Government

Loudoun accepting tax exemption applications from charitable nonprofits

March 2, 2024

Loudoun County Commissioner of the Revenue Robert S. Wertz Jr. is accepting applications from charitable nonprofit organizations seeking an exemption from Loudoun County real and/or personal property taxes for the 2025 tax year. The deadline to apply for the exemption is Monday, April 1. Most charitable nonprofit organizations are not automatically exempt from local property…

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Leesburg Town Council approves settlement related to Compass Creek Annexation

February 28, 2024

The Leesburg Town Council has voted to approve a voluntary settlement agreement with the County of Loudoun related to the annexation of more than 400 acres at the Compass Creek property for economic development purposes. The Feb. 27 action follows a Feb. 6 vote by the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors to approve the agreement.…

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Milan and Rayner hold private meeting with Kuhn to discuss Purcellville annexation

February 28, 2024

By Valerie Cury On Tuesday Feb. 20, Mayor Stan Milan and Vice Mayor Erin Rayner held a private meeting with Chuck Kuhn and his team regarding the potential annexation of his 117.07-acre property on Purcellville Road. His property is located in the county. Attending the meeting along with Milan and Rayner were the town manager,…

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Purcellville Mayor Stan Milan makes another big about-face

February 28, 2024

By Valerie Cury At the Purcellville Town Council meeting on Feb. 13, Mayor Stan Milan made another about-face from issues he ran on just a year ago. From his commitment to removing the Northern Collector Road from the Town Wide Transportation Plan, to Rt. 7/690, to not working out deals with developers like the developer of Vineyard…

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Commissioners reject data center/residential combo

February 28, 2024

But accept dense housing in the Transition Policy Area By Reed Carver  On Feb. 8, two development companies pitched applications to the Loudoun County Planning Commission. The first, Innovation Gateway, applied to build a combination community park, residences and two data centers in the Urban Transit Center Place Type. This project would require re-zoning. The…

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Village at Clear Springs re-zoning calls for 1,077 homes and tennis complex

February 28, 2024

By Reed Carver  At the end of the Jan. 10 Board of Supervisors Public Hearing, the Board listened to county staff’s evaluation of the Village at Clear Springs development proposal, the applicant’s arguments, and public comments, until 2 a.m. The decision was not made that night.  The applicant is Leonard S. “Hobie” Mitchel, of Clear…

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Renewal forms mailed for Loudoun County’s Tax Relief Program

February 23, 2024

Loudoun Commissioner of the Revenue Robert S. Wertz Jr. announces that participants in the county’s tax relief program for residents who are 65 years of age or older and/or permanently and totally disabled should soon begin receiving their renewal forms. Applications and certifications for tax year 2024 were recently mailed to applicants who are already…

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Purcellville Police Chief Cynthia McAlister announces retirement

February 22, 2024

Purcellville Chief of Police Cynthia McAlister announced she will retire on May 1, after nearly nine years of service to the Town of Purcellville, and over 42 years of law enforcement service to the Northern Virginia community. Chief McAlister has led the Purcellville Police Department since June 2015. During that time, she has expanded the…

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Leesburg Proposed Fiscal Year 2024 Budget presented to town council

February 15, 2024

The proposed Fiscal Year 2025 Budget and Six-Year Capital Improvements Program was presented to the Town Council Tuesday night. The proposed General Fund budget totals $81.6 million. The entire proposed budget, including the General Fund, the Capital Projects Fund, and the Utilities Fund, is $157.8 million. The proposed budget does not recommend an increase in…

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Loudoun County corrects incorrect report about legislative program

February 15, 2024

Loudoun County Government is issuing a correction to a factually incorrect report by WJLA-TV and Channel 7 reporter Nick Minock published Feb. 12, 2024, to ensure the taxpayers of Loudoun have correct information regarding the county’s regular legislative program. The report incorrectly claimed that Loudon County hired a lobbyist at a cost of $156,000 to defeat Senate…

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