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By Laura Longley It happens all the time: Someone decides they want to “improve” a place in western Loudoun—pave a scenic gravel road, turn a rural park into a lighted sportsplex, build a massive new house across from an 18th century Quaker meetinghouse. No sooner are these projects approved with a 5-4 vote of the…
Save the date – it’s that time of year again for the Purcellville Tag Sale. On Saturday, Oct.7 join the community for a day of fun, shopping, and deals. Oh, and treasures, too. Sign-up will end Monday, Oct. 2. The Purcellville Tag sale is perfect for the hunter, collector, picker, and hoarder in us all. The event starts bright and early…
Loudoun County Parks, Recreation and Community Services (PRCS) will hold the first of two community workshops on future improvements to Mickie Gordon Memorial Park on Thursday, August 31, 2023, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m., at the Middleburg Community Center, located at 300 West Washington Street, Middleburg. The workshops will include a brief presentation of existing…
By Valerie Cury At the Purcellville Town Council work session on July 25, developer Casey Chapman and his partners Sam Chapman and Aaron McCleary presented their vision for annexation of a 7.039-acre property they bought a year ago for $650,000, according to public records. The proposed project, called Cardinal Corner, is currently operating as Berlin…
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors has approved the awarding of the county’s annual Restricted Transient Occupancy Tax (RTOT) Tourism Grants for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 2024). RTOT grants are designed to support local tourism events and initiatives that drive visitors to Loudoun County. The county is awarding 14 grants totaling $180,832 for FY 2024. The recipients,…
Gov. Glenn Youngkin has announced, on July 13, that Fortreum, LLC, a Virginia-founded cloud computing and cybersecurity advisory company, will invest $125,000 to establish its headquarters in Loudoun County. The project will create 53 new jobs. “Fortreum’s decision to establish its headquarters in Loudoun County demonstrates the competitive advantage that Virginia offers tech companies advancing…
By Valerie Cury At the June 27 Purcellville Town Council Work Session, Michael Romeo with the Walsh Colucci firm, presented a plan called Valley Commerce Center. This plan envisions the rezoning of a 117.07-acre property on Purcellville Road from the current county zoning of 39 homes to 1.2 million square feet of industrial. Owner Chuck…
By Laura Longley On June 29, at the Middleburg American Legion Hall, a standing-room-only crowd of residents, officials, conservation leaders, and Loudoun County Cricket League members gathered to hear Loudoun Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Director Steve Torpy explain plans to develop passive 100-acre Mickie Gordon Memorial Park into a three-field championship cricket complex. The…
Loudoun County Parks, Recreation and Community Services will host a public meeting to address questions from the community and discuss the plans for the proposed improvements to Mickie Gordon Memorial Park on Thursday, June 29, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., at the American Legion building, 111 The Plains Road, Middleburg. Through the county’s legislative land use process, PRCS…
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) in introducing the Advancing Inclusion and Representation in the Workforce of Aviation and Transportation Systems Act to address the nation’s aviation workforce shortages by supporting the education, recruitment, and development of pilots, aviation maintenance workers, and aerospace manufacturing workers. Aviation workforce shortages can result in longer delays,…