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Gun Laws, Driver Privilege Cards Dominate General Assembly Town Hall Meeting

BY RENSS GREENE

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Bills in the General Assembly this year would give localities the power to move war monuments on local public land, such as Leesburg’s Conderate monument

Loudoun Supervisors Move on ‘Path to Freedom’ Plans

BY RENSS GREENE

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Uncertainty around a bill that could give Loudoun County leaders authority to move war monuments has given some supervisors pause about plans for a series of new installations on the courthouse grounds to tell the story of slavery and the civil rights struggle in Loudoun.

Under current state law, Loudoun County government cannot move or disturb war memorials on its locally owned public land—notably including the Con-

federate soldier statue on the Loudoun County courthouse lawn.

In 2017, County Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) pushed unsuccessfully to ask the state for local authority to move war monuments. Supervisors voted that down 4-1-1, with current supervisors Koran T. Saines (D-Sterling) and Kristen C. Umstattd (D-Leesburg) in support and Tony R. Buffington

State Sen. Jennifer B. Boysko (D-33) and Del. Wendy W. Gooditis (D-10) came back from Richmond for a standing-room-only town hall in Leesburg on Saturday, an event which was mostly dominated by talk about proposed new gun laws and a proposed driver privilege card.

Both sides of the Leesburg Town Council chamber were packed with people—on one side, holding signs in support of creating a driver privilege card conferring the same privileges as a typical driver’s license to those unable to establish a legal presence in the United States. The card requires a driving exam, but does not function as a voter ID. On the other side and throughout the room, people had come to speak against new gun laws moving through the General Assembly this year. Retired law enforcement officer Mike Taylor said, like many retiring cops, he bought his service weapon upon retiring.

“The laws that you are proposing passing are going to make my firearm an assault weapon. … So, you’re going to make me a felon for carrying the firearm that I carried for 26 years on the job,” Taylor said. He also said he has twice had to evacuate his family because of threats from a person he arrested: “If this idiot red flags me, you’ve taken away the ability for me and my family to protect our home, and again, I become another criminal, you subjugate my rights.”

Two laws in particular have drawn the ire of guns rights activists this year. One would expand the definition of an “assault firearm” under state law and makes it a Class 6 felony to import, sell, transfer, manufacture, purchase, possess or transport one.

The bill would define an assault firearm as a semi-automatic pistol or rifle with a fixed magazine capacity of more than 10 rounds, or that accepts a detachable magazine, and that meets one of a number of other characteristics, such as a folding stock, grenade launcher, or silencer. It also makes it a misdemeanor to import or sell any magazine designed to hold more

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Chamber Honors Top Community Leaders

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Former Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter discussing Michael Bloomberg’s campaign strategy with Leesburg Mayor Kelly Burk at the Leesburg Diner on Jan. 27.

Bloomberg Campaign Makes First Loudoun Pitch to Leesburg Leaders

BY NORMAN K. STYER nstyer@loudounnow.com

Voters in Iowa and New Hampshire are getting most of the attention from almost all of the Democratic hopefuls in the 2020 presidential race, but Michael Bloomberg is looking beyond those contests.

On Monday, his top campaign representative was in Leesburg laying the groundwork for, he hopes, a Virginia victory on Super Tuesday.

Former Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter is the national political chairman of Bloomberg’s campaign. On Monday, he stopped in at the Leesburg Diner to meet around the breakfast table with Mayor Kelly Burk, Vice Mayor Marty Martinez and Councilman Neil Steinberg, along with Leesburg Diner owner Michael O’Conner and Leesburg entrepreneurs Ara Bagdasarian and Carmen Felder.

The visit was part of the campaign’s boots-onthe-ground strategy to make connections with—and hopefully win support from—local community leaders ahead of Virginia’s March 3 Democratic primary.

Loudoun has been a key stomping ground in presidential campaigns over the past two decades.

While Nutter’s visit marks the first for a campaign during the current election cycle, it isn’t likely to be the last. Four years ago, Donald J. Trump, Hilary Clinton, Marco Rubio, and Ben Carson all made campaign stops here. Trump held two Loudoun rallies. Since 1932, Loudoun County has been a bell-

wether of Virginia’s presidential elections; the candidates who won here have taken the commonwealth’s Electoral College votes since FDR was elected for his first term.

In laying out Bloomberg’s qualifications, Nutter stressed not just his political experience as a threeterm mayor of the nation’s largest city, but also his success in business, his commitment to philanthropy and his engineer’s approach to problem solving.

“Mike Bloomberg can go into virtually any city or state and in many countries around the world and see the impact of his work,” Nutter said.

Nutter said that during Bloomberg’s time leading New York City, the homicide rate was cut as he fought illegal guns and promoted gun safety, graduation rates increased, and the city’s carbon footprint was reduced.

“This is the kind of work that we’re talking about that someone did in their city, but now wants to scale that up across the United States of America and lead the way to restore the United States to a level of prominence and respect that has been diminished the last three years by the current occupant of the White House,” Nutter said. “Many of our allies are trying to figure out where the United States of America is, while the current occupant of the White House stands with dictators and murderers. People are wondering about the leadership of the United States.”

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The Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce put the spotlight on some top community leaders and celebrated its own change of leadership during its annual meeting dinner Friday night at the National Conference Center.

The Community Leadership Award program was created to honor individuals and organizations that have demonstrated exemplary levels community engagement to positively impact the quality of life in the county and to serve the needs of its residents.

Five awards were presented during the program. Jimmy Olevson, of MainStreet Bank, was presented with the Executive Leader Award; Jennifer Montgomery, of Loudoun Hunger Relief, won in the Nonprofit Executive category; Katie Barchas Wilson, of The Market Group, was selected as the Young Professional Community Leader; The Zone in Ashburn won in the small organization category; and Falcon Heating & Air Conditioning won the large organization category.

Winners in each category will have the opportunity to select a nonprofit to receive a $1,000 grant through the Community Foundation of Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties.

The event also featured the passing of the gavel from outgoing Chamber Chairwoman Lisa Kimball, of the Arc of Loudoun, to Stacey Metcalfe, of Inova Loudoun Hospital.

Some of the award winners offered challenges to the crowd of business leaders gathered for the event.

“I want you to do three things this year. Figure out what you love and care about. Number two, go on Google and find an organization that loves and cares about the same things CHAMBER AWARDS continues on page 42

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Jennifer Montgomery of Loudoun Hunger Relief was presented with the Nonprofit Executive Leadership during the Loudoun Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting Jan. 17 at the National Conference Center.

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New Loudoun Water Directors Elected; Mitchel Leaves Board

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Town mayors and county supervisors meet at SideBar in Leesburg on Wednesday, Jan. 22.

Town Mayors Host Meeting for Loudoun Supervisors

BY RENSS GREENE

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The Coalition of Loudoun Towns, an organization of the county’s seven town mayors, told county supervisors about their top priorities for the next four years during an informal reception at SideBar in Leesburg last Wednesday night.

And as county leaders launch into rewriting the zoning ordinances this term, the mayors told supervisors they don’t have four years to act on the threats facing western Loudoun.

Middleburg Mayor Bridge Littleton told supervisors that zoning regulations that allow more intense development by-right if it is clustered in a smaller area, while originally designed to protect open space, is in fact posing a threat to countryside preservation.

“What’s actually happening is, it’s accelerating the destruction of open space, because you take the unbuildable land, you put it in open space, you take all that density, you cluster it on the open space,” Littleton said, adding: “When you talk to the Farm Bureau, it’s one of the things that they say is actually accelerating the loss of arable land.”

Leesburg Mayor Kelly Burk said the previous

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board’s change to longstanding policy in the Joint Land Management Area around Leesburg last year highlighted a problem with communication. Some supervisors, worried that the town was chasing off business prospects with its high out-of-town water and sewer fees and rates, gave Loudoun Water the first chance at offering service to new development in that area, rather than the Town of Leesburg.

“If you’re looking at making a change, if you’re mad about something, if you don’t think we’re doing something right, you need to talk to us rather than change a policy where we have no input, and it has dramatic impacts on the residents of our towns, who are also Loudoun County taxpayers,” Burk said. “…The big thing we want is to not have that ever happen again, that something changes without the input of the towns that affects the towns.”

Round Hill Mayor Scott Ramsey said the county’s ordinance allowing co-housing is “pretty much shaping up to be a loophole in the zoning ordinance, and it’s one that showing up now in several applications in the west.”

“It’s going to take two or three years for you to revise your zoning ordinance,” Ramsay said. “I COLT MEETING continues on page 5

Loudoun supervisors last week elected three members to four-year terms on the Board of Directors of Loudoun Water, which operates the water and sewer systems in eastern Loudoun and some rural communities.

Seven individuals applied for three open seats.

The board saw notable change: 20-year director and 12-year Finance Committee Mitchell chairman Leonard “Hobie” Mitchel was not reappointed, one of only two applicants to receive no votes from supervisors.

Mitchel has also served on other boards in Loudoun, Fairfax, and at the state level. He is also the developer behind familiar developments like South Riding, Lansdowne on the Potomac, Crescent Place and Crescent Park.

Another longtime member, Jim Bonfils, will return, winning six votes, from the board’s three Republicans and three Democrats. He has served and continues to serve on many county boards, including a stint as the Broad Run District supervisor, appointed to finish the final months of former Supervisor Shawn Williams’ term, who had resigned after his arrest for assault.

One new face, Keith Moody, was appointed unanimously. He is the co-founder and president of government contractor LinkVisum Consulting Group, which in 2011 Inc. Magazine ranked the 193rd-fastest growing private company. He has also worked at other consulting firms like Booz Allen Hamilton, and previously volunteered as a basketball coach in the former Two Ridges Basketball League, now the Ashburn Youth Basketball League.

And Anjiline Sirsikar, another new face, was appointed with five votes, all Democrats. She lists among her experience work on the Flint, MI water crisis on a project sponsored by George Mason University. She works at healthcare consulting and information technology company Cognosante. n

Randall Adds New Closed Session Affirmations

BY RENSS GREENE

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Loudoun County supervisors will now individually affirm that they have followed the rules governing closed-door meetings after those meetings end, County Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) announced last Tuesday.

“I’m going to ask for each of you individually, from here on out for the rest of term, to affirm individually on a roll call vote that nothing happened in closed session but what we went into closed session for,” Randall told supervisors before a closed session.

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COLT meeting continued from page 4 don’t think you have two or three years to get on top of the co-housing issue. We’ve got several applications from people coming in basically claiming, hey, I meet this definition. you have no regulations for co-housing.”

The most recent county zoning ordinance—of the three currently governing various parcels of land in the county—defines co-housing as “a residential arrangement on the site of an active agricultural, horticultural or animal husbandry operation consisting of more than one individually owned dwelling unit and extensive common facilities, such as a large dining room, kitchen, lounges, meeting rooms, recreation areas, library, workshops, childcare, laundry, greenhouse, or other facilities for use by the organized group of residents living in the co-housing who participate in the planning, design, ongoing management and maintenance of the residential arrangement and in the routine activities of household living.” It is permitted by-right in agricultural districts.

And Hillsboro Mayor Roger Vance, also the new appointee to the Loudoun County Planning Commission, said the county needs to implement Transfer of Development Rights and Purchase of Development Rights programs, which would allow landowners to sell the development rights from their land to other private entities or the county government, permanently protecting that land from development while allowing them to profit from the land’s development potential.

“I think we’re approaching a critical period where we are in danger of losing some of these heritage farms,” Vance said.

“The most impactful parts of our visitor

economy, our rural economy, they really are dependent on maintaining the context in which they exist.” And he, too, said supervisors don’t have until the county finishes rewriting its zoning ordinances—a years-long process—to tackle those issues.

They did not get the chance to talk to the full Board of Supervisors. County Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) and Supervisors Kristen C. Umstattd (D-Leesburg), Caleb A. Kershner (R-Catoctin) and Michael R. Turner (D-Ashburn) attended. Supervisor Tony R. Buffington (R-Blue Ridge), whose district includes Middleburg, Round Hill, HIllsboro and most of Purcellville, passed along his regrets for being unable to attend due to work.

Randall told the mayors “the towns are such an important part of the county, and we can’t do this without you, and we shouldn’t try to do this without you.”

“When I think of what went well last term and what I want to do better, what I want to do better is talk to the towns more,” Randall said. “What I want to do better is join the east and the west more and I think this is how we do that, and just have a larger focus on having these relationships.” She said while she has relationships with mayors individually, “not all of the boards have good relationships, and that’s what has to happen.”

And she agreed there are some issues that cannot wait until the new zoning ordinance is expected to come to the Board of Supervisors for review in July 2021.

Littleton said, “the county’s and the towns’ mutual success is success for everybody,” and that town leaders would be both a thorn in the side and partners for the county board.

“I may be the mayor of Middleburg, but I care deeply about Loudoun as whole as well, as we all do,” Littleton said. n

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Randall Extends Appointments Olive Branch to Republicans

BY RENSS GREENE rgreene@loudounnow.com

County Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) has said that, despite the solid two-thirds Democratic majority on the Board of Supervisors, she will vote to make a third of the board’s advisory committee appointments Republican nominees.

Appointments to the county’s advisory commissions and committees and other boards are nominally nonpartisan, but Randall said during the last term, the Democrat minority had trouble getting appointments through.

“If there was one thing that I thought didn’t go well last time, it was that the people who were sitting at that time in the minority party, which were three of us, had a very hard time getting our confirmations or nominees through at all,” Randall said.

“In fact, when I went back and checked, in four years, if there was a vote, I only got one of my nominees through in four years.”

She said that was Bernard Mustafa, an at-large appointee to the Economic Development Authority, who now serves as its vice chairman. Randall nominated him to his first term on the authority in 2016. He was competing with another Democrat’s nomination, Alfonso Nevarez, nominated

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sel on ongoing lawsuits, discussing real estate negotiations, or giving the county attorney and county administrator performance reviews. Before entering closed session, supervisors must cite the specific exemption to open meetings rules allowing them to do so and hold a vote. Supervisors cannot take official action in closed session, and upon leaving closed session, must also vote to certify they took no official action behind closed doors.

Now they will also individually affirm the rules governing closed sessions, such as only discussing the topic of the closed session, were followed.

On Jan. 8, supervisors unanimously adopted a new provision in their rules of order dictating that if a supervisor discloses information from the closed sessions, the board may vote either reassert the claim

pointments, but nonetheless require a majority vote from the full board. For at-large appointments, when more nominations are made than there are seats open, supervisors vote on who to nominate and confirm. Such contests are relatively rare.

“I have decided that going forward, at least one-third of all the people that I vote for will be nominees from people that my Republican colleagues put forward,” Randall said. “At my installation, I looked at Mr. [Caleb A.] Kershner (R-Catoctin) and I said to him, your voice matters and I want to hear our voice. Well, those nominees are basically an extension of their voices, so if now the majority party stops the minority party’s people from going through, you stop their voices.”

With Randall and three Republicans behind them, those nominees will need to garner one more Democrat vote to win a five-vote majority necessary to be appointed.

“I just think it’s the right thing to do, and quite frankly not a single one of us won a vote by 100 percent of all voters, not a single one of us, which means that all the constituents have to be heard, and their voice is the voice of the supervisors put forward,” Randall said.

Randall deferred confirming any new appointments until the board’s next meeting Feb. 4, except for the Loudoun Water Board of Directors. n that that was privileged information, or to formally release that information publicly.

The new rule for the first time also raises the possibility of sanctioning or censuring a member who provides “improper disclosure” of that information.

After the new rule caused a social media stir, Randall called reporting on the change “misleading,” saying the Board of Supervisors is “an incredibly, incredibly transparent body, but there are times when we can’t do things in the open, so we don’t.”

County Attorney Leo Rogers said the new rules are necessary to protect the county’s claim to attorney-client privilege in the case of a lawsuit.

Most Board of Supervisors meetings include a closed session, often for consulting with legal counsel or discussing real estate acquisitions. Following the closed session Tuesday to consult with legal counsel, each supervisor did affirm the rules had been followed. n

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Leesburg

Council, Commission Receive Update on Town Plan Progress

BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ krodriguez@loudounnow.com

Members of the Town Council and Leesburg Planning Commission were briefed Monday night on the progress of a comprehensive rewrite of the Town Plan.

The document is in the hands of consultants hired by the town to guide the process following an extensive public outreach process that kicked off last summer. The consultant team includes Matt Noonkester, of City Explained, who led the discussion Monday, and staff from Stantec.

“This is a really unique opportunity for all of us,” Noonkester said. “The Town Plan is one of those rare opportunities for you to be a visionary, [to] think big and bold.”

“A lot of fingerprints have been on this planning process,” Noonkester said in recognition of those who have participated in sharing their feedback on the comprehensive plan revisions, through either the days-long design charette, an On the Table discussion, online surveys, focus groups, or last summer’s community engagement workshop. More opportunities for public participation are planned in the coming months.

Noonkester noted that much of what the consultant team has come up with thus far has come directly from the public’s and the council’s feedback. The “community fingerprints,” or areas of direct influence in the document, included a focus on attracting jobs to the town; offering a variety of housing choices; a diversified development strategy; and maintaining Leesburg’s small town character, among others. The need to retain Leesburg’s character, despite it now being the commonwealth’s largest town, was a point stressed over so frequently that the consultant team intends to have a statement of character at the beginning of the final document, he said.

“One of the most common things I hear from people

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Matt Noonkester, of City Explained, leads Leesburg planning commissioners and Town Council members through an overview of the work undertaken so far in a comprehensive rewrite to the Town Plan.

is keep the character of the town,” Mayor Kelly Burk concurred. “Even though it’s a big town, keep that small-town feel.”

Several council members and commissioners noted the somewhat competing interests before the town. While residents and elected leaders desire a reliable and efficient transportation network, adding more jobs and residents to the almost-built-out town can make that a lofty aspiration.

“We talk about the trajectory of Leesburg. Economic development is huge for us, we always say we want more and I don’t disagree,” Councilwoman Suzanne Fox said.

“We also say we want more affordable housing and to deal with transportation and traffic. We also want open space.

Those four things to me are mutually exclusive. How do you reconcile that?”

On jobs, Commissioner David Faliskie said the council needs to be specific when it says it wants more jobs in town

to avoid just getting more retail and restaurant uses, and instead target particular industries it wants in Leesburg.

Acknowledging Leesburg’s diverse resident base— from young professionals to retirees and everything in between—and their equally diverse needs, Noonkester suggested the consultant team look at using a tool from a previous project in Maine. In that instance, the consultant team developed a “five faces” profile, to capture the needs of certain segments of the population as it relates to things like jobs, housing, and transportation.

“Then you’ll start to see how people survive or thrive in the community, and how that can influence the decisions you make,” he said.

Noonkester said consultants also plan to employ more of a “playbook mentality” to the Town Plan document.

“Ten or 15 years ago we’d give you a list of recommendations that we’d call a blueprint, but if one thing changed everything would unravel and not work. Now we write plans more like playbooks. What your core values are, what do you want to do, but also a little opportunistic so when someone comes in with a great idea you can listen, and you’re not so rigid. It doesn’t box you in so you can take advantage of those opportunities,” he said.

Noonkester also provided a draft vision statement for the plan, which drew on many of the themes shared by both the public and council members, who were each given the task by Burk of drafting their own vision statements.

Six draft guiding principles were also shared, which drew on the desire for green space, a vibrant economy, and mobility throughout town, to name a few.

Although final adoption of a new Town Plan is a ways away, Noonkester warned the council that the final product will not be rife with easy answers, given the town’s growth history. But he was optimistic about the outcome, given the amount of participation in its creation.

“This will be a plan full of shared wins,” he predicted. n

Town Attorney Review Held Despite Closed-Session Objections

BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ

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The employment status of Leesburg’s town attorney remained uncertain following at Town Council closed session Monday night and continuing fallout from a controversial letter to the editor submitted last week.

The Town Council emerged from a closed session Monday evening for Barbara Notar’s performance evaluation, taking no action. Town Manager Kaj Dentler said an additional closed session was planned Tuesday night to continue her annual evaluation and to address the conduct of council members who brought the council’s friction over Notar’s performance review to public light.

Last week, a statement signed by Mayor

Kelly Burk, Vice Mayor Marty Martinez and Councilman Neil Steinberg ignited a firestorm of controversy when they alleged that their four council counterparts were conspiring to termiNotar nate their town attorney. The three alleged, in a letter shared with Loudoun Now, that council members Suzanne Fox, Josh Thiel, Ron Campbell and Tom Dunn were unhappy with Notar’s legal handling of both the Graydon Manor project and the boundary line adjustment process with the county and that they intended to vote to terminate her contract. Fox, Thiel, Campbell and Dunn in

turn have slammed their colleagues for airing a personnel matter in the public sphere.

Annually both the town attorney and town manager, the only two positions in Leesburg government hired directly by the Town Council, have performance evaluations in a closed session meeting with the council. Typically following a closed session, the council votes to approve a new contract for that employee, usually with a pay raise or bonus of some sort.

Notar’s performance evaluation closed session Monday night lasted about an hour and was immediately preceded by another lengthy closed meeting dealing with pending litigation on the town/county boundary line adjustment. Dentler said the town has hired outside legal counsel, attorney Martin Crim, to represent the town during Notar’s

evaluation. Crim was present during Monday’s meeting.

