Towns
By Valerie Cury At the end of an almost four-hour meeting, the Purcellville Planning Commissioners heard comments and reflections from Town Council Member Joel Grewe, who was invited to speak by Vice Chair Ed Neham at the commission’s April 15 meeting. Grewe was there to reiterate his comments at the Town Council meeting two days…
It’s been a year of mighty big challenges for all of our high school students, but things are looking up, especially for Woodgrove High School’s theater students, who are performing the musical Oklahoma! this month. First, they have theater teacher Addie Schafer Benko to thank for her grant-writing talents in landing Wolf Trap funding for…
In late April, the Blue Ridge Leader interviewed Purcellville Mayor Kwasi Fraser and here’s what he had to say about Purcellville’s future and its extraordinary promise. BRL: What’s next on moving the Town’s budget towards greater sustainability? Fraser: Well, we have accomplished a lot over the past six years to achieve fiscal sustainability. We have…
Out of the haze of proposed land swaps, buyouts of by-right developments, and sale of County-owned parcels for a commercial “gateway” to Western Loudoun, the futures of the historic villages of Aldie and St. Louis are beginning to take shape. With the overwhelming support of the region’s preservation and civic groups, the Board of Supervisors…
By Valerie Cury The Purcellville Town Council, on April 27, voted 3-3, with Council member Ted Greenly absent, on lowering the height in the downtown C-4 District. Vice Mayor Mary Jane Williams, and Council members Joel Grewe and Tip Stinnette voted against lowering the height limit from 45 feet and three stories, to 35 feet…
Deadline for submissions is July 15 The Leesburg Commission on Public Art and Friends of Leesburg Public Art are seeking design submissions for three murals that will be installed along the exterior of the Town Hall Parking Garage fronting Lassiter Way. The alley provides an ingress and egress to the Town Hall as well as…
More than 180 volunteers participated in the annual Town-wide Clean Up on Saturday and Sunday, March 20 and 21. Over the course of the two-day period, volunteers picked up 216 bags of trash and recycling throughout the Town of Purcellville. The grand total of everything collected was 2,100 pounds. This effort is conducted annually in partnership with Keep Loudoun…
By Valerie Cury At the March 17 Purcellville Town Council Special Meeting, Town Manager David Mekarski presented the Town’s Fiscal Year 2022 proposed budget of $22.4 million. This is a 7 percent increase over last year. The General Fund is proposed for $11.7 million – a 1 percent increase over last year. For Parks and…
It’s a story that would send a panic through any mother … as well as great relief. Imagine, this. You are taking a nice country walk with your sister and over the ridge you see what appears to be a cow, standing deep in a raven. Something seems wrong. What’s that cow doing there?, you…
By Valerie Cury The American Rescue Plan Act, also known as the COVID-19 Stimulus Package, will net Purcellville $9,250,037 as it stands today, but could be as low as $2.2 million. Loudoun County will be receiving $80,203,148. However, there might be a recalculation in the numbers. At the March 23 Purcellville Town Council Meeting, Council…