HomeMy WebLinkAboutACE200800009 Correspondence 2004-08-08August 8, 2004
1900 Beaver Creek Mt Rd
Crozet VA 22932
Dear Ches,
Enclosed is our application for the ACE program for 2004.
Included in the package is the application itself, copies of our tax records
for the the last three years, copies of all -the deeds from 1 980 to the
present and -the deed just prior to 1980. We have also included a
short letter about the property. We hope this is everything you need to
submit this to the committee. As we discussed back in May, we would
like to try and submit our property without the rental house and their
three acres. However, we realize that we may not have enough points
without that piece and if thats the case, we would submit both properties
together. Please let us know if there is anything else you need from us
and we look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Chris Fleckles
Ed Rushia
September 21, 2008
1900 Beaver Creek Mtn Rd
Crozet VA 22932
Dear Ches,
Enclosed is our application for the ACE Program for 2008/2009.
1 have enclosed our cover letter as well as our tax returns for the last
three years. Per your last email, I did not include -the "Request for
determination parcel of record/ division rights." If at some later date, you
decide that you need that we will be happy to fill that out again. Ed and
continue to hope that this upcoming year will be the one that we make it in
to the program. We are encouraged by all the positive publicity the
program has received and are hoping this will help generate some
additional funding somewhere along the line. Please let us know if there
is any other information that you need from us to help our application.
As always, we appreciate your encouragement. Thanks again.
Christine Fleccklles
&
Edwin Rushia
September 21, 2008
The property known as Beaver Creek Mountain has a rich and full
history in the town of Crozet, Virginia. At one time it was a full, working
orchard with apple, peach, plum and cherry trees,some of which are still
producing fruit today. It has been rumored that moonshine came off the
mountain and was transported all the way to Richmond. Boxers lived up
here, away from the evils of city life and trained by running up and down
the mountain. It is also rumored to have been a house of ill repute called
the "Owls Nest."
The Rushia family has been part of that history since 1971. Dr. Edwin
Rushia and Dr. MaryAnna Rushia purchased -the property from Adam
Sandridge who, as his father before him, had grown apples and raised
livestock. The Rushias had the idea of using it as a weekend getaway
place for the family. It was quite overgrown and filled with rickety sheds,
old cars, old trucks, and lots of junk. They spent many days cleaning and
hauling trash. They put cows on the property to keep the
grasses and weeds from overtaking everything. They built a haybarn
which can be seen on your way into Crozet on 250. If you climb to the top
of Beaver Creek Mountain (elevation 1380 ft) you have a view that is
spectacular in three directions!.
My husband and I purchased the property from his parents in 1986
and added the "lower house" and 3 acres in 1988 when Eds sister and
brother -in -law were transferred. We rent out the lower house and have
been renovating our house since 1986. It is a project that never ends. Our
house at one time served as an apple packing shed for the orchard and
migrant workers were housed on the second floor. We planted pine trees
from the forestry department to help with the erosion. Its hard to believe
that some of those trees are 20 years old now. Our renters now have a
flock of fifty sheep that help keep -the fields and pastures in check.
When you visit the property, you are struck by the beauty of the view
that you can see from our front window and from many places on the
mountain. Our property serves as home for many different kinds of
wildlife and on any given day, you might see deer, fox, rabbits, possum,
skunks, raccoon, bobcats and bear. Many speices of birds, butte rflies,frogs
and toads also call this mountain home. As the wooded property in
Crozet is rapidly being eaten up by developers and new housing
diminishes the habitat available to all of this wildlife, we view our property
as a refuge. My husband and I see ourselves really as only caretakers for
this piece of land. We hope through the ACE program to be able to
preserve this property forever. Thanks for your consideration.
Christine Fleckles
Edwin Rushia