After concluding the closed session, the council passed the required motions acknowledging that only matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements were discussed. However, on the closed session regarding Notar’s evaluation Dunn dissented.

“We went into the [closed session] meeting to discuss certain areas of the town attorney’s evaluation. There were some other items [raised], while somewhat related, that were related to other issues dealing with action by council members in a public forum and letters going to the paper,” he said.

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A Leesburg resident whose political career began in his Ohio hometown has his sights set on a seat on the council dais of his new home.

Zach Cummings, a four-year town resident who lives in the Greenway Farms neighborhood, has filed paperwork to run for one of the three Town Council seats on November’s ballot.

If elected, it wouldn’t be his first political rodeo. Cummings ran for—and won— his first council seat in his hometown of Dover, OH in 2005 at just 23 years old.

“I was born and raised there so I felt like I wanted to give back to the community that gave me so much,” he said. It was a steep learning curve, Cummings acknowledged.

“I was 23; I hadn’t really gone out and experienced much, other than going away for college. I learned very quickly [a council position] is not as sexy as you think,” he recalled.

Cummings said he learned a lot from his first political stint, serving almost all of his four-year term before resigning to take a job out of the area. Now, with his family settled in Leesburg, he is looking to serve again.

“What drew me to Leesburg was the sense of community I felt,” he said. “It mimicked to me what I grew up with. To be able to give my son that same community feel in an era where that community feel isn’t everywhere, that is pretty special to my wife and myself. Part of enjoying that community feel and being part of that community is stepping up to serve.

That’s one of the reasons I wanted to run for Town Council. I feel that my fresh perspective is needed on council.”

He said the need for a fresh face was made even more evident by the events that transpired this week, with three council members accusing the other four of a hidden agenda in moving to terminate the town attorney’s employment.

“I don’t think you have to be friends, but can disagree without being disagreeable,” Cummings said.

At the top of his list of priorities if elected is economic development. He pointed to his background as a Realtor, following a previous career in political fundraising, as being an asset in this area.

“We need elected officials who are able to market and sell Leesburg because we’ve got to balance this burden between

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Focusing not only on attracting new businesses to locate in Leesburg, while understanding the challenges of a mostly built-out town, and also ensuring continued success for existing businesses is a good two-pronged approach, he said.

Cummings also pointed to the need for smart growth and development, as well as ensuring continued viability of the water and sewer utility system, as big priorities.

On the former, Cummings acknowledged that many will look at his career choice and assume he will be beholden to residential developers.

“A lot of people are going to think I’ll want every residential development to go up. What I can tell you is home values are related to the new development happening around them. A bunch of new houses won’t necessarily raise property values.

You have to really balance this development. Ultimately my job as a member of Town Council is to protect the taxpayers of Leesburg, keep property taxes low.

That’s why I want to focus my efforts when we talk about development on true revenue-generating development which is commercial versus residential,” he said.

Cummings has not yet set a date for his campaign kick-off, but said it will likely occur sometime after the March 3 presidential primary. For more information on his campaign, go to facebook.com/ZachCummingsforLeesburg.

The seats held by council members Ron Campbell, Josh Thiel and Tom Dunn will be on the ballot in November. None have publicly announced whether they intend to run again. Mayor Kelly Burk is also up for re-election and has confirmed she will be on the ballot. The filing deadline to run for one of the four seats is June 9. n

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Photos posted online show the truck, with a fake mounted machine gun, parked in the Woodlea neighborhood in Leesburg.

Man Arrested on Leesburg Porch with Knife, Fake Machine Gun

BY RENSS GREENE

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A 29-year old man was arrested in the early hours Monday morning after being found lying down, holding a knife on a front porch in the Woodlea neighborhood of Leesburg.

According to social media postings

by School Board member Beth Barts, the man parked a large black truck with a fake, military-style machine gun mounted to the roof on the street in the Woodlea neighborhood. Video from a surveillance camera, posted online, shows the man approaching the front porch, lying down on the porch, and eventually reaching up to ring the doorbell. According to social media, he was carrying a 6-inch knife and wearing body armor.

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Barts said she asked for the truck to be towed away, but police determined it is legally parked and that the weapon was fake. Drogin confirmed it was not a real gun.

Barts said she has since covered the fake gun, out of concern for students getting off the bus.

“Several of us were very concerned that children were going to be getting off the school bus and see it right there, and it’s very real-looking unless you know what you’re looking at,” Barts said. n

A former Northern Virginia resident pleaded guilty on Jan. 24 to distribution of heroin that resulted in the death of a Leesburg man in March 2016.

According to court documents, John Jacob Stapleton, 33, who most recently resided in Fort Pierce, FL, regularly obtained illegal opioids from suppliers that he and others distributed to customers within Loudoun County and the greater Washington, DC Metropolitan area. In March 2016, Stapleton distributed heroin that resulted in the death of a former Loudoun County resident.

A forensic toxicologist determined that the victim’s blood and vitreous humor each contained a combination of morphine and 6-acetylmorhpine, and a forensic pathologist determined the death was caused by heroin poisoning.

Further investigation by law enforcement officials revealed that the victim overdosed on heroin that another individual obtained directly from Stapleton.

Stapleton pleaded guilty to distribution of heroin resulting in serious bodily injury and death. He faces a sentence of 20 years to life in federal prison. Sentencing is scheduled for April 17.

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Sheriff’s Office Investigates Sterling Exxon Robbery The Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office is investigating the robbery of the Exxon station located on Glenn Drive in Sterling early Sunday morning.

According to the report, a man entered the convenience store around 3:19 a.m. on Jan. 26 and attempted to purchase cigarettes. The clerk asked for his identification and the man implied he had a weapon, threatened the clerk and demanded cash. The suspect left the store with an undisclosed amount of cash.

The suspect was described as a black male, late teens to early 20s, approximately 6-feet tall, with a heavy build.

He was wearing a blue lightweight jacket, grey running type pants, a grey and black stocking cap, a grey patterned scarf covering the lower portion of the face, grey running shoes with neon green or yellow laces and black and red gloves. Detectives have released a video surveillance still of the suspect.

There were no injuries reported during the incident.

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Burglars Steal Safe at Dog Money Restaurant

BY RENSS GREENE rgreene@loudounnow.com

Burglars smashed through a glass door into Dog Money Restaurant late Monday night or early Tuesday morning, making off with a heavy safe and likely not much else.

The burglars appeared to head straight for an office in the back of the building, leaving most of the restaurant undisturbed. There, they hauled away a safe with, according to co-owners Dean Lake and Tim Regan, very little money inside.

Restaurants, they said, do very little cash business now—and little cash is kept in the safe overnight. The safe also contained some business papers. And, Lake said, from a thief ’s point of view, there “probably couldn’t be a worse night than Monday night to do it.”

“This will have no lasting impact,” Lake said. “For me, the saddest thing about this is having to turn away some of our regular customers for lunch today. Sorry that they couldn’t come in and have lunch and we weren’t able to open until 1:30 p.m., but

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even that, on the scale of things—it’s two and a half hours of lost opening time on a Tuesday.”

Regan said the burglary bothered him more because it felt like a “violation.”

“There’s a lot of sort of personal stuff,” Regan said. “I end up spending a lot of time here at work—that’s the nature of the business—which means my kids end up here with me.”

The door to the office is hung with doodles from his children.

“I have eight-year-old twins, and so they do little drawings and stuff for me at school and stuff, and they hang them up,” Regan said. “It’s kind of a violation. It’s a little more personal to me, I think.”

And, Regan said, he had tried to move the safe before to clean out behind it—”it’s impossible. I thought it was anchored to the floor, but I guess it’s not. I’ve tried with all my might, tried to pull it, and I couldn’t move it.”

“I’m curious what it would cost to have somebody move a safe for you, and I think it might be as much or more than was in the safe,” Lake said.

Leesburg Police Department Public Information Officer Michael Drogin confirmed the burglary happened between 10 p.m. Monday night and 9 a.m. Tuesday morning, and that an undisclosed amount of cash, business documents, and a large safe were taken. Detectives were on the scene Tuesday morning investigating.

Lake complimented Leesburg police on their quick and thorough response.

“I’m very grateful that no one was hurt, the loss is relatively minor,” Lake said. “It’s just, these days, it’s an unusual crime.” n

Notar continued from page 8 While Campbell did participate in the closed session, as did all seven council members, he was the lone member to vote against going into closed session regarding Notar’s evaluation. He pointed to last week’s events as his reasoning.

“I believe the time to go into closed session was certainly not in the atmosphere of putting things in the newspaper,” he said.

“To think that we can fairly now give an evaluation under this atmosphere ... to have a clearing of the air is what’s called for first.

Not talking about an evaluation process that’s already been tainted.”

There could be addition repercussions from last week’s controversial letter. Under the section of the agenda where council members propose additions to future council meetings, Dunn voiced support for a future agenda item on how to address the recent actions of Burk, Martinez and Steinberg in sending the letter to the editor regarding Notar’s employment. With the support of Thiel, Fox and Campbell, that topic will be before the council for discussion in the coming weeks. n

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Education

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At Lincoln Elementary, A Culture of Kindness Takes Root

BY NORMAN K. STYER nstyer@loudounnow.com

Students at Lincoln Elementary School Monday morning kicked off a week of community service activities as part of the Great Kindness Challenge.

With construction paper, stickers, colored pencils and markers—and lots of hearts—students put their creativity to work creating Valentine-themed placemats that they’ll give to seniors at the Carver

SCHOOL Notes Schools Preparing Roll Out At-Home Bus Tracking App Is the bus running late today? Students and parents may soon be able to know before heading out to the bus stop.

The school division’s automatic vehicle locator system includes the technology needed to feed real-time bus tracking to the public through a free app.

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The international program was designed to promote a culture of kindness among students. According to the challenge website, participants in more than 24,000 schools in 110 countries contributed over 650 million acts of kindness during the 2018 campaign.

Students at Lincoln will be working to make an impact throughout the Loudoun community this week.

On Tuesday, they got back to work,

making cards for military service men and women. Wednesday, they’ll spend the day in their pajamas to “dream of kindness.”

On Thursday, delegated students will be delivering cakes, baked goods and banners to the Purcellville Police Department and Public Safety Center. The week wraps up Friday when collections of blankets, food, clothing items and hygiene products will be assembled into bags for distribution to children in Loudoun’s homeless shelter and the City of Refuge in Baltimore, MD. n

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Fairfax County Public Schools this year is using the app on a pilot basis countywide.

In Loudoun, testing is beginning with a trial using 30 families at Simpson Middle School. Administrators expect the service could be rolled out to all schools by spring.

fer AP courses, 818 achieved that result during the 2018-2019 school year. That was nearly 20 percent more than the 685 schools recognized the previous year. In 2019, Middleburg Academy was one of 143 schools recognized in the category of AP Computer Science A. An additional 36 schools received the award for both CSA and CSP. “Our embrace of a STEAM approach that strengthened our students’ access to and appreciation of the creative and collaborative forces in computer coding speaks for itself. We are especially happy with how our female students have led the way,” stated Head of School Colley Bell. “As educators, we understand how the thoughtful implementation of our

Middleburg Academy Earns Female Diversity Award Middleburg Academy has earned the College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in AP Computer Science A. Out of the 20,000 institutions that of-

The demolition of the former C.S. Monroe Technology Center in Leesburg was scheduled to begin Wednesday and continues for about two months.

The 81,500-square-foot C.S. Monroe building on Children’s Center Road was constructed in 1977 as Loudoun’s vo-tech school. Those classes were moved to the Academies of Loudoun Campus in 2018.

The demolition is scheduled to take about 60 days, including disassembling the building and removing debris from the site. No explosives will be used.

The building is being razed to make room for the construction of The North Star School, scheduled to open in 2021.

The North Star School will be the new home for the school division’s Alternative Education and Adult Education programs that are current housed at the Douglass School on East Market Street. n

The former C.S. Monroe Technology Center building is scheduled to be demolished this week.

STEAM educational outlook, conjoined with our Classical studies, will play a critical role in our students’ professional and personal fulfillment well into the 21st century.”

AP Computer Science A students learn to design and implement computer programs that solve problems relevant to today’s society. The number of female AP CSA exam-takers has grown steadily, up nearly 60 percent in five years. Overall AP computer science course participation has increased 184 percent since 2016. The number of female, rural, and underrepresented minority students taking AP computer science exams has more than doubled in three years.

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Nonprofit VSA Loudoun Rebrands as Arts for All Loudoun After more than three decades operating in the Very Special Arts or VSA Loudoun brands, the leaders of the organization have adopted a new name.

Arts for All Loudoun will continue to provide creative opportunities for personal development for all, including those with disabilities, as part of an inclusive community through the performing and visual arts.

The name change, at least on legal documents, occurred in 2011, although the organization continued to do business as VSA-Loudoun.

With the new public name change comes a new website, ArtsforAllLoudoun.org and new mail addresses and logo.

Also, any future donations should be made to the name Arts for All. The group already is gearing up for its next production, “Seussical Jr.,” which will be performed March 27-April 5 at the Franklin Park Arts Center. n

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GIVING Back Ketterman’s First Fruits Program to Benefit Canines-N-Kids Foundation Canines-N-Kids Foundation, a nonprofit working to put an end to the cancers kids and pet dogs both develop, was selected by Ketterman’s Jewelers as the recipient of its First Fruits program.

Through the charitable initiative, the Leesburg jewelry store will donate 10 percent of a day’s sales to a nonprofit. Canines-N-Kids will be the beneficiary on Saturday, Feb. 1, helping kick off Valentine’s Day shopping.

Funds raised will support the foundation’s work to promote the promising science of comparative oncology—studying and treating spontaneously developing cancer in canine patients when they get sick. The research can help doctors better understand and accelerate the development of better medicines and a cure for kids with those same cancers.

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HeroHomes, Redskins Plan Feb. 8 Casino Night at Shadow Creek Purcellville-based HeroHomes is again teaming up with the Washington Redskins Alumni Association for its annual Casino Night.

The Feb. 8 black-tie optional event at the Shadow Creek events center is a major fundraiser for the nonprofit, which builds homes for veterans who

became disabled while preserving freedom and democracy for others. Since 2016, the organization, with the support of many area businesses and individual donors, has built three homes in western Loudoun for wounded veterans.

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Fitness Studios Raise Money to Aid Australian Bushfire Victims Patrons at F45 Training Ashburn and F45 Training Tysons contributed $905 to support victims of the Australian bushfires. Hillcrest Health, the operating company of the two studios, has matched contributions for a total donation amount of $1,810 to the Australian Red Cross, WWF Australia and WIRES Wildlife Rescue.

“Australia needs us right now and we all want to help–that’s what makes F45 a family,” stated Jeffrey Harnois, Hillcrest Health CEO. “We want to do our bit as a community to raise funds for this crisis and to recognize the volunteers and firefighters who have been working relentlessly.

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Business

Lost Rhino Looks Beyond Ashburn, to Quadruple Capacity

BY PATRICK SZABO pszabo@loudounnow.com

On Dec. 30, Lost Rhino Brewing Co. closed its Brambleton location after nearly five years. That move freed the brewery up to expand its Ashburn location and stretch its reach far beyond Loudoun.

Lost Rhino President Dave Hoffman said the brewery staff couldn’t come to an agreement on a new lease for its 9,000-square-foot Lost Rhino Retreat site, located next to Fox Cinemas in the Brambleton Town Center. Hoffman said that move followed an amicable understanding with the landlord and is allowing the brewery to focus more on expanding its 15,000-square-foot Ashburn location and distribution to Virginia Beach, Ocean City, West Virginia and even Alabama.

By March, Lost Rhino will bring four new 100-barrel fermenters and two new 200-barrel brite tanks online, which will allow the brewery to blend batches of beer

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Lost Rhino Brewing Co. closed its Brambleton location on Dec. 30, freeing the brewery up to focus on expanding its Ashburn location and increasing distribution.

together. The brewery also is expanding its 6,000-square-foot Red Rum Drive tasting room with a larger kitchen and menu selection to offer bigger meals in addition to snacks. That menu rolled out last week and includes made-to-order deli sandwiches, soups, chilis and carnitas tacos.

Hoffman said Lost Rhino wants to change its menu three to four times each year and offer weekly specials. In all, he said the brewery is looking to quadruple its capacity in the next 18 months, having already canned five new beers in the last year. Last week, they canned the popular

Face Plant IPA in a 16-ounce can for the first time.

Although it already offers catering, Lost Rhino is also now launching an official catering service at a larger capacity that includes keg setup.

“We have a ton going on at the brewery,” Hoffman said.

The brewery is also looking to Increase its footprint by distributing beer to the Virginia Beach and Hampton Roads area, West Virginia and Ocean City, MD. It even has a contract to distribute beer in Birmingham, AL. Hoffman said distribution to Ocean City would begin in late spring or early summer.

“We are a beach brand at the end of the day,” he said. “It really makes sense to get into those markets.”

For now, Lost Rhino is focusing all its efforts on expanding its existing location and distribution footprint. Hoffman said the brewery staff is thinking it will be 12 months before it moves into a new brickand-mortar location. n

Dollar Tree, Anytime Fitness, Thrift Shop Plan Move to Purcellville Shopping Center

BY PATRICK SZABO

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Following nearly two years of uncertainty, the former Shop ‘n Save space in Purcellville is set for three new tenants—Anytime Fitness, Dollar Tree and the Blue Ridge Hospice Thrift Shop.

On Thursday, Jan. 30, Dollar Tree will open in a 13,000-square-foot space in the Purcellville Shopping Center. To its right, Anytime Fitness will move into a 7,000-square-foot space, leaving its existing location across Maple Avenue, by the end of February or early March. And to the left of Dollar Tree, the Blue Ridge Hospice Thrift Shop will move into a 15,000-squarefoot space by mid-April, following years of operation in the historic downtown area.

Purcellville Anytime Fitness Franchise Manager Ebony Bright said the gym, which is located next to BB&T, now has 1,000 members and is outgrowing its current 4,800-square-foot space. She said the move would allow the gym to expand its free weight area and add in new equipment and an expanded training turf area. There will also be more space for members to partic-

ipate in the gym’s six-week challenge—a program that offers members resources like a meal plan, a food coach and unlimited training for a month and a half.

The gym is one of three Anytime Fitness locations in Loudoun, with one in Leesburg and a new studio that opened in Lovettsville earlier this month.

Blue Ridge Hospice Thrift Shop Manager Patty Gibbs said her shop’s move into the shopping center would be big for the town.

She said the shop’s existing 9,000-squarefoot location near the corner of Main Street and 23rd Street would remain open when that move happens, meaning there will be a total of nine Blue Ridge Hospice Thrift Shops—one in Leesburg, two in Purcellville, one in Berryville, two in Winchester, one near Stephens City, one in Strasburg and one in Front Royal.

Gibbs said the move would allow the shop to step up its operations in town.

The anchor store in the Purcellville Shopping Center has been vacant since November. Before then, Shop ‘n Save operated out of it for three years. Before 2016, Food Lion and Bloom operated out of the building since the shopping center was built in

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Purcellville Anytime Fitness Franchise Manager Ebony Bright talks about the placement of the gym’s equipment once moved into a 7,000-squarefoot portion of the former Shop ‘n Save space in the Purcellville Shopping Center.

the early 1990s.

In summer 2018, the future of the building came into question, as SuperValu, the parent company of Shop ‘n Save, announced it was pursuing buyers for the store. That followed a July 2018 announcement that United Natural Foods, the largest distributor to Whole Foods Market, would

acquire SuperValu for $2.9 billion—a deal that went through in October 2018.

In January 2019, Renaud Consulting announced that an Aldi supermarket would move into a little more than half of the building’s space. That deal fell through the next month.

Renaud Consulting Leasing Agent Mark Fontaine said that aside from one open space, the Purcellville Shopping Center is entirely leased out.

Elsewhere in town, Fontaine said a Dogtopia franchise will move into the former ABC store space in the Purcellville Plaza shopping center. The Town Council this week was expected to take action on Dogtopia’s request for a special use permit, which could allow the dog daycare to house up to 125 dogs onsite at any one time.

Western Loudoun’s first Bank of America location on Friday will open its doors in the former Capital One Bank location in the Main Street Station shopping center near Giant Food. According to David D’Onofrio of the BCW communications agency, that will mark the bank’s westernmost branch of 149 in the Washington, DC market. n

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Towns

HAMILTON 7 Towns Plan Joint Trash Contractor Solicitation

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The Middleburg Town Council last weekend held its second retreat in the last decade at the Front Royal Holiday Inn, where its members identified 10 projects most pressing to the town.

Middleburg Council Sets Sights on 10 Vital Projects Moving Toward 2023

BY PATRICK SZABO

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Heading into the second month of the new decade, Loudoun’s largest Town Council is fresh off a weekend of teambuilding and planning and is poised to implement a town brand, begin work on a new town office and press for the protection of the rural countryside.

