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Taste of the Farm: Plant Sale and Open House

May 6, 2013

May 11, 2013 10AM to 3PM 7129 Maple Hill Farm Scottsville, VA Join the Local Food Hub for this annual spring plant sale and open house. Shop for organic heirloom plants for your garden and farm fresh produce and don’t forget about Mom since it is the day before Mother’s Day! There will be music, [...]

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Crozet Arts & Crafts Festival

April 26, 2013

Claudius Crozet Park Crozet, VA Mark your calendars for May 11th and 12th to attend the annual Crozet Arts and Crafts Festival. Featuring Over 100 artist exhibiting their fine crafts – Children’s entertainment – Live music – Great Food and even Wine Tasting – what more could you want! For more information please visit Crozet [...]

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Virginia Hot Glass Festival

April 17, 2013

April 27 and 28, 2013 Sun Spot Studio 202 S. Lewis Street Staunton, VA This is Virginia’s only annual art show devoted to hot glass artistry. Live demonstrations and Hot glass artist from around the region in one location with exhibits. Held indoors! The Virginia Stone Carver Guild will be held adjacent the the Hot [...]

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Update on Old Trail in Crozet VA

March 17, 2013

We always knew that the Old Trail Village, approximately 10 miles west of Charlottesville, would expand someday…  and it looks like that ‘someday’ is soon.  The vicinity west of Charlottesville towards the town of Crozet was always planned as a “growth corridor” by local planners.  Residents met recently to learn about plans for new townhomes and [...]

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Crozet Arts and Crafts Fall Festival

October 4, 2012

Crozet Arts & Crafts Festival Claudius Crozet Park October 13 & 14, 2012 Featuring over 100 Artists and Crafters from all over the country. Music, food, children’s activities and even a wine tasting tent!   For more information please visit Crozet Arts & Crafts Festival website.

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Community Firefighting Effort

August 27, 2012

Wow.  Talk about your community spirit.  Sometimes our clients ask about how friendly or supportive our neighbors are…. here’s one to tell them. Crozet in Western Albemarle County is not a very large area.  And Greenwood is a relatively sparsely inhabited portion of Crozet.  So it caught our eyes when we learned that more than [...]

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Crozet Through a Visitor’s Eyes

August 23, 2012

Usually we like to write our own material about our topics.  But every now and then a story comes along that can only be told through the eyes of a visitor to our area.  And that is the case with the following link, a story of a Lynchburg VA man’s visit to the Charlottesville area [...]

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Peach Ice Cream Festival

August 1, 2012

August 4 and 5th, 2012 Chiles Peach Orchard The Crozet Lions Club will be making and selling homemade peach ice cream made from Chiles’ peaches at Chiles Orchard this weekend. This is a major fund raiser for the Lions Club who give back to the community. This event has been known to sell out so [...]

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The Hatton Ferry

July 15, 2012

Established in 1870 10120 Hatton Ferry Road Scottsville, VA Need to get from Albemarle County to Buckingham County or back – take a ride across the James River on The Hatton Ferry.   Sense the history.   It is the last poled ferry in the United States of America.   Operating hours are Saturdays 9 am to 5pm [...]

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4th of July Celebrations around Central Virginia!

June 27, 2012

Here are just a few ways to celebrate Independence Day in central Virginia! Start early on Saturday, June 30 in Crozet with a parade that starts at 4:00pm – food, music and fireworks around 9:00pm! On Sunday, July 1 hop on over to Free Union for their parade – It is scheduled for 4:00pm. Wintergreen Resort [...]

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