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On a sunny and surprisingly warm March 26th near the end of Women’s History Month, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) arrived in Loudoun to visit Leesburg, Purcellville, and Round Hill and deliver a long-awaited message: With vaccinations and the new American Rescue Plan, relief is on the way for women in business. After meeting in Leesburg…
The Town of Leesburg’s 31st annual Flower & Garden Festival will take place on Saturday, April 17 and Sunday, April 18 at Ida Lee Park. Approximately 70 vendors are expected. Traditionally, the event has been held on the streets of historic downtown Leesburg. Due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, the event has been moved to Ida…
Loudoun County has scheduled more free, drive thru COVID-19 testing events through April. Testing events will be held on Tuesdays only, and end one hour earlier than the testing events held over the past two months. The new COVID-19 testing schedule is now Tuesdays, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the following locations: March 30: Franklin…
Loudoun County is home to the world’s largest concentration of data centers, and this Wednesday, Loudoun Economic Development is partnering with the Data Center Coalition and 7×24 Exchange DC to celebrate the impact and future of Data Center Alley. The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors recently passed a resolution to declare March 24 as International Data…
The Loudoun County Health Department continues to discourage non-essential travel at this time, particularly for spring break and upcoming holidays, to slow the spread of COVID-19 and limit the potential of bringing variant forms of the coronavirus back into the community. “While we have been vaccinating more and more people each week, we are also…
Loudoun County has reached a significant milestone in the construction of the new Loudoun County District Courthouse. The County held a Topping Out Ceremony on Monday, March 22, at the construction site in Leesburg. The ceremony—a tradition in construction—symbolizes the completion of structural steel installation, which is marked by invited guests signing the final steel beam…
Creative construction approach allows cancellation of approved 30-day full road closure, progress permits return to two-way traffic patterns during final utility phase—two months ahead of schedule. The Town of Hillsboro announced today that its ReThink9 Traffic-Calming and Pedestrian Safety Project no longer requires a planned springtime 30-day full road closure and that limited two-way traffic…
As of March 19, the Loudoun County Health Department will begin expanding COVID-19 vaccination opportunities to all Virginia Department of Health Phase 1b priority groups, which include people 65 years of age, people 16-64 years of age with high-risk medical conditions, and eleven categories of front-line essential workers. The first appointments for people in the expanded 1b…
After a pandemic year in which Loudoun Economic Development attracted $6.78 billion in new commercial investment and generated more than 3,500 jobs, Executive Director Buddy Rizer has been named one of Virginia Business’ 50 most influential Virginians for 2021. “Loudoun’s economic development leader is also the self-styled ‘Godfather of Data Center Alley,’ reflecting the fact…
By Valerie Cury In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Virginia General Assembly last year passed a bill which extends the approval date of site plans. But the bill didn’t take effect until March 1, 2021. It appears that developers had lobbied for this change, which was introduced by Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. (D-6) in bill…