Government
By Katie Northcott The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors approved a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to establish the St. Louis Village Plan. The plan attempts to represent residents who have expressed concerns about development pressures on the Rural Historic Village. It seeks to address infrastructure concerns such as quality and quantity of drinking water and increased…
By Sophia Clifton At their Sept. 16, business meeting, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors voted 8-0-1 to approve the Data Center Standards and Locations Phase 2 Project Plan, with Supervisor Kristen Umstattd (D-Leesburg) opposing the motion. The move launches the second phase of a multi-year effort to update how new data centers—and the substations…
By Valerie Cury On Sept. 10, the Purcellville Board of Zoning Appeals considered a request from Nichols Hardware for a zoning variance to exceed the number of by-right apartments allowed at its property at 131 N. 21st Street, located in the Historic Downtown C-4 District. Nichols is proposing to redevelop the unused second floors of…
By Valerie Cury On Sept. 17, Michael Romeo, senior land planner with Walsh Colucci Lubeley & Walsh, and Chuck Kuhn, the applicant behind the Valley Commerce Center rezoning proposal (17110 Purcellville Road, LLC), hosted a community meeting at Harmony Middle School to present details of the project and gather feedback from County and Town residents.…
By Valerie Cury The scheduling of the next court date for Purcellville Vice Mayor Carl “Ben” Nett and Town Manager Kwasi Fraser was once again postponed during a Sept. 25 hearing in Loudoun County Circuit Court. The new date has been set for Nov. 20 at 1 p.m. Attorneys for both Nett and Fraser are…
By Grace Bennett Located a convenient twenty minutes from hotels in downtown Leesburg, a parcel of property owned by farmers Steve and Rita Baker awaits permission from the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors to be developed into an event center. They and staff have discussed the semantics from special events to noise regulations, and they…
Loudoun County’s Department of Housing and Community Development will host the next two sessions of its fair housing course, “Complete Overview and Understanding of Virginia Fair Housing,” on Wednesday, Oct. 1, and Thursday, Dec.11. The goal of the three-hour course is to provide participants with information about both the Federal Fair Housing Act and the Virginia Fair…
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors during its Sept. 10, public hearing voted to remove a segment of Gloucester Parkway between Belmont Ridge Road and Cochran Mill Road from the Countywide Transportation Plan, which serves as a guide for the county’s transportation policy and is part of the Loudoun County 2019 Comprehensive Plan. The Gloucester Parkway…
On Sept. 24, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) returned from Ottawa, Canada, where he joined Virginia FREE on a trade mission that included Virginia business leaders and a bipartisan group of current and former state government officials. During the trade mission, the group engaged with Canadian businesses and leaders to discuss the Virginia-Canada trade relationship.…
Loudoun County Treasurer Henry C. Eickelberg reminds taxpayers that Monday, Oct. 6, is the deadline for payment of personal property taxes. Payments received or postmarked after Oct. 6, will have a 10% late payment penalty, plus an interest charge of 10% (per annum) on both the unpaid taxes and all late payment penalties. Any personal property taxes that remain…