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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Middle Schoolers Save Injured Owl, But Dangers Remain

BY PATRICK SZABO

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Thanks to the eagle eyes of a group of middle schoolers, an owl found stuck in a soccer net got a new shot at life last week.

But for many other birds in the region, manmade hazards continue to represent significant threats.

The Stone Hill Middle School seventh-grade communications class and the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center Director of Veterinary Services Jennifer Riley released a great horned owl into the wild last Thursday in the school’s soccer field. The release came eight days after the class discovered the owl, which some of the students named “Carl,” trapped in the school’s soccer net with small wounds on its wing membrane and feet.

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Supervisors Hear From School Board, Residents on Budget

BY NORMAN K. STYER AND RENSS GREENE

Loudoun County supervisors have heard from the School Board about its $1.38 billion budget request, and have begun hearing from some Loudouners about what they should do with their tax money.

Supervisors on Monday night received a detailed briefing on the School Board’s $1.38 billion Fiscal Year 2021 school budget request.

During a two-hour session with the School Board, Superintendent Eric Williams walked supervisors through the adopted school budget, which largely aligns

with the funding expectations laid out by county leaders earlier this year.

After the School Board voted to scale back Williams’ proposed package of raises by capping compensation increases for individual teachers at 6 percent, the adopted budget would require a $78.3 million increase in local tax funding—a 10.8 per-

cent increase over the current fiscal year.

County projections envision an increased allocation to schools of $82 million if supervisors hold the real estate tax rate at the current $1.045 level, or $75.8 million BUDGET continues on page 47

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Kuhn Continues Conservation Push with Prosperwell Farm Purchase

BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ krodriguez@loudounnow.com

JK Moving founder and CEO Chuck Kuhn is continuing to lead the land conservation movement in Loudoun with the purchase of one of the county’s largest remaining family Kuhn farms, with the goal of protecting the land from development.

Kuhn closed on the purchase of the Prosperwell Farm on Rt. 15 just south of Lucketts—perhaps best known as the home of Farmer John’s farm stand—in December for $8.5 million. He has since placed the 761 acres under conservation easements to protect that open space.

That follows similar purchases Kuhn has made in recent years to protect environmentally-sensitive sites and to keep agricultural land in production—including the JK Community Farm, where volunteers work to provide fresh produce to families in need.

“I am deeply interested in conservation,” Kuhn wrote via email. “Our county

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Cows graze on Prosperwell Farm, right next door to the rows of houses of the Selma Estates subdivision off Montresor Road.

is beautiful and home to many indigenous species of plants and animals. It’s important to protect these open lands when possible and the Whitmore Farm provided that opportunity.”

Prosperwell Farm has been in the Whitmore family for four generations.

John J. Whitmore last year made the decision to retire from farming. In addition to being among Loudoun’s leading farm families, the Whitmores also have history of public service. Both Whitmore and his

wife, Teresa, served on the county Planning Commission, and he was a long-time member of the Loudoun Water Board of Directors. His grandfather served on the county Board of Supervisors for 42 years.

Kuhn also is eying an investment in another noteworthy property—one that has seen its potential development the source of many headlines and neighborhood unrest. Kuhn confirmed he has put in an offer in, also through an LLC, to purchase the Westpark Golf Club off Rt. 15 in Lees-

burg. The golf club first went up for sale in 2017, and initially was under contract by CalAtlantic, which later was acquired by Lennar, and was proposed for townhouse development. That project was largely opposed by neighbors, who bemoaned the loss of open space for more residential development. The Leesburg Town Council denied the homebuilder’s rezoning plans late last year, and it was believed that Lennar was going to walk away from the purchase.

Kuhn said he was still exploring what he would do with the land if the purchase goes through, but did not elaborate.

Among Kuhn’s other land purchases are the 87-acre Stumptown Woods property, which is significant for its system of seasonal pools that serve as breeding grounds for fairy shrimp, wood frogs, spotted salamanders, and Jefferson salamanders; and Jubilation Farm, which has two miles of Goose Creek frontage and is next to his own farm that is already in conservation easement.

He said he is always looking for the next opportunity.

“I am always interested in strategic land acquisition, whether it be for business or conservation. Having a balance is critical to growth and preservation,” he said. n

After Months of Watching From Afar, Virginia Voters Head to the Polls They’ve seen the commercials, watched the debates and fretted over the actions of voters in faraway hamlets. On Tuesday, Virginia Democrats will have their say in the 2020 presidential primary.

On March 3, primary voters will have 14 candidates to choose from. On the ballot are Cory Booker, Julián Castro, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Marianne Williamson, Michael Bennet, Joseph R. Biden, Amy Klobuchar, Tulsi Gabbard, Deval Patrick, Pete Buttigieg, Andrew Yang, Tom Steyer and Michael R. Bloomberg.

Four years ago, Loudoun primary voters backed Hillary Clinton over Sanders, by a vote of 21,180 to 14,730. That three-way race also included Martin O’Malley.

Virginia’s voting is part of Super Tuesday, when primaries will be held in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Democrats Abroad, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Virginia. On that day, 1,344 of the Democratic Convention’s 3,979 committed delegates will be elected.

Biden was the first 2020 candidate to swing through Loudoun—long a bellwether in predicting candidates’ success in Virginia—with an appearance in Sterling in November.

Current front-runner, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sand-

ers, initially announced plans to hold a campaign rally on Saturday in Lansdowne, but late on Tuesday put out word the event instead would be held in Springfield.

In other pre-primary maneuvering, the Bloomberg campaign on Monday announced an endorsement by Leesburg Mayor Kelly Burk.

“As a special education teacher for 34 years, I know how essential it is for parents and special needs students to have an ally in the White House. We need someone who will fight for the disabled community and the associated health care costs, fight the devastating effects that climate change has on our children’s future, invest in education, and keep our kids safe by standing up for gun safety,” Burk stated in the announcement.

Her endorsement followed a roundtable meeting in Leesburg last month when Burk and other town leaders met with former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, who is the national political chairman of Bloomberg’s campaign. Leesburg Councilman Ron Campbell, who did not participate in that meeting, also has endorsed Bloomberg.

Bloomberg, who entered the race in December, has not participated in the party’s first four primary and caucus contests.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar this week also touted a local endorsement, winning the backing of Del. David Reid (D-32) of Ashburn.

“Our nation is at a critical juncture in its history.

It’s a time that requires proven leadership and a vision for uniting the nation. Through her service in the U.S. Senate and her message on the campaign trail, Senator Klobuchar has proven that she is the right person, at the right time to bring us together and lead us to a united future,” Reid stated.

Going to the Polls In Virginia, voters do not register by party. All Loudoun County voters may participate in the primary. The Republican Party is not holding a primary in Virginia, but will select delegates to its national convention at a state convention.

Voters will cast their ballots at their normal polling location. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. The last day to vote absentee in person is Saturday, Feb. 29.

Absentee voting is taking place at the Loudoun County Office of Elections and Voter Registration, 750 Miller Drive SE, Suite C in Leesburg. Details are online at loudoun.gov/presidentialprimary.

Voters are required to show photo identification at their precinct. Acceptable forms of photo ID include a Virginia DMV-issued driver’s license, a U.S. passport, a student photo ID from a college or university located in Virginia, or a government-issued photo ID. n

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County Board Approves ‘Negro Hill’ Renaming Study

BY RENSS GREENE rgreene@loudounnow.com

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Loudoun County NAACP President Michelle Thomas gives U.S. Rep. Jennifer T. Wexton (D-VA-10) a tour of some areas once part of Belmont Plantation.

Thomas Calls for Better Protections for African-American Burial Grounds

BY RENSS GREENE

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Loudoun NAACP President Michelle Thomas has proposed giving burial grounds for black and African-American people similar protections to those in place for Native American burial grounds.

The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act requires organizations that get federal funding to return found Native American “cultural items”—such as artifacts and human remains—to descendants and affiliated tribes. It also applies to items found on federal lands. If remains are found, such as during a mining or construction project, on federal land or by an institution that receives federal funding, work must stop while notifying the federal government and returning the remains.

And while NAGPRA also faces criticism for its slow and cumbersome process, as well as from some archaeologists who say it’s

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Head stones were clearly visible at a burial site at Compass Creek development near Leesburg Executive Airport in Loudoun County.

getting in the way of scientific study, Thomas said it’s more protection than sometimes afforded burial sites for black people.

“It prevents developers from coming in and building over burial grounds and identified sites,” Thomas said. “With African-American sites, we don’t have that protection.”

She pointed to development at Compass Creek in Leesburg, where eight bodies were exhumed from a property that was

once part of Cool Springs Farm near the historic black community of Sycolin.

Thomas said efforts in court to stop the developer, Peterson Companies, from exhuming the bodies were unsuccessful.

“We didn’t win in court, and we would never win in court, and let me tell you why: how in the heck do you prove descenBURIAL GROUNDS continues on page 5

Loudoun County supervisors have approved Koran T. Saines’ (D-Sterling) request to work with federal authorities to rename a spot at Claude Moore Park today known as “Negro Hill,” instead pushing to name it after the Nokes family, which farmed the land in the Sterling area.

The small rise, charted and named by the U.S. Geological Service, is just south of the Cascades Parkway interchange with Rt. 7. In the federal Geographic Names Information Systems database, it is known as both Negro Hill as well as another, more offensive racial slur.

Saines said county leaders became aware of the name when an Alexandria man petitioned to change the name. As part of the process of renaming a place, the federal government reached out to Loudoun County for input.

The man had proposed renaming it Douglass Hill, after Frederick Douglass, who escaped slavery to become a national leader of the abolitionist movement before the Civil War, and worked to support for black people’s and women’s civil rights until his death. Saines said that was a good choice, but proposed a name with a more local connection.

“While Frederick Douglass was a great American, he did not have any ties to Loudoun,” Saines said. “The Nokes family has a storied history here in Sterling and Loudoun County.

This includes owning land on and near the hill back in literally the 1900s. That is pretty remarkable, for an African-American family to be owning so much land during that time period.”

Supervisors also directed the county’s Heritage Commission to research the history of the hill and area, including the Nokes family’s connection to it.

“This is just—it’s absolutely stunning that we still have names such as this on federal papers, and people still see this as names that are still called hat in this day and age, 2020,” said Supervisor Sylvia Russell Glass (D-Broad Run). “And that we are finally making moves to make these changes—I just want to thank you very much.”

County Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) said she was not surprised by the name.

“The goal of calling this piece of property what it was called … was simply meant to continue to put them in their place, to tell them who they were and what they could or couldn’t do,” Randall said.