The Middleburg Town Council last weekend met for its second retreat in the last decade at the Holiday Inn & Suites in Front Royal to discuss the progress the town has made in the past three years and goals moving toward 2023. Terrie Glass, a consultant who works to help managers build their leadership skills, walked Mayor Bridge Littleton and the town’s seven council members through nearly 12 hours of team building and discussions that saw the council develop a new set of strategic initiatives—to protect quality of life, to promote economic wellbeing, to promote community wellbeing and to lead responsibly.

From those initiatives, council members identified from a list of 34 projects which ones they felt were the 10 most pressing— to implement the top three strategies of the town’s economic plan, which the Camoin

Associates economic development consulting firm will soon bring before the Town Council and should be rolled out in early May; to implement the town brand, which the Red Thinking branding and digital marketing firm is leading under a $40,000 contract; to develop a systematic program for reviewing and allocating grants; to acquire a site for the new town office; to identify funding for that office project; to develop sound fiscal policies; to update the budget process; to lay the groundwork for the Federal Street redevelopment project, which will see the town redevelop the street for mixed uses; to explore long-term strategies for attainable housing; and to partner with the county to ensure it complies with a provision in the Loudoun County 2019 Comprehensive Plan that calls for a greenbelt around Middleburg.

“All 10 are really important, absolutely should get started this year and are the right things,” Littleton said.

Of those 10 projects, council members spent a majority of their time discussing strategies for bringing more affordable housing to the area—an initiative that Town Administrator Danny Davis said he felt was one of the top three issues facing the county government.

Littleton said the town needs to jump into that initiative soon, noting that the town will use an outside firm to conduct a study on attainable housing options.

Councilman Chris Bernard said Loudoun Habitat for Humanity has expressed interest in completing different projects around the town and that maybe those could lead to more affordable housing opportunities. “This is a relatively easy thing to get the ball rolling on,” he said.

Councilman Philip Miller mentioned that some attainable housing might come as a byproduct of the Federal Street redevelopment project.

The council also discussed the potential for a greenbelt around the town, which is identified in the county’s new comprehensive plan. According to the plan, the county should partner with the town and preservation groups to promote and implement open-space preservation around the town “that helps establish a greenbelt and protect the rural appearance of roadways leading into the town.”

Middleburg’s comprehensive plan also highlights that the town should “actively pursue collaboration with the county on such efforts.”

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The Loudoun Towns of Hamilton, Hillsboro, Lovettsville, Middleburg, Purcellville and Round Hill, along with the Town of Haymarket in Prince William County, will advertise a request for proposals this week to solicit a single trash and recycling company to manage waste collection in their jurisdictions.

Middleburg Town Administrator Danny Davis, whose town is leading the initiative, said each town would sign a separate contract with the selected company. Davis said the objective is to reduce the cost of trash and recycling services in all seven municipalities.

Currently, Hamilton, Hillsboro, Lovettsville and Purcellville use American Disposal Services, Middleburg uses Bates Trucking Co., Round Hill uses Patriot Disposal and Haymarket uses AAA Recycling & Trash Removal, which is a division of Republic Services.

HILLSBORO State of the Gap Address this Saturday Hillsboro Mayor Roger Vance will host the State of the Gap address at 9 a.m. this Saturday, Feb. 1 at the Old Stone School.

Vance will discuss the town’s past accomplishments and fill residents in on what’s to come in the future. Following the mayor’s speech, the town will announce this year’s Community Service Award winners. Doors open at 9 a.m. and Vance’s talk begins at 9:30 a.m.

For more information, go to hillsborova.gov or call the town at 540-4868001.

LOVETTSVILLE Residents Sought for Advisory Group The Town of Lovettsville is asking for residents interested in the development of the town’s Transportation Master Plan to sign up for the Citizen Stakeholder Group.

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Hillsboro Buys House at Auction; Plans Postal/Visitor Center

BY PATRICK SZABO pszabo@loudounnow.com

The Town of Hillsboro last week purchased a house along Rt. 9 for $355,000—a property town leaders will work to transform into a postal center for residents and a welcome center for visitors.

The town made the purchase of the 2,148-square-foot house, which sits on a half-acre lot just west of the Old Stone School, during a foreclosure auction at the county courthouse last Wednesday.

Mayor Roger Vance said the town plans to close on the purchase by the end of this week. The project is to be financed through U.S. Department of Agriculture grants and includes converting the building into a home for postal boxes and perhaps a visitor center, a small museum, meeting rooms, a space for local artists and more.

“There’s a lot of things we could do with the facility,” Vance said, emphasizing that the building, which is assessed by the county at a value of $326,950, would not become a formal U.S. Post Office, but simply a site where residents could pick up their mail.

“We think it’s a good opportunity.”

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The Town of Hillsboro on Jan. 22 purchased a house along Rt. 9 for $355,000 with the goal of bringing a postal center back to the town after 16 years.

Vance said the idea to purchase a property for those purposes has been on town leaders’ minds for close to two decades, since the town lost its 20134 ZIP code and residents’ mail boxes were moved from the Hill Tom Market to the Purcellville Post Office in 2004.

The need for a Hillsboro postal center is even listed as a priority in the town’s comprehensive plan, which notes that the town should actively pursue properties for that use.

More recently, town leaders were look-

ing to install a postal center in the Old Stone School to provide residents with continued rural mail delivery during the Rt. 9 traffic calming project, which will see partial and full road closures through town from late summer/early fall 2020 to May 2021.

Vance said the Town Council voted to approve the purchase at its Jan. 21 meeting after learning about the auction two days prior.

The town plans to fund the $355,000 purchase through USDA grants, which it had already been pursuing for work in the Old Stone School.

After closing on the sale, Vance said the town would hold a small charette to identify a design that works best for the building, which will be pedestrian-accessible once the town’s road project wraps up in June 2021.

“We have some steps to take to show the viability of the plan,” Vance said.

He said the town is working on the USDA applications now and that it should take about three to four months to get that financing set up. That should come sometime this summer, before Rt. 9 road closures through town begin. That means residents would have access to in-town mail delivery

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“We feel really good about it, we’re excited,” Vance said. “It’ll be a good thing so we’re happy.”

Once the project is complete and postal boxes are installed in the town’s newly purchased building, it will mark the beginning of a new era for Hillsboro, which featured one of the earliest Post Offices in colonial America, according to Vance.

In 1890, the Hillsboro Post Office operated out of a purpose-built small red building, where a woodworking shop now operates. When the Post Office closed in 1984, residents used post office boxes in the Hill Tom Market for the next 20 years. In 2004, when the town lost its ZIP code and residents’ post office boxes were transferred to Purcellville, residents were forced to share a 20132 ZIP code with Purcellville.

On April 1, 2018, the U.S. Postal Service agreed to allow Hillsboro-area residents and businesses to use “Hillsboro, VA” in their address lines while still requiring them to use the 20132 ZIP code—an agreement that gave the town back some of its identity.

Vance said bringing a postal center back to town is “a unifying type of thing.” n

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Waterford Traffic Woes: Speed Signs, Bypass Study Approved

BY RENSS GREENE

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The village of Waterford will get electronic signs displaying drivers’ speeds, and a study of larger potential traffic calming projects, to tackle the problem of heavy traffic barreling through town at high speeds.

The three signs, on Loyalty Road, First Street and Clarkes Gap Road, are estimated to cost the county $100,000. The Board of Supervisors last week also endorsed the

review the viability of other traffic calming measures such as chicanes, chokers, or a bypass.

It is the latest step in a years-long conversation around traffic in the village, and the Waterford Citizens Association has taken an active hand in shaping the county’ s plans.

A November 2016 study of speeds on the roads in Waterford showed drivers typically going 10 miles per hour or more above the speed limits on some roads in the village, particularly High Street, Loyal-

ty Road, and Water Street. Another study in October 2019 found even higher speeds, with drivers going as much as 22 miles per hour above the limit in a 20-mile-per-hour zone on Clarkes Gap Road.

Another study in 2016, comparing license plates passing through either end of the village, estimated around 30 percent of vehicles were cut-through traffic from outside the community in the morning rush hour, and around 60 percent in the evening rush hour.

Based on those studies, the county proposed several options, such as signs prohibiting through traffic with an occasional law enforcement presence, restricting traffic in some local streets during evening rush hours, cutting off Factory Street’s connection with High Street, and building a bypass. The citizens’ association pushed back on those ideas, concerned they would only push traffic onto even smaller village roads, and in the case of changing Factory Street, endanger the village’s National Historic Landmark by giving the road a modern update.

The citizens’ association made a counterproposal, such as taking measures to prevent navigation services from routing people through town, other traffic calming measures, and studying the possibility of a bypass if those don’t work.

The counterproposal mentions a possible bypass route southwest of the village

around the Waterford Foundation’s Phillips Farm. But Waterford Citizens’ Association Traffic Committee chairwoman Meredith Imwalle said the route will be up to the county and plans for traffic management in the village are constantly evolving.

“In fact, I was out walking the streets with VDOT and the county today, and we’ve made more changes, so it’s sort of a living, breathing traffic management plan,” Imwalle said Thursday. And she said while the association members envision a small, two-lane road, they are not sure yet where that will be.

That will be decided in the course of a review ordered by county supervisors during their Jan. 21 meeting, in front of dozens of Waterford residents in the board room. The village had come out in support of traffic calming measures, causing some supervisors to remark, as did Supervisor Tony R. Buffington (R-Blue Ridge), “I would like to thank the entire village of Waterford for being here this evening.”

“Waterford has received a significant amount of traffic largely because Rt. 15 is far over capacity, probably three times,” said Supervisor Caleb A. Kershner (R-Catoctin). “And I hate to give the bad news … it’s probably not going to get a whole lot better soon until those improvements [on Rt. 15] are done.”

Supervisors approved those plans unanimously. n

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glia Warm-Up USA rally race, which saw 21 drivers of cars manufactured from 1927 to the modern day race 588 miles around the town last October.

At the end of the retreat, Littleton said he felt the Town Council effectively identified the projects it needs to focus on in the near and distant future.

“I think we came away with a very well put together plan of what we need to focus on over the next three years to protect Middleburg’s quality of life and ensure our long-term viability,” he said. “We are most proud that we did this with a focus on what was most important for our citizens, our businesses and our broader community.”

Littleton mentioned that last weekend’s retreat was the first one the council held in the last three years and only the second in more than a decade. He said the council is getting better at setting measurable and achievable goals.

Moving forward, Littleton said the council doesn’t have to wait another three years to hold another retreat, but that it could host a half-day retreat every six months to re-assess its progress. n

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Council members agreed that while the town can’t implement the greenbelt, it can influence the county to make it happen.

“If we don’t drive the county to get it done, it won’t get done,” Littleton said. “It is a measurable goal—the longer we wait the more that greenbelt around us gets destroyed.”

As for projects the Town Council has recently completed, or is soon to complete, there are five.

A parking strategy that analyzes the town’s parking demand and use patterns has been completed and is awaiting further action; a $41,632 new town website was launched last summer; welcome packages were created and are being distributed to new town residents and businesses; fact sheets outlining major town issues were developed and are now available on the town website and in the town office; and the town hosted a couple new events in 2019—an Oktoberfest street festival and the 1000 Mi-

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TOWN Notes continued from page 18 The working group will listen to presentations from the town’s consultant and provide feedback on transportation concerns—like walkability, pedestrian safety, connectivity and cut-through traffic—and solutions at three or four Planning Commission meetings during 2020. The group will gather feedback from the general public and organize it into an action plan.

Those interested in signing up should email Town Planner Josh Bateman at jbateman@lovettsvilleva.gov. There will be a formal opportunity to sign up in March or April at the Project Kickoff Meeting.

DMV to Visit Town Next Thursday The DMV2GO bus will visit the Lovettsville Library from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. next Thursday, Feb. 6.

Residents will have the chance to visit the handicapped-accessible office-on-wheels to obtain a REAL ID, renew ID cards and driver’s licenses, apply for a veteran ID card, obtain copies of driving records or vehicle titles, get fishing and hunting licenses, update mailing addresses or purchase an E-ZPass transponder, among other actions.

Learn more about DMV2GO at dmv.virginia.gov/general/#mobileoperations.asp.

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gan volunteering in the staging area for the town’s Christmas parade in 2004, at which point the event consisted of about 20 floats and welcomed in about 2,500 visitors. Herbert became the event organizer in 2010 and helped to grow the event to what it is today.

During the 2019 event last month, the event attracted between 12,000 and 15,000 visitors and included about 80 floats in the parade.

“It’s my favorite Christmas parade—no offense to any other town, to include Leesburg, where we’re standing—but it’s the best Christmas parade out there anywhere near here,” said Supervisor Tony R. Buffington (R-Blue Ridge).

According to the resolution, the Travel Channel has named Middleburg to its list of 10 best small towns that stand out for holiday traditions, Forbes has called the town a “picture-postcard destination” and Garden & Gun magazine has named Middleburg “the south’s most charming Christmas town.”

Library to Show ‘The Fox and the Hound’ The Middleburg Library will host a showing of “The Fox and the Hound” at 2 p.m. this Saturday, Feb. 1.

Families are invited to the showing of the 83-minute, PG movie at the library’s location at 101 Reed St. For more information, call the library at 540-687-5730 or go to library.loudoun.gov/middleburg.

MIDDLEBURG County Board Recognizes Christmas Event Organizer The county Board of Supervisors last week recognized Jim Herbert, the organizer of the Christmas in Middleburg event since 2010, by passing a resolution of appreciation for him.

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Residents can pay their bills, and find out more about them, by going to roundhillva. org and clicking Utility Department on the Government drop-down menu at the top of the website.

The town bills bi-monthly for water and sewer, on Feb. 28, April 30, June 30, Aug.

31, Oct. 31 and Dec. 31. Utility payments are due 35 days after the bill date, which is why there is a Feb. 5 deadline for the Dec. 31 billing. Late charges are applied on day 36—Feb. 6 in the current cycle. All customers with delinquent balances after 50 days will have their water service disconnected if they’re not paid by 10 a.m. on the cut-off date. At the time of disconnection, the town will post a notice on the customer’s front door along with a copy of the late notice reminder. At that point, payment in full, along with a $125 reconnection fee, will be required to turn water service back on.

For more information, call the Utility Department at 540-338-4772.

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will host its annual Lego Mania event from 6-7:30 p.m. next Thursday, Feb. 6.

Lego and Duplo builders are invited to attend the event to test their skills and creativity in timed builds. Local judges will vote on a winner in each age group and will award prizes. The Washington DC Metropolitan Area Lego Train Club will also set up a Lego display at the event. Builders must pay a $7 admission fee and register by stopping by the community center or using WebTrac, activity number 202704-01.

For more information, call the community center at 540-822-5284.

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The Old Furniture Factory in the Town of Round Hill will host its final Bluegrass Jam at 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31.

The monthly jam, which has been an ongoing fixture in the building since 2004, will move to Notaviva Craft Fermentations north of Hillsboro beginning Friday, Feb. 28. That move follows Wally Johnson’s August 2019 sale of the Furniture Factory to Joan Wolford, the owner of the Savoir Fare catering company. As early as next week, Wolford will open C’est Bon, a dinners-togo service, in a portion of the building and will soon be remodeling the event hall area where the bluegrass jam takes place. Parking for the jam is available along West Loudoun Street, at the church and in the Smiles by Design parking lot.

According to Johnson, the jam has brought in up to 250 different people, including household names like Ben Eldridge, formerly from The Seldom Scene; Dick Smith, formerly with The Country Gentlemen; and Bluegrass Collusion’s Tara Linhardt. The jam has generated thousands of dollars, which has been donated to the Gen-

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Preserving African American Sites and Stories Saturday, Feb. 1, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Thomas Balch Library, 208 W. Market St., Leesburg Contact: bhc@balchfriends.org The Black History Committee of Friends of The Thomas Balch Library invites the public to an open house with the title “Preserving African American Sites and Stories.” The event features the Friends of the Arcola Slave Quarters and their work to save slave quarters in Arcola and the Settle Dean Cabin in South Riding. The event is free but space is limited so RVSP is requested to bhc@balchfriends.org.

Searching for Birds of Prey Saturday, Feb. 1, 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

Stone Barn at Morven Park, 17195 Southern Planter Lane, Leesburg Details: loudounwildlife.org Join raptor expert Liam McGranaghan and the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy for a class on raptor identification followed by a winter raptor search on the back roads of Loudoun. Fee is $10 for LWC members and $25 for nonmembers. Advance registration is required.

Chinese New Year at Franklin Park

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Sabrina Laurence strikes a pose during a drag brunch at Old Town Grill in downtown Leesburg Sunday, Jan. 26.

burg last summer. Kincade connected with Purcellville-based events promoter Carrie jmercker@loudounnow.com Merlin, who also started organizing drag events last year, and Merlin is now booking yan Kincade has found a sparkly monthly drag brunches in Leesburg hostand hilarious way to get folks to ed by Anja, along with evening drag shows rethink bias and preconceived nohosted by noted DMV drag queen Alexa V. tions. Kincade’s alter ego, a glamShontelle. orous and wickedly funny drag Kincade, who lives in Leesburg with queen named Anja Dick, is at the his husband, spent 20 years in education center of a burgeoning drag scene with technology and the past four years doing shows popping up—and selling out—all behavioral science research for PBS Kids. over Loudoun. And she’s giving Kincade a Last year, he quit his day job to focus on chance to find his voice and forge connecthe Anja character with a goal of bringtions. ing her into the larger media sphere and a “I really found that the character I could dream of bringing her to a national stage. create in drag allows me to say things in Renss Greene/Loudoun Now With his background in education, a way that people would find offensive if Crimsyn, towering over audience members in her Ryan said them. If Anja says them, they’re heels, dances at a drag brunch at Old Town Grill in the Minnesota native uses his over-thetop character to bring in social critique 25 percent funnier, and people can laugh downtown Leesburg Sunday, Jan. 26. through humor and glam. at themselves,” Kincade said. “It’s given me “I want to go up and talk about social issues kind of like this voice that I didn’t think I could ever find.”

Kincade has been developing the Anja character for sever- George Carlin used to, but I want to give them the Dolly Paral years, perfecting her mannerisms, voice and personality. He ton treatment so that when people laugh at themselves they get introduced her at private parties before launching a series of popular small-scale drag shows at Tarbender’s Lounge in LeesLOUDOUN DRAG continues on page 24

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Sunday, Feb. 2, 1-4 p.m.

Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane, Purcellville Details: franklinparkartscenter.org Franklin Park’s annual family Chinese New Year celebration features crafts, traditional Chinese music and dance, refreshments, martial arts demonstrations and Lantern Tiger riddles.

Tickets are $10 per person or $35 per family of four or more.

ON STAGE ‘Meet Dr. King’ Saturday, Feb. 1, 3 p.m.

Rust Library, 380 Old Waterford Road NW, Leesburg Details: library.loudoun.gov Bright Star Theater’s performance introduces young people to the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement. Follow Dr. King’s life as just a young boy to becoming a pastor and a national inspiration

Lucketts Bluegrass: Colebrook Road Saturday, Feb. 1, 7 p.m.

Lucketts Community Center, 42361 Lucketts Road, Lucketts Details: luckettsbluegrass.org This Harrisburg, PA-based quintet performs original contemporary bluegrass that keeps the traditions of three-part harmonies, clean picking and a hard-driving sound alive.

Aguado Guitar Concert Saturday, Feb. 1, 7 p.m.

Sterling United Methodist Church, 304 E. Church Road, Sterling Details: aguadoguitar.org

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One rule of drag shows is not to touch the queens—but they might touch you, as Sabrina Laurence demonstrated at a drag brunch at Old Town Grill in downtown Leesburg Sunday, Jan. 26.

Drag shows often get physically intimate, as Anja Dick demonstrated on a man celebrating his 21st birthday at a drag brunch at Old Town Grill in downtown Leesburg Sunday, Jan. 26.

Loudoun drag

a Loudoun native, an LGBT ally and drag show aficionado. She started her event company CLM Entertainment last year, initially focused on booking ticketed music shows at Purcellville’s Dragon Hops Brewing. After attending a drag show in Miami with friends, she approached Dragon Hops about hosting a local drag show last year. The owners were game, and the inaugural December show sold out in just a few days.

“People were so happy,” Merlin said.

“I’ve never seen any place in Purcellville where people were dancing almost as if they were in a club.”

Since then, Merlin has been booking events around Loudoun, including monthly Momma’s Drag Brunches at downtown Leesburg’s Old Town Grill and evening Divas Drag Shows at Chefscape in Village at Leesburg. Merlin says the evening shows tend to be a little more over the top, with music blasting, a full-on party atmosphere, “in your face” humor and a 21+ vibe, while the slightly more laid-back brunches are full of witty innuendo, but both feature great music, costumes and entertainment. Her events tend to have a core demographic of women 35 and over, but guys are welcome and do show up, Merlin said.

Merlin’s Mardi Gras Divas evening show Feb. 21 at Chefscape is already sold out, and tickets for a March 1 brunch downtown and an April 24 Chefscape show are going fast. Merlin agrees that an increasingly sophisticated Loudoun is ready for a quintessentially urban style of entertainment.

“It’s not what our bumper stickers look like, but there’s a whole bunch of people

continued from page 22 a little bit out of it and they’re better the next time,” Kincade said. “That’s my idea of what education is.”

