Development

Is Western Loudoun already gone?

April 6, 2022

I was pleased to read your article in the Blue Ridge Leader, in the sense that I’m glad there is at least some conversation about what is happening in Western Loudoun due to the abuse of the Cluster concept.  We live adjacent to the proposed “Westview at Short Hill” development by Carrington and have sent…

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Is the policy in western Loudoun to protect rural areas?

April 3, 2022

Dear Editor: Laura Longley’s “Is Western Loudoun already gone?” certainly brings to mind Joni Mitchell’s lyric “they paved paradise … you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone.” We live on a 36-acre farm just down the hill from the 47-acre property mentioned in the article, soon to be turned into a Cluster subdivision…

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Height limit reduction proposed for downtown Purcellville

February 9, 2021

Public asked to weigh in before March 9 In keeping with the new Comprehensive Plan to preserve Purcellville’s small-town feel, the Planning Commission is proposing to amend the Zoning Ordinance so that buildings constructed in the Town’s Historic Downtown / Central Commercial District (C-4 Zoning District) be limited to a by-right height of two stories and…

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