Saines said the change “will help Loudoun as we move forward from our dark past to our bright future, where we will heal the wounds of history as a united community.”

Saines first spoke publicly about the hill during a Feb. 15 event at the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum, where area historians joined descendants from eastern Loudoun’s black farm families to talk about their history. Nokes family members are still in Loudoun—Richard Nokes being among the speakers at the event—and Nokes Boulevard is named for them. n

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Supervisors Approve $5.9M Affordable Housing Loan

BY RENSS GREENE rgreene@loudounnow.com

County supervisors have approved a $5.98 million loan to build 90 rent-controlled apartments at Tuscarora Crossing near Leesburg that will stay rent-controlled after people born today have already retired.

The project, a joint venture between for-profit affordable housing developer Wellington Development and nonprofit developer Cornerstones, will keep those 90 units priced to be affordable to people making less than the area’s median income for 75 years—decades longer than the county or state require in their affordable housing programs.

The county’s loan is contingent on the developers also winning financing from the Virginia Housing Development Authority. It goes toward the project’s overall $33.8 million estimated cost, and comes out of the county’s $21.5 million Housing Trust Fund.

The rents are targeted for a range of incomes, all 60 percent or less of the area median income. Rents for the units

range from $552 a month for a one-bedroom apartment, to $1,697 a month for a three-bedroom apartment. The project also includes nine units with Permanent Supportive Housing, to provide housing and necessary services for homeless people or people with disabilities. All of the apartments will be designed to be wheelchair-accessible, and two will be designed for hearing- or visually-impaired residents.

The county’s loan could also end up being for slightly less, depending on project costs and whether the developers are successful in their applications for $200,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds, $700,000 in State Housing Trust Fund lending, and other possible funding sources.

The project will put those homes close to the Village at Leesburg, bus service, and the W&OD Trail.

Supervisors approved the loan 9-0 on Feb. 18.

“I just want to applaud the developers of Tuscarora Crossing for bringing this innovation and that much -needed application to our county,” said Supervisor Sylvia Russell Glass (D-Broad Run). n

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Burial grounds continued from page 4 dancy to a person that doesn’t have a last name?” Thomas said. “When you look at the census records of people that were enslaved at Compass Creek or Cool Springs plantation, you see names like ‘8-year-old mulatto boy.’ How do you go to court and say, ‘this was my brother?’ You can’t.”

It was not Thomas’ first or last battle over historic burial grounds. She has also been involved in efforts to protect the Sycolin Community Cemetery, the Burial Ground for the Enslaved at Belmont, and other burial grounds.

“We’re moving the enslaved population from the background to the foreground as we create this interpretation,” Thomas said. And, she said, while the lives of the plantations’ wealthy owners are well-documented, “what we don’t know is the hundred slaves or enslaved people captured on that plantation. We don’t know what their daily life was like.”

Thomas said she raised the idea to U. S. Rep. Jennifer T. Wexton (D-VA-10) last week during a tour of former planta-

tion sites and burial grounds in Loudoun.

“I had not heard of anybody advocating for that before Pastor Thomas brought it up to us, and I know that she’s also spoken with my colleague Donald McEachin (D-VA-4) about it,” Wexton said. “We’re going to look into it to see if that’s something that’s feasible.”

“If they can do it for Native Americans, who are disenfranchised, then they can do it for African-Americans, but it’s going to take political will and consciousness,” Thomas said.

Thomas also spoke of the importance of telling black history through black voices—using both primary historical sources, and the oral traditions of descendants.

“You use this combination to then understand African-American history through the descendants’ lens, so you get more of a comprehensive and factual story or experience than what you would get if you have a traditional white lens trying to interpret what happened to us,” Thomas said. “I can tell you what happened to me. I can’t tell you what happened to you, but I definitely can tell you what happened to me.” n

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County Report: Loudoun No Longer Using Neonicotinoids

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All real estate advertised herein is subject to Virginia’s fair housing law which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, elderliness, familial status or handicap or intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.”

This newspaper will not knowingly accept advertising for real estate that violates the fair housing law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

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As of this year, the county’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Service no longer uses pesticides containing neonicotinoids, substances that raised concerns in Loudoun last year over their ecological impacts.

The substances, similar to nicotine, have been linked to declining bee populations.

According to a report requested by County Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large), as recently as last year, the county’s parks department was using a neonicotinoid to control grubs growing in athletic fields, but this year has already decided to replace it.

However, the county continues to use glyphosates, a type of herbicide with less-clear ties to human health problems, to control weeds.

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Chemical and agricultural technology giant Bayer-Monsanto, the company that makes RoundUp, has faced numerous high-profile lawsuits over the impact and scrutiny of the product’s potential health impacts, including possibly causing cancer.

Under public pressure, the Leesburg Town Council voted to stop using glyphosate along the town’s waterways, and hired goats to control growth along the Town Branch.

Two of those goats died for reasons that have never been fully explained.

They are presumed to have died from snake bites or being individually fed something dangerous to them.

The debate over the chemical then moved to the county Board of Supervisors.

Studies over time have conflicted over whether the chemical is dangerous

in its normal use. Parks department director Steve Torpy said the county has so far been unable to find an alternative that works as well, doesn’t cost more, or doesn’t have other harmful effects when used.

Torpy said the county also requires the employees applying those products to have gone through appropriate training, including how and when not to apply them. He said that is in large part to prevent “drift”—the unintentional application of those products onto other species or areas.

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David Reich, left, and Dr. Ather Anis discuss the importance of CPR with U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton during a Feb. 19 tour of the Loudoun Inova Hospital’s Schaufeld Family Heart Center.

Wexton Gets Update on Loudoun’s Heart Health During Hospital Tour

BY NORMAN K. STYER nstyer@loudounnow.com

To raise awareness of American Heart Month, U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton last week toured the Schaufeld Family Heart Center at Inova Loudoun Hospital.

The hour-long tour was led by David Reich, the director of cardiovascular services, along with Inova Loudoun President Deborah Addo and Stacey Metcalfe, the director of Inova’s Western Region Government and Community Relations department. Wexton was updated on the latest treatments for cardiac emergencies, as well as the county’s health trends and special efforts the staff is undertaking to improve community health.

Reich said that, contrary to conventional wisdom, the Heart Center sees a large number of young patients.

“We think of ourselves as a young, healthy community, but what we see is a little different,” he told Wexton.

“We are seeing younger patients more than we should. Late 30s, 40, and early 50s working ‘young’ professionals. The demographic under 49 is a growing segment that is startling,” he said.

Reich said there likely are several factors in play, including diets that include a lot of fast food and processed food along with more sedentary lifestyles.

“We don’t exercise. Our jobs used to be up moving, walking, doing things, but now we’re all handcuffed to a desk,” he said.

The tour highlighted that the work of the Heart Center staff isn’t just about bypasses, angioplasties, and stents.

Reich noted his staff ’s work with non-

profits including Loudoun Hunger Relief to promote heart-healthy diets and health education out in the community.

Dr. Ather Anis told Wexton about his nonprofit, the Ahya Foundation, which is reaching out to schools and community groups to provide free compression-only CPR training. He said maintaining the heart function during a cardiac emergency is critical.

“Our part is easy if they get CPR. But if they don’t get CPR, no matter what we do, they will be dead,” he said.

He said CPR training is an important community issue. “Unless the community does it itself and educates its own population, our [survival] numbers will be below Scandinavian countries,” where CPR training has been mandated for decades.

In the U.S., only 33 states require high school students to learn CPR, he said. “We are way behind.”

Reich is looking forward to moving next month into the new patient tower on the hospital’s Lansdowne campus and expanding the department’s services. A major change will be the introduction of virtual consultations in which doctors can meet with patients online, perhaps using Fitbit data to assess conditions. “This is something that is done in Europe quite well,” he said.

Wexton said she was primarily interested in getting an update on the Heart Center: “What they are doing now. What they’re hoping to do in the future. What kinds of procedures that they are seeing.

What they are seeing in terms of people’s heart health in the community.”

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Leesburg Council Directed on Potential Graydon Manor Sewer Extension Process

BY PATRICK SZABO

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The Leesburg Town Council has a clearer understanding of the steps required to consider a request for increased municipal sewer service to feed a proposed development at Graydon Manor west of town.

The Town Council on Monday night continued its discussions on whether the town should, or could, provide the Graydon Manor property with additional sewer service to support property owner Dave Gregory’s proposed development. At the end of their 45-minute discussion, council members largely agreed that the matter right now falls in the hands of the town staff and that the Town Council will soon need to determine if Leesburg has enough sewer capacity for the proposed development, and subsequently take a vote on that.

“Ultimately you have the power,” Interim Town Attorney Martin Crim told the Town Council.

Gregory has proposed building 239 co-housing units, a brewery and a winery on the 131-acre property, which abuts the town corporate limits to the west. The town has provided the property, the former home to a children’s psychiatric hospital, with sewer service since 1963, but Gregory’s proposed development would require more sewer service than ever— about 100,000 gallons of sewer flow each day, according to Gregory’s projections.

The property’s current permitted sewer flow is 882 daily gallons.

“This is going to be a significant extension of the service,” Crim said, noting that there would need to be three pump stations installed on the property, which could pose problems for the town’s existing sewer pipe that serves the property.

Gregory hasn’t officially requested additional sewer service from the town just yet, but Crim said he has submitted site plans—one on Feb. 14 for the brewery and winery and one on Feb. 21 for the co-housing village.

Crim on Monday informed the Town Council of the town’s obligations moving forward. He emphasized that the Town Code would require the Town Council to vote on whether to allow the sewer extension because Graydon Manor is an ex-

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The Leesburg town staff will continue to review Graydon Manor owner Dave Gregory’s site plan as the Town Council gears up for a potential vote on whether to extend sewer service to the property.

isting sewer customer located outside the town limits in the county’s Rural Policy Area, and because Gregory would be requesting greater sewer service than what’s already served on the property.

But Crim said Gregory’s attorney, David Culbert, told him on Monday that Gregory will not submit a sewer extension request to the Town Council because he feels the council does not have a say in the matter.

“They specifically said they did not want to ask the Town Council for approval,” Crim said.

Knowing that, Councilman Ron Campbell said council members’ discussions Monday night were almost unnecessary, since they were simply “making a lot of opinions” on the matter with no vote on the table.

Campbell said that the question before the Town Council and staff is not whether the town should serve Graydon Manor with additional sewer service, but if it has the sewer capacity to do so.

Crim confirmed that position. “That’s what it comes down to” Crim said.

