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Loudoun County has completed construction of a new 24-hour crisis center designed to provide immediate care to adults experiencing mental health and behavioral health emergencies, with the facility expected to open to the public in October. County officials, state and federal representatives and community members gathered Saturday, Sept. 19, for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the…
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger unveiled a sweeping plan Friday that could significantly change how data centers are approved, regulated and paid for across the Commonwealth, while signing an executive order that puts some portions of the initiative into motion immediately. The new Data Center Accountability Framework addresses local land-use authority, energy costs, water consumption, noise,…
By Valerie Cury
A 142-acre regional park and recreation complex planned just west of Purcellville returned to the Loudoun County Planning Commission on Sept. 17, where what began as a review of the county’s plans turned into a detailed examination of groundwater, wells, wastewater, traffic, athletic-field lighting and the intensity of placing one of the county’s largest recreational facilities in rural western Loudoun.
Gov. Abigail Spanberger has appointed former federal prosecutor Daniel Young as Virginia’s next State Inspector General, putting an attorney with a background in fraud and white-collar crime in charge of the office responsible for investigating fraud, waste and abuse in state government. Young most recently served as assistant general counsel at the Public Company Accounting…
Loudoun County will hold a community meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 6:30 p.m. at the Unison Store, 20181 Unison Road in Middleburg to discuss the development of design guidelines for a new historic overlay district proposed for the historic community. The Village of Unison was first settled around 1740 and was officially established as…
Leesburg Mayor Kelly Burk will host the Town’s next Meet the Mayor event on Wednesday, Sept. 16, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Gvino Wine Bar, 108 South Street SE, Suite 101, in Leesburg. The informal event gives residents and other community stakeholders an opportunity to speak directly with Burk, ask questions and share…
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors has approved more than $7 million in loans and pre-development funding for attainable rental housing projects in Ashburn and Middleburg. The Board approved a total of $7,070,124 for SCG Development and the Windy Hill Foundation at its July 22 meeting. The funding comes through Loudoun County’s Attainable Housing Loan…
A construction error associated with Loudoun County’s ongoing Rt. 7/690 interchange project caused the waterline break that left Purcellville residents and businesses under a boil water advisory this week. The waterline broke twice on Sept. 8 as work continued on the County interchange project. Town crews completed repairs to the first break on Tuesday afternoon…
By Valerie Cury Standing in front of an elementary school in the heart of Data Center Alley, U.S. Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10) delivered a blunt message Tuesday—Loudoun has reached a tipping point. The location of his Sept. 8 announcement was deliberate. Behind Subramanyam was Discovery Elementary School in Ashburn. Around it are data centers and…
Christina Grace Christina Grace grew up in Fredericksburg, Virginia, with a love of horses and an adventurous streak. She pursued nearly every equestrian sport she could find, even full-contact jousting. In the early 2000s, Grace was among the first women in the United States to successfully compete in the sport against an otherwise all-male field.…