Michael Crenshaw

Crowd is forming early outside the middle school on Crozet waiting for the Three Notched Trail meeting. Landowners were invited 30min early. (Post delayed because the middle school was a data dead zone.)

Over applause, someone starts yelling repeatedly that she has a question. "So this is like a done deal?! It's the first I'm hearing of it!" Lordy.

Crowd is forming early outside the middle school on Crozet waiting for the Three Notched Trail meeting. Landowners were invited 30min early. (Post delayed because the middle school was a data dead zone.)

Next step is to design the priority segments. Then they'll compile a master plan report, which the county will use to start getting grants and eventually put down some asphalt.

Crowd is forming early outside the middle school on Crozet waiting for the Three Notched Trail meeting. Landowners were invited 30min early. (Post delayed because the middle school was a data dead zone.)

Virginia Capital Trail broke ground in 2005 and was completed in 2015. One neighborhood had raised safety concerns, so VDOT built a fence. As soon as the trail was done, people in the neighborhood wanted holes in the fence so they could get to the trail.

Crowd is forming early outside the middle school on Crozet waiting for the Three Notched Trail meeting. Landowners were invited 30min early. (Post delayed because the middle school was a data dead zone.)

They have a simplified trail visualization that shows 18 simplified segments, 1-3 miles each. Each segment is meant to be valuable by itself (this is cool!) These segments are also associated with various community partners that can help get each piece done.

Crowd is forming early outside the middle school on Crozet waiting for the Three Notched Trail meeting. Landowners were invited 30min early. (Post delayed because the middle school was a data dead zone.)

They have the preferred route on the board... one segments far to the west seems to have a small bit with two parallel legs. The east has two separate legs into the city. All 250 crossings are controlled by either stop signs or lights. No trying to slip through gaps in traffic.

Crowd is forming early outside the middle school on Crozet waiting for the Three Notched Trail meeting. Landowners were invited 30min early. (Post delayed because the middle school was a data dead zone.)

Current target is to determine the route, prioritize initial segments, and estimate costs so that we can start raising money, doing final designs, and finally installing trail. Tomorrow Engage Albemarle will open a new survey. Will be open until Nov 15.

Crowd is forming early outside the middle school on Crozet waiting for the Three Notched Trail meeting. Landowners were invited 30min early. (Post delayed because the middle school was a data dead zone.)

This is the 3rd public meeting, first was in 2025. Operating under a 2022 $2m federal grant to build out the plan. There's a half hour presentation and then ~1hr to look at big boards set up around the room, mostly showing routes and soliciting feedback on sticky notes.

Crowd is forming early outside the middle school on Crozet waiting for the Three Notched Trail meeting. Landowners were invited 30min early. (Post delayed because the middle school was a data dead zone.)

Driver who accidentally got lost on the dead-end maintenance road bumps a tree right after bumping the "residents only" sign our HOA installed, get this, because _kids on bikes_ are such a destructive menace.

Scottsville business owner on the train yapping at full volume about how much he hates Charlottesville 🙄