According to a semi-annual report detailing the capacity of the town’s water and sewer plants, the sewer plant’s average daily flow in calendar year 2019 reached 56 percent of its permitted capacity, at 4.19 of 7.5 million gallons per day.

Councilman Neil Steinberg voiced his concern about Gregory’s proposed project, noting that Graydon Manor is not in town

or the Joint Land Management Area—an area surrounding the town where county policies allow the town to provide water and sewer service. He added that co-housing is inconsistent with the county’s Rural Policy Area and Agricultural Rural zoning district regulations.

“This applicant has decided that his interpretation is … ‘because the zoning doesn’t specifically prohibit a certain use, I am therefore entitled by right,’” Steinberg said. “The town is in no way obligated to provide this extension.”

Gregory has argued in the past that his development would not require an extension of sewer service, but an expansion— since he wouldn’t be asking the town to extend sewer to another property, but increase the service capacity on the same site.

Regardless of the council’s views on Gregory’s proposal, Crim said the proposed development would be inconsistent with the county’s 2019 Comprehensive Plan and the Town Plan, both of which establish that extending municipal utilities into the Rural Policy Area is acceptable only if the extension were to address a potential public health risk from an existing failing on-site treatment system or serve public facilities, like schools and firehouses.

Crim said a sewer extension to Graydon also would be inconsistent with a resolution the Town Council adopted in 1998, which establishes that policy contained in the 1997 Town Plan, the Water and Wastewater Master Plans and the 1984 Annexation Agreement and Annexation Area Development Policies “discourage the extension of water and wastewater facilities west of Leesburg’s corporate limits.”

While current Town Plan policy touches on utility extensions outside the town limits, those extensions are limited to the JLMA, according to a staff report.

Crim also noted that even if Gregory submitted a sewer extension request and the council voted to approve it, that vote would be premature because Gregory is engaged in a legal battle with the county government over what he is permitted to build on the property. “That would then potentially tie up your sewer capacity with a project that can’t be built,” Crim said.

The town staff is expected to continue its review of Gregory’s site plans. n

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Leesburg Council Eyes Search Firm to Find Next Attorney

BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ

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The Leesburg Town Council appears poised to look to an executive search firm to assist in finding its next town attorney.

It will be the county seat’s first search for a new legal leader in almost six years. This follows the council’s recent decision to terminate Barbara Notar, who had served as town attorney since 2015. Notar was promoted to town attorney—having served as deputy town attorney for seven years—after Jeanette Irby left the post to become a Circuit Court judge.

That search cast a decidedly smaller net than the current council has planned. Town Manager Kaj Dentler recalled during council’s Monday work session that the search for Irby’s replacement yielded no more than six candidates prior to Notar being selected by the council. The town attorney and the town manager are the only two town government positions hired and fired directly by the council.

Council members were presented with the options Monday to keep the responsibilities for the attorney search in house, headed by the Human Resources Department, or to hire an executive search firm. The tab for the latter option could run between $20,000 to $35,000, Human Resources Director Joshua Didawick said, but it would come with some benefits.

An executive search firm, he said, has access to databases and contacts that would identify candidates for the position which could add value to the search. While keeping the search in house would do away with the added expense, Didawick noted that the staff TOWN ATTORNEY continues on page 9

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Town attorney continued from page 8 would need to shift some projects within the department to focus on finding the next town attorney.

Although a majority of the council expressed support for using a search firm, council members said they wanted to be more involved in the selection process this go-around, instead of being brought in at the very end to interview a final group of job candidates.

Councilman Ron Campbell said he has seen firsthand the benefits of using a search firm, both in past jobs, and being selected for jobs with the help of a firm.

A successful outcome will see the council being very involved in the process, he said.

“They don’t just sit back and find you the best candidate,” he said. “It’s important we do participate, read résumés, give feedback. This isn’t someone that’s doing our work for us.”

Dentler said, in building a candidate profile, the firm would individually contact each council member to find the qualities and skills they are looking for,

and then find the commonalities among those conversations.

“They become your agent,” he said.

Dentler pointed to the most recent time that Leesburg used a search firm— the search that brought Chief of Police Gregory Brown from the Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office.

“They developed a whole profile based on what the community and council was looking for and that worked out quite well,” Dentler said.

The selected firm is expected to return to the Town Council to fine-tune the job description of the town attorney before the search starts in earnest. Didawick estimated the search could last three to four months once the job description is advertised.

The council, in a memo published in this week’s agenda packet, agreed to a separation agreement with Notar that netted her nine months’ salary, to the tune of $113,957, and benefits. Her departure date with the town is listed as March 2, although the separation agreement was approved Feb. 11. When asked about the discrepancy in dates, town staff declined to elaborate, citing the confidentiality of the agreement. n

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The Loudoun County School division’s efforts to better promote equity throughout its curriculum, classes and campuses amid continuing concerns about instances of racial inequalities and racist actions continued in the spotlight last week—for good and bad reasons.

On Feb. 18, members of the School Board gathered in a basement meeting room at Leesburg’s Ida Lee Park Recreation Center to more deeply explore the challenges of ensuring equity for all students. The program was facilitated by the training team that has been working with all county teachers to better inform them about the history and lasting impacts of systemic racism and to address cultural biases and insensitivity.

School Board members, Superintendent Eric Williams and members of his senior staff gathered around tables in small groups to expand their understanding of the hur-

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From right, Superintendent Eric Williams, School Board member Harris Mahedavi (Ashburn) and former board member Tom Marshall participate in an equity training exercise Feb. 18 at the Ida Lee Park Recreation Center.

dles minorities faced since the earliest days of American settlement as part of the first of three sessions that are part of the same staff training program teachers are getting.

Two days later, parents, School Board members and administrators gathered in the School Administration Building in Broadlands to promote a community dialogue on the issues. The session was billed as a “The LCPS Pathway to Equity:

A Community Conversation.” Administrators invited parents to provide feedback on two under-development policies: the draft Comprehensive Equity Plan and proposed guidelines for responding to racial incidents that happen in schools.

But during Tuesday night’s School Board meeting, Minority Student Achievement Advisory Committee Chairwoman Katrece Nolen and Executive Board member Wan-

de Oshode called for the board to take action against John Beatty (Catoctin) because of comments attributed to him during the training program a week earlier stating a belief that former slaves were less well off following Reconstruction because they lacked the patronage of a master.

“Most people in the civilized world recognize this statement as being rooted in the very racist, inhumane and oppressive institution of slavery. To justify any aspect of slavery only 66 years after Brown versus Board of Ed eliminated inequities in the public school systems, and only a year after LCPS made national news about racially-insensitive lessons and conduct by administrators, is absolutely inexcusable,” Oshode said, who called for Beatty to resign.

“No parent of minority children should feel comfortable with Mr. Beatty remaining on the school board.”

Nolen called for Beatty to be removed from his positions on the Discipline Committee and the Equity Committee and for the full board to condemn the comments.

“One cannot process culture competency while holding a Pollyannaish view of slavery,” she said. “John Beatty cannot be trusted to work in the best interest of all of our children.”

Neither Beatty nor any other School Board member responded to the comments during their meeting Tuesday. n

SCHOOL Notebook Administrators Eye $1.9M Energy Savings Contract As a result of a conversation with 15 energy service companies last summer, the School Board is poised to issue a $1.9 million contract with CMTA Energy Solutions to conduct system upgrades at Simpson Middle School, which could save $2.6 million in energy and maintenance costs over the next 20 years.

The program includes LED lighting upgrades, a solar photovoltaic array, transformer replacement, building envelope improvements, and other energy conservation measures.

School Board members were briefed on the project during their meeting Tuesday night, with a vote on whether to proceed expected March 10.

2 Loudoun Teams Compete in Virginia Cyber Challenge Teams from Farmwell Station and River Bend middle schools will be in Virginia Beach this weekend to compete in a Virginia Cyber Challenge held at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.

The event is a qualifier for the National Science Bowl, which encourages students to excel in math and science and to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Fourteen teams will face off in a question-and-answer format, where contestants are quizzed on their knowledge of math and a range of science disciplines, including biology, chemistry, Earth science, physics and energy. The top three teams at the regional competition on Feb. 29, will earn cash prizes. The top team also wins an expenses-paid trip to the National Science Bowl finals to be held in Washington, DC, April 30-May 4.

Nationwide, 9,000 high school and 5,000 middle school teams are participating.

Learn more about the National Science Bowl at science.osti.gov/wdts/nsb.

Independence High Hosts Odyssey Regionals Nearly 200 teams of students representing elementary, middle and high schools will showcase their solutions to long-term problems at two Odyssey of the Mind Regional Tournaments in Loudoun County over the next month.

Independence High School in Ash-

burn will host the Region 14 tournament Saturday, starting at 9 a.m. The Region 16 competition will be held March 14 at Riverside High School. Both events are open to the public.

“Odyssey of the Mind provides a unique opportunity for students to integrate and exercise imagination and story-telling skills,” said Tom Coate, a co-director for Loudoun County’s Region 14/16 Odyssey of the Mind program. “We often don’t think about how important skills like imagination and story-telling are. Imagination is what makes humans the uniquely creative beings that we are.

Story-telling is the way we let others in on what we’ve created. When these two skills are coupled with teamwork and supported by some technical, artistic, and practical building skills, amazing things happen.”

For more information on the program in Loudoun and Clarke counties, go to nwvoices.org or the national website, odysseyofthemind.org.

Broad Run’s Venkat Tapped for Disney Dreamers Academy Esha Venkat, a 14-year-old Broad Run High School student, will be heading to

Disney World next month to participate in the inaugural Disney Dreamers Academy.

She is one of 100 students nationwide selected through an essay contest. The Venkat March 12-15 program offers educational sessions, nationally known guest speakers, and hands-on learning programs designed to encourage participants to “Dream BIG and Discover the Possibilities.” Steve Harvey and ESSENCE Magazine are partners in the mentorship program.

Venkat is co-founder of NEST4US, a student-led nonprofit with a mission to provide volunteer solutions to make the world better through kindness. She has logged more than 600 hours community service hours and earned a long list of awards, including the 2020 Loudoun school’s Make a Difference Award and the 2019 Governor’s Youth Volunteer of the Year. She aspires to become a neurosurgeon.

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Public Safety Ashburn Child Care Worker Charged with Abuse A former day care center worker has been charged with assaulting a child who was in her care at the Open Arms Child Development Center in Ashburn, according to the Loudoun Escobar County Sheriff ’s Office.

Cinthia J. Escobar Gomez, 25, of Sterling, was arrested Feb. 20 and charged with assault and battery.

