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By Valerie Cury At the end of the July 23 Purcellville Town Council Work Session Council Member Caleb Stought asked Mayor Stan Milan to add a presentation by Casey Chapman of his revised proposal for the Vineyard Square Project to the September council agenda. The request was made even though the same presentation had already…
By Reed Carver Greenlin Park, a potential data center, was discussed by the Planning Commission on May 28. The 81.17-acre property is owned by Chuck Kuhn through JK Land Holdings. It is located south of Leesburg, on the west side of Sycolin Road. Shreve Mill Road and the Dulles Greenway make up the other borders…
By Valerie Cury At its July 9 Purcellville Town Council meeting an update was provided on the Chuck Kuhn Valley Commerce Center annexation/boundary line adjustment proposal. At the council’s work session on July 23, the council’s majority voted to continue the annexation/boundary line adjustment process to further enter into discussions with the applicant. In a…
By Reed Carver The problem, and proposed solution Arcola was an agricultural region that is now changing rapidly. Rezonings as far back as 2014 began to shift the area from farming to industrial/data centers uses. These trends have sandwiched the neighborhood along one-lane gravel road Hiddenwood Lane between data centers, soon to be built data…
The Leesburg Town Council approved rezoning and special exception applications for Chuck Kuhn’s Westpark Tech development at its meeting on July 23. The site fronts Clubhouse Drive and is surrounded on three sides by open space owned by Loudoun County. The property is the former site of the Westpark Hotel and Golf Club. By-right development…
Virginia’s general fund revenues ended fiscal year 2024 $1.2 billion over the official revenue forecast. For the full fiscal year, overall general fund revenue collections grew 5.5 percent, well above the 1.3 percent increase assumed in the official forecast. The official forecast incorporated $525 million of excess revenues received through April, and $22 million of…
Late July, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) delivered a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives to recognize Disability Pride Month, celebrated each July. Wexton utilized her new AI voice model for the first time on the House floor to share how she has fought throughout her career for disability rights and accessibility issues,…
Gov. Glenn Youngkin has announced the release of the federally approved Virginia Initial Proposal Volume 2 that will enable Virginia to access its allocation of $1.48 billion through the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program under the National Telecommunications and Information Administration federal Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act. This approval puts the Commonwealth firmly on…
Gov. Glenn Youngkin has announced that according to BLS’ Current Employment Statistics Survey (“CES” or “establishment survey”), Virginia reported non-farm payroll employment gains of 15,000 in the month of June, totaling 258,000 more jobs since January 2022. According to BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics (“LAUS”, or “the household survey”), Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remainedunchanged…
Gov. Glenn Youngkin has announced that the Virginia 250 Preservation Fund has been launched ahead of the 250th anniversary of the 1776 U.S. Declaration of Independence. The Department of Historic Resources will administer the $20,000,000 state funds for historic preservation projects across Virginia. Funding for this new program was prioritized in Governor Youngkin’s recent biennial…