And that education also happens to be fun, entertaining and a little risqué with singing, dancing, amazing costumes, lots of humorous banter and engaging repartee with the audience. For Kinkade, it’s all about creating a connection with the audience.

“When people interact with me and I’m in character, they don’t look at my costume, they don’t look at my makeup, they look me right in the eyes because they see Anja as a person and they’re interacting with that person, and that’s what I’m going for,” Kincade said.

This includes working hard to connect with audience members who may be a little uncomfortable, a talent developed through his behavioral science background and honed at private parties.

“What I’d always do is watch people’s reactions to see who the startled people were and then find a way to make them my best friend throughout the night,” he said.

Since turning to drag full time, Kincade has turned his focus to rehearsing performances, learning to sew, writing music and playing guitar. “All of the things that I’ll need to be able to do well to unleash Anja on the world,” he said.

His efforts to beef up his costuming skills connected him with another Leesburg-based performer and artist who has become an integral part of the Loudoun shows. He met Matthew Perkins, who per-

forms as Crimsyn, through a neighborhood website in Leesburg when Kincade was looking for sewing lessons.

Perkins is a costume specialist and Heritage High School alum who graduated from James Madison University last year before returning to Leesburg. He discovered cosplay at a video game convention while still in high school, and that experience, along with the reality television series “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” influenced his decision to study art and costuming in college. Perkins was involved with the tight-knit drag community at JMU, and was thrilled to be a part of launching a community in his hometown.

“Learning from these performances and getting to talk to people afterwards, I’ve realized that what we’re doing now is long overdue,” Perkins said. “There are so many supportive people who lie here and want to be a part of a community that’s more tight-knit or interactive with each other. These performances enable these people to be a part of it. I feel like they’ve just been waiting for something like this to happen.”

For Perkins, creating the character of Crimsyn has meant finding a balance between glam and geeky as she develops on stage, and warmth and humor are key.

“I’m starting to figure out more of who Crimsyn is. I do see it as a character and a personality shift, but I’m still finding out exactly what that means,” he said. “I like to look pretty and elaborate and beautiful, but my sense of humor is like a huge Dr. Seuss dad joke type thing. … She looks like she has a mean side, but it’s a huge knockknock joke once you get to meet her.”

Event promoter Carrie Merlin is also

here who have lived elsewhere and had other forms of entertainment. They get here and have resigned themselves to the winery circuit, but there are other things to do,” she said.

The DC-based regional chain City Tap House is also tapping into the zeitgeist with its first Loudoun Drag King & Queen Brunch, featuring Anja Dick and Crimsyn along with a list of DMV favorite queens and kings (women dressed as men), at its new One Loudoun restaurant Saturday, Feb. 1 after years of hosting “infamous” drag shows at its Dupont Circle location.

“This event definitely was at the top of our list to bring to One Loudoun. Any timing for this event is good timing, and it has been consistently well-received in our other markets,” said City Tap House partner Jonathan Ball. Tables for Saturday’s show are sold out, but the restaurant is accepting standing room walk-ins the day of the show.

For Kincade, the groundswell of interest is a chance to not only have a blast, but also tap into growing “passive support” for the LGBT community in Loudoun.

“I think there are so many people out there who are willing,” he said. “They just haven’t had an opportunity, and here it is.”

For more information on CLM Entertainment’s upcoming Leesburg drag brunches and evening drag shows, facebook.com/eventbymerlin. For details on City Tap Loudoun’s February 1 drag brunch and other upcoming events, go to facebook.com/citytaploudoun. n

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February Features Opportunities to Dig Deeper into Loudoun’s Rich African-American History

BY VISIT LOUDOUN

Back in the 1980s, when Maryland native Jason Nichols was a kid visiting extended family in Hamilton and Purcellville, he assumed Loudoun was predominantly African American. “I trace my ancestry in Loudoun back to the late 1700s, and when I visited, I was surrounded by black friends, neighbors and relatives.”

Fast forward 30 odd years and Nichols, 41, now a political commentator, hip-hop authority and award-winning University of Maryland African American Studies academic, chuckles wryly, “I was shocked when I got older to learn my experience was just a small part of the county.”

Stories such as this, as well as reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King and African Americans who fought in the Vietnam War, are among the subjects guest speaker Nichols will discuss at the Thomas Balch Library, in Leesburg on Sunday, Feb. 23, one of several events in Loudoun to commemorate Black History Month.

Indeed, the Balch Library, a National Underground Railroad Net-

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Efforts to preserve structures like the Dean Settle Cabin, above, will be discussed as part of Saturday’s special open house at the Thomas Balch Library in Leesburg on Saturday afternoon.

work to Freedom Site for its work tracing the history and genealogy of freed and enslaved African Americans in Loudoun, kicks off the month with an open house Saturday, Feb. 1 titled: “Essence of a People: Preserving African American Sites and Stories.” Led by historian Arlean Hill, the event will explore successful multi-year efforts to save such vital Loudoun landmarks as the Settle-Dean Cabin (log cabin of former slave Thomas Settle in South Riding); and the 1800s-built stone Arcola Slave Quarters in Sterling, in the face of development.

THINGS to do continued from page 22 Aguado Guitar Concerts, the Loudoun-based nonprofit that promotes classical guitar music in Northern Virginia presents rising star guitarist Mak Grgié, whose repertoire ranges from the ethnic music of his native Balkans to avant-garde and microtonal music. Admission is free.

NIGHTLIFE Comedy Night with Lucas Bohn Friday, Jan. 31, 7 p.m., doors open, 8 p.m., show begins MacDowell Brew Kitchen, 202 South St. SE, Leesburg Details: macsbeach.com Lucas’ high-energy shows and hilarious impersonations make him an instant hit with audiences of all ages. DMV comedy veteran Jon Yeager opens. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door.

In eastern Loudoun, the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum will host three speakers who will discuss the African American-owned farms of Sterling in the 20th Century. The Saturday, Feb. 15 event, starting at 1 p.m., will focus on the Ewing, Edds and Nokes families who operated successful dairy and wheat farms in the area. Indeed, parts of Sterling are still known as Nokesville today, and among the speakers will be a descendant of the Edds’s whose thriving dairy farm was at what is now the busy intersection of Countryside Blvd and Rt. 7.

Of course, Loudoun’s African American story exists beyond Black History Month. Loudoun County Courthouse and Oatlands Historic House & Gardens are also listed as National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom sites and worth visiting outside of the above events, and you can celebrate the entrepreneurial spirt of Loudoun African Americans over cocktails or dinner at the swanky Salamander Resort & Spa in Middleburg, owned by billionaire African American businesswoman Sheila Johnson. n

Tally Ho Theater, 19 W. Market St., Leesburg Details: tallyhotheater.com This sonic and visual multimedia show celebrates the magic of Jeff Lynne and ELO. Tickets are $15 in advance.

Saturday, Feb. 1, 7-10 p.m.

Dragon Hops Brewing, 130 E. Main St., Purcellville Details: dragonhopsbrewing.com Rock and pop dance tunes from a local favorite. No cover.

Live Music: Brendan + Dakota with Fiddlin’ Dave and Morgan Morrison

Live Music: Shut It Down

Friday, Jan. 31, 8 p.m.

B Chord Brewing, 34266 Williams Gap Road, Round Hill Details: bchordbrewing.com Expanding the horizons of trad, folk and old-time music, Brendan Hearn and Dakota Karper create a duo of blended harmonies on fiddle, cello and vocals, joined by local favorites Fiddlin’ Dave Van Deventer and Morgan Morrison.

Live Music: Cowboy Mouth

Live Music: The ELO Show

Saturday, Feb.1, 7 p.m.

Tally Ho Theater, 19 W. Market St., Leesburg Details: tallyhotheater.com New Orleans-based rockers Cowboy Mouth return to the Tally Ho for a pre-Mardi Gras show infused with rock, punk, blues and a swampy Southern vibe.

Tickets are $25 in advance, $50 for VIP seats.

Friday, Jan. 31, 7 p.m.

Live Music: Lost Locals

Saturday, Feb. 1, 7-11 p.m.

Doener Bistro, 13C Fairfax St. SE, Leesburg Details: doener-usa.com Rock ‘n’ roll classics from the ’60s through today.

No cover.

Live Music: Half Past 3 Saturday, Feb. 1, 7 p.m.

Crooked Run Brewing, 22455 Davis Drive, Sterling Details: crookedrunbrewing.com Original alt-rock, Americana and classic rock from Leesburg. No cover.

Live Music: Ted Garber Saturday, Feb. 1, 8 p.m.

Monk’s BBQ, 251 N. 21st St., Purcellville Details: monksq.com Singer/songwriter Ted Garber returns to Monk’s with a genre-bending, multi-instrumentalist approach that he calls BluesAmericanaRock.

Cowboy Mouth Saturday, Feb. 1, 7 p.m. (doors) Tally Ho Theater tallyhotheater.com

Danny Knicely’s 13th Annual Winter Concert Saturday, Feb. 1, 8 p.m.

Franklin Park Arts Center franklinparksartcenter.org

Colebrook Road Saturday, Feb. 1, 7 p.m.

Lucketts Community Center luckettsbluegrass.org

Walsh Family Wine Prom Saturday, Feb. 1, 6:30-10 p.m.

Walsh Family Wine, 16031 Hillsboro Road, Purcellville Details: walshfamilywine.com Bust out that sparkly dress, tux, or pastel blue polyester for Walsh’s inaugural Wine Prom featuring Mezcla punch cocktails, food, wine and all the awkward slow-dancing you heart desires. Tickets are $40 and include one drink, food and dancing.

Live Music: Something’s Brewing Saturday, Feb. 1, 8 p.m.

MacDowell Brew Kitchen, 202 South St. SE, Leesburg Details: macsbeach.com Loudoun-based folk, Americana, reggae and rock.

Live Music: Quasi Flannel Saturday, Feb. 1, 10 p.m.-1 a.m.

Bungalow Lakehouse, 44042 Pipeline Plaza, Ashburn Details: bungalowlakehouse.com Enjoy an evening of 80s and 90s classics from Quasi Flannel.

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Legal Notices PUBLIC HEARING The LOUDOUN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS will hold a public hearing in the Board of Supervisors’ Meeting Room, County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, at 6:00 p.m. on WEDNESDAY, February 12, 2020, in order to consider: PROPOSED ABANDONMENT OF A SECTION OF OLD RYAN ROAD, AND CONVEYANCE OF ABANDONED RIGHT-OF-WAY Pursuant to Virginia Code §33.2-915, the Board of Supervisors hereby gives notice that it intends to consider the proposed abandonment of a section of Old Ryan Road (the “Subject Section”). The Subject Section is not within the Secondary State Highway System, is currently not improved, and consists of approximately 1,277 square feet (0.0293 acre) of dedicated right-of-way. The Subject Section is located within the northeastern quadrant of the intersection of Ryan Road (Route 772), Zulla Manor Place (Route 2510), and Willington Square (Route 3632), and approximately 0.18 mile west of the intersection of Ryan Road and Loudoun County Parkway Route 607), in the Dulles Election District. Pursuant to Virginia Code §33.2-924, the Board of Supervisors also shall consider the proposed conveyance of the abandoned right-of-way to an adjacent landowner for consideration and/or in exchange for other lands that may be necessary for the uses of Loudoun County.

Copies of the plats, and any associated documents, describing the proposed abandonment and conveyance are available for review and may be examined at the Office of the County Administrator, County Government Center, 5th Floor, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia between 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday or call (703) 777-0200. Documents also may be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at: www.loudoun.gov/bosdocuments (for Public Hearing documents, follow the link for “Board of Supervisors Business Meetings, Public Hearings and Special Meetings”).

REVIEW AND RENEWAL, MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION OF THE NEW AIRMONT AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTAL DISTRICT The current period of the New Airmont Agricultural and Forestal District will expire on June 1, 2020. The District has a 4-year period and a subdivision minimum lot size of 20 acres. Pursuant to Chapter 1226 of the Codified Ordinances of Loudoun County, the Board of Supervisors has directed staff, the Agricultural District Advisory Committee (ADAC), and the Planning Commission to conduct a review in order to determine whether to continue, modify, or terminate the District. Parcels currently enrolled in the District are located within an area generally south of Harry Byrd Highway (Route 7) and East of Loudoun Street (Route 7), west of Silcott Springs Road (Route 690), east of Yellow School House Road (Route 831), and north of Snickersville Turnpike (Route 734), in the Blue Ridge Election District.

During this review, land less than 5 acres, or 20 acres or greater, in size that is currently enrolled in the District will be automatically renewed. However, any parcel containing at least 5 acres but less than 20 acres will be ineligible for renewal and inclusion within the District unless the owner submits an application on forms provided by the Department of Planning and Zoning and one or more of the following criteria is met: 1.

2.

3.

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Management Plan that specifically states that the property owner(s) are accumulating the required five-year production records in order to qualify for agricultural, to include horticulture, land use tax deferral.

Animal Husbandry including Equine uses (commercial or non-commercial) with a Management Plan that relates the pasture carrying capacity to limit the number of animals allowed.

Forests and woodlands with a management plan that specifies the actions required to maintain and enhance the stands.

Wetlands, flood plains, streams and/or rivers that have Management Plans that set forth the terms for their maintenance and enhancement.

During this review, land within the District may be withdrawn, in whole or in part, at the owner’s discretion by filing a written notice with the Board of Supervisors at any time before the Board acts to continue, modify, or terminate the District.

Landowners of the following parcels, currently enrolled in the New Airmont Agricultural and Forestal District, were notified by certified mail of the District’s review.

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The ADAC held a public meeting on October 24, 2019, to review and make recommendations concerning whether to continue, modify, or terminate the New Airmont Agricultural and Forestal District, and to review renewal applications and requests for withdrawal of land from the District. The report and recommendations of the ADAC was considered by the Planning Commission, along with any proposed modifications, at its public hearing on December 17, 2019. The reports and recommendations of the ADAC and the Planning Commission, along with any proposed modifications, will be considered by the Board of Supervisors at its public hearing.

In accordance with Section 15.2-4307 of the Code of Virginia, the application(s) will be on file and open to public inspection at the Office of the County Administrator, 5th Floor, and Department of Planning and Zoning, 3rd Floor, County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, Monday through Friday, 8:30 am until 4:30 pm or call (703) 777-0246.Documents also may be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at: www.loudoun.gov/bosdocuments (for Public Hearing documents, follow the link for “Board of Supervisors Business Meetings, Public Hearings and Special Meetings”).

REVIEW AND RENEWAL, MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION OF THE NEW BLUEMONT AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTAL DISTRICT The current period of the New Bluemont Agricultural and Forestal District will expire on June 1, 2020.

The District has a 4-year period and a subdivision minimum lot size of 20 acres. Pursuant to Chapter 1226 of the Codified Ordinances of Loudoun County, the Board of Supervisors has directed staff, the Agricultural District Advisory Committee (ADAC), and the Planning Commission to conduct a review in order to determine whether to continue, modify, or terminate the District. Parcels currently enrolled in the District are located within an area generally south of Sunny Ridge Road (Route 761) and Mountain Orchard Lane, west of Woodgrove Road (Route 719) and Yellow Schoolhouse Road (Route 831), east of the boundary with Clarke County, and north of Forest Hill Lane and Ridgeside Road (Route 765), in the Blue Ridge Election District.

During this review, land less than 5 acres, or 20 acres or greater, in size that is currently enrolled in the District will be automatically renewed. However, any parcel containing at least 5 acres but less than 20 acres will be ineligible for renewal and inclusion within the District unless the owner submits an application on forms provided by the Department of Planning and Zoning and one or more of the following criteria is met: 1.

2.

3.

4.

PIN

PIN

Management Plan that specifically states that the property owner(s) are accumulating the required 5-year production records in order to qualify for agricultural, to include horticulture, land use tax deferral.

Animal Husbandry including Equine uses (commercial or non-commercial) with a Management Plan that relates the pasture carrying capacity to limit the number of animals allowed.

Forests and woodlands with a management plan that specifies the actions required to maintain and enhance the stands.

Wetlands, flood plains, streams and/or rivers that have Management Plans that set forth the terms for their maintenance and enhancement.

During this review, land within the District may be withdrawn, in whole or in part, at the owner’s discretion by filing a written notice with the Board of Supervisors at any time before the Board acts to continue, modify, or terminate the District.

Landowners of the following parcels, currently enrolled in the New Bluemont Agricultural and Forestal District, were notified by certified mail of the District’s review.

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Legal Notices Parcel Listings:

an application on forms provided by the Department of Planning and Zoning and one or more of the following criteria is met:

PIN

Tax Map Number

Acres Enrolled

PIN

Tax Map Number

Acres Enrolled

607106961000

/33///6/////1/

29.37

632253045000

/42//23/////1B

6.16

607193278000

/33///6/////3/

29.11

632278113000

/42//23////13B

36.87

607201841000

/33///6/////2/

25.42

632285185000

/42//23////13C

28.66

608307527000

/34////////11D

10

633353536000

/42////////30/

97.87

608383648000

/33///1////10/

10

633363172001

/42////////30A

6.14

608475871000

/33///1////13/

28.22

633363172002

/42////////30B

0.66

608490473000

/33///6/////4/

28.26

633390709000

/42////////50/

20.66

609159822000

/33//23/////1/

20.27

633457642000

/42////////30C

50

1.

2.

3.

4.

Management Plan that specifically states that the property owner(s) are accumulating the required 5-year production records in order to qualify for agricultural, to include horticulture, land use tax deferral.

Animal Husbandry including Equine uses (commercial or non-commercial) with a Management Plan that relates the pasture carrying capacity to limit the number of animals allowed.

Forests and woodlands with a management plan that specifies the actions required to maintain and enhance the stands.

Wetlands, flood plains, streams and/or rivers that have Management Plans that set forth the terms for their maintenance and enhancement.

During this review, land within the District may be withdrawn, in whole or in part, at the owner’s discretion by filing a written notice with the Board of Supervisors at any time before the Board acts to continue, modify, or terminate the District.

609263592000

/33//23/////2/

20.27

633459668000

/42////////30E

3.25

609271684000

/33////////33/

40

633461968000

/42////////30F

1.7

609360289000

/33//23/////3/

24.55

633464499000

/42////////30G

3.46

610254022000

/42/////////1/

16

633466646000

/42////////30H

16.83

610353696000

/33///9////WL/

36.38

633467626000

/42////////30D

2.7

610359402000

/33////////30/

39.23

633485762000

/42//25/////3/

38.99

610397684000

/33//11/////1/

6.88

647201688000

/33////////24A

24.54

214356019000

611359973000

/42//23////12C

10.61

649282628000

/41////////79A

4.14

216039231000

629198595000

/33///2/////4/

20.21

649289645000

/41////////79B

12.26

254178586000

629274326000

/33/A/1////10/

9.98

649301508000

/41////////79/

7.03

254182213000

Landowners of the following parcels, currently enrolled in the New Catoctin North Agricultural and Forestal District, were notified by certified mail of the District’s review.

Parcel Listings: PIN

Tax Map Number

Acres Enrolled

PIN

Tax Map Number

Acres Enrolled

//5/////////1/

465

294201988000

/10////////68I

3

/11///3/////B/

21.57

294204114000

/10////////67G

4.91

//4///8////15A

9.09

294271522000

/10//21/////2/

3.16

//4///6////13B

8.67

294294872000

/10////////67B

26.93

629302015000

/33///2/////5/

24

649389363000

/41////////79C

5.16

254285435000

//4///8////15C

19.21

294300245000

/10////////68G

10

629498704000

/33////////15A

42.07

649405211000

/42////////30I

12.03

254377757000

//4////////15/

29.01

294368406000

/10/////////5/

2.97

630396056000

/33//23/////4/

146.88

649492802000

/41////////42/

5.5

254384867000

//4////////14/

19.12

294378024000

/10////////68/

52.84

631179153000

/42//23////14A

7.25

650203019000

/42////////58C

24.42

255270117000

/10//43/////1/

7.08

294398719000

/10////////68H

10

631205448000

/33//24/////2/

56.9

650252860000

/41////////71/

30

255365007000

/10////////65B

6

294488337000

//4/////////6B

15.08

631295042000

/42/////////2A

5.43

650353066000

/41////////69/

22.25

255467350000

//4/////////9A

13.74

295494877000

/10////////67E

18

631298186000

/33//24/////1/

37.4

650359812000

/41////////70/

20.65

255472537000

//4////////11B

12.06

*255271166000

/10//43/////2/

7.08

631382491000

/33////////25/

286.1

663102948000

/41////////74/

99.04

294188030000

/10////////67C

10.1

632153482000

/42////////19/

11.48

663404127000

/41////////68/

32

632191676000

/42//25/////4/

23.8

663405577000

/41////////67/

20

*Indicates a parcel containing at least 5 acres but less than 20 acres whose owner did not properly apply for renewal.

The ADAC held a public meeting on October 24, 2019, to review and make recommendations concerning whether to continue, modify, or terminate the New Bluemont Agricultural and Forestal District, and to review renewal applications and requests for withdrawal of land from the District. The report and recommendations of the ADAC was considered by the Planning Commission, along with any proposed modifications, at its public hearing on December 17, 2019. The reports and recommendations of the ADAC and the Planning Commission, along with any proposed modifications, will be considered by the Board of Supervisors at its public hearing.