On Jan 23, while working in the center, located in the 43100 block of Waxpool Road, she allegedly restrained the legs of a child with duct tape. The child was not physically injured during the incident, according to the report.

She was held without bond at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center.

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Williams was charged with two counts of distribution of a Schedule I/II narcotic on Jan. 15. Last week, he was charged additionally with three counts of possession with Intent to distribute a Schedule I/II narcotic, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, transporting a controlled substance into the commonwealth, possession of a firearm while in possession of certain substances, and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.

Arradondo was charged last week with distribution of a Schedule I/II narcotic, two counts of possession with intent to distribute a schedule I/II narcotic, possession of a firearm while in possession of certain substances, and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.

They were held without bond at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center.

DNA Links Sterling Man to Sexual Assault of Teen Loudoun County detectives on Friday arrested a 30-yearold Sterling man after DNA evidence linked him to the sexual assault of a juvenile last September.

According to the Rossel report, Fran S. Rossel Aramayo encountered the victim in the area of West Laurel Avenue in Sterling on Sept. 30, 2019 and offered the teenage victim a ride to school. She was familiar with the suspect and accepted the ride because of the rainy weather. As the suspect drove her to school, he allegedly propositioned the victim, groped her, and sexually assaulted her.

Following the incident, the teen was dropped off at school and reported the attack to the Sheriff ’s Office later that day.

Through the course of the investigation the suspect was located, and evidence was collected to include DNA as part of a search warrant. DNA evidence returned from the Virginia Department of Forensic Science lab connected the suspect to the sexual assault.

Rossel Aramayo was arrested Friday night and charged with object sexual pen-

etration and sexual battery. He was held without bond at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center.

Road Rage Incident Ends with Machete Assault A Hillsboro-area man faces three criminal charges after he allegedly wielded a machete after being confronted by another driver at his Ashbury Church Road home Monday.

According to the report, deputies were called to the scene at 12:16 p.m. Feb. 24 by a driver who was involved in a road rage incident, followed the other driver home and parked at the end of his driveway to confront him.

The two men argued at a distance. Then the other driver, identified as Bradford C. Johnson, 43, retrieved a machete from his truck and walked down the driveway toward the complainant.

The man who initiated the confrontation then got back into his vehicle and attempted to leave. He told investigators that Johnson ran in front of his vehicle and was knocked to the ground. Johnson then struck the victim’s vehicle with the machete causing damage.

Johnson was charged with assault and battery, brandishing a machete, and destruction of property.

He was transported to the hospital for treatment and then released.

Early Morning Crash Displaces Families The Purcellville Police Department is investigating an early Saturday morning crash that displaced two families from their homes.

According to the report, the crash happened just before 4 a.m. Feb. 22 when the driver of a vehicle lost control and stuck a lower level apartment on 16th Street and caused a fire. Occupants of the building were safely evacuated by the Purcellville Police officers and Fire and Rescue personnel.

Two families were displaced and were being assisted by the American Red Cross in finding temporary housing.

The driver of the vehicle was transported to a hospital for treatment of injuries described as not life-threatening.

The crash remains under investigation.

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$250K Grant to Boost Arc of Loudoun’s Early Intervention The Arc of Loudoun got a substantial boost in its plans to expand its early intervention preschool program this week with the presentation of a $250,000 grant from the Claude Moore Foundation.

During a special ceremony last Thursday, Arc CEO Lisa Kimball said the challenge of helping economically disadvantaged and disabled youth be prepared for the school setting is a growing challenge, with some 94,000 at-risk 3- and 4-yearolds throughout the commonwealth. Only about half of those have access to programs that can help prepare them for success in kindergarten and first grade, she said.

Unfortunately, even the Arc of Loudoun, which provides a wide range of programs to educate, serve and support people with disabilities and their families, has had to turn families away because there wasn’t room to help them.

Kimball noted that Gov. Ralph Northam has made a big push for expanded early intervention preschool with a significant financial investment.

At the Arc of Loudoun campus, the challenge is space.

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Deputy Executive director of the Claude Moore Foundation K. Lynn Tadlock, center, presents a grant check to leaders of the Arc of Loudoun in Leesburg. The money will be critical to plans to expand early intervention preschool programs.

stay available to us. We need to have play spaces and conference rooms,” Kimball said.

She said the Moore Foundation grant will allow the nonprofit “to expand and really dig into early intervention.” The money will help complete renovations that will free up space to allow more students the Open Door Learning Center.

“We are so honored to be part of Dr. Moore’s enduring legacy,” Kimball said. “’Think things through and then go after it.’ That was one of Dr. Moore’s sayings and that’s what we’re doing right here with our early intervention program expansion, and we’re just going to continue to build.”

K. Lynn Tadlock, the deputy executive director of the Claude Moore Foundation,

said the Arc’s work fits well with the mission laid out by the retired radiologist and real estate investor when he left his estate to be used to enhance educational opportunities throughout Virginia.

“Another one of Dr. Moore’s sayings was ‘don’t give them a handout, give them a hand up.’ That’s what we believe we are doing here—giving you a leg up to continue on,” Tadlock said.

Arc board member Sonny Swann, co-owner of Climatic Heating and Cooling, said the grant was especially important because all of the nonprofit’s income from services is used for programs, with little money available for construction or furnishings. “This allows us to expand,” he said. n

Loudoun Laurels Seek 2020 Nominations The Loudoun Laurels Foundation is seeking nominations from the greater Loudoun community for its 2020 laureates. This year’s laureates will be honored at the Foundation’s annual gala to be held Friday, Sept. 25, at Lansdowne Resort.

The Foundation’s mission is to honor exceptional community service for the benefit of Loudoun County residents and to develop future civic leaders through scholarships and mentorships. Each year the Loudoun Laurels Foundation honors at least two community leaders with the Loudoun Laureate award. Nominations for this year’s Loudoun Laureates will close on March 15.

Previous honorees include Joseph T. Boling, Kristina Bouweiri, Childs Frick Burden, Stanley Caulkins, Di Cook, Dr.

John H. Cook, III, Betsy Davis, Fred Drummond, William H. Harrison, G. Kimball Hart, Dr. Edgar B. Hatrick, III, Thomas D. Horn, J. Hamilton Lambert, Joe T. May, Margaret Morton, James P. Roberts, Karen Hatcher Russell, Karen and Fred Schaufeld, Eugene M. Scheel, Judy and Lang Washburn, Robert E. Sevila, Al P. Van Huyck, Su Webb, Cate Magennis Wyatt and Paul Ziluca.

In addition to honoring members of the community for their leadership, service and philanthropy, the Foundation’s Stewardship Trust awards four-year scholarships to at least two Loudoun County Public School students each year. Typically, these students are first generation college attendees whose potential for success has been demonstrated by hard work

and personal sacrifice. Since 2013 the Loudoun Laurels Foundation has awarded $800,000 in scholarships to 20 Loudoun Laurels Scholars. Each $40,000 scholarship is distributed to the Virginia college or university chosen by the student in annual $10,000 increments for the four-year term of his or her college career. In 2019, four donors contributed $550,000 to fund the Loudoun Laurels Stewardship Trust endowment. n For more information on gala sponsorships and invitations, prior Laureates, the Loudoun Laurels Stewardship Trust and the Loudoun Laurels Scholars, go to loudounlaurels.org, facebook.com/ LoudounLaurels, or email info@loudounlaurels.org.

Adam Baime, a sophomore at Loudoun Valley High School and a member of Scout Troop 163, designed and constructed a community food pantry box at the Loudoun Valley Community Center for his Eagle Scout project.

The Little Free Pantry permits those in need to obtain non-perishable food items anytime they want while remaining completely anonymous. Baime built the blessings box at Makersmith Purcellville. He said success of the pantry relies on members of the community donating non-perishable items and placing them in the pantry.

The Little Free Pantry is located on West School Street adjacent to the community center next to the curb between South 26th Street and South Orchard Street. A sign on the box states, “Take All You Need—Give All You Can.”

Registration Open for FinishLyme 5K/1K Registration is open for DryHome’s 10th annual FinishLyme, which includes a 5K and 1K family walk/fun run. The May 17 event educates the public on the dangers of tick-borne diseases and raises funding to help find a cure for Lyme disease, the number one infectious vector-borne disease in the U.S. The FinishLyme race also features an informational fair to educate the public about the disease, its causes, and treatments, as well as a recognition program to honor Lyme advocates. Over the past decade, FinishLyme has raised nearly $500,000 to support research and advocacy efforts.

This year’s race will be held at Fairfax Corner. The early registration rate is $35 for adults/$25 for children under 14. To learn more or register, go to FinishLyme.org.

Wegmans Customers Donate $52K to Hunger Relief Loudoun Hunger Relief announced this week that it received almost $52,000 from Wegmans’ 2019 Check Out Hunger program. Since 2005, Wegmans stores in Dulles and GIVING BACK continues on page 15

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GIVING back continued from page 14 Leesburg have been collecting customer donations for LHR at check out, raising more than $600,000 to feed the people served by the nonprofit.

The Check Out Hunger program was launched by Wegmans in 1993, and has raised $42.1 million in hunger relief funds in the regions served by Wegmans since its inception. Wegmans also donates more than 18.6 million pounds of food in the regions it serves every year.

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To help teams organize, fundraise, and prepare for the event a series of meetings are scheduled for March 5, April 2, May 7, and May 28 in the Heritage High School library. The meetings begin at 6 p.m.

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Plans are underway for the American Cancer Society 2020 Loudoun County Relay For Life Celebration, which will be held May 30 at the Village at Leesburg.

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All wines in the annual Governor’s Cup competition must be made from 100 percent Virginia fruit, but 868’s entry is the first winner made entirely from Loudoun County fruit. The wine is produced by the Italian appassimento technique of partially drying grapes to concentrate flavor prior to fermentation.

“I am thrilled to award the Governor’s Cup to Carl DiManno and congratulate the whole team at 868 Estate Vineyards on their sweet finish,” Northam said. “The Vidal Blanc Passito embodies both the experimentation and artistry that has made Virginia the leading East Coast destination for wine. This year’s Governor’s Cup case is a strong reflection of our world-class wine industry and the distinctive wines being produced in our Commonwealth.”

In all, DiManno took home four medals from the competition.

“The 2017 Passito was the culmination of a concerted winemaking effort,” he said.

“I take a very hands-on approach in the winery, and a lot of love and hard work went into this wine, but it was well worth it. I am thrilled that Loudoun’s wines are getting the recognition that they deserve.”

