Government
By Valerie Cury At the March 14 Purcellville Town Council meeting, the Council voted 5-2 to rescind their Feb. 28 vote to approve the County’s proposal for a park and ride lot with 250 plus spaces on the 230-acre Fields Farm property, which houses Mountain View Elementary School and Woodgrove High School. The vote was…
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors has approved a budget totaling approximately $4.2 billion in total appropriations for the general county government and school system for Fiscal Year 2024. The adopted budget includes a real property tax rate of $0.875 cents per $100 in assessed value for tax year 2023, which is one-and-a-half cents lower…
Gov. Glenn Youngkin will lead his first international trade mission to Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea in April. Youngkin and the Virginia delegation will visit: Tapei City, Taiwan and Tokyo, Japan and Seoul, South Korea from April 24 through April 29. There, Youngkin will meet with the President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen, government officials, strategic…
Loudoun County offers residents opportunities to get involved in local government by serving on a variety of boards, committees and commissions. Board of Zoning Appeals Loudoun County is seeking applicants to serve on the Board of Zoning Appeals. There is one opening for an alternate member whose term would begin immediately upon appointment by the…
Loudoun County is offering new professional development opportunities for local nonprofit organizations on multiple dates in April and May 2023. The free training, titled Data Management Best Practices Series, aims to help nonprofits collect, manage and present data to successfully apply for and implement grants. This informational and educational series of in-person and online training is…
The Leesburg Town Council has authorized a remediation study for the Liberty Street parking lot. The study will evaluate soil conditions of the property, which was previously used as a municipal dump during the mid-20 th century. The remediation study will investigate and characterize the material contained beneath the pavement in the former dump site. The…
On March 31, Gov. Glenn Youngkin and First Lady Suzanne S. Youngkin announced the donation of his first-quarter salary to the Good News Jail and Prison Ministry, an organization dedicated to supplying faith-based resources for jails and prisons in the Commonwealth of Virginia and worldwide. At the Prince William County Adult Detention Center, Governor Youngkin maintained his…
The Town of Middleburg will hold a Land Planning Summit, “Loudoun Together: A Strategy for Our Future,” on April 11 at Salamander Resort & Spa, located at 500 N. Pendleton St., Middleburg, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets for the day are $25 with all proceeds going to Seven Loaves Services. Breakfast and lunch are included in…
Budget maintains real estate tax rate at 17.74 cents per $100 of assessed value. The Leesburg Town Council has adopted the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget and Six-Year Capital Improvements Program. The $159.1 million budget takes effect July 1, the start of Fiscal Year The entire proposed budget, including the General Fund, the Capital Projects Fund,…
The Leesburg Utilities Department recently released the Town’s Water Quality Report for 2022. The full report can be viewed on the Town website at www.leesburgva.gov/waterqualityreport. In 2022, Leesburg met or exceeded all of the Environmental Protection Agency’s water quality standards. “Every year, the dedication of our Water Supply Division employees to providing our customers with safe,…