The ADAC held a public meeting on October 24, 2019, to review and make recommendations concerning whether to continue, modify, or terminate the New Catoctin North Agricultural and Forestal District, and to review renewal applications and requests for withdrawal of land from the District. The report and recommendations of the ADAC was considered by the Planning Commission, along with any proposed modifications, at its public hearing on December 17, 2019. The reports and recommendations of the ADAC and the Planning Commission, along with any proposed modifications, will be considered by the Board of Supervisors at its public hearing.

In accordance with Section 15.2-4307 of the Code of Virginia, the application(s) will be on file and open to public inspection at the Office of the County Administrator, 5th Floor, and Department of Planning and Zoning, 3rd Floor, County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, Monday through Friday, 8:30 am until 4:30 pm or call (703) 777-0246. Documents also may be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at: www.loudoun.gov/bosdocuments (for Public Hearing documents, follow the link for “Board of Supervisors Business Meetings, Public Hearings and Special Meetings”).

In accordance with Section 15.2-4307 of the Code of Virginia, the application(s) will be on file and open to public inspection at the Office of the County Administrator, 5th Floor, and Department of Planning and Zoning, 3rd Floor, County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, Monday through Friday, 8:30 am until 4:30 pm or call (703) 777-0246. Documents also may be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at: www.loudoun.gov/bosdocuments (for Public Hearing documents, follow the link for “Board of Supervisors Business Meetings, Public Hearings and Special Meetings”).

REVIEW AND RENEWAL, MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION OF THE NEW CATOCTIN NORTH AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTAL DISTRICT

REVIEW AND RENEWAL, MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION OF THE NEW CATOCTIN SOUTH AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTAL DISTRICT

The current period of the New Catoctin North Agricultural and Forestal District will expire on June 1, 2020. The District has a 4-year period and a subdivision minimum lot size of 20 acres. Pursuant to Chapter 1226 of the Codified Ordinances of Loudoun County, the Board of Supervisors has directed staff, the Agricultural District Advisory Committee (ADAC), and the Planning Commission to conduct a review in order to determine whether to continue, modify, or terminate the District. Parcels currently enrolled in the District are located within an area generally on the north and south sides, and north of Lovettsville Road (Route 672), on the east side of Quarter Branch Road (Route 663), and on the southwest side and southwestward of the Potomac River, in the Catoctin Election District.

The current period of the New Catoctin South Agricultural and Forestal District will expire on June 1, 2020. The District has a 4-year period and a subdivision minimum lot size of 20 acres. Pursuant to Chapter 1226 of the Codified Ordinances of Loudoun County, the Board of Supervisors has directed staff, the Agricultural District Advisory Committee (ADAC), and the Planning Commission to conduct a review in order to determine whether to continue, modify, or terminate the District. Parcels currently enrolled in the District are located within an area generally south of Lovettsville Road (Route 672), east of Berlin Turnpike (Route 287), Mountain Road (Route 690), and Charles Town Pike (Route 9), west of James Monroe Highway (Route 15), and north of Harry Byrd Highway (Route 7), in the Catoctin Election District.

During this review, land less than 5 acres, or 20 acres or greater, in size that is currently enrolled in the District will be automatically renewed. However, any parcel containing at least 5 acres but less than 20 acres will be ineligible for renewal and inclusion within the District unless the owner submits

During this review, land less than 5 acres, or 20 acres or greater, in size that is currently enrolled in the District will be automatically renewed. However, any parcel containing at least 5 acres but less than 20 acres will be ineligible for renewal and inclusion within the District unless the owner submits

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2.

3.

4.

Management Plan that specifically states that the property owner(s) are accumulating the required 5-year production records in order to qualify for agricultural, to include horticulture, land use tax deferral.

Animal Husbandry including Equine uses (commercial or non-commercial) with a Management Plan that relates the pasture carrying capacity to limit the number of animals allowed.

Forests and woodlands with a management plan that specifies the actions required to maintain and enhance the stands.

Wetlands, flood plains, streams and/or rivers that have Management Plans that set forth the terms for their maintenance and enhancement.

During this review, land within the District may be withdrawn, in whole or in part, at the owner’s discretion by filing a written notice with the Board of Supervisors at any time before the Board acts to continue, modify, or terminate the District.

Landowners of the following parcels, currently enrolled in the New Catoctin South Agricultural and Forestal District, were notified by certified mail of the District’s review.

Parcel Listings:

PIN

Tax Map Number

Acres Enrolled

PIN

221173382000 221186655000

Tax Map Number

Acres Enrolled

/19////////70/

40

337377089000

/17////////48/

11.25

/19////////61/

32.35

337452650000

/17///5////12/

21.87

221203596000

/19////////41D

11.19

338153696000

/17//13/////5/

10.25

221286195000

/19////////58/

51.6

338169331000

/17//13/////1/

10.17

221288921000

/19////////60/

24

339362453000

/17////////36/

15.51

222106681000

/29////////54/

1.82

341103295000

/28//29/////1/

144

222153557000

/19//11////20/

27.17

342190713000

/27//13/////2/

9.21

222160179000

/19//11////21/

30.39

342290786000

/28///3/////3/

10

222166198000

/19//11////22/

21.48

343159953000

/37///6/////1/

30.96

222360843000

/19//11////24/

22.68

343168839000

/37///////100/

2.56

222453154000

/19//11////15A

22.83

343172370000

/37///4/////7/

10.19

222464356000

/19//11////14/

32.3

343264262000

/27///9/////1/

10.05

223162434000

/29///1/////2/

28.07

343267784000

/27///9/////2/

10.01

PIN

Tax Map Number

Acres Enrolled

PIN

Tax Map Number

Acres Enrolled

223176820000

/29///9/////5/

9.53

343282600000

/37///4/////2/

11

223176961000

/29///9/////6/

2.73

343375854000

/27//27///4A1/

10

175168963000

/11///////136C

21.84

297375127000

/10///4/////3/

10

223179141000

/29///9/////4/

1.87

343405838000

/28///5////12/

10.62

176185191000

/20///7/////4/

10

298358503000

/18/////////4/

8.08

223181061000

/29///9/////C/

1.41

344200266000

/38///7/////6/

12.45

176262763000

/19///1/////9/

10

298382577000

/18///1/////5/

10.06

22318283 5000

/29///9/////3/

2.24

344303992000

/38//29/////F/

39.98

176281282000

/19///1////14/

10

299263293000

/18///4/////3/

10

223187241000

/29///9/////A/

12.71

344467875000

/37//12/////1/

11.1

176450505000

/19//18/////1/

10

300173563000

/18////////43/

129

223278312000

/29///9/////B/

19.92

373102350000

/17//29/////3/

10

176456303000

/19///////133/

29.89

300259134000

/18///7/////4/

25.5

224453600000

/29////////33/

6

373208381000

/17//38/////2/

6

176467590000

/19///////136B

16.65

300379219000

/18////////20A

45.37

224462478000

/29///1/////3/

34.07

373256641000

/17////////13D

10.66

176471125000

/19///1/////4/

10

300403839000

/18////////18D

20

225154365000

/29//10////38/

57.24

373282075000

/17////////52/

24.25

176476614000

/19///1/////5/

10

300460411000

/18////////29/

237.74

225166450000

/29//10////39/

65.14

373484118000

/17//31/////1/

47.43

177039285000

/19///5/////7E

25.1

300481654000

/18////////20/

55.62

228351089000

/39////////20/

15

374302576000

/17////////32/

50.86

177268595000

/19///////112/

33.76

302106514000

/28////////38C

12

258160342000

/10///1/////5/

10

374498889000

/17//29/////5/

10

177284132000

/19///5/////2/

30.71

302460037000

/28///1/////1/

11

258170425000

/10///1/////3/

13.71

375284534000

/17//48////27/

2.39

177288562000

/19///5/////4A

15.01

303265697000

/28/A/2/////6/

1.9

258180755000

/10////////35/

4.78

375377792000

/17//48////12/

21.33

177361918000

/19///////114/

32.54

303272253000

/28////////30B

18.79

258196538000

/11////////89/

17.97

378302855000

/27/B/1/////9/

6.65

177377111000

/19///5/////1/

15

303285546000

/28//25/////A/

2.27

259202792000

/19///3/////1/

13.76

378497170000

/27/B/1/////1/

5.57

177381260000

/19///5/////3/

24.89

303363605000

/28/A/2/////7/

1.52

259289160000

/18//18/////B/

32.9

409108065000

/16//19////12/

15.89

177485973000

/19///5/////7D

10

303406724000

/28///8/////5/

10.45

259304193000

/19/////////6A

60.9

409182398000

/16//19/////2/

10

180188905000

/30/A/2/////6A

15.75

304179374000

/28//16/////A/

14.56

259369406000

/18//18/////A/

37.18

409187038000

/16//19/////5/

10

181485474000

/30/A/2/////6B

6

304185133000

/28//16/////B/

14.63

259376970000

/18//18/////D/

37.56

409192094000

/16//19/////7/

10

218263250000

/11///////108/

12.02

304283694000

/28////////23/

223.05

259489678000

/18//18/////C/

34.78

409199930000

/16//19/////9/

10.46

218269487000

/11///////108B

0.52

304452424000

/28////////10/

25.55

259497349000

/19/////////7A

20.2

409199988000

/16//19////10/

10.81

218272397000

/11///////109/

6.52

304455972000

/28////////10A

20.02

260254610000

/18////////18/

23

409207552000

/16//19////13/

10.34

218276682000

/11///////112A

0.35

304473640000

/28////////25A

42.07

261186132000

/19//11/////2/

10.07

409291949000

/16//19/////8/

10

218475801000

/11////////57/

28.47

304484651000

/28////////25/

29.24

261186784000

/19//11/////1/

11.74

409299950000

/16//19////11/

10.49

219166841000

/19///3/////3/

34.9

305252513000

/38//29/////C/

24.31

261306905000

/19//22////A1/

243.06

409392112000

/17//23////10/

10

219167588000

/19//20/////1/

40

305272495000

/28////////14A

3.12

262303755000

/19//11////16A

48.46

409392464000

/17//23/////9/

10.01

219251765000

/19///3/////1A

2.8

305281781000

/28////////15/

53.22

262486367000

/19//11/////3A

20.12

409399170000

/17//23////12/

10.01

219257612000

/19///3/////3A

2.9

305302176000

/38////////86/

13.88

262495364000

/19//11/////9A

14.97

*337151672000

/17//29////15/

12.36

219260152000

/19///3/////2/

19.4

305383098000

/28//27/////3/

31.23

264185754000

/29//13/////4/

7.31

*337156465000

/17//29////16/

10.55

219274216000

/19////////13/

29.77

305392280000

/28//27/////2/

38.09

264252551000

/28///7/////5/

5.97

*337161129000

/17//29////19/

10.63

219289575000

/19//13/////1/

5.53

305408918000

/28//21////14/

22.84

264281124000

/28////////41/

31.16

*337163993000

/17//29////17/

10.19

219357575000

/19////////11A

7.8

306400213000

/38////////79A

14.59

264452988000

/28///8/////6/

10.64

*337167331000

/17//29////20/

10

219382703000

/19////////15B

7.02

306404122000

/38////////77C

7.07

265102944000

/29//10////37/

55

*337172996000

/17//29////18/

10.14

220194655000

9//21////10E

11.75

306497263000

/38////////77/

20.34

265457981000

/28///7////13/

6.45

*337173933000

/17//29////21/

10

220362094000

/19///3/////4/

30.21

307277853000

/38//34//69A2/

6.19

265470829000

/29///4/////2/

10

*337179064000

/17////////43/

8.75

220379513000

/19///4/////9/

11.29

307280983000

/38////////69A

5.79

221163840000

/19//11////13/

25.67

337352828000

/17///5////10/

10

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Tax Map Number

Acres Enrolled

PIN

Tax Map Number

Acres Enrolled

District has a 4-year period and a subdivision minimum lot size of 50 acres. Pursuant to Chapter 1226 of the Codified Ordinances of Loudoun County, the Board of Supervisors has directed staff, the Agricultural District Advisory Committee (ADAC), and the Planning Commission to conduct a review in order to determine whether to continue, modify, or terminate the District. Parcels currently enrolled in the District are located within an area generally south of Snickersville Turnpike (Route 734), on the east and west sides and east of Foggy Bottom Road (Route 626), Ridgeside Road (Route 765), Trappe Road (Route 619), and Greengarden Road (Route 719), on the northwest side and northwest of Unison Road (Route 630), and west of Woodtrail Road (Route 700), in the Blue Ridge Election District.

265474762000

/29///4/////3/

7.7

*338351873000

/17//29////11/

10

265483196000

/29//13/////2/

6.39

*338358964000

/17//29////12/

10

266106578000

/29//10////52/

45.5

*338365855000

/17//29////13/

10

267108108000

/39/////////3A

20

*338372846000

/17//29////14/

10

267273099000

/38////////81A

24.88

*338451091000

/17//29/////7/

10

267304050000

/29//10////54/

28.58

*338451927000

/17//29////10/

10

268303324000

/39////////21B

13.64

*338458484000

/17//29////22/

10

268392289000

/38////////82B

10

*338458925000

/17//29////23/

10

269100599000

/39////////24A

7.32

*338466243000

/17//29////24/

21.79

269173982000

/38//23/////8F

0.36

*338472502000

/17//29////26/

10

269195231000

/38//19/////5/

6.69

*338474671000

/17//29////25/

10

269273011000

/38//23/////1F

5.33

**268490956000

/38////////82C

10

2.

269276365000

/38//23/////3F

9.91

**302359580000

/28///1/////1A

11.34

3.

269361546000

/38//27///C1G/

2.92

**304191950000

/28//16/////C/

14.45

269369502000

/38//23/////2F

13.13

**306403355000

/38////////77B

8.16

270492526000

/47////////37/

20.66

**343351601000

/37///6/////4A

10

270493191000

/38//19/////4/

7.82

**343355628000

/27///9/////3/

10.01

270494244000

/38//19/////3/

6.35

**344379499000

/37//27/////1/

17.4

297206093000

/10////////32/

139.6

**409282043000

/16//19/////1/

10.01

297272207000

/10//28/////1/

10

*Indicates a parcel whose owner is withdrawing it from the District. ** Indicates a parcel containing at least 5 acres but less than 20 acres whose owner did not properly apply for renewal.

The ADAC held a public meeting on October 24, 2019, to review and make recommendations concerning whether to continue, modify, or terminate the New Catoctin South Agricultural and Forestal District, and to review renewal applications and requests for withdrawal of land from the District. The report and recommendations of the ADAC was considered by the Planning Commission, along with any proposed modifications, at its public hearing on December 17, 2019. The reports and recommendations of the ADAC and the Planning Commission, along with any proposed modifications, will be considered by the Board of Supervisors at its public hearing.

During this review, land less than 5 acres, or 20 acres or greater, in size that is currently enrolled in the District will be automatically renewed. However, any parcel containing at least 5 acres but less than 20 acres will be ineligible for renewal and inclusion within the District unless the owner submits an application on forms provided by the Department of Planning and Zoning and one or more of the following criteria is met: 1.

4.

Management Plan that specifically states that the property owner(s) are accumulating the required 5-year production records in order to qualify for agricultural, to include horticulture, land use tax deferral.

Animal Husbandry including Equine uses (commercial or non-commercial) with a Management Plan that relates the pasture carrying capacity to limit the number of animals allowed.

Forests and woodlands with a management plan that specifies the actions required to maintain and enhance the stands.

Wetlands, flood plains, streams and/or rivers that have Management Plans that set forth the terms for their maintenance and enhancement.

During this review, land within the District may be withdrawn, in whole or in part, at the owner’s discretion by filing a written notice with the Board of Supervisors at any time before the Board acts to continue, modify, or terminate the District.

Landowners of the following parcels, currently enrolled in the New Ebenezer Agricultural and Forestal District, were notified by certified mail of the District’s review.

Parcel Listings: PIN

Tax Map Number

Acres Enrolled

PIN

Tax Map Number

Acres Enrolled

590152895000

/55///6///9A1/

25.21

636267991000

/54//12///2A1/

10.92

590253187000

/55///6///7A1/

31.8

636389503000

/54/////////5/

180.71

591165432000

/55//16/////5A

11.55

637108064000

/54////////48/

76.7

592162635000

/55////////15D

75.06

638253068000

/54////////23A

0.21

614154025000

/54///8////15/

20

638262153000

/54////////25/

102.82

In accordance with Section 15.2-4307 of the Code of Virginia, the application(s) will be on file and open to public inspection at the Office of the County Administrator, 5th Floor, and Department of Planning and Zoning, 3rd Floor, County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, Monday through Friday, 8:30 am until 4:30 pm or call (703) 777-0246. Documents also may be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at: www.loudoun.gov/bosdocuments (for Public Hearing documents, follow the link for “Board of Supervisors Business Meetings, Public Hearings and Special Meetings”).

614452644000

/42//13/////2/

6.17

638275395000

/54////////26/

81.74

614456107000

/42//13/////1/

6.05

638402327000

/54////////47/

123.5

614484938000

/42////////98A

42.52

638478743000

/54////////29/

2.45

615257848000

/54////////56A

10

651103256000

/53///8/////1B

19.38

615464519000

/54//16/////2/

104.5

652181215000

/53////////43A

97.65

616153983000

/54////////47A

50.41

652195532000

/53///4////26/

10.04

REQUEST FOR WITHDRAWAL OF LAND BELONGING TO THE JUDITH A. DENMAN IRREVOCABLE BYPASS SUBTRUST “B” FROM THE NEW HILLSBORO AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTAL DISTRICT

616491612000

/54////////52/

27.54

652205980000

/53///4////17/

10

617383014000

/54////////40/

8.63

652298099000

/53///4////21/

11.98

617387180000

/54////////41/

33.15

652458408000

/53///3/////5/

16.28

Pursuant to Virginia Code §15.2-4314 and the New Hillsboro Agricultural and Forestal District Ordinance, the Judith A. Denman Irrevocable Bypass Subtrust “B”, Donald E. Denman, Trustee, of 36838 Heskett Lane, Hillsboro, Virginia, has submitted an application to withdraw a 58.55-acre parcel from the New Hillsboro Agricultural and Forestal District. The subject property is located north of, and on the north side of, Heskett Lane (Route 750) and east of Harpers Ferry Road (Route 671), in the Blue Ridge Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN 515-29-1373. The New Hillsboro Agricultural and Forestal District currently has a 10-year period that will expire on April 10, 2022, and is subject to a subdivision minimum lot size of 20 acres.

In accordance with Section 15.2-4307 of the Code of Virginia, the application(s) will be on file and open to public inspection at the Office of the County Administrator, 5th Floor, and Department of Planning and Zoning, 3rd Floor, County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, Monday through Friday, 8:30 am until 4:30 pm or call (703) 777-0246. Documents also may be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at: www.loudoun.gov/bosdocuments (for Public Hearing documents, follow the link for “Board of Supervisors Business Meetings, Public Hearings and Special Meetings”).

REVIEW AND RENEWAL, MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION OF THE NEW EBENEZER AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTAL DISTRICT The current period of the New Ebenezer Agricultural and Forestal District will expire on June 1, 2020. The

617472127000

/54////////44/

48.82

652496154000

/53///1/////3/

11.02

634189165000

/42///9/////2/

10.09

653268553000

/53////////30C

20.17

634193114000

/42///9/////3/

10

653279646000

/53////////30D

32.5

635305365000

/42///9/////6B

4.14

653476819000

/53///4/////9/

41.52

635373570000

/42///9////16/

10

653493820000

/53///5/////1/

20.06

635405402000

/42///9/////6C

6.51

654107163000

/54////////24/

66.88

635480318000

/42///9////13/

10.05

655399257000

/70///5/////2/

120.83

635497264000

/42///9/////4/

10.31

*652300948000

/53///4////19/

9.71

*Indicates a parcel containing at least 5 acres but less than 20 acres whose owner did not properly apply for renewal.

The ADAC held a public meeting on October 24, 2019, to review and make recommendations concerning whether to continue, modify, or terminate the New Ebenezer Agricultural and Forestal District, and to review renewal applications and requests for withdrawal of land from the District. The report and recommendations of the ADAC was considered by the Planning Commission, along with any proposed modifications, at its public hearing on December 17, 2019. The reports and recommendations of the ADAC and the Planning Commission, along with any proposed modifications, will be considered by the Board of Supervisors at its public hearing.

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Legal Notices In accordance with Section 15.2-4307 of the Code of Virginia, the application(s) will be on file and open to public inspection at the Office of the County Administrator, 5th Floor, and Department of Planning and Zoning, 3rd Floor, County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, Monday through Friday, 8:30 am until 4:30 pm or call (703) 777-0246. Documents also may be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at: www.loudoun.gov/bosdocuments (for Public Hearing documents, follow the link for “Board of Supervisors Business Meetings, Public Hearings and Special Meetings”).