It was one of nine wines from Loudoun wineries to win gold medals during the 2020 Virginia Governor’s Cup competition. They were among 40 wineries across the commonwealth to meet the top scoring threshold after four weeks of judging by 19 experts who evaluated 530 entries in the 28th year of the program.

Breaux Vineyards took home two gold medals, for its 2015 Nebbiolo and its 2016 Merlot. Other gold medal Loudoun wines are Greenhill Vineyards’ 2016 Mythology; Lost Creek Winery’s 2017 Cabernet Franc; Sunset Hills Vineyard’s 2017 Mosaic; The Barns at Hamilton Station Vineyards’ 2017 Meritage; Winery 32’s 2016 Thoroughbred Blend; and Zephaniah Farm Vineyard’s 2017 Friendship.

Overall, 21 Loudoun wineries and vineyards were recognized for their high-quality wines: 50 WEST VINEYARDS: Silver—2016 Aldie

Heights Cuvee, 2018 Petit Manseng, 2017 Aldie Heights Cuvee.

868 ESTATE VINEYARDS: Gold—2017

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BLUEMONT VINEYARDS: Silver—2016

Ascent, 2016 Petit Verdot.

BOXWOOD ESTATE WINERY: Silver—2017

Topiary, 2015 Reserve.

BREAUX VINEYARDS: Gold—2015 Nebbiolo,

2016 Merlot; Silver—2017 Marquis de Lafayette, 2017 Nebbiolo, 2017 Meritage, 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon, 2015 Meritage, 2016 Malbec; Bronze—2017 Petit Verdot Nebbiolo.

CANA VINEYARDS AND WINERY OF MIDDLEBURG: Silver—2017 Unité

Reserve, 2018 Petit Maseng, 2015 Merlot; Bronze—2018 Albarino.

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DRY MILL VINEYARDS & WINERY:

Silver—2016 Norton, 2017 Traminette, 2015 Merlot, 2016 Merlot, 2015 Norton; Bronze—2017 Chambourcin Rosé, 2016 Chambourcin, 2017 Barrel Chardonnay.

FABBIOLI CELLARS: Silver—Ladies Man,

2018 Chardonnay, 2016 Tre Sorelle, 2016 Tannat, 2016 Carmernere, Raspberry Merlot.

GREENHILL VINEYARDS: Gold—2016 Mythology; Silver—2017 Chardonnay Reserve, 2017 Merot, 2018 Petit Manseng, 2017 Cabernet Franc.

LOST CREEK WINERY: Gold—2017 Cabernet

Franc; Silver—2017 Trinity, 2017 Genesis, 2015 Syrah, 2017 Allure, 2016 Echelon.

OCTOBER ONE VINEYARD: Silver—2017

Cabernet Franc, 2018 Viognier.

SUNSET HILLS VINEYARD: Gold—2017

Mosaic; Silver—2015 Petit Verdot, 2017 Petit Verdot, 2018 Viognier, 2015 Reserve Cabernet Franc, 2016 Mosaic; Bronze: 2016 Reserve Cabernet Franc.

THE BARNS AT HAMILTON STATION VINEYARDS:

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Governor’s Cup continued from page 16 Manseng, 2017 Cabernet Franc, 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon; Bronze—2018 Petit Manseng, 2018 Cascina TWO TWISTED POSTS WINERY: Silver—2018

Chardonnay, 2017 Thomas Great, 2017 Cabernet Franc, 2018 Chardonnay, 2018 Piebald White; Bronze—2017 Chardonnay, 2016 Thomas Great.

WALSH FAMILY WINE: Silver—2018 Petit Manseng, 2018 Chardonnay, 2017 Russ Mountain Merlot, 2017 Staggerwing Tannat.

WILLOWCROFT FARM VINEYARDS:

Silver—2017 Merlot, 2017 Riesling Muscat-Ottonel, 2017 Assemblage Select.

WINERY 32: Gold—2016 Thoroughbred Blend; Silver—2016 Cabernet Franc, 2015 Petit Verdot; Bronze—2017 Merlot.

ZEPHANIAH FARM VINEYARD: Gold—2017 Friendship; Silver—2016 Cabernet Franc, 2016 Three Captains Red; Bronze—2018 Rosé, 2017 Viognier

The top Virginia wine and 11 others that will be included in the Governor’s Case were to be announced at the invitation-only Virginia Governor’s Cup Celebration on Tuesday night. n

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‘Level Up’ Your Business at the 2020 Loudoun Small Business Conference Looking for a way to take your business or entrepreneurial pursuit to the next level? Mark your calendars for May 4, as Loudoun Economic Development and the Mason Enterprise Center Loudoun present the 2020 Loudoun Small Business Conference at the Dulles Airport Marriott.

The one-day conference will feature keynote speaker Tom Corley, an internationally-recognized authority on habits and wealth creation, which can be critical for funding a business. His presentation will cover success habits of revenue-generating entrepreneurs, pitfalls that lead to failure, and habit-change strategies.

Nationally renowned entrepreneurs Jason Levien, owner of professional soccer teams D.C. United and Loudoun United FC, and Master Chef Rich Rosendale, who opened Roots 657 restaurant and a culinary lab in Loudoun County, will also make mainstage addresses on the topics of building a winning team and ingredients for business success.

“Loudoun’s annual Small Business Conference is the region’s premier gathering for entrepreneurial resources and

networking,” Loudoun’s Economic Development Executive Director Buddy Rizer said. “With an impressive lineup of speakers discussing #LoudounPossible success, we expect this to be the best year yet.”

The schedule includes other high-value mainstage talks, rapid-fire success stories, expert panels, hands-on workshops, and a chance to engage with sponsors and resource partners.

“Education is a primary focus for us and we are proud to have grown the Loudoun Small Business Conference for the last three years,” Mason Enterprise Center Loudoun’s Regional Director Susan Henson said. “Entrepreneurs can expect to leave this conference with resources, inspiration, actionable strategies and techniques from content experts and their peers, which can help them reach the next level.”

Other topics scheduled for discussion include elevating your brand for a national or international audience; leveraging e-commerce for rapid retail growth; building value for a startup exit or acquisition; and preparing your business for an IT fail-

ure or cybersecurity threat.

The conference is designed to provide value to Loudoun companies with growth potential, but is open and relevant to the public and small business executives in any locality.

The gold-level sponsor for the conference is the Loudoun Economic Development Authority, which will close out the day’s programming by presenting four cash grants to Loudoun companies as part of the inaugural Loudoun Innovation Challenge. There will be one $75,000 winner and up to three $25,000 grants awarded in a public ceremony. The deadline to apply for these grants is March 31.

Early bird pricing for the Loudoun Small Business Conference will extend through March 16. Regular pricing will run through April 20, and late registration can be purchased until one week before the conference. n For more information and the most upto-date schedule and roster of speakers, go to LoudounConference.com.

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A discussion Monday on the impact of extending Metrorail’s Silver Line focused, in part, on the impact it will have on housing costs and young workers.

With news that the Silver Line’s expansion into Loudoun has been delayed yet again—likely into spring 2021, said Fairfax County Supervisor Walter L. Alcorn during the Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce’s “Metro Monday” gathering—businesses and government in the region have more time to think about how to get ready for its arrival.

“We need to make sure we’re getting

the word out to the businesses that are looking to come to our area to say, hey, we’re still open for business,” Supervisor Koran T. Saines (D-Sterling) said. “Yes, it’s been delayed once, yes it’s been delayed twice—but in the meantime, we still have a lot of resources, people who are looking for work who are either underemployed or looking to transition.”

The county has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the region—a statistic that economic development officials warn is good news for Loudouners, but can make it hard for new businesses to find someone to hire.

Alcorn said, “it’s important to recognize how much the Silver Line and Phase

2 is going to open up the region.”

That could mean workers riding trains both in and out of the area, and possibly bringing in more people at the beginning of their careers—as Ashburn-based tech company IT Cadre founder Mark Madigan pointed out, “it’s very challenging in Loudoun County to hire anybody that’s not 30 or over.”

“I think the reason they’re not in Loudoun County is because there’s not a lot of fun things to do, so the growing of the communities around the Metro. …

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75 Employers Registered for Leesburg Career Expo More than 75 area businesses will be recruiting employees during the seventh annual Leesburg Career Expo for students and recent graduates on Sunday, March 10.

The event will be held at Tuscarora High School, 801 N. King St., from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Geared toward at high school students, college students, and recent graduates, the expo offers job seekers the opportunity to meet face-to-face with prospective employers from a variety of industry sectors

including retail, sales, hospitality, technology, trades, recreation, and more. Available positions include full-time, part-time and seasonal, as well as entry-level salaried positions and internships. Many employers will be hiring on the spot.

A full list of participating employers is on the event website at leesburgva.gov/careerexpo. Job seekers are encouraged preregister at the website.

Attendees should wear business attire and bring copies of their résumés.

For more information, contact Barb Smith at bsmith@leesburgva.gov or 703669-2202. n

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Recruiting Continues for Census Takers The Loudoun Workforce Resource Center is hosting two U.S. Census Bureau recruitment sessions March 2 to help fill hundreds of census taker positions.

The enumerators are needed to canvass door-to-door in Loudoun neighborhoods from spring through summer 2020. Census takers will interview members of households that have not responded to the census to collect census information. The positions may be part-time and flexible and have a starting pay of $25 per hour. Paid training for U.S. census enumerators is provided. Applicants must be U.S. citizens with access to reliable transportation.

Taken every 10 years, the census determines how much money communities receive for aid programs, such as school meals, crime victim assistance

and housing vouchers. It also affects how state legislative districts are drawn and the number of congressional representatives for each state.

The recruitment sessions will be held at 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and noon on Monday, March 2 at the Workforce Development Center at 102 Heritage Way in Leesburg. The sessions also will be offered at the county’s Eastern Loudoun Service Center, 21641 Ridgetop Circle, Suite 101 in Sterling, at 9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.

No registration is required, but attendees should bring their own technology (phone, tablet, laptop) or plan to use a library computer to access the online application and assessments.

For questions or more information, contact the Workforce Resource Center at 703-777-0150. n

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Silver Line continued from page 18 transportation elements,” Madigan said.

And Alcorn said, “we always have to remember that one of the cornerstones of attracting and retaining talent in the area is our excellent school systems.”

But, he said, with that, the region must

also think about housing costs for those young professionals.

“Frankly, the Silver Line is probably not going to help with that,” Alcorn said.

“It’s going to drive up property values, and it’s going to drive up rents in a lot of places. We have to recognize that.”

To address that, he argued, local governments will have to open up zoning laws to allow more residential density

near Metro stops, and also spend some of their own money to help out people at the low end of the economic spectrum.

