J. Bruce Barnes Lumber Company
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The J. Bruce Barnes Lumber Company was one of the remaining industrial employers in the Crozet area[1].
The company was founded in 1985[2] and is owned by Carroll Conley.
The company laid off its last employee at the end of August 2011. [3] Carroll and Donna Conley will stay on as office employees, and hope to either restart operations or eventually redevelop.
Redevelopment
The Piedmont Development Group has submitted a application to Albemarle County's Department of Community Development to rezone the property from heavy industrial to Downtown Crozet District. That would allow for the lumberyard to be transformed into a mixed-use community with residences, stores and office space. [4]
As part of the 2010 revision of the Crozet Master Plan, there was preliminary discussion of the space redeveloping as a pedestrian mall for Crozet. [5]
References
- ↑ Web. Crozet Master Plan, Chapter 3, October 13, 2010, retrieved October 18, 2010.
- ↑ Web. J Bruce Barnes Inc (Barnes, Inc , J Bruce) - Crozet, Virginia (VA), retrieved October 18, 2010.
- ↑ Web. Barnes Lumber Lays Off Last Employee, Crozet Gazette, Crozet Gazette, retrieved September 2, 2011. Print. September 2011 , Volume 6, Number 4, page 14.
- ↑ Web. Plan to Develop Barnes Lumber Submitted to County, Mike Marshall, Crozet Gazette, Crozet Gazette, March 3, 2011, retrieved September 2, 2011.
- ↑ Web. Crozet “Downtown Mall” gets OK from advisory group, Bridgett Lynn, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, retrieved October 15, 2010. Also available at the Charlottesville Tomorrow News Center.