REQUEST FOR WITHDRAWAL OF LAND BELONGING TO HARRY H. MICHELITCH AND ARLEEN V. MICHELITCH FROM THE NEW HILLSBORO AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTAL DISTRICT

PIN

Property Address

114-19-4181

19891 Naple Lakes Terr., Ashburn VA

114-39-3106

43409 Ballantine Pl, Ashburn VA

191-30-3253

894 Rhonda Pl SE, Leesburg VA

191-40-6654

836 Hawks Run Ct SE, Leesburg VA

237-39-5293

41453 Hogeland Mill Rd, Leesburg VA

112-16-8485

19120 Chartered Creek Pl, Leesburg VA

112-16-8776

19124 Chartered Creek Pl, Leesburg VA

193-46-2814

41087 Cochran Mill Rd, Leesburg VA

Pursuant to Virginia Code §15.2-4314 and the New Hillsboro Agricultural and Forestal District Ordinance, Harry H. Michelitch, of Hamilton, Virginia, has submitted an application to withdraw a 5.57-acre parcel from the New Hillsboro Agricultural and Forestal District. The subject property is located northwest of, and on the northwest side of, Hampton Road (Route 738) and north of Piggott Bottom Road (Route 711), in the Catoctin Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 416-47-3504.

The New Hillsboro Agricultural and Forestal District currently has a 10-year period that will expire on April 10, 2022, and is subject to a subdivision minimum lot size of 20 acres.

193-36-3375

N/A

In accordance with Section 15.2-4307 of the Code of Virginia, the application(s) will be on file and open to public inspection at the Office of the County Administrator, 5th Floor, and Department of Planning and Zoning, 3rd Floor, County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, Monday through Friday, 8:30 am until 4:30 pm or call (703) 777-0246. Documents also may be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at: www.loudoun.gov/bosdocuments (for Public Hearing documents, follow the link for “Board of Supervisors Business Meetings, Public Hearings and Special Meetings”).

SPEX-2019-0020 WAWA CHANTILLY (Special Exception)

Martin-Chantilly LLC., of Gastonia, North Carolina, has submitted an application for a Special Exception to permit an Automobile Service Station use in the PD-GI (Planned Development – General Industry) zoning district. This application is subject to the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, and the proposed use is listed as a Special Exception use under Section 4-604. The subject property is located within the QN (Quarry Notification) Overlay District and located within the AI (Airport Impact) Overlay District, between the Ldn 60-65, and outside of but within one (1) mile of the Ldn 60 aircraft noise contours. The subject property is approximately 6.56 acres in size and is located on the north side of John Mosby Highway (Route 50), east of Loudoun County Parkway (Route 606) and west of Vance Road (Route 621), at 43054 John Mosby Highway, Chantilly, Virginia, in the Dulles Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 127-35-6282. The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Industrial/Mineral Extraction Place Type)), which designate this area for Industrial and supportive Retail uses at a Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of up to 0.6.

153-28-4438

N/A

153-28-3852

42740 Tunstall Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-4053

42742 Tunstall Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-4253

42744 Tunstall Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-4453

42746 Tunstall Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-4553

42748 Tunstall Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-4753

42750 Tunstall Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-5054

42752 Tunstall Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-4262

42741 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-4462

42743 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-4662

42745 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-4963

42747 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

153-38-5877

42754 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

153-38-6177

42756 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

153-38-6377

42758 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

153-38-6577

42760 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

153-38-6878

42762 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

153-38-7078

42764 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

153-38-7378

42766 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

153-38-7679

42770 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

153-38-7979

42772 Keiller Terr., Ashburn VA

192-16-3634

20028 Sycolin Rd, Leesburg VA

192-16-6682

N/A

ZMAP-2019-0018 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING MAP REGARDING EXPANSION AND REDUCTION OF THE QUARRY NOTIFICATION OVERLAY DISTRICT FOR LUCK STONE LEESBURG QUARRY (Zoning Map Amendment)

153-39-2701

42827 Churchhill Downs Dr., Ash., VA

153-28-6154

20580 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-6154

20582 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-6154

20584 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

Pursuant to Sections 15.2-2204 and 15.2-2285 of the Code of Virginia, Section 6-1200 of the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance and a Resolution adopted by the Board of Supervisors on October 17, 2019, the Board of Supervisors hereby gives notice of a proposed amendment to the Zoning Map for the purpose of amending the boundaries of the QN (Quarry Notification) Overlay District. The QN amendment is proposed in conjunction with proposed amendments to the Luck Stone Leesburg Quarry as proposed by ZMAP-2019-0003 & SPEX-2019-0003, Luck/Hayden/Loudoun Water Property, and ZCPA-2019-0001, ZCPA-2019-0012 & SPEX-2019-0004, Luck Stone West Quarry. Proposed amendments to the Luck Stone Leesburg Quarry would expand the existing boundaries of the QN in certain areas to encompass additional properties and additional portions of properties that would be located within 3,000 feet of the expanded quarry area, and reduce the existing boundaries of the QN in other areas to remove properties or portions of properties that are no longer within 3,000 feet of property approved for quarry uses. The area proposed to be mapped and zoned as QN is generally located south of the W&OD Trail, east and north of Sycolin Road (Route 625), and west of Belmont Ridge Road (Route 659), in the Catoctin Election District, and includes lots and parcels located within the Goose Creek Village subdivision. Properties that are located within, or partially within, the area proposed to be mapped and zoned as QN are more particularly described as follows:

153-28-6154

20586 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-6154

20588 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-6154

20590 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-6154

20592 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-6154

20594 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-6154

20596 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-6154

20598 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-6154

20600 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-6154

20602 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-6154

20604 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-6154

20606 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-6154

20608 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

PIN

Property Address

153-28-6154

20610 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

115-17-0716

20380 Farmgate Terrace, Ashburn VA

153-28-6154

20612 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

193-36-4150

N/A

153-28-6154

20614 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

193-26-9072

20254 Sycolin Rd, Leesburg VA

193-26-9027

20280 Sycolin Rd Leesburg VA

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Property Address

153-28-6154

20616 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-6154

20618 Maitland Terr., Ashburn VA

Properties that are proposed to be removed from the QN overlay district are described as follows:

2) 3) 4) 5)

PIN

Property Address

154-45-5373

20776 Sycolin Rd Ashburn VA

153-16-3488

20810 Sycolin Rd Ashburn VA

153-27-8675

20685 Sycolin Rd Ashburn VA

153-27-8478

20683 Erskine Terr., Ashburn VA

153-27-8380

20681 Erskine Terr., Ashburn VA

153-27-8282

20679 Erskine Terr., Ashburn VA

153-27-8184

20677 Erskine Terr., Ashburn VA

153-27-7986

20675 Erskine Terr., Ashburn VA

153-27-7888

20673 Erskine Terr., Ashburn VA

153-27-7691

20671 Erskine Terr., Ashburn VA

153-27-7593

20667 Erskine Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-1473

N/A

153-27-7396

20665 Erskine Terr., Ashburn VA

153-27-7298

20663 Erskine Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-0197

42702 Redpath Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-0397

42704 Redpath Terr., Ashburn VA

153-27-7100

20661 Redpath Terr., Ashburn VA

153-27-6902

20659 Erskine Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-0006

42721 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-0206

42723 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-0406

42725 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-0606

42727 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-0807

42729 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-1007

42731 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-0215

20639 Lister Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-1116

20655 Smollet Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-0218

20637 Lister Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-1119

20653 Smollet Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-1021

20651 Smollet Terr., Ashburn VA

153-28-1023

20649 Smollet Terr., Ashburn VA

153-27-9101

42694 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA

153-27-9101

42696 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA

153-27-9101

42698 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA

153-27-9101

42700 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA

153-27-9101

42702 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA

153-27-9101

42704 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA

153-27-9101

42706 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA

153-27-9101

42708 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA

153-27-9101

42710 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA

153-27-9101

42712 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA

153-27-9101

42714 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA

153-27-9101

42716 Telford Terr., Ashburn VA

The proposed amendment of the Zoning Map to expand the boundaries of the QN would not change the general usages and density ranges permitted by the underlying zoning districts for the above listed properties. The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Transition Policy Area (Transition Industrial/Mineral Extraction, Transition Light Industrial, and Transition Large Lot Neighborhood) and Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Industrial/Mineral Extraction, Suburban Employment, Suburban Mixed Use, and Suburban Neighborhood)), which support: 1) Mineral extraction at densities up to 0.60 Floor Area Ratio (FAR) in the Transition Policy Area

6)

7)

(Transition Industrial/Mineral Extraction); Low-traffic light industrial and employment uses at densities up to 0.60 FAR in the Transition Policy Area (Transition Light Industrial); Residential uses at densities up to one dwelling unit per 10 acres in the Transition Policy Area (Transition Large Lot Neighborhood); Large manufacturing and other productive uses at densities up to 0.60 FAR in the Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Industrial/Mineral Extraction); Employment uses at densities up to 1.0 FAR in the Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Employment); Compact, pedestrian-oriented environments with a mix of residential, commercial, entertainment, cultural, and recreational amenities at densities up to 1.0 FAR (up to 1.5 FAR may be achieved through the provision of additional project elements) in the Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Mixed Use); and, Predominantly residential uses on medium-to-large lots at densities up to 4 dwelling units per acre (du/ac) or up to 6 du/ac for infill development, or non-residential densities up to 1.0 FAR in the Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Neighborhood).

The public purposes for this amendment is to achieve the purposes of zoning set forth in Section 15.22200 and 15.2-2283 of the Code of Virginia, including, without limitation, furtherance of the public necessity, convenience, general welfare and good zoning practice, and facilitating the creation of a convenient, attractive and harmonious community.

ZCPA-2019-0001, ZCPA-2019-0012 & SPEX-2019-0004 LUCK STONE WEST QUARRY (Zoning Concept Plan Amendments & Special Exception) Luck Stone Corporation of Richmond, Virginia, has submitted applications for the following: 1) To amend the Concept Development Plan (“CDP”) and Proffers associated with ZMAP-2009-0004, in order to revise previously approved quarry limits; 2) To amend the CDP and Proffers associated with ZMAP-20090003, in order to revise previously approved overburden storage area associated with quarry uses; and 3) A Special Exception to permit quarrying uses and to amend the quarry pit limits approved with SPEX-20090027. These applications are subject to the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, and the proposed uses are listed as a Special Exception use under Section 3-1004(A), pursuant to Sections 3-1007 and 3-1008. The subject property is located partially within the FOD (Floodplain Overlay District), outside of but within one (1) mile of the Ldn 60 aircraft noise contour(s), within the QN (Quarry Notification) Overlay District Luck Stone Quarry and Luck Stone Quarry Note Area, and partially within the Reservoir Protection Area.

The portion of the property that is subject to requested CDP/Proffer revisions is approximately 314.1 acres in size. The portion of the property that is subject to the Special Exception is approximately 98.8 acres in size, and located generally within the same limits of the above applications. The property is located on the north side of the Dulles Greenway and on the west side of Goose Creek in the Catoctin Election District.

The subject property is more particularly described as follows: PIN

Property Address

151-16-0598 (portion of)

41551 Cochran Mill Road, Leesburg, Virginia

152-36-1675

20136 Stonewater Lane, Leesburg, Virginia

152-25-5356 (portion of)

N/A

The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Transition Policy Area (Transition Industrial/Mineral Extraction and Leesburg JLMA Industrial/Mineral Extraction Place Types)), which designate this area for light industrial, industrial, and mineral extraction uses at a recommended Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of up to 0.60.

ZMAP-2019-0003 & SPEX-2019-0003 LUCK/HAYDEN/LOUDOUN WATER PROPERTY (Zoning Map Amendment & Special Exception) Luck Stone Corporation of Richmond, Virginia and Loudoun Water of Ashburn, Virginia have submitted applications for the following 1) To rezone approximately 61.2 acres from the MR-HI (Mineral Resource – Heavy Industry) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance to the PD-GI (Planned Development – General Industry) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance in order to develop up to 1,066,338 square feet of data center uses and uses accessory to data center uses including but not limited to office space and building accessory to and in support of data center uses; and, 2) A Special Exception to modify the conditions of approval and special exception plat associated with SPEX-2009-0021 in order to relocate primary site access. The subject property is located partially within the FOD (Floodplain Overlay District), outside of but within one (1) mile of the Ldn 60 aircraft noise contour(s), within the QN (Quarry Notification) Overlay District - Luck Stone Quarry and Luck Stone Quarry Note Area, and partially within the Reservoir Protection Area. The subject property is approximately 112.38 acres in size and is located on the north side of the Dulles Greenway and on the west side of Goose Creek in the Catoctin Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as follows: PIN

Property Address

194-49-8227 (portion of)

42350 Red Triangle Lane, Leesburg, Virginia

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PIN

Property Address

152-25-5356 (portion of)

N/A

153-35-5865

42400 Clearwater Glen Circle, Leesburg, Virginia

The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Transition Policy Area (Transition Light Industrial and Transition Industrial/Mineral Extraction Place Types)), which designate this area for light industrial, industrial, and mineral extraction uses at a recommended Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of up to 0.60.

Unless otherwise noted in the above notices, full and complete copies of the abovereferenced amendments, applications, ordinances, and/or plans, and related documents may be examined in the Loudoun County Department of Building and Development, County Government Center, 2nd Floor, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday or call 703-7770220 or electronically at www.loudoun.gov/lola. This link also provides an additional opportunity for public input on active applications. Documents also may be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at: www.loudoun.gov/bosdocuments (for Public Hearing documents, follow the link

All members of the public will be heard as to their views pertinent to these matters. Citizens are encouraged to call in advance to sign up to speak at the public hearing. For this public hearing, advanced sign-up will be taken after 8:30 a.m. on January 31, 2020, and no later than 12:00 p.m. on February 12, 2020. If you wish to sign-up in advance, call the Office of the County Administrator at (703) 777-0200. Citizens will also have the option to sign-up at the public hearing.

Hearing assistance is available for meetings in the Board of Supervisors’ Meeting Room. If you require any type of reasonable accommodation as a result of a physical, sensory or mental disability to participate in this meeting, please contact the Office of the County Administrator at 703-777-0200. At least one business day of advance notice is requested; some accommodations may require more than one day of notice.

FM Assistive Listening System is available at the meetings.

BY ORDER OF:

PHYLLIS RANDALL, CHAIRMAN LOUDOUN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

1/23 & 1/30/2020

ATTENTION LOUDOUN COUNTY BUSINESS OWNERS

OFFICIAL VOTING INFORMATION

MARCH 2 DEADLINE

The Constitution of Virginia requires that you be registered in the precinct in which you live in order to be qualified to vote.

Notification of 2020 business tax filing requirements has been mailed to each business and self-employed person on our tax rolls. The notification contains the account number and owner name necessary to report both business receipts and business equipment online. The annual filing deadline is March 1, but has been extended to March 2 since that date falls on a weekend.

For the convenience of the citizens of Loudoun County, the Voter Registration Office located at 750 Miller Drive, SE, Suite C, Leesburg, is open each week Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

BUSINESS LICENSE RENEWAL DUE MARCH 2

In order to be eligible to vote in the Democratic Presidential Primary Election to be held on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, you must register no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February 10, 2020.

Business owners who possess a 2019 Loudoun County Business License must obtain a 2020 license by reporting their calendar year 2019 gross receipts and paying the applicable license tax or fee at www.loudoun.gov/efile. The annual FILING and PAYMENT DEADLINE is midnight, March 2.

After reporting the business’ receipts online, filers will be provided with a link to pay online as well.

Owners of new businesses must obtain a license within 30 days of beginning business. Owners of businesses located in one of Loudoun’s incorporated towns should contact the respective town regarding business licensing requirements.

BUSINESS EQUIPMENT REPORTING DUE MARCH 2 Owners of business equipment that was located in Loudoun County on January 1, 2020, must report it for taxation at www.loudoun.gov/efile. The reporting of original cost, year of purchase, location, and item description for all business equipment in the county is due by midnight, March 2. Resulting semi-annual tax bills for this equipment must be paid to the Treasurer by the May 5 and October 5 deadlines. The reporting of business equipment is made to the Commissioner of the Revenue for all businesses in the County whether within or outside of an incorporated town.

Business owners subject to local business taxes must file annually, even if there is no tax due or property to declare. Address changes and notification of business closure should also be reported at www. loudoun.gov/efile. For information or filing assistance, please visit www.loudoun.gov/cor or contact my office at btcor@loudoun.gov or 703-777-0260. You may also stop by my offices weekdays, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM. Robert S. Wertz, Jr. Commissioner of the Revenue Loudoun County

NOTE: The Republicans chose to select delegates to their National Convention at a State Convention.

ABSENTEE VOTING The Loudoun County Office of Elections is now offering absentee voting in person at their Leesburg Office located at 750 Miller Drive, SE, Suite C, Leesburg, weekdays from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

Please note that the office will be closed on: • Monday, February 17 in observance of President’s Day

Saturday, February 29, 2020 is the last day upon which one may vote an absentee ballot in person for the upcoming election.

Anyone needing to vote an absentee ballot by mail must submit their completed Absentee Ballot Application by close of business on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. Completed applications can be submitted by mail, fax, email or online using the Virginia Department of Elections website – www.elections.virginia.gov.

Anyone who will be away at school, out of town on Election Day on business, personal business or vacation is eligible to apply for an absentee ballot. Anyone with a physical disability or illness or is the caregiver of someone who has a disability or illness may apply for an absentee ballot. Anyone whom will be working and commuting to and from home for 11 or more hours between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. can also vote by absentee ballot.

Government Center Office 1 Harrison St. SE, 1st Floor, Leesburg Loudoun Tech Center Office 21641 Ridgetop Circle, Ste 100, Sterling

Please feel free to give us a call at 703 777-0380 if you have any questions about absentee voting.

MAILING ADDRESS: PO Box 8000, Leesburg, VA 20177-9804 Phone: 703-777-0260 E-mail: btcor@loudoun.gov Website: www.loudoun.gov/cor

Additional information regarding voter registration, registration status, absentee voting, what’s on the ballot can be found by visiting our website at www.loudoun.gov/vote.

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Judith A. Brown, General Registrar 750 Miller Drive, SE, Suite C Leesburg, VA 20175-8916 703 777-0380 703 777-0622 FAX Email: vote@loudoun.gov Website: www.loudoun.gov/vote 1/30/20

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Legal Notices County of Loudoun, Virginia Availability of

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) 2020-2021 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN The Loudoun County Office of Housing has prepared the CDBG Program Year 2020-2021 Annual Action Plan for submission to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) by May 15, 2020.

HUD has designated Loudoun County as qualified for Urban County participation in the CDBG program and entitled to receive CDBG funding directly from HUD. HUD regulations require the adoption of the above referenced Plan, which outlines the County’s housing and community development needs, priorities and objectives, and proposed use of the federal funds for the ensuing CDBG program year.

Components of the Annual Action Plan include, without limitation, descriptions of: • • • • •

Federal and other resources expected to be available; Leveraging of resources and how match obligations will be met; The activities to be undertaken; The geographic distribution of investment; and Planned homeless and other special needs activities.

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TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 2020-2025 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM Pursuant to Va. Code § 15.2-2239, the Leesburg Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Thursday, February 6, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia, to solicit public comment on the proposed Fiscal Year 2020-2025 Capital Improvements Program (CIP).

The following table reflects potential Fiscal Year 2021 requested funding totaling $57,970,100.

The final requested funding amount will be included in the Town Manager’s Fiscal Year 2021 Proposed Budget scheduled to be presented to Town Council during their regular meeting the evening of February 11, 2020 at 7:00 P.M. The following table summarizes the CIP projects to be funded in FY 2019: CATEGORY

FY 2021 AMOUNT

MAJOR PROJECTS

ADMINISTRATION

$1,315,100

 Management costs associated with administering the Capital Improvements Program

GENERAL GOVERNMENT

$8,960,800

 Capital Asset Replacement Program  Police Station Expansion

PARKS & RECREATION

$1,899,000

 Ida Lee Tennis Court – Seasonal Air Structure  Ida Lee Recreation Center – Indoor Pool Roof Rehabilitation  Town Hall Campus Improvements Phase I  Tuscarora Creek Trail Phase I  Veterans Park at Balls Bluff

$32,028,900

 E. Market Street & Battlefield Parkway Interchange  Edwards Ferry Road NE Sidewalk Improvements  Evergreen Mill Road Widening  Miscellaneous Roadway, Pedestrian, and ADA Projects  Rt. 15 Bypass / Edwards Ferry Rd. Interchange

$638,900

 Market St. / King St. Intersection and Alley Between 3 and 5 S. King St. Improvements  Royal St. SE Storm Drainage Improvements

Copies of the proposed Plan are available and may be examined at the Office of the County Administrator, County Government Center, 5th floor, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, and at the Loudoun County Office of Housing, 102 Heritage Way, N.E., Suite 103, Leesburg, Virginia, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Plan is also available online at www.loudoun.gov/cdbg. Written comments on the Plan may be submitted to the attention of the CDBG Program Assistant Sandra Berrios at the Loudoun County Office of Housing, 102 Heritage Way, N.E., Suite 103, Leesburg, Virginia 20176 through February 24, 2020.

1/23 & 1/30/2020

STREETS AND HIGHWAYS

Notice of Public Hearing Town of Lovettsville Town Council

STORM DRAINAGE

The Lovettsville Town Council will hold a public hearing on the following item at their meeting at 7:30 pm on February 6, 2020 at the Lovettsville Town Office located at 6 East Pennsylvania Avenue: LVZA 2019-0005

Zoning Ordinance Amendment Adding Criteria for Consideration of Conditional Use Permit and Rezoning Applications

Consideration of an amendment to Section 42-33 (Conditional use permits) and Section 42-34 (Amendments) in order to add criteria for consideration of applications for conditional use permits and zoning map amendments (rezonings). The amendment adds six (6) criteria to paragraph (j) of Section 42-33 and five (5) additional criteria to paragraph (k) of Section 42-34 for the Planning Commission and Town Council to use in evaluating and acting upon conditional use permit and zoning map amendment applications, respectively. The amendment also adds one item to the required contents of concept plans.

The proposed zoning amendment is available for review at the Town Office between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm during weekdays or by special appointment, holidays excepted. Call (540) 822-5788 for more information or contact Joshua A. Bateman, Planning Director at jbateman@lovettsvilleva.gov.

In the event the meeting is postponed, the public hearing will be convened on the next regularly-scheduled meeting at the same time and place.

01/23 & 01/30/20

TOWN OF LOVETTSVILLE NOTICE PROPOSED CHANGE IN POLLING PLACE: TOWN OF LOVETTSVILLE, CATOCTIN DISTRICT Pursuant to Virginia Code sections 15.2-1427, 24.2-306 and 24.2-308, et seq., the Lovettsville Town Council gives notice of its intention to adopt an ordinance relocating its polling place to the Lovettsville Volunteer Fire and Rescue, 12837 Berlin Pike, Lovettsville, VA 20180.

Adoption of the ordinance is proposed for consideration at the Town Council meeting scheduled Thursday, February 6, 2020, at 7:30pm, at the Lovettsville Town Hall, 6 East Pennsylvania Avenue, Lovettsville, VA, and is intended to take effect for the May 5, 2020, election and for all subsequent elections. Copies of the text of the proposed ordinance may be examined at the Town Hall between 8:30am and 4:30pm, Monday through Friday (holidays excepted) or on the Town’s website at www. lovettsvilleva.gov.

In the event of cancellation due to hazardous conditions within the meaning of Va. Code section 15.21416, the matter will be continued to the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Town Council.

01/23 & 01/30/20

AIRPORT

$2,600,000

UTILITIES

$10,527,400

 Airport North Hangars  Water Pollution Control Facility Chemical Building Addition  Water Pollution Control Facility Debris Screen System  Water Supply Emergency II and III Interconnect  Utilities Repair, Replacement and Rehabilitation

Copies of the proposed CIP Summary with a complete list of projects are available in the Department of Finance & Administrative Services, Leesburg Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. or by calling 703-771-2763. Questions should be directed to Clark Case, Director of Finance and Administrative Services, at 703-771-2720.

At this hearing, all persons desiring to express their views concerning this matter will be heard. Persons requiring special accommodations should contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-771-2434, three days in advance of the meeting. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711.

01/23 & 01/30/19

NOTICE OF IMPOUNDMENT OF ABANDONED VEHICLES This notice is to inform the owner and any person having a security interest in their right to reclaim the motor vehicle herein described within 15 days after the date of storage charges resulting from placing the vehicle in custody, and the failure of the owner or persons having security interests to exercise their right to reclaim the vehicle within the time provided shall be deemed a waiver by the owner, and all persons having security interests of all right, title and interest in the vehicle, and consent to the sale of the abandoned motor vehicle at a public auction.

This notice shall also advise the owner of record of his or her right to contest the determination by the Sheriff that the motor vehicle was “abandoned”, as provided in Chapter 630.08 of the Loudoun County Ordinance, by requesting a hearing before the County Administrator in writing. Such written request for a hearing must be made within 15 days of the notice.

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TOWN OF LEESBURG ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID

LOUDOUN COUNTY WILL BE ACCEPTING SEALED COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS FOR: CAPITAL FACILITY NEEDS AND PROFFER GUIDELINES, RFP (RFQ) No. 185782, until prior to 4:00 p.m., local “Atomic Time”, February 24, 2020.

A Pre-Proposal Conference will be held on February 5, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. in the Lovettsville Conference Room, 1 Harrison Street, SE, 1st Floor, Leesburg, Virginia 20175 for clarification of any questions on the specifications.

Solicitation forms are available by downloading them from the website at www.loudoun.gov/procurement at no cost. Solicitation forms may also be picked up at the Division of Procurement at 1 Harrison Street, 4th Floor, Leesburg, Virginia 20175 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. weekdays or call (703) 777-0403.

WHEN CALLING, PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED ANY REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR ANY TYPE OF DISABILITY IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCUREMENT. 1/30/20

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LOUDOUN COUNTY

CL NO. 19-3324

ANTHONY SHAVELL GORDON, Plaintiff v.

TAIESHA MAE GORDON, Defendant

ORDER OF PUBLICATION THE OBJECT OF TIDS SUIT is for the Plaintiff, ANTHONY SHA VELL GORDON, to obtain a divorce a vinculo matrimonii from the Defendant, TAIESHA MAE GORDON, on the grounds of the the parties having lived separate and apart without cohabitation and without interruption for a period of time in excess of one (1) year.

IT APPEARING by Affidavit that the Plaintiff has used due diligence to ascertain the whereabouts of the Defendant without effect, and therefore IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Defendant appear before this Court on or before the 6th day of March, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. and protect her interests herein.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above paragraphs be published once a week for four (4) successive weeks in Loudoun Now, a newspaper of general circulation in Loudoun County, Virginia.

Loudoun Now is located 15 North King Street, Suite 101, Leesburg, VA 20176. The Clerk of this Court shall post this Order at the front door of the Courthouse, and shall mail a copy of this Order to the Defendant at her last known address at 9 Kimberly Kristin Way, Lovettsville, Virginia 20180.

01/09, 01/16, 01/23, 01/30/20

JANUARY 30, 2020

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VA. CODE § 8.01-316

Case No.:

JJ043629-01-00

Loudoun J&DR-Juvenile

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IFB NO. 18003-FY20-36 WEST MARKET STREET (AYR STREET TO MORVEN PARK ROAD) SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS SEALED BIDS to construct the above project WILL BE RECEIVED by the Office of Capital Projects for the Town of Leesburg, either by mail or hand delivered to the First Floor Lobby Receptionist, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, VA 20176, UNTIL BUT NO LATER THAN 3:30 p.m., Thursday, February 20, 2020. Bids shall be marked “Sealed Bid for West Market Street (Ayr Street To Morven Park Road) Sidewalk Improvements Bid Date - Thursday, February 20, 2020 – 3:30 P.M.” Bids will be opened and read aloud at 25 West Market Street, Lower Level Conference Room 2, at that date and time.

All questions regarding this bid must be submitted in writing via email to CapitalBidQuestions@ leesburgva.gov until but no later than 5:00 P.M. on Wednesday, February 12, 2020.

Work includes construction survey, erosion & sedimentation controls, maintenance of traffic, clearing, water main, storm drainage, excavation, embankment, retaining wall, curb, gutter, sidewalk, grading, paving and miscellaneous site work, and all incidentals related thereto.

The Town reserves the right to perform all, part, or none of the work.

Bid Documents are available for download from the Town’s Bid Board at http://www.leesburgva.gov/ bidboard. Contact Cindy Steyer at 703-737-2302 or csteyer@leesburgva.gov with questions about obtaining these bid documents. Any addenda issued for this project will be posted on the Town’s Bid Board and eVA (https://eva.virginia.gov) with a courtesy email to those firms who have registered on the Town’s Bid Board. It is the bidders’ responsibility to provide a correct email address and to be aware of any addenda.

Terry Yates, P.E., Manager Office of Capital Projects 1/30/20

Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Nasteho Yohannes Weldegeorgis Loudoun County Department of Family Services /v.

Hawa Adem Musse, Adoptive mother; Yohannes Weldegeorgis, Adoptive father; Unknown Bio-mother; Unknown Bio-father The object of this suit is to hold an adjudicatory hearing on 1/22/20 at 3:00 pm pursuant to Virginia Code § 16.1-252 for Nasteho Yohannes Weldegeorgis, AND hold a dispositional hearing on 2/26/20 at 3:00 pm for review of initial Foster Care Plan pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 16.1278.2 and 16.1-281 for Nasteho Yohannes Weldegeorgis.

It is ORDERED that the defendants Hawa Adem Musse, Adoptive mother; Yohannes Weldegeorgis, Adoptive father; Unknown Bio-mother; Unknown Bio-father appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before January 22, 2020 at 3:00 pm for Adjudication, AND February 26, 2020 at 3:00 pm for Disposition.

01/09, 01/16, 01/23 & 01/30/20

PUBLIC NOTICE AT&T proposes to replace an existing 35’ wood utility pole with a new 43.8’ wood utility pole and install a top-mounted antenna at 48’ at 43835 Timber Square, Leesburg, VA (20191741). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

PUBLIC HEARING The LOUDOUN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS will hold a public hearing in the Board of Supervisors’ Meeting Room, County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, at 6:00 p.m. on WEDNESDAY, March 11, 2020, in order to consider:

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY (PHA) 5-YEAR AND ANNUAL PLAN FOR LOUDOUN COUNTY DEPARMENT OF FAMILY SERVICES AND LOUDOUN COUNTY OFFICE OF HOUSING Pursuant to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regulations at 24 CFR Part 903, the Board of Supervisors hereby gives notice that it intends to conduct a public hearing for the purpose of considering and adopting the Public Housing Agency (PHA) 5-Year (FY21-FY25) and Annual Plan (FY21), for the Loudoun County Department of Family Services and the Loudoun County Office of Housing. The draft plan provides information on current programs and the resident population served.

A copy of the full text of the above-referenced plan is available and may be examined in the Office of the County Administrator, County Government Center, 5th Floor, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia and at the Loudoun County Department of Family Services and Loudoun County Office of Housing, 102 Heritage Way, N.E. Suite 103, P.O. Box 7400, Leesburg, Virginia from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday.

All members of the public will be heard as to their views pertinent to these matters. Citizens are encouraged to call in advance to sign up to speak at the public hearing. For this public hearing, advanced sign-up will be taken after 8:30 a.m. on February 28, 2020 and no later than 12:00 p.m. on March 11, 2020. If you wish to sign-up in advance, call the Office of the County Administrator at 703-777-0200.

Citizens will also have the option to sign-up at the public hearing.

Hearing assistance is available for meetings in the Board of Supervisors’ Meeting Room. If you require any type of reasonable accommodation as a result of a physical, sensory or mental disability to participate in this meeting, please contact the Office of the County Administrator at 703-777-0200. Three days’ notice is requested. FM Assistive Listening System is available at the meetings.

BY ORDER OF:

PHYLLIS RANDALL, CHAIRMAN LOUDOUN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

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Legal Notices ATTENTION LOUDOUN COUNTY VEHICLE OWNERS FILING DUE FEBRUARY 3 Notification of 2020 Personal Property filing requirements has recently been mailed to all owners of record in order to establish accurate assessment information for the 2020 tax year. Automobile, truck, motorcycle, camper, trailer, boat, motorhome, aircraft, or mobile home owners should report changes online at: www.loudoun.gov/efile A filing notification with instructions about online filing has been mailed to each household of record. The notification will indicate whether a filing is required or is optional for any personal property owned in Loudoun County based on the property type, the date the property was located in Loudoun, and whether a filing was previously made on the property.

Unless otherwise instructed, please report corrections, unusually high mileage, unrepaired body damage, serious mechanical defect, address changes or the sale, move or disposal of any personal property by February 3, 2020, online at: www.loudoun.gov/efile Newly acquired personal property or personal property recently entering Loudoun County must be reported to my office within 60 days of purchase or move to Loudoun County or one of its incorporated towns to avoid a 10% late filing penalty.

Beginning January 1, 2020, owners of vehicles displaying out-of-state license plates not otherwise exempt from obtaining Virginia license plates will be charged an additional annual license fee of $100. A $250 penalty may also be imposed on owners of vehicles that are not registered with DMV within 60 days of the owner’s having established residency in Virginia.

Also beginning January 1, 2020, Loudoun County will be administering the personal property tax and vehicle license fee (VLF) for owners of motor vehicles in the incorporated towns of Leesburg and Round Hill. For the incorporated towns of Middleburg and Lovettsville, Loudoun County will be billing and collecting the VLF only. Owners of motor vehicles located within the incorporated towns of Hamilton, Hillsboro, and Purcellville should contact their respective town regarding tax and decal requirements.

For information or assistance, please visit www.loudoun.gov/vehicle or contact my office at ppdcor@ loudoun.gov or 703-777-0260 weekdays 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM. Robert S. Wertz, Jr. Commissioner of the Revenue Loudoun County Leesburg Office 1 Harrison St. SE, First Floor Sterling Office 21641 Ridgetop Cir., Suite 100 Mailing Address PO Box 8000 Leesburg, VA 20177-9804 Phone: 703-777-0260 E-mail: ppdcor@loudoun.gov 01/02 & 01/09/20

TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING SETTING TAX RATES ON PERSONAL PROPERTY (SECTION 20-22), VEHICLE LICENSE FEE (SECTION 32-84), AND PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RELIEF (SECTION 20-30) FOR TAX YEAR 2020 AND AMENDING LEESBURG TOWN CODE, APPENDIX B – FEE SCHEDULE In accordance with the Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended §§ 15.2-1427, 46.2-752, 58.1-3000, 58.13007, 58.1-3503, 58.1-3506, 58.1-3515, and 58.1-3524, the Leesburg Town Council will hold a public hearing on: Tuesday, February 11, 2020, at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, VA. at which time the public shall have the right to present oral and written testimony on the following proposed amendments to the Leesburg Town Code: • The Town Manager proposes tax rates for personal property (per $100.00 of assessed value) for tax year 2020 to remain unchanged, as follows: ○ Aircraft = $0.001 ○ Motor vehicles = $1.00 ○ Tangible personal property (excluding public service corporations) = $1.00 ○ Bank capital = $.80 per $100.00 of the net capital of banks located in the Town.

• The Town Manager proposes unchanged personal property tax relief for tax year 2020 under the provisions of the Virginia Personal Property Tax Relief Act and Leesburg Town Code sec. 20-30, as follows: a reduced personal property tax rate of 50%, shall be applied solely to that portion of the value of each qualifying vehicle that is not in excess of $20,000.

• The Town Manager proposes that the vehicle license fee for tax year 2020 remain unchanged at $25.00 per vehicle.

Copies of the proposed ordinance are available for public examination prior to the public hearing in the office of the Clerk of Council at Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, VA, during normal business hours. For more information about the ordinance, please contact Clark G. Case, Director of Finance and Administrative Services at 703-771-2720.

Persons requiring reasonable accommodations are requested to contact Eileen Boeing, Clerk of Council at 703-771-2733, three days in advance of the public hearing. For TTY/TTD services, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711.

1/30/20; 2/6/20

01/02, 01/09, 01/16, 01/23 & 01/30/20

TOWN OF LEESBURG

NOTICE OF TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION TLSE-2019-0004, LEESBURG SOUTH FLOODPLAIN ALTERATION/RECLAMATION

ORDER OF PUBLICATION COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VA. CODE § 8.01-316

Case No.:

JJ037196-16-00

Loudoun J&DR-Juvenile

,

Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Malek Conner Loudoun County Department of Family Services /v.

Angela Conner, mother and Damon Nathaniel Smith, putative father The object of this suit is to hold a 3rd permanency planning hearing and review of Foster Care Plan pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 16.1-282.1 and 16.1-281 for Malek Conner.

It is ORDERED that the defendants Angela Conner, mother and Damon Nathaniel Smith, putative father appear at the above-named Court and protect their interests on or before February 5, 2020 at 3:00 p.m.

01/16, 01/23 & 01/30/20

ABC LICENSE Lost Barrel Brewing, LLC, trading as Lost Barrel Brewing, 36138 John Mosby Highway, Middleburg VA 20117 The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA AlCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Brewery (501-10,000 barrels) license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Patrick Steffens, Managing Member Note: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

01/23 & 01/30/20

Pursuant to Sections 15.2-1427, 15.2-2204, 15.2-2205 and 15.2-2285 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, the Leesburg Town Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176, to consider Special Exception application TLSE-2019-0004 Leesburg South Floodplain Alteration/Reclamation.

The subject property consists of a total of 47 acres situated at the northeast quadrant of the intersection of Evergreen Mill Road SW (Route 621) and South King Street (Route 15) and is zoned R-1 – Single Family Residential District and partially zoned Floodplain, Creek Valley Buffer and H-2 Historic Corridor Architectural Control Overlay Districts, and is further described by Loudoun County Parcel Identification Numbers (PIN) 232-15-9304, 232-25-3300, 232-25-2590, 232-25-1880, and 232-15-1070.

Special Exception Application TLSE-2019-0004 is a request by Washington Virginia Traditional Development Sites, Inc. to permit the alteration of floodplain boundaries, and reclaim acreage incorporated thereunder, resulting from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) revisions approved in 2017.

Additional information and copies of this application are available at the Department of Planning and Zoning located on the second floor of the Leesburg Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176 during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.), or by contacting Christopher Murphy, Senior Planning Project Manager, at 703-737-7009 or cmurphy@leesburgva.gov.

At this hearing, all persons desiring to express their views concerning this matter will be heard. Persons requiring special accommodations at the meeting should contact the Clerk of Council at (703) 771-2733 three days in advance of the meeting. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711.

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PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL The Town of Leesburg will accept sealed proposals in the Procurement Office, 25 W. Market Street, Leesburg, VA 20176, until 3:00 p.m. on March 12, 2020 for the following:

RFP No. 100181-FY20-34 Enterprise Land Management System The Town is soliciting sealed proposals from qualified firms to provide a replacement for its current enterprise land management and permitting system. A pre-proposal meeting will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 in the Lower Level Conference Room #1 of Town Hall located at 25 W. Market Street, Leesburg, VA 20176. Attendance at the pre-proposal meeting is encouraged, but not mandatory.

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Dianna Lynn Cooper, 70 of Lovettsville, Virginia passed on Monday, January 27, 2020, at Sunrise of Leesburg, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.

Born in Washington D.C. on March 12, 1949 to the late John Martin Hilgenberg and late Gladys Lorraine Wright Page. Dianne, as she was known by family and friends, proudly worked as an Administrative Assistant for the County of Loudoun, General Services Division for nearly 30 years. A talented artist, she created many beautiful paintings, ceramics, designed and created jewelry, and enjoyed cross stitch and quilting. She loved the beach and lighthouses, and especially loved boating and camping at the lake. She loved her family above all, and her greatest joy was spending time with her grandsons.

Dianne leaves behind her loving husband, Albert Lee Cooper of Lovettsville, to whom she would be married 53 years on March 18th. She is also survived by her devoted son, Joshua Cooper, and wife Karen, also of Lovettsville. Her memory will be forever cherished by those who called her Memaw, her 3 grandsons, Ben Cooper, Ryan Cooper, and Tyler Cooper. She will be deeply missed by her brothers and sisters, Melissa Silveous, Michael Hilgenberg, April Page, Dennis Page, Robin Parkolay, Helen Keith, Richard Hilgenberg, and Janet Peduzzi. She was predeceased by a son, Kenneth Lee Cooper.

Funeral services will begin at 11:00 AM on Friday, January 31st at Loudoun Funeral Chapel located at 158 Catoctin Circle, SE Leesburg, Virginia 20175 with the Rev. Roland England officiating.

Interment will be in Union Cemetery, Leesburg, VA. The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM on Thursday, January 30th, at Loudoun Funeral Chapel, 158 Catoctin Circle, SE, Leesburg, Virginia.

Memorial contributions in Dianne’s memory may be sent to the Alzheimer’s Association, at www.alz.org, to help further research that may help spare other families from the pain of this horrible disease.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.loudounfuneralchapel.com

David Graham Updegrove, 69, passed away unexpectedly on January 21, 2020, at his home in Lincoln, VA. Dave is the oldest son of Earl and Katherine “Bonnie” Updegrove. He was born November 25, 1950 at Arlington Hospital and grew up in Falls Church, VA. Dave graduated from George C. Marshall High School in 1968. He earned a degree in Chemistry from Randolph Macon College, followed by a degree in Accounting from Southern Oregon State College.

He spent the large part of his successful career as a CPA in Loudoun County with the firm Updegrove, McDaniel, McMullen & Chiccehitto, PLC. Dave is survived by his wife, Lynne Prindle Updegrove, and his two daughters, Dana (Robbie) Reider of Cincinnati, OH, and Kindra (Mike) Keene of Lincoln, VA; along with nine grandchildren. He also is survived by his two brothers, Craig (Susan) Updegrove of San Luis Obispo, CA and Bob Updegrove of Leesburg, VA. Dave was predeceased by his parents and by his grandson, Ian Reider.

Dave was passionate about many things in his life. He was known for his singing, particularly with the gospel group “4tified” and the barbershop quartet “Dominion 4”. Dave loved the beach and surf fishing. He found great enjoyment in building a vegetable garden and working in the yard, metal detecting, and looking for old artifacts. He loved history, science, and reading, as well as 20-mile bike rides, tennis, and working out in his basement gym.

No passion, however, was as great as his desire to live for Jesus and his love for his family. Dave was devoted to many ministries in Loudoun and was a faithful servant of God. Dave viewed his work and all of his activities as his ministry to his clients and friends. His greatest joy was engaging with his grandchildren in playing games, doing chores together, riding bikes, catching crabs, and watching movies. Dave will be remembered for his endless generosity, his constant encouragement, his quick wit, and a dedication to helping anyone in need.

Visitation is from 2-4 pm Saturday, January 25, at Halls Funeral Home in Purcellville, VA. A memorial service will take place at 3:00 pm Sunday, January 26, at Hamilton Baptist Church. The graveside service will be held privately.

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Opinion Worth the Work One hallmark of the previous Board of Supervisors was its ability to tamp down divisionary elements of its membership and keep the focus on developing common solutions to local challenges.

East versus West and Democrat versus Republican battles were relatively rare. Generally, the board didn’t reach out to take unnecessary stands on polarizing issues that weren’t inherently local. Certainly, there were times when partisanship and individual grandstanding diverted the board’s focus, but those were the exceptions.

Over the past four weeks, the new board has sent mixed messages. Chair Randall has made repeated declarations about her intent to protect the needs of those in the minority party and to improve on past injustices she feels members of her party suffered.

She openly worries that blame for a tax increase this year could be twisted to enforce the spendthrift stereotype critics like to attach to her party.

It seems the political split on the board is top of mind.

It shouldn’t be.

Unfortunately, that focus on party only calls more attention to the political split on the board.

The election is over. Now, there are eight board members who are responsible to represent the interests of the residents and businesses in their districts—not their parties. Another is elected to represent the county as a whole and run the board’s meetings. Those members will disagree—from time to time and perhaps frequently—on how to best address the needs of the county, but those debates should not simply be dismissed as impenetrable partisan barriers. That’s the easy way out. And that’s when a board of nine can devolve into a board of six.

Instead, members would be best served by dropping those partisan labels and working to address their colleagues’ concerns as neighbors rather than as members of an enemy party. It’s a much simpler approach to governance and much more effective.

Sometimes it is hard to get to 9-0, but community members can have confidence their interests are well-served when those votes happen. It’s almost always worth the extra work to get there. n

Norman K. Styer, Publisher and Editor nstyer@loudounnow.com Published by Amendment One Loudoun, LLC 15 N. King St., Suite 101 Leesburg, VA, 20176 PO Box 207 • Leesburg, VA 20178 703-770-9723

EDITORIAL Renss Greene, Deputy Editor rgreene@loudounnow.com

LETTERS to the Editor It Isn’t Enough Editor: Mr. Howard [Right-To-Work Laws Are the Key to Virginia’s and Loudoun’s Prosperity, Jan. 23] fails to mention that Oxfam rates Virginia as the worst place to work in America because “there is no guarantee around accommodations for pregnancy, no mandated paid sick leave, and no legislative support for best practices in work schedules.” How can we be proud that Virginia is the best for business when it is the worst for workers?

It would have been nice if Mr. Howard provided sources for his claims that right-to-work laws “strengthen unions.”

According to Del. Krizek, “When Virginia enacted its ‘right-to-work’ law in 1947 it was to block the rise of unions that organize workers of all races. What the law does is prohibits security agreements between companies and labor unions. Spe-

Jan Mercker, Reporter jmercker@loudounnow.com Kara C. Rodriguez, Reporter krodriguez@loudounnow.com Patrick Szabo, Reporter pszabo@loudounnow.com

cifically, employees cannot be compelled to join a union or to pay union dues, but still are able to receive the benefits and protections of unions if they work in a unionized environment.

Practically, the effect is to starve unions from access to funding—the dues. It’s analogous to many workplace organizations that require dues, like bar membership for lawyers. If you don’t pay your annual dues, you will not be allowed to practice law.

Moreover, it is important to note that workers in ‘right-to-work’ states earn far less than workers in states without ‘right-to-work’ policies, are less likely to be provided with health insurance through their jobs, and are also more likely to be exposed to unsafe working conditions.”

I find it interesting that Mr. Howard refers to a CNBC study, which Del. Krizek states favors right-to-work laws.

LETTERS continues on page 41

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Loudoun County’s Top-Tier Health Ranking Does Not Reflect the Whole Picture

BY KAUSHIK VENKATESH

There is no doubt Loudoun County has a remarkable health care system. Residents, public health professionals, and politicians pride themselves in reporting the measures.

Yet, a deeper dive into the statistics reveals that some people are systematically washed out by the game of averages. Put simply, the rankings rely on calculations of the “average” health of the population, and the high average indicators hide the fact that there is a significant minority of the population silently experiencing poor health care outcomes.

Loudoun County has consistently topped the charts of the national yearly health ranking, currently considered the healthiest county in Virginia. Premature death is less than half the national average. Adult obesity is 6 percent below the national average.

Sexually transmitted infection rates are less than half the national average. Flu vaccination compliance is 10 percent above the national average. Inova, the local hospital system, recently reported in its community assessment several instances in which the community was passing health benchmarks, but disparities were worryingly high.

The categories with 100 percent differences in a majority of health measures include

LETTERS to the Editor continued from page 40 I disagree with Mr. Howard’s claim that repealing right to work would have a negative impact on rural Virginia. The reality is the “poverty rate in rural Virginia is 16.8%, compared with 9.8% in urban areas of the state. … The unemployment rate in rural Virginia is 3.7%, while in urban Virginia, it is 2.9%.” I think repealing right to work would breathe new life into the unions that already exist across our commonwealth.

Unfortunately, income inequality is on the rise in Virginia. Our “Gini index jumped from 0.4674 in 2017 to 0.4754 in 2018…In 2017, 23 states had a greater income inequality than Virginia. In 2018, only 19 states did…Richmond had the 28th-highest Gini index (0.5524) in the nation. The cities of Norfolk (0.5179) and Roanoke (0.5099) were close behind.”

It isn’t enough for Virginia to be the best for business when workers, who are the core of our economy, are struggling.

Our minimum wage has not been raised since 2009. There is a lack of affordable housing in Northern Virginia. I left the

chronic health conditions (heart disease, diabetes, dementia, cancer), maternal and child health, and substance abuse. Areas of disparity where benchmarks were not met include life expectancy and quality of life.

Importantly, these problems are not spread evenly among the population. According to census tract data, the burden of poor health disproportionately falls on the Hispanic and African American populations in the county who are at socioeconomic risk as less educated or lower income.

Diving deeper into the county ranking report, we find the teen birth rate is three times greater in blacks than whites, and a whopping nine times greater in Hispanics than whites. Other examples of disparity by race include percent of people vaccinated, mammogram screenings, and rates of preventable hospitalization. The data reveal geographic “islands of disadvantage” consisting of people in socioeconomic pockets who live with the brunt of these healthcare disparities.

Fortunately, the county is taking steps in the right direction and making progress in remediating disparities with improvement in numerous health categories. Making adequate progress is not easy given the multifaceted healthcare system. Disparities in health result from a confluence of so-

cioeconomic, cultural, and legislative considerations. Lack of healthcare insurance, language barriers, lack of knowledge regarding free clinics, and many other factors can result in higher costs and lack of access to care.

One major obstacle ironically lies in Loudoun’s high rankings and stellar health indicators. With measurement averages so high, local officials and budget-makers mistakenly allocate less than necessary funds towards solving healthcare issues. In this way, these small pockets of highly unhealthy populations are systematically left out of the planning conversations, because the attention of the public naturally shifts to other topics of concern for the county.

As a community that prides itself in healthcare, opportunity, and optimal living conditions, Loudoun is ripe for innovative and invigorated interventions. Loudoun County has “Live Healthy Loudoun: Community Health Dashboard,” a web-based data resource started in 2017 for exploring local health data reports and promoting community health. Key changes to resolving disparities include increasing access to and timely utilization of health care. Interventions should promote healthy families via healthy environments. There is a need for greater appropriate child care for obesity

and basic health.

Interventions for these issues must involve connecting at-risk populations with community resources and community healthcare intervention efforts through government-funded and volunteer-driven campaigns. A few examples of community resources include: Loudoun Mobile Hope, free clinics, Loudoun Medical Reserve Corp vaccination drives, and school-driven drug and sexual education programs. Interventions should focus on bringing access to “islands of disadvantage.”

All things considered, there is no doubt that Loudoun is a fantastic county; and yet, our neediest populations in our community are lost in the shuffle of our remarkably high rankings and the glow of frequent accolades. There is no silver bullet for the issue. Coordinated county planning must attempt to bridge the gaps present in the county’s health care outcomes. Awareness of these hidden disparities, along with dedicated community effort, can create significant change towards improving the lives of our neighbors in our county. n

workforce in 2011 because of the high cost of childcare, which has not improved.

We must also acknowledge the racist origins of right-to-work laws. Vance Muse was one of the biggest proponents of rightto-work laws. While campaigning for right to work in Arkansas in 1944, he warned if the law did not pass “white women and white men will be forced into organizations [labor unions] with black African apes whom they will have to call ‘brother’ or lose their jobs.”

Last week started with the celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr Day. In 1961, Martin Luther King, Jr said, “In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as ‘right to work.’ It is a law to rob us of our civil rights and job rights. Its purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining by which unions have improved wages and working conditions of everyone. … Wherever these laws have been passed, wages are lower, job opportunities are fewer and there are no civil rights. We do not intend to let them do this to us. We demand this fraud be stopped. Our weapon is our vote.” His words still hold truth almost 60 years later.

Please email your delegate in support of HB 153 which would repeal Right to Work in Virginia.

— Charlotte McConnell, Sterling

Cemetery was owned by General Lee’s family, so that’s gotta go, and while we are at it, shred the Constitution—most of the writers were slave owners as well.

Make it all go away, get rid of all the things that remind someone of something uncomfortable. Sensitivity rules—we all need safe spaces.

Of course all this is ridiculous.

Just as the FDR memorial represents something more than something as reprehensible as sending people to prison camps just because of the visible heritage they had, so, too, do the statues of Confederate soldiers. Most of these young, idealistic men did not own slaves and simply saw their fight as one of a right to leave a group of states. They identified as Virginians, not as Americans, just as all citizens of the various states identified themselves as citizens of those states rather than Americans as we do today. They saw leaving that union in the same light as Great Britons see leaving the European Union.

Revisionist history is a slippery slope that leads to no history at all.

— Mike Tuttle, Lovettsville

Ridiculous Editor: Chairman Randall asked during her argument supporting the removal of Confederate soldier statues to show her the statue that glorifies holding Japanese-Americans in internment camps.

Easy, it’s called the FDR Memorial, and it’s in nearby DC. Yes, FDR, a Democrat—the same party as Chairman Randall—signed an executive order during World War II forcing literally hundreds of thousands of Japanese-Americans into internment camps. Should we take that statue down, too? Should we remove all the cherry trees from the Tidal Basin because they were given to us by the Japanese who, without cause, attacked and killed Americans? Surely, we ought to take down the Jefferson Memorial, Washington Monument, plow over Monticello and Mount Vernon—Washington and Jefferson owned slaves after all. Arlington National

Kaushik Venkatesh is an MBA and graduate certificate in clinical research student at George Washington University living in Ashburn.

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Bloomberg continued from page 3 He said that Bloomberg would work to help struggling cities, not criticize them as President Trump has done on his Twitter feed.

“I have never seen in my 30 plus years of public engagement that any president of the United States of America would publicly attack a city for some of the challenges that they might face as opposed to being a partner in trying to solve those problems,” Nutter said.

“He’s a leader. He’s a listener. He’s a learner. And where he has made mistakes, and I haven’t met a public official yet who hasn’t made some mistakes … Mike Bloomberg is someone who learns from those issues [and] figures it out,” Nutter said. “In that regard, he is a problem solver. He doesn’t create problems to then try to solve. The current occupant of the White House is a guy who sets his porch on fire, gets a fire extinguisher and then wants a medal from the fire department for putting it out.”

Steinberg asked the question that is top of mind for many Democratic activists: Why did Bloomberg wait so long to get into the race and how should voters who have spent a year evaluating the qualifications of other candidates view his action? And why should voters throw their support behind another white male billionaire?

Nutter said Bloomberg already has the best organized campaign structure with more than 1,000 staffers deployed in 30 states working to build a support network

Chamber awards continued from page 3 that you do. And number three, I want you to do something about it. I want you to offer to help. I want you to call them. I want you to volunteer. I want you to make a donation,” Montgomery said.

Bruce Rahmani, a co-founder of Falcon Heating & Air Conditioning, urged Chamber members to focus on mentorship. “It is our responsibility to mentor the younger generation. Bring them on board.

Teach them the value of life. Teach them what it is to be a leader in the community,” he said.

Metcalfe also spoke about the importance of mentorship, recalling her journey to the Chamber chairmanship, which began two decades ago when she came to Loudoun to join the team that was rolling out AOL to international markets. After leaving AOL, she worked for nonprofits

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Former Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter, center, the national political chairman of Michael Bloomberg’s campaign, meets with, from left, Ara Bagdasarian, Councilman Neil Steinberg, Deputy National Political Director Joseph N. Garba, Leesburg Diner owner Michael O’Connor, Mayor Kelly Burk, Carmen Felder and Vice Mayor Marty Martinez at the Leesburg Diner on Jan. 27.

with local officials and activists. And there is the $100 million of anti-Trump ads that have been inundating voters on TV and in their social media feeds.

Nutter said he and others pressed Bloomberg to run a year ago, but at that time he viewed the large Democratic field as providing ample choices for voters.

In the fall, however, he came to believe that none of the front-runners could beat Trump in November.

Nutter said polls show that most Democratic voters haven’t locked in on one choice. While the efforts of the other candidates so far have focused the early primaries and caucuses that will be held in February in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, he noted those states represent about 4 percent of the in Washington, DC, before a former AOL executive called her back to work at Inova Loudoun Hospital.

“I’ve been blessed to work with some amazing leaders and teams. And as a result, I am a grateful product of intentional mentoring,” she said. “I want us all to think about this for a second. What opportunities are we going to provide to others in our businesses and in our communities to help them rise up? And are we going to take risks, to delegate, to believe that when our employees shine, we shine, and understand and recognize that there are so many great ideas out there if we only listen? Who are we going to intentionally mentor?”

“All people need great leaders and all people need mentors. If you believe that too, then the Chamber can help,” Metcalfe said. n See more photos of the award winners at loudounnow.com.

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convention delegates. On Super Tuesday, more than 60 percent of the delegates will be elected in states where Bloomberg has been focusing his campaign efforts. With primaries in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Democrats Abroad, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Virginia, 1,344 of the convention’s 3,979 committed delegates will be elected. By contrast, candidates battling in Iowa and New Hampshire, are competing for 41 and 24 delegates, respectively.

“All billionaires aren’t the same. He could be off doing a whole bunch of other things and just stockpile money and buy yachts and travel around the world. He’s chosen not to do that. And has in many instances influenced the lives and the health and welfare of many of these young people and they don’t even know it,” Nutter said.

Burk and Felder noted that environmental issues will be key in winning support of young voters.

Nutter said Bloomberg’s record is strong in that field and that getting that message out is a fundamental element of the campaign.

“No one has given more money to climate change efforts and climate resiliency than Michael,” Nutter said. “No one. No one living. They probably don’t know that.

What we are trying to do is help people to better know and understand who this person is who was mayor of that faraway place called New York City. That’s our effort, that’s our challenge.” n

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Outgoing Chamber Chairwoman Lisa Kimball, right, handed the gavel to 2020 Stacey Metcalfe during the Loudoun Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting Jan. 17 at the National Conference Center.

Town hall continued from page 1 than 10 rounds.

The senate version of that bill died in committee, removed at the request of its patron; the House version remains in committee.

Another bill, proposing a “red flag” law, would allow law enforcement to temporarily take firearms from a person deemed a threat to themselves or others. A commonwealth’s attorney or law-enforcement officer would apply to a judge or magistrate for an emergency order allowing a warrant to confiscate the guns; a circuit court hearing would be required within 14 days. That bill has passed the Senate, 21-19, a party-line vote.

Opponents of those bills say they take away people’s Second Amendment rights without due process. Mike De La Cruz presented Boysko and Gooditis with another red flag—the flag of the former Soviet Union.

“I do hope you enjoy hanging them in your offices or displaying them with pride, because this is scary, this is what this will take our country to,” De La Cruz said.

And others warned of violent resistance to the law.

“What I’m really worried about is the immoral use of force where you’re sending a law enforcement officer to take a gun from someone who’s never been convicted of a crime, not once, they never had their day in court,” said one person. “And you’re going to risk them getting shot, because I don’t know about you, but I am not going to comply, and I think most Virginians aren’t going to comply.”

But the bills’ supporters, including Boysko and Gooditis, say they’re about keeping people safe. Gooditis told a story that she told often on the campaign trail, about her brother, who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after being sexually abused as a child. She said that one time, her parents called police to their house, where her brother was living, because he was drinking and threatening suicide.

“The deputies spent an hour with him, talking him down,” Gooditis said. “At the end of that hour they gave the firearm back, because that’s the law. And yes, my brother shot himself with that firearm. Red flag laws have more to do with protecting people who are suicidal, and they are effective in the states that have passed them for this reason.”

“We will continue this conversation for many months, I’m certain,” Boysko said. “I promise you that I will continue to dialogue with you. I may not agree with you, I may come down on the other side, but I will always respect your right to have the conversation and share with me.” n

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War monuments continued from page 1 (R-Blue Ridge) opposed. Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles) at that time abstained.

Instead, supervisors directed the county’s Heritage Commission to look into the history of the courthouse, and to consider the possibility of adding another monument to the ones already there.

That commission last year recommended a series of new monuments and exhibits, dubbed ‘The Path to Freedom.’ It also recommended naming one of the buildings after pioneering civil rights attorney Charles Hamilton Houston, who fought an important case of the Jim Crow era in the Leesburg courthouse.

That, it was hoped, would help tell a fuller story of the history of slavery and struggle for civil rights in Loudoun, and— some argued—provide a counterpoint to a statue that critics say glorifies the Confederacy and a history of racial oppression.

But three bills in the General Assembly right now would, if passed, give the county that authority, changing the basis of a years-long debate about what is appropriate to memorialize at the county courthouse in the heart of downtown Leesburg.

And now, with a possible path toward a Board of Supervisors vote on whether to remove the Confederate statue, Randall expressed hesitation on moving ahead with the Heritage Commission’s plans.

“It is not unforeseeable that this body will take a vote on what we will do with the Confederate statue,” Randall said.

“I have no idea how that vote will come out, but it’s possible that that vote will be taken. In fact, it’s almost certain that that vote will be taken.” She added it would be “an affront to my ancestors” to move ahead now, and didn’t want to set county staff members to work on something, only to pull them back again later if things change.

Other supervisors wondered if the Confederate statue’s presence has made a difference to plans for other exhibits on the lawn—and whether they are designed to provide “context” to the statue, or stand on their own.

Heritage Commission Chairman Robert Pollard said the panel wrote its recommendation “in light of the fact that that statue isn’t going to go anyplace as far as we know, and it’s not really our business anyway—how should we think of alternative and additional memorialization.”

However, County Administrator Tim Hemstreet pointed out that the county will be taking no immediate action,

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Supervisors will likely have to add an estimated $75,000 for facilitated community input on the project to the county budget during their budget deliberations in March.

Supervisors, with that in mind, ultimately voted to move ahead with the project, with time to spare if things change around the Confederate statue. The county will pursue a National Historic Landmark designation for the historic courthouse and grounds, a years-long process, according to Director of Planning and Zoning Alaina Ray; form a committee to consider naming the historic courthouse; reserve space for a future “Path to Freedom” interpretive display on the grounds as the county builds its new courthouse complex; and bring the board a scope and cost estimate for gathering community input on designing and placing memorials commemorating the reading of the Declaration of Independence at the Leesburg courthouse, to Loudoun’s Union soldiers, and its enslaved people.

“I can’t explain the unrest inside my soul right now, I really can’t,” Randall said.

“I cannot explain it. There are no words for it. What I don’t want is to come back here in six months and someone says, well, we’ve already started talking about memorials that put in context the whole history of the courthouse grounds, and that context includes that Confederate soldier. I will be incredibly unhappy if that happens. I don’t want to send people off doing something that I know that, depending on what the General Assembly does, may not stand.”

The motion passed unanimously.

Richmond Del. Delores L. McQuinn (D-70)’s House Bill 1537 to give localities the authority to move war monuments on their public spaces, has been referred to the House Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns. The Senate versions of the bill—Chesapeake Sen. Lionell Spruill Sr. (D-5)’s Senate Bill 560 and Hampton Sen. Mamie E. Locke (D-2)’s Senate Bill 183—are in the Senate Committee on Local Government. Local representatives on those committees include Sens. Barbara A. Favola (D-31) and John J. Bell (D-13) and Dels. Wendy W. Gooditis (D-10), Ibraheem S. Samirah (D-86), Suhas Subramanyam (D-87) and Dave A. LaRock (R-33). n

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