And Saines said that will mean ambitious projects to build more affordable housing.

“We need to start rolling up our sleeves and doing really great projects,” Saines said. “Not just good projects, but really great projects.” And if developers bring

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Our Towns

HAMILTON Mayor, LaRock Recognize 6 Eagle Scouts in Ceremony Hamilton Mayor Dave Simpson, Del. Dave LaRock (R-33) and Purcellville Town Councilman Ryan Cool recognized six Boy Scouts last weekend for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout.

Truman Abbe, Spencer Davis, Josh Ericksen, Samuel Lambert, Jared Martin and Elliot Petersen were all recognized during their Court of Honor ceremony.

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Middleburg Mayor Bridge Littleton serves a beer to an Old Ox Brewery patron on Friday during his two-hour bartending service to benefit the Middleburg Community Charter School.

Middleburg Mayor Gets Behind the Bar to Support Community Charter School

BY PATRICK SZABO

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More than a hundred Loudouners unwinding after a long work week helped to raise more than $700 for the Middleburg Community Charter School.

Middleburg Mayor Bridge Littleton acted as Old Ox Brewery’s celebrity bartender for two hours on Friday, collecting $633.60

in tips to donate to the school. Old Ox will also donate $111 to the school for the 111 pints of beer it sold during the event. In all, Littleton’s first-time bartending efforts raised $744.60 for the charter school.

The Middleburg Community Charter School opened in fall 2014 as the first public charter school in Northern Virginia. It operates under the umbrella of Loudoun County Public Schools but is governed by

a community-based board of directors, which Littleton serves on.

The school emphasizes project-based learning and a progressive, whole-child approach with a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics)-based curriculum taught to classrooms with two grades in each—kindergarten and first; second and third; and fourth and fifth. n

Fraser Running for 4th Mayoral Term in Purcellville

BY PATRICK SZABO

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Purcellville residents will head to the polls in May to decide if they’d like to see Mayor Kwasi Fraser extend his six-year tenure on the dais by another two years.

Fraser announced Monday he would seek re-election in the Fraser May 5 town elections.

He will go up against former councilwoman Beverly Chiasson, who announced her

run for mayor on Dec. 30.

“I will continue to provide an innovative approach to government, to monetize our assets, and to construct creative ways to reduce the town’s debt without imposing additional financial burdens to our citizens,” Fraser stated in the Feb. 24 announcement. “The pressure from the development community is never ending, and we need a strong leader who will keep promises and remain committed once elected.”

According to his statement, in Fraser’s six years as mayor, the town has increased its non-tax revenue, reduced its debt by more than $7 million dollars and welcomed over 80 new businesses

in the past two years. Fraser also re-established the Purcellville Train Station Advisory Board, helped to reorganize the Coalition of Loudoun Towns—a non-legislative group comprised of the county’s seven town mayors—and initiated a Comprehensive Plan update, which the Town Council is expected to adopt before July.

Fraser stated he is focused on transparency, innovation and fiscal responsibility, along with slow growth, low tax rates, infrastructure enhancement and working to generate revenue from town-owned properties. “He will stand firm on slow growth, prudent economic development, operaFRASER continues on page 23

The Town of Hillsboro will break ground on its Rt. 9 traffic calming project during a Move Some Dirt! event from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Friday, March 6.

During the event, the town will recognize the numerous women transportation officials, engineers and government leaders who have contributed to the ReThink9 project—Camille Schrier, a Virginia Tech alumni and STEM education advocate who was also crowned Miss America 2020. Schrier will visit the Hillsboro Charter Academy from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., spending the morning interacting with students.

For more information, call the town at 540-486-8001 or go to rethink9.com.

Baked Goods Fundraiser on Primary Election Day The Town of Hillsboro will host a baked goods fundraiser all day at the polls at the Old Stone School next Tuesday, March 3—the day of the Democratic Presidential Primary.

The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Residents interested in providing baked goods can drop them off between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Monday, March 2 or 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Tuesday. Goods should be bagged, wrapped or covered and labeled to indicate if they contain nuts or dairy, TOWN NOTES continues on page 24

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Micro-Cottage Plans Advance as Round Hill Approves Utility Expansion Consideration

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Tree of Life Ministries’ drive to build a 32 micro-cottage community on the former Weona Villa Motel property near Round Hill has moved a step closer to reality.

The Round Hill Town Council last Thursday night voted to approve a Comprehensive Plan amendment that would consider the extension of town water and sewer service to the 7-acre motel property, if the proposed development meets numerous criteria. That means Tree of Life may now formally request the town provide utility service to the property, which sits just east of the town limits.

Executive Director Paul Smith last year outlined plans for a micro cottage project to provide affordable housing.

He said the Town Council’s vote to approve the town plan amendment shows it’s committed to addressing unmet housing needs in the area. The nonprofit now plans to continue discussing the micro-cottage proposal with the county government staff alongside a team of civil engineering, construction, design and legal experts.

“Our intentions remain unchanged with the objective of providing small, affordable rental cottages for elderly and disabled adults at the abandoned motel site,” Smith said, noting that the requirement for affordable housing in Loudoun has intensified since the nonprofit was established 12 years ago.

According to the plan amendment, the town would consider utility extension to the property if it serves a town, county or state-owned public recreational complex; workforce, senior-living or universal design housing; housing that provides services for the elderly, infirmed or disabled; or a nursing home, residential care or assisted living center.

The development would also be required to comply with the goals, objectives and strategies of the comprehensive plan as a whole; not impact the integrity of the historic character of the town; not be townhomes; and make reasonable efforts to mitigate impacts on surrounding properties. The town also would first need to determine if its utility system has sufficient water and sewer capacity for the proposed use.

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The Round Hill Town Council approved a town plan amendment last week that will allow the town to consider providing the Weona Villa Motel property with water and sewer service.

Following the Tree of Life request, developer John Clark proposed building 20 homes for seniors and first-time home buyers on a 20-acre property along Airmont Road just south of the town limits.

Those proposals prompted the Town Council last March to direct the Planning Commission to review the 20172037 Comprehensive Plan to determine whether an amendment could be made to prepare the town for water and sewer extensions to those properties, along with a 12-acre property across East Loudoun Street from the motel property.

After nearly 10 months of review, the commission voted on Jan. 14 to recommend that the Town Council approve the comprehensive plan amendment, with consideration of a utility extension to only the Weona Villa property.

Throughout that time, many area residents voiced concern that preparing for utility extensions to properties outside the town limits would encourage development that would adversely impact the Round Hill area’s historic character. Many residents living in the Lakepoint Village neighborhood, which abuts the Weona Villa property, said they were additionally concerned about increased traffic impeding their ability to turn out of their community onto Loudoun Street and about the types of people who might end up living in the cottages. n

Fraser continued from page 22 tional efficiencies, sensible zoning, and working with officials to improve transportation and other infrastructure needs,” his statement reads.

“Over the next two years, the town will be working on the all-important zoning ordinance,” Fraser stated. “It is essential to have a leader who, adhering to the will of the people, will guide Purcellville in the right direction.”

Fraser’s slow-growth policy has led the Town Council in recent years to reject multiple annexation requests. One of those was for a 50-acre Purcellville Crossroads mixed-use development adjacent to the Wright Farm neighborhood, which the council voted to reject for annexation in November 2016. Another came in October 2018, when the council voted to reject annexation of the 131-acre Warner Brook Property.

Since Fraser was first elected in May 2014, the town has also dealt with controversy stemming from multiple investigations into allegations of town staff misconduct and mismanagement.

In late summer 2017, the former interim town manager selected by the Town Council began an investigation into

PAGE 23 now-discredited claims of misconduct against the police chief. That ended with the chief ’s firing and subsequent re-instatement when it was found that the interim town manager mismanaged the investigation.

Those incidents led to multiple other investigations and lawsuits. The town has since settled with the police chief and another unidentified police department employee, but continues to sort through Cpl. Kristopher Fraley’s lawsuit.

Fraser has beaten his opponents in each of the last three mayoral elections by an average of 400 votes. In 2014, he beat one-term councilman J. Keith Melton, Jr. by 329 votes. In 2016, he beat two-term councilwoman Joan Lehr by 651 votes.

And in 2018, he beat Purcellville native Chris Thompson by 221 votes.

In each of the last three town elections, voter turnout for the mayoral race has increased by 21 percent, from 1,410 in 2014 to 1,711 in 2018.

In the four other towns that will hold elections this May—Hamilton, Lovettsville, Middleburg and Round Hill—firstterm Lovettsville Mayor Nate Fontaine, first-term Middleburg Mayor Bridge Littleton and five-term Round Hill Mayor Scott Ramsey have already filed their candidacy paperwork for re-election. n

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TOWN notes continued from page 22 are gluten-free, vegetarian or vegan. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the town’s preservation efforts in the Old Stone School.

For more information, contact Councilwoman Laney Oxman at laneyoxman@ gmail.com.

LOVETTSVILLE Commission to Hold Kickoff Meeting for Transportation Master Plan The Lovettsville Planning Commission will hold a kickoff meeting to provide residents with information on the Transportation Master Plan at 7:30 p.m. March 11 at the town office.

The meeting will begin with a presentation on transportation issues and planned improvements in town, which will be followed by a brainstorming session. Residents are encouraged to bring their ideas for building sidewalks and trails, improving drainage and modifying streets and intersections.

The Transportation Master Plan is a three-phase project that began with identification of the existing status of transportation in town. The second, and current, phase involves public input detailing where the town should be in the future.

In late spring or early summer, the town will distribute public opinion questionnaires to better understand residents’ priorities. The third phase, which will begin in late summer, will address how the town will get to where it wants to be.

For more information on the master plan, go to lovettsvilleva.gov/services/ planning-zoning/other-plans.

Town Council Marks Passing of 102-Year-Old Resident The Lovettsville Town Council last Thursday adopted a proclamation in memory of Beryl Louise Reed, a 102-year town resident who died Feb. 3.

According to the proclamation, Reed was born April 12, 1917 and lived in town her whole life. For a majority of that time, she lived with her husband, George, in a house on East Broad Way. She was known to be one of the town’s “most treasured citizens” and was recognized each year during Oktoberfest’s Recognition of Distinguished Lovettsville Citizens.

On April 12, 2017, the Town Council adopted a proclamation recognizing April 12 as “Beryl Reed Day.” Now three years

later, that day will again be recognized.

DMV to Visit Town Next Thursday The DMV2GO bus will visit the Lovettsville Library from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. next Thursday, March 5.

