Progress near the roundabout.

This can’t be good.

Welp. www.reddit.com/r/Charlottes...

Working with Claude ai some, and working on framework for some storytelling with data. Curious to hear feedback on this; it's not ready for publication, but I think it has some promise for talking about Crozet real estate

Progress on the slowest project ever.* open.substack.com/pub/communit... * maybe. I don’t know. It feels like that.

Rails to Trails in Shenandoah Valley in jeopardy. www.shenandoahrailtrail.org/news/project...

This is the type of cycling we should be focusing on building infrastructure for. bsky.app/profile/tomf...

Bit of a focus on the state of the Crozet real estate market. (we're almost out of buildable land, by the way) www.realcrozetva.com/2025/12/11/c...

This month's note is already too long. But it has a lot of thoughts about the Charlottesville real estate market, so I'm going to keep it long. Coming this week.

On December 3, 2025, the Albemarle School Board presented their capital request for FY27-FY31 to Albemarle Supervisors with a fourth high school as top request. Supervisors were taken by surprise and seek more data. A long story that could still be longer. infocville.com/2025/12/09/a...

Zero chance of school tomorrow. This is hilltop Street in Crozet. It’s icy to walk on much less drive a bus

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

Be careful on 250 W. Two cars are off the road, 10 each side, just west of Morgantown Road.

THIS.

I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.

Whoah.

Today’s going to be a great day to shop in Crozet. www.crozetgazette.com/2025/12/05/c...

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Official, on-paper, United States policy is that the price of appeasing it is to consent to a species-level murder-suicide pact.

Thanks to Michael for keeping us all informed about what’s happening tonight at the Three Notched Trail meeting!

Two biggest questions Will gets: 1) Can the trail be closer to my neighborhood? (People want non-car options!!!) 2) Why does it take so dang long to build? (Everyone chuckles, we know this stuff is hard to do.)

I'm at the Three Notched Trail meeting at Western Albermarle Hugh School. Not gonna skeet too much, but I'll post any major highlights. Great turnout, probably 100 people here. There are maps up for major trail sections with 3 route options each. We're to write sticky notes with our thoughts.

“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning. Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪

I can think of several places in Crozet where guerrilla crosswalks would be good. reasonstobecheerful.world/los-angeles-...

Albemarle's new system for residents to request things feels like it's designed to prevent people from asking for things. So incredibly cumbersome. albemarlecountyva-energovweb.tylerhost.net/apps/selfser...

Huh. Sleet. Ready for snow.

Kid and I were among a dozen people walking and riding on Tabor last night. It was amazing.

I'm of the age & mentality that when an older gentleman in a convertible blows through the crosswalk as I, daughter, and dog are trying to cross, I yell. And then make a show of taking his picture.

We dodged the rain today to finish this bridge on #Crozet Greenway. Great group of volunteers!

VDOT should do this in front of old trail. Spoiler: they won’t because they won’t even consider a design that considers people not in cars

Three Notched Trail Update: Thursday, December 4 from 6-8pm at Western Albemarle High School’s cafeteria, Albemarle County will present draft route options. Show up and provide input! Can’t make it? They will take feedback online through January. More here: engage.albemarle.org/three-notche...

Do you want to help finish this bridge on the #Crozet Greenway? We're doing it Saturday. Details on our web site crozettrailscrew.org/work-day-on-...

Monthly note is out. One day I'll get better at writing more succinctly. Or maybe I should write more often. Either way, November's Note is here. realcentralva.substack.com/p/jims-note-...

Via Nextdoor “Starting December 4th, Grace Grocery at Crozet United Methodist Church will temporarily have drive through service from 6-7pm every Thursday with prepacked bags of shelf stable items, produce, and frozen meat.“

Morning light was nice today. #fromthebicycle

Whenever I make a post of any kind on the realCrozetVA Facebook page, invariably half of the comments are lamenting that Crozet is not what it was 40 or 50 years ago. No kidding. Thinking only about how things used to be must be exhausting

Handicapped parking in the Square. #Crozet

Drink it Forward tomorrow. Nest + Community Bikes - great pizza and beer, great NA as well. Supporting Charlottesville Community Bikes.

Pretty sure that’s a new sign on the way to Sugar Hollow. #fromthebicycle

I bet we could see the Aurora in Crozet if people would turn off the lights illuminating their house while they sleep.

It’s shit like this that makes me think the GOP doesn’t care about winning elections and they’re just not planning on having them. Because no one who thinks they have to win elections does this.

They're working on the roundabout, and it should be open in January 2026. www.realcrozetva.com/2025/11/07/2...

I never get tired of riding around Crozet.

Ellis is concluding, with John Adams words to his wife in 1775 about the need to fight for the nascent American democracy. "Liberty once lost is lost forever."

Bike lights. They are good. www.realcrozetva.com/2025/11/06/b...

Just another morning, riding bicycles around Crozet

Go look at the moon rising. That is all #Crozet

More people getting together in more third spaces = better community, and better election results.

A quick spin through Crozet's election results. www.vpap.org/electionresu...

Shit like this makes me hesitant to ever trust Crozet too much.