Government
Representatives from Kendig Keast Collaborative, the consultants leading the comprehensive rewrite of the Leesburg Zoning Ordinance, will host two open house-style meetings to present their proposed changes to the first half of the Zoning Ordinance on Wednesday, Feb. 14, and Thursday, Feb. 15. A third meeting covering the same topics, led by Town staff, has…
Loudoun County’s Employee Energy Challenge has been recognized by the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) as the 2023 Innovative Energy Project of the Year in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast region of the United States. Every month, Loudoun County employees have the opportunity to pledge to take action to help save energy. The actions are simple,…
By Valerie Cury For a third time since the council vote on Nov. 14, 2023, Council Member Chris Bertaut tried to get the majority of town council’s approval to remove the Northern Collector Road from the 2009 Purcellville Town Wide Transportation Plan. At the Jan. 23 Town Council Work Session, the new majority on council…
By Reed Carver The Board of Supervisors, at their Jan. 10 public hearing, deferred a decision for a zoning Special Exception for a new fire station in the rural historic village of Philomont. Earlier that night, the board considered a proposal for a new 18,800 sq. ft. Philomont Fire Station to be built on the…
By Valerie Cury On Jan. 4, while working on updating the zoning ordinance, the Purcellville Planning Commission said they have asked several times for legal opinions on three items. The commission has asked, through staff, for the town attorney to render the legal status of the Vineyard Square project, “and we have not heard a…
By Valerie Cury It is customary to appoint a new vice mayor every year for the Purcellville Town Council. At the Jan. 9 Purcellville Town Council Meeting Council Member Erin Rayner was appointed Vice Mayor for the year. The vote was 6-1 with then Vice Mayor Chris Bertaut voting no. “I just want to remind…
By Audrey Carpenter A current NextEra Energy senior attorney and former legal advisor to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Mark Christie was elected to the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) Jan. 24 by the Virginia General Assembly. Kelsey Bagot has been working for NextEra for 1.5 years. Prior to that she was the legal…
By Valerie Cury “I understand; and I hear you; and I feel you,” said Purcellville Mayor Stan Milan at the Jan. 23 Town of Purcellville Town Council Work Session before his – and a majority council yes vote – to vacate “a part of a plat on which is shown a 100-year flood plain easement.”…
Loudoun County is hosting a meeting to gain input from the public on the Rt. 50 corridor Feb. 15, in Aldie. The study corridor is approximately 14 miles of Rt. 50 from Northstar Boulevard to the Fauquier County line. The study will identify safety and operational issues and present recommended solutions. The Rt. 50 public input…
On Jan. 30, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Todd Young (R-IN) and U.S. Representatives Jen Kiggans (R-VA-3), Susan Wild (D-PA-7), Buddy Carter (R-GA-1), and Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to reauthorize the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, a comprehensive law…