Residents will have the chance to visit the handicapped-accessible office-onwheels to obtain REAL IDs, 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 transponders and more.

The DMV bus will be back in town April 9. Learn more about DMV2GO at dmv.virginia.gov/general/#mobileoperations.asp.

PURCELLVILLE DMV Select to Visit Purcellville Commuter Lot Wednesday DMV Select services will visit the Purcellville Park & Ride Lot at 109 N. Bailey Lane from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. next Wednesday, March 4.

Residents can visit the Select bus to process transactions related to vehicle titles and registrations, license plates, permits and placards, driver and vehicle transcripts, voter registration applications, E-ZPasses, hunting and fishing licenses and more. The Select bus cannot issue or renew driver’s licenses and other ID cards, cannot process online or franchise work and is prohibited from processing mechanic/storage lien titles.

Learn more at dmv.virginia.gov/general/#utilities/select_svs.asp.

Volunteers Needed for TownWide Cleanup The Town of Purcellville is looking for volunteers to help with its annual townwide cleanup from 8 a.m. to noon March 21, with a 1-4 p.m. March 22 rain date.

The event, a partnership with Keep Loudoun Beautiful, invites residents and organizations to participate in the cleanup, which will focus on roadsides and trails. The mission of Keep Loudoun Beautiful is to maintain the natural beauty and visual quality of Loudoun, encourage and educate residents to keep the county beautiful, promote public awareness of environmental challenges and suggested solutions and to improve the county’s trash disposal and eliminate illegal dumping. In last year’s cleanup, more than 225 volunteers collected 2,320 pounds of trash and 640 pounds of recycling.

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For more information and to register, contact Clay Grisius at Purcellville.klb@ gmail.com.

Art of all subjects, mediums and prices are welcome to submit to the juried exhibit. Artists will be notified by March 1.

Those selected will need to deliver their

MIDDLEBURG Artists Invited to Submit for Exhibit by Feb. 28 Artists in Middleburg will host a “MORE Things Considered” exhibit from March 7 to April 5, with a submission deadline set for 5 p.m. this Friday, Feb. 28.

art to the exhibit from 12-5 p.m. March 2-3. An opening reception will be held from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, March 7.

For more information, go to theartistsinmiddleburg.org or call 540-6876600.

Obituaries Michelle LaMay Forgash Michelle LaMay Forgash of Leesburg, Virginia passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on February 18, at 4:35pm after a long battle with colon cancer. She was 48 years old. Michelle Juanita LaMay was born in Washington D.C. and grew up in nearby Arlington, Virginia. She attended Barcroft Elementary School and H-B Woodlawn Secondary School where she forged lasting friendships. After graduating high school in 1989, Michelle attended Virginia Tech and pursued a degree in Psychology with a focus on Family and Child Development.

It was at Virginia Tech that she would meet her eventual husband, Craig Allen Forgash from Alexandria, Virginia. Michelle graduated in 1994, and she and Craig married in November, 1995. Michelle and Craig moved around the country several times over the next four years, supporting Craig’s career in the golf business. Michelle absolutely loved children, and during these years she found work in daycare centers along with independent nanny work.

In 1999, while living outside of Atlanta, Georgia, the couple became pregnant with their first child. Michelle’s life changed forever as Christopher Allen was born in September of that year. The family moved to Hawai’i soon after Chris was born, and their second child, Ashlyn Malia was born the day before Michelle’s 30th birthday in 2001 in the city of Kapolei on the island of O’ahu. After moving back to the mainland later that year, Michelle and Craig settled in Tempe, Arizona. Their third child, son Nicholas Allen was born in June, 2004 in Mesa, Arizona, and shortly thereafter, the family relocated back to Georgia where they would spend the next six years.

Michelle was a beloved caregiver to both family and friends, giving selflessly of her time and energy, oftentimes helping to

raise other children while she was raising her own. She built lasting relationships in every neighborhood where the family resided, and the bonds she built in the Georgian community outside of Atlanta would develop into some of the strongest friendships of her life. When the family moved back home to Virginia in 2010, she rededicated herself to her career, eventually becoming a teacher in Loudoun County for Pre-K children on the autism spectrum.

Michelle had the unique gift of connecting with children, especially those with special needs. In January of 2017, Michelle was diagnosed with Stage 3 colorectal cancer.

She embraced her battle and publicly kept everyone updated after a friend created Michelle’s Mighty Army Facebook page. After over a year of being cancer free, Michelle’s cancer returned in 2019, only this time it had spread to her liver, lungs and abdomen.

Again, she faced the challenge with grace and a level of positivity that buoyed the spirits of everyone around her. Michelle’s courageous battle has ended, but her spirit lives on in her husband and three children.

She is also survived by her parents, George and Jean LaMay, brother George and sister-in-law Hillary LaMay, sister Andrea Irvine, brother Sean Phillips, brother-inlaw Mark Forgash and wife Lisa O’Rourke, and mother-in-law Judy Moreland . She will also be forever remembered by numerous extended family members and everyone she has touched over a lifetime. A Visitation will be held at Loudoun Funeral Chapel in Leesburg, Virginia on Thursday, March 5th from 5:00-8:00PM. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00PM on Friday, March 6th at St. John the Apostle Catholic Church in Leesburg. A reception will immediately follow the Mass at Stone Tower Winery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that any donations be made to the Autism Society of Northern Virginia or a worthy charity of choice in Michelle’s honor. Online condolences may be expressed at www.loudounfuneralchapel.com

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Obituaries

H. Powers Thomas

Della Mae Myers

1941-2020

BY MARGARET MORTON

H. Powers Thomas, 78, is being remembering as skilled tennis player, talented pianist, keen gardener, successful businessman and insurance agent, as well as a raconteur of note, jokester, writer, innovator, lover of community and an “all around good guy,” following his death Feb. 15 at his home in Leesburg.

Thomas had an infectious laugh, a sparkle and enjoyment of life, and a keen interest in his surroundings and in people that touched all with whom he came in contact.

Whether it was with pals of his youth hunting along Catoctin Creek near Waterford, classmates at Loudoun County High School’s first graduating class in 1959, or fellow members of Leesburg insurance firm AH&T, there was never a dull moment in his company.

Thomas was born in Winchester, and lived in Hamilton as a young child, before his parents moved to Round Hill.

As his boyhood friend, Bowman Cutter, recalled, “We knew each other roughly from age 12 on. He was always friendly and funny—and an intense competitor.”

The two were part of a group of boys roughly the same age from the Waterford, Leesburg and Purcellville area. The county’s population was about 21,000 in 1950, and Cutter said one has to remember how “incredibly small the county was at that time’” Thomas attended Randolph Macon College—pursuing studies in political science. After graduation, while waiting to hear from several law schools to which he’d applied, the only “acceptance” he got was from the U.S. Navy when he was drafted in 1965. After a year writing press releases, he left the Navy. That experience and love of the written word would stay with him.

When searching for work, Thomas did not have the family insurance business, Armfield, Harrison & Thomas, at the top of his list. But his father, J. Holmes Thomas, always wanted his son to follow him into the business, and set him to work his way from the bottom up, so that he knew all facets of the company as well as its personnel.

To his surprise, Thomas found he liked

the insurance business—finding it intellectually challenging and complex. While never an “A” student in school or college, he was very persuasive, as well as enthusiastic—characteristics that would stand him in good stead.

That trait, along with his ability to put clients at ease, was part of his success in the business. As his father had hoped, Thomas did indeed reach the top—being named president of Armfield, Harrison & Thomas, Inc. in 1981. From that date, Thomas helped build the company into one of the largest independently owned agencies in the Mid-Atlantic region.

He retired from the company 16 years later—a decision with which Thomas later regretted. After three years, he got back in the fray, joining the Erie Insurance Group to open the Powers Thomas Insurance company. Within 10 years, he had 700 accounts, in mixed personal and commercial business.

During his career, Thomas held numerous board directorships and affiliations, including First American Bank, Loudoun National Bank, National Association Executives Club, and the Independent Insurance Agents of America, where he served on a number of major committees.

He was also appointed to the Industrial Development Authority of Loudoun County and was a founding member of the Northern Virginia Technology Council. He was recognized in 1978 as a key insurance agent for his outstanding service to policy holders.

He served as the Loudoun United Way chairman in 1985, calling the United Way campaign “a truly united fundraising effort.” He urged involvement of the professional community along with expanding the campaign into the rapidly developing eastern area of the county—resulting in an 11 percent increase over the 1984 campaign.

As a top Loudoun insurance agent, Thomas was recognized and respected widely throughout the state, including as chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia. AH&T was also recognized as the Membership Agency of the Year by the leading trade publication Rough Notes in 1997.

Retired AH&T President Howard Arm-

field attributed some successful company innovations to Thomas. “He always had great people skills,” and recognized the importance of rewarding employees for what they contributed to the company in ideas and talents.

“He was instrumental in establishing an employee stock ownership program in the agency,” Armfield said.

AHT had its beginnings in 1921.

Armfield’s daughter, Kate Armfield, has followed in her father and grandfather’s footsteps, and serves as chief operating officer for the company today. She cited Thomas’s strengths as his “passion for the business, his unique ability to find and attract talented people, focus on customers, and attention to details.”

Thomas was predeceased by his father J. Holmes Thomas and his mother Glennis Powers of South Hill. He is survived by his wife Carolyn Thomas of Leesburg; his sister Betty Glenn Thomas Perriguey, of Nipomo, CA; and six nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contribution may be made to the United Way of the National Capital Area, designated to the Loudoun County Impact Fund #9005, and sent to 1577 Spring Hill Road, #420, Vienna, VA 22182.

Della Mae Myers, of Lovettsville, VA, died February 13, 2020. Born on April 23, 1934, in Virginia, she was the daughter of Burr Samuel Simpson and J. Vada Pearson Simpson. She was a homemaker most of her life and deeply enjoyed raising her kids on the farm, gardening, bird watching, and cooking meals to eat together. She is survived by her loving husband, Billy Lee Myers; sons, Ronald Lee Myers and Kenneth Allen Myers; granddaughter, Lisa Marie Krause and her husband, as well as two great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her two brothers Burley Simpson and Russell Simpson. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 7, 2020 at Bethel Lutheran Church in Lovettsville. Memorial donations may be made to Bethel Lutheran Church, https:// bzchurches.org , or Capital Care Hospice.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.loudounfuneralchapel.com

Death Notice Alice Virginia Lucas Alice V. Lucas passed February 12, 2020 at home in Leesburg, VA. For a full obituary and online condolences, please go to www.loudounfuneralchapel.com.

Lives are like rivers: Eventually they go where they must, not where we want them to.

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Lovettsville Considers Radio Frequency Study at Water Tower

BY PATRICK SZABO

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Lovettsville residents concerned about radiation from cell antennas on the town water tower will have to wait a bit longer to learn whether the town will study the issue.

The Town Council last week tabled a vote on a proposal contract with Millennium Engineering to perform a $3,500 radio frequency emissions study around the tower, which is located within the New Town Meadows neighborhood and features the cellular antennas of AT&T and Sprint. The vote was delayed to give council members more time to consider the study before Verizon installs six of its own antennas atop the tower in the coming months—an installation the council approved in January.

Although it’s a bit unclear what the town would do with the findings of such a study, the town staff could send the results to the Federal Communications Commission for review if the radio frequency levels are higher than permitted.

Town Manager Rob Ritter said the town could pay for the study via a $5,000 line item in the Fiscal Year 2020 Utility

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Lovettsville residents recently have claimed that radio frequency emissions from cell antennas atop the town water tower has adversely affected their health.

Fund set aside for outside engineering and consulting, which the town has yet to spend.

Utilities Director Stephen Gates said it would make sense for the town to use the revenue it generates from the AT&T and

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Sprint leases to pay for the study. He mentioned that after the Verizon antennas are installed, there will be no additional room on the tower.

The discussion of a radio frequency emissions study comes in response to

recent resident concern that the existing cell antennas might be negatively affecting their health.

Other residents claim the radio frequency emissions aren’t strong enough to cause health problems. One of those residents is Jaymie Dumproff, who lives in New Town Meadows.

Dumproff told the Town Council last week that the cost to perform a study outweighs the benefit of having Verizon’s cellular antennas installed. She argued that radio frequency emissions are a form of non-ionizing radiation, which, like FM radio waves, is unable to penetrate human cells.

She noted that the FCC states that studies have shown that environmental levels of radio frequency energy routinely encountered by the general public are below the levels necessary to cause significant body temperature increases, which can lead to adverse health effects like cancer.

“If you were actually getting exposed to really a lot of RF frequencies, it almost would be like a microwave,” she said. “You would feel it, and you don’t.”

The Town Council is expected to further discuss the radio frequency study at a future meeting date. n

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Loudoun Mayors to Oppose State Zoning Proposal

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The Coalition of Loudoun Towns—a non-legislative group comprised of the county’s seven town mayors—is soon expected to voice its opposition to legislation that would require localities to permit multi-residence development on lots zoned for single-family homes.

Lovettsville Mayor Nate Fontaine last week informed the Town Council that COLT plans to send a letter to Loudoun’s legislators in Richmond stating that individual localities, not the state government, should handle zoning decisions. Two bills filed by Herndon’s Del. Ibraheem Samirah (D-86), HB151 and HB152, would require localities to permit the construction of accessory dwelling units and middle housing residential units on all single-family residential lots.

Both of those bills have already been defeated this year in the state legislature.

Fontaine said most COLT members objected to the proposed legislation. He wrote in his Jan. 24 email newsletter that the bills “would restrict local planning and zoning abilities and mandate higher density.”

“There’s a huge difference between Loudoun County and Appomattox, Virginia,” he said on Thursday.

But both bills died in committee during this year’s General Assembly session, which concludes on March 7. On Jan. 23, the House Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns’ Land Use Subcommittee voted 6-1 and 6-0 to recommend to the committee that it lay HB151 and HB152, respectively, on the table. The committee followed that recommendation.

Samirah is a member of that committee, as are Loudoun Delegates Dave LaRock (R-33), Suhas Subramanyam (D-87), Wendy W. Gooditis (D-10) and Kathleen Murphy (D-34).

Lovettsville Councilman Mike Dunlap said that, although the bills are dead for now, the letter would still hold value because of the issue’s importance to localities. n

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Owl release continued from page 1 Following a call to Loudoun County Animal Services, the wildlife center took charge and treated the great horned owl—which is one of the region’s most common species, and the largest.

Riley urged schools to put their soccer nets away when they’re not in use because owls hunt overtop of fields and are unaware that they can’t fly through the nets. But soccer goals aren’t the only obstacles birds in Northern Virginia have to navigate.

According to the wildlife center, eagles, vultures, hawks and other raptors—and even scavenging mammals like opossums—are being poisoned by lead, which can cause organ damage.

Recently, the center took in four eagles for treatment, one of which was found in Loudoun. Riley stated there are reports of more than 120 avian species being affected by lead poisoning.

She stated the wildlife center, which is the only dedicated wildlife hospital in Northern Virginia and cares for more than 2,000 native wildlife annually at no

The Great Horned Owl that seventh graders at Stone Hill Middle School found trapped in a soccer net flies away from the school after being released this week.

charge, is finding that those birds are ingesting lead ammunition used by hunters. The animals frequently find those microscopic fragments of lead in animal parts or whole carcasses left in the field.

The wildlife center asserts that leadcore bullets—even those jacketed in copper—will fragment or break apart and leave up to 30 percent of their lead in the animal, with potentially deadly consequences if ingested by birds, other animals and humans. According to the wildlife center, the Humane Society of

the United States estimates that 10 to 20 million nontarget animals, like eagles and hawks, die each year in the U.S. from lead poisoning. Last winter, the wildlife center found that more than 90 percent of the eagles and 85 percent of the vultures it took in had some level of lead in their blood.

“Even low levels of lead, though not causing overt signs, may still cause disorientation such that the animal flies into a car, building or other object,” Riley stated.

The problem isn’t new. It dates back three decades and prompted a federal government ban on the use of lead shot when hunting waterfowl, but other hunters continue to use lead-based ammunition.

“The answer to the problem is for hunters to either use non-lead ammunition or to be sure to completely bury the remains of any parts of the animal they leave behind,” Riley stated. “We firmly believe that no ethical or responsible hunter wants to be responsible for the death of eagles or other nontarget animals. As such, we are committed to educating hunters, and the public, on the dangers of lead ammunition.” n

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LoCo Living

LOCO CULTURE Loudoun Grown Expo Saturday, Feb. 29, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Bush Tabernacle, 250 S. Nursery Ave., Purcellville Details: loudoungrown.org The 10th annual Loudoun Grown Expo Courtesy of Loudoun Grown celebrates Loudoun’s Expo growers, producers, artisans, makers, breweries and wineries with more than 40 vendors, hands-on activities and a children’s passport. Admission is $2 per person or $3 per family.

Loudoun’s Tree Whisperer

Women’s History Month Tours at Morven Park Sunday, March 1, 1-2 p.m.

Morven Park, 17195 Southern Planter Lane, Leesburg Details: morvenpark.org Every weekend in March, Morven Park’s 1 p.m. tours will focus on the women’s suffrage movement and Westmoreland Davis’ experience as governor of Virginia in the early 1920s. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for children 6 to 12.

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Urban forester Kuyle Dingus has been the couty government’s tree guru since early 2019 and handles nearly everything tree-related in Loudoun.

Branching Out with Forester Kyle Dingus “We want safe infrastructure and happy trees, ” Dingus said. “We know that when jmercker@loudounnow.com trees are established in a community and doing well, there are a lot of great secondFor urban forester Kyle Dingus, Loudoun ary benefits.” is a tree-lover’s paradise.

Educational outreach is one of Dingus’ “If you’re a tree nerd, this is a cool county favorite parts of the job. The self-described to be in,” Dingus said. “If you look at Loudoun “tree nerd” is somewhat unusual among and the Virginia Piedmont as a whole, it’s an the forestry crowd because he’s also a peoecological crossroads. You have species from ple person. the Coastal Plain coming in and meeting “A lot of foresters want to be in the mountain species. We’re the northernmost range for some species and the southern— Kyle Dingus, Field Forester woods all the time, but I realize that your tree knowledge isn’t worth very much if most range for [others] ...We have absolutely Virginia Department of Forestry we can’t translate that to folks and make amazing soils for tree growth.” them inspired,” Dingus said. “I really love Dingus, who’s officially been the county government’s tree guru since early 2019, is a familiar face in teaching, and I think that if you want folks to care about trees, we Loudoun’s environmental community thanks to his five previous should inspire them with the knowledge of why trees are great years as field forester for the Virginia Department of Forestry. and why they’re a really important part of our community. A lot Dingus has been a regular guest at nature walks at Purcellville’s of good things happen because trees are here.”

Dingus’ Life of Forests talk starts out with basic tree biology Chapman-DeMary trail in past years, getting both adults and kids excited about trees and conservation. This Saturday, Dingus and moves on to the ecology of forests, how they develop and leads a program called The Life of Forests at Morven Park in co- how they’re managed over time. If time allows, Dingus will lead participants on a short exploration of Morven Park’s tree landoperation with the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy.

Dingus, who is part of the natural resource team within the scape.

“What I always love to do for people to help them understand county’s Department of Building and Development, handles just about everything tree-related in Loudoun, from review of tree conservation and forest management plans to field visits and DINGUS continues on page 30 monitoring threats to trees from insects, disease and weather.

BY JAN MERCKER

“If you’re a tree nerd, Loudoun is a cool county to be in.”

Sunday, March 1, 3-5 p.m.

Virts Family Farms, 15485 Purcellville Road, Purcellville Details: preserveloudoun.org The Loudoun Preservation Society celebrates the year in preservation with light refreshments and conversation. Event is open to the public.

LWC Nature Play Dates Tuesday, March 3, 10 a.m.-noon Morven Park Gate House, 17638 Old Waterford Road, Leesburg Details: loudounwildlife.org Get out of the house on the Super Tuesday teacher workday with an outdoor play date for children 12 and under organized by Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy. Admission is free, and no reservations are required.

Bad Art Night Wednesday, March 4, 7-8:30 p.m.

Rust Library, 380 Old Waterford Road NW, Leesburg Details: library.loudoun.gov Get goofy and creative using recycled, upcycled and discarded materials and craft supplies to make a masterpiece. This event for teens and adults features friendly competition and prizes.

Author Talk: ‘Virginia Wine: Four Centuries of Change’ Thursday, March 5, 6-8:30 p.m.

Loudoun Museum, 16 Loudoun St. SW, Leesburg Details: loudounmuseum.org Author Andrew Painter kicks off Loudoun

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that when we look at a landscape, when we look at a forest, we can read it like a book if we know what to look for. ... I can read that ecosystem and know a bunch of secondary things,” he said. “My goal is to have a good time, have fun and learn about cool trees. I find if you can inspire a love of trees, you get more ownership and more buy-in for conservation.”

Dingus, who grew up in Culpