’s total, depending on just what year is being considered. But which country’s residents consume the most tea per capita? I was a bit surprised to learn that it is Turkey, where the average citizen guzzles 7.52 kg a year. The best a European country can do is 3.22 kg a year for the folks in Ireland. But the good ol’ U.S. of A.? A paltry 0.33 kg a head, 80 percent of it as iced tea. Given our relatively low consumption of tea— especially if you ignore the iced variety—it’s not too surprising that there’s not much commercial tea production in the U.S. There are literally a handful of tea farms, and some of those are essentially family operations selling to a local gift shop. The only one of any size, the Charleston Tea Plantation covers 127 acres on Wadmalaw Island, about twenty miles southwest of its namesake city. Charleston Tea Plantation got its start in 1963 when old tea plants were moved from an abandoned plantation north of Charleston to a former potato farm. A research facility for the first twenty-four years, a new owner (and third-generation tea taster) converted it to commercial production in 1987. It was purchased by the Bigelow Tea Company in 2003, providing a much-needed infusion of cash and marketing expertise, but the plantation’s crop is still sold exclusively as American Classic Tea. If you are in Charleston or anywhere else in the South Carolina Low Country, the plantation merits continued on page 34 a

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visit. You can do so for free, although an optional trolley ride through the fields costs a few dollars. The tea plants are lined out in dense rows, with 320 varieties under cultivation. A tea plant growing under ideal conditions can reach twenty feet, but these are kept at about forty inches to facilitate harvesting. Only the top two or three leaves on the new flush of growth are harvested; cuttings are made several times from May through September. Instead of backbreaking hand picking, a converted cotton picker makes quick work of the harvest. Shortly after the last picking, the tea plants start to bloom in October. Adjacent to the plantation’s gift shop—no, you can’t avoid that nowadays—is the actual factory where the tea is processed. You can observe the various ovens and dryers from an observation platform while watching explanatory videos. And back in the gift shop, you can drink all the hot or cold tea you want gratis. Charleston Tea Plantation prides itself on being a green operation. Tea plants are generally pest- and disease-free, and no herbicides or pesticides are used on the farm. Most of the plants’ water needs come from the sky, although ponds can provide supplemental irrigation if required. So, can we grow our own tea plants and make our own tea in Albemarle County? Given that Camellia sinensis is hardy to Zone 6b, the answer is “yes.” The tea plant’s cultural requirements are similar to most camellias: acid soil, moderate moisture and partial shade are best. Notwithstanding, full sun is also okay, since the Charleston Tea Plantation has their plants out under the blazing South Carolina rays. If you’re growing the tea plant to actually make the brew, one shrub can fill the needs of a single tea drinker. If you’re trying to provide for a whole family, consider planting a short hedge. I have not made tea directly from the plant myself, but as with everything, you can find instructions online. One source of information is Camellia Forest Nursery in Chapel Hill, which sells three varieties of the tea plant, along with many other species and varieties of Camellias and other hard-to-find ornamentals. Speaking of ornamentals, I was somewhat surprised that Michael Dirr, the authority on woody plants, stated that C. sinensis is “one of the great, unsung treasures of the Camellia world.” Perhaps he was extolling its superior hardiness, but in one man’s opinion, it comes up short for showiness when compared to most camellias seen in gardens. The 1- to 1½-inch white flowers are partially hidden by the foliage, and the overall shape of the plant is unprepossessing. Still, you could put many worse things in your garden. Sorry for damning with faint praise. Even if you chose not to grow your own tea plant, a trip to the Charleston Tea Plantation in fall would be worthwhile. I was able to sample the most intense tea I had ever tasted without having to leave the country.

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Our Senses (Part Five): Touch Touch is our most intimate and encompassing sense. Touch is more physical, solid and corporeal than our more ethereal senses of sight, hearing, taste and smell. Nothing says ‘I am here for you’ as much as does a heartfelt handshake, a friend’s arm over our shoulder, or the loving embrace of a mother comforting her child. Our sense of touch affects in profound ways our physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing, which in turn leads to its many meanings. When we are in a dicey situation or critically ill, these circumstances often are described as “touch and go.” When we are mentally confused or lose connection with the world, we are “out of touch” with reality. A person who is easily convinced, especially to give or lend money, is considered “a soft touch.” When artists or athletes perform with a high degree of skill and finesse, we say they showed “great touch.” Poems such as Maya Angelou’s “Touched by an Angel “and the fresco painting by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel showing the hands of Adam and God reaching towards each other capture how important the touch of love is to our lives. At a fundamental level, everything physical thing that we touch is made of atoms: Atoms of hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen and the other elements that have combined together in myriad ways to make the clothes we wear, the food we eat, the air we breathe, the water we drink. And yet, from the point of view of atoms, it’s a miracle that we can touch, feel or manipulate any of these things. Why do I

say this? Because atoms, and the molecules and substances made from them, are almost completely empty spaces. For example, if all vacant space could be stamped out from each and every atom that makes up my body (like flattening empty cardboard boxes), I would stand less than 0.1 millimeters tall. I would become microscopic– although I would still weigh as much as I do now. To comprehend this thought, we need an understanding of the structure of atoms. Atoms are made of two distinct parts that possess mass, positively charged nuclei and the much smaller, negatively charged electrons. Not unlike how the orbits of the planets around the sun define the size of the solar system, the orbits of electrons as they swirl around the nucleus define the size of the atoms. And like our solar system, there is a huge amount of unoccupied space between the parts. To get an inkling of the overall volume occupied by an atom compared to the volume of its solid parts, consider this. Hydrogen, the simplest of all elements, consists of a single proton (its nucleus) and a single electron. If the proton at the center of a hydrogen atom were enlarged to the size of a basketball, its associated electron would grow to the size of a grain of pollen. Correspondingly, the volume of the hydrogen atom, that is, the sphere defined by the outer extent of the electron’s orbit, would balloon from its nanoscale dimensions to more than 9 miles across! If this make-believe, basketballsized proton were positioned at the intersection of Three Notch’d Road and Crozet Avenue, its pollen-grainsized electron would wiz around an area bounded by Greenwood, White Hall, Ivy Corner and Batesville. And since the electron’s orbit is three dimensional, it also would travel to depths as deep as the ocean floor and soar as high as the highest peaks of the Andes. So with this inflated atom now pictured in your mind, how likely

would it be for me to physically bump into either the stationary ‘nuclear’ basketball or its orbiting ‘electronic’ grain of pollen if I am out for a stroll at Crozet Park? I contend not very likely at all. So it is with all matter under ordinary conditions; the nuclei and electrons of adjacent atoms never touch one another. What is it then that we feel when we touch something solid? What makes concrete concrete? Force fields. Four fundamental forces are at work in the universe. They are the gravitational, electromagnetic, strong nuclear, and the weak nuclear forces. The everyday phenomena that we experience are controlled by the first two, gravity and electromagnetism. The two nuclear forces show up in the strange, quantum behavior of the subatomic world of elementary particles of quarks, leptons, bosons and gluons, which are the fundamental building blocks and glue of matter. (For example, a proton consists of 2 ‘up’ quarks and 1 ‘down’ quark held tightly together by the strong nuclear force (gluons). From the point of view of physics, commonplace interactions between our bodies and external objects, such as when we hold hands, are understood primarily as interactions among electromagnetic forces (and the quantum mechanical Pauli exclusion principle, which we happily will ignore for now). Keep in mind that opposite charges attract each other while like charges repel. So the first action that happens when we begin to touch another object is repulsion. For example, when I reach to shake your hand, the aggregate electric fields, created by the electrons of my hand, repulse and are repulsed by the aggregate electric fields established by the electrons of your hand. And this, along with the innate stability of molecules, is a very good thing if we are to maintain our physical integrity. Otherwise, given all the empty space available, our

hands would meld and blend. The power of these repulsive negatively charged force fields is attenuated, however, by the simultaneous attraction of the positively charged nuclei to the negatively charged electrons of each other’s hands. And this, too, is fortuitous, otherwise we might not have sufficient strength to overcome the repulsive force and shake hands, or to touch anything else for that matter. Changing our point of view from physics to physiology, our sense of touch arises from our body’s complex somatosensory system comprising thermoreceptors and mechanoreceptors geared to recognize temperature, pressure, vibration, pleasure and pain and then send these messages to our brain. This marvelous system, which covers and embeds the skin, skeletal muscles, bones and joints, internal organs, and the cardiovascular system, helps us properly monitor and interpret the physical world within us and around us. As remarkable as it is, it is nevertheless susceptible to paresthesia, those unreal sensations we experience when we strike our funny bone and suffer the stings of “pins and needles” or when a limb goes numb and “falls asleep” due to restricted blood circulation. The human hand is our most important touch-sensor of the world. The 18th century German philosopher Immanuel Kant once said that “the hand is the visible part of the brain.” Handshakes affirm good faith and verify the lack of a handheld weapon. The hand is so important that it often denotes the entire person, as in “I’ll lend a hand” or when we refer to a laborer as a “hired hand.” When chaos erupts, we say that things have gotten “out of hand.” When the hero comes riding in to save the day, we know that the townsfolk are in “good hands.” Research on premature infants receiving intensive care shows that those who are frequently handled by their caregivers gain weight and thrive better than those deprived of touch. A study of patrons of a university library who were subliminally touched on the hand by the librarian as they checked out books reported much higher satisfaction with the library than those who weren’t. Touching a person can even increase honesty and altruism. continued on page 34

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types of insect repellent that you spray or rub on (and that’s you, the parent, spraying or rubbing it on your kid—they shouldn’t do it themselves) contain either DEET, picaridin, oil of lemon eucalyptus, or IR3535. If the idea of putting any insecticide on your child’s skin scares you and you don’t mind them getting a few mosquito bites, fear not. Do careful tick checks every night and your kid should be in the clear. Ticks need to be attached at least 36 hours to transmit disease. There are also many herbal alternatives available; however, most have not been shown to offer protection for more than a couple of hours (some even wear off after 20 minutes, while the ones listed below should last up to 8 hours—a bit more camp-worthy). Here’s a brief rundown on each of them: DEET has been studied the longest—since the 1950s. There have been reports of toxicity in infants exposed to high levels of DEET. Therefore, it is not recommended for infants under two months of age. In Consumer Reports field testing, the DEET-containing insect repellants performed the best. Aim for a DEET concentration between 10 and 20 percent. Lower concentrations are not as effective, and higher concentrations don’t provide more protection. Also, DEET is safe to use on cotton, wool, and nylon, but can degrade rubber, spandex, and other synthetic materials. Off! Family Care Smooth and Dry is a good option. Picaridin is a more recent, synthetic compound related to chemicals found in black pepper. It performed almost as well as DEET in Consumer Reports testing and may be a good alternative for children with sensitive skin. It does not have a

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CROZETgazette strong smell. Natrapel is a common brand containing picaridin and is available at outdoor stores and online. Oil of Lemon Eucalyptus is a plant-derived insect repellent. It did moderately well in Consumer Reports testing. The main drawback of oil of lemon eucalyptus is its strong smell, which some say is a mix between citrus and plastic beach ball. It is not recommended for children under three years of age. Also, do not use pure oil of lemon eucalyptus, as this has not been tested for safety. Repel Lemon Eucalyptus can be ordered online. IR3535 is a chemical available exclusively through Avon, the makers of Skin-So-Soft. While some studies suggest that it offers 4-6 hour insect protection, one by the USDA suggested it was 10 to 100 times less effective than DEET. So what about those products that combine both insect repellent and sun protection in one? It sounds like the perfect answer, but unfortunately, there are some drawbacks. First, certain compounds, like DEET, interact with certain sunscreens, like oxybenzone, and make them less effective. Second, sunblocks and sunscreens need to be reapplied frequently in order to be effective, whereas insect repellents should be applied as little as possible to minimize toxicity—ideally just once per day for a child, and then again only if the bugs start biting. Both should be reapplied after swimming. So head to your favorite local or online store and pick up one container of sunblock and one container of the insect repellent that best suits your child’s needs. Get ready for happy camping! Dr. Catherine Casey practices family medicine at U.Va. Family Medicine and Specialty Care Crozet at the Shops at Clover Lawn. Touch conveys that we believe passionately in what we are saying; a liar seldom touches the person he is deceiving. Culturally appropriate touch makes us feel better and perceive the world as friendlier. We feel emotionally closer when we touch. Bumper stickers that ask “Have you hugged your kids today?” convey much wisdom. Thanks for reading, let’s stay in touch.

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mation about climate change provided by Heidi Sonen and Roscoe Shaw (Crozet Weather Almanac: Climate Change, June 2014) may lead readers to believe that (1) there is a lack of strong scientific consensus about human influences on climate; and (2) impacts will be minimal. We hope that the additional information offered here will help to set the record straight on two key points: 1. “….temperatures are about 1° F higher and sea level is about two inches higher than if humans had never walked the earth.” It is true that the magnitude of humaninduced climate change since 1950 has been only about 1 degree. But the accumulating buildup of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere is now causing a rapid acceleration of planetary warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which includes more than 1,300 scientists from the United States and other

countries, forecasts a temperature rise of 2.5 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit and sea level rise of one to three feet in this century. 2. “….the science is split” (on climate change). To be accurate, that so-called “split” is actually 97% of all climate scientists have concluded that climate change is real and caused by human activities (see http://climate.nasa.gov/scientificconsensus/) Brian Richter Martha Hodgkins Crozet

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The Lady Warriors have compiled an amazing 81-5 record over the last four years, including the state runner-up in 2013 and this year’s State Championship. On June 10, the Warriors hosted the state semi-finals and dispatched Williamsburg’s Lafayette High School from the tournament with a 5-1 victory. Emily Kochard defeated Libby Bland (6-0, 6-1), Maddy Ix beat Hannah Trueblood (6-3,6-0), Lauren Kearns got the win over Maia Rosewelsh (6-3, 6-1), Stephanie Barton outlasted Tawni Hatcher (7-5, 6-3) and Savannah Diamond defeated Robin Rosewelsh (6-0, 6-0) in straight sets. In the state finals match the Warriors would find the competition to be as tough as it had been all year long. Even though they won the match in singles play 5-1 (they didn’t have to play the double’s matches), York gave them a fight to the finish. Emily Kochard won in straight sets again but not before York’s Teresa Alvarez rallied in the second set for a 6-2, 6-4 score. Maddy Ix finished strong after a competitive first set to win 6-3, 6-1. Stephanie Barton had to work hard to nab a 7-6(4), 7-5 win that was tooth and nail to the finish. Savannah Diamond cruised in her second set to win 6-3, 6-0 and Maggie Roesch played the match of the day for the Warriors. After losing the first set 2-6 Roesch came back strong to win the second set 7-6(0) over Courtney Jenkins. Jenkins apparently used everything she had in the second set and Roesch turned up the pressure in the third and final set to break Jenkins, winning it 6-0 and taking the match, which was the title clinching win for the Warriors, earning them their first ever state championship. It was truly a remarkable season and four-year stretch for the program, as they went a little deeper in the playoffs each year over that span and finally went all the way. Congratulations Warriors and good luck in 2015!

Lauren Ostberg & Ben Taylor

Benjamin F. Taylor and Lauren C. Ostberg were married on May 17 at the Monclova Country Church on the grounds of the Wolcott House Museum complex in Maumee, Ohio. The groom is the son of Henry Taylor of Ivy and Clover Carroll of Crozet. The bride is the daughter of John and Mary Ostberg of Maumee, Ohio. Ben and Lauren met at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, which was well represented at the ceremony. Mary Claire Walsh, Lauren’s college roommate, officiated and Fritz Per Clausen, Ben’s college roommate, was his best man. Groomsmen included Michael Scott Nelson and Mark Gaya, Ben’s brother-in-law. Lauren’s cousin, Elizabeth Reagan, served as the maid of honor, and Stacey Moritz served as bridesmaid. Ben’s sister, Lydia Taylor Gaya, was escorted by Lauren’s brother, Nicholas Ostberg. Amy Strieter and Kaelin Alexander contributed poetry to the ceremony, and Lauren’s brother, Daniel Ostberg, served as ring bearer. The rehearsal dinner, hosted by Clover & Henry, was held at Byblo’s Mediterranean Restaurant in Toledo. An informal reception followed the ceremony at the WW Knight Nature Preserve in Perrysburg. The bride and groom enjoyed a delightful honeymoon in Italy, incuding a hike of the Cinque Terre. They reside in Nashville, Tennessee, where Lauren attends law school at Vanderbilt University and Ben is completing his Ph.D. in electronic music and digital media at Louisiana State University.

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the proffer policy. “That would be fair to everybody since we are all part of the problem. It’s not just new people.” Loach said, “My feeling is the same as the county staff and the CCAC. The plan as it stands is incomplete. I think we have a good master plan. I don’t see flaws in it. The Zoning Text Amendment of last year [that created a special use permit process to allow residential use on a case-by-case basis in the DCD] was to give flexibility for transition areas. It was not meant to change the underlying intent of the zoning. We need employment downtown. Not using the light industrial area in this property would be a shame.” At-Large Commissioner Tim Keller said he did not think the differences between what the plan showed and what the public expects for the area are unbridgeable. “There’s a need for further discussion,” he said. “We see evolution in our built environment all the time. I encourage the parties to keep working.” Lafferty said, “I agree that something needs to happen on the Barnes Lumber property. I’m concerned that all the discussions haven’t gotten anywhere yet.” “I’m sympathetic to the community on the master plan,” said Firehock, “but I also feel sympathetic to the developer. This is a daunting site with a high amount of risk. Buffering on the residential side makes sense. I think the issues can be worked out.” “I would hate to see the plan shoved under the table,” added chairman Cal Morris. “I’m somebody who has worked on an advisory council,” said Randolph. “You appreciate their time and effort. For this body to make a recommendation inconsistent with the CCAC’s would violate the reason for the council. These are manageable issues, but so many are unresolved.” Returning to the subject of proffers, Randolph said to Stoner, “You should do your fair share.” He said he would agree to deferral of the vote. He cited issues with proffers, stream buffers, too intense residential density, and a lack of clarity on green space as needing attention.

“The concept of a deferral may make sense,” said Stoner. “We don’t have flexibility on certain contract deadlines. If we could have intensive work with the CCAC…an eight-week deferral would put us in a difficult spot contractually.” Stoner said previously that he wanted the plan to go before the Board of Supervisors in August. Director of Planning Wayne Cilimberg told the Commission that with a deferral, the earliest the Supervisors could have the matter on their agenda was September. Stoner could go before the Supervisors with a denial recommendation from the Commission, but the Supervisors might send it back to the Commission then if they felt they lacked information about the project. “We’ll take a deferral and work like mad to get back to you in August and go to the board in September,” said Stoner, asking to be on the Commission’s August 5 agenda. That idea passed 6-0. The CCAC, which found itself unable to express what it wanted as opposed to what it didn’t like about Stoner’s plan, met again in a special session June 26 to address the matter of how to define the desirable elements of a plan to develop the Barnes property. David Stoner was asked to draft a list of those features and distribute to members in advance. A four-hour meeting ensued and another meeting was set for July 2 when the CCAC members would ratify a final statement of their position. The draft document set out these essential concerns: Amount of Residential vs. Commercial/Retail: No single family detached development at all on the site – only townhomes and multifamily (condos and apartments) units. (Some CCAC members are adamant about this; others are willing to allow some single family detached development if it is limited.) If any single family detached is developed, limit this to a single row only around the south and east border of the property only as buffer area in accordance with the intent of the Master Plan. Phasing and Prioritization of Commercial/Retail vs Residential: Require via proffers that some minimum amount of commercial/retail space be built initially, or at a minimum prior to allowing a certain

number of residential units. Plaza, Green Space, and Viewshed Concerns: More public green space and hardscape (Plaza area) should be specifically identified and proffered. Clarify via proffer the potential size, location, and design of the green space on the southeast portion of parcel, including separately defining the likely stream buffer requirement and remaining useable acreage. Provide via proffer additional “pocket parks.” Require additional consideration of preserving the Blue Ridge Mountain view shed, especially throughout the Plaza area. Proffers: Require financial proffers for each single family or townhouse or multi-family residential unit in accordance with current County policies; Consider reducing or waiving those for (1) buildings in which 1st floor commercial/retail exists; and (2) age-restricted (i.e. >55) housing units. Request that the County use proffers for identifiable community projects that would benefit the downtown area, such as a new CSX underpass, parking deck, or infrastructure improvements to the square. Traffic and Road Layouts: Include alternative/additional road layouts that improve traffic circulation. Crozet Community Association President Tim Tolson passed out to CCAC members two versions of lumberyard development plans proposed by Piedmont Development Group when it approached the supervisors in 2010-11 about rezoning the property—at the time it was still owned by the Barnes Lumber Company, which was seeking the rezoning. The CCAC reviewed both plans at that time. Tolson pointed out that the county is using the same project numbers for the Stoner plan as it did for both Piedmont plans. One drawing from December 2010 shows Library Avenue extending to the east end of the parcel and parallel to a street extending from The Square. Small streets connect the two. A revised plan from February 2011 shows Library Avenue as the dominant artery with interconnected parking lots on the north side of the property. Both plans show a pedestrian mall as the central feature of the high ground of the commercial area. The lumberyard was subsequently foreclosed on and Piedmont

Development Group did not succeed in acquiring the property from Union First Market Bank. Its plans became moot, but they demonstrate alternative ideas for the property. “It’s important to remind people about these plans because they show other ideas are possible,” Tolson said. He laid out the case for having a grid system of roads in the parcel and pointed out that Oak Street, undeveloped but connecting The Square with Library Avenue, marks off the first block as laid out by the town’s first planners. High Street comes in naturally to form a second block and a third and additional blocks can be imagined extending east. “The plans show other ways of handling buffers, rather than more housing,” said Tolson. “There could be a landscaping solution instead. We also need a real plaza where people congregate and we can have events.” The CCAC also expressed support for the idea of a road under the railroad tracks at the east end of the property, roughly near the firehouse, that would connect Library Avenue to Three Notch’d Road. Tolson characterized the CCAC’s “post-deferral” position as “moving to defending the terms of the Master Plan.” He said the CCAC had been influenced by comments from local real estate broker Cliff Fox, who said that it would be a waste to build housing in valuable commercial and light industrial zoning. Moreover, Fox argued that banks are indeed willing to loan for buildings that have residences above commercial space; only HUD is unwilling. Fox claimed confidently that a grocery store could be interested in locating on the parcel. Former CCAC member Bill Schrader reminded the council that it had recommended against a proposal by a Crozet resident who sought a zoning change in north downtown a few years back. The CCAC stuck to the terms of the master plan. Not to do so now would mean that “big money wins out over ordinary people,” he said, a thought that discomfited the council. The CCAC’s next regular meeting is July 17 at The Meadows community hall (off Crozet Avenue) at 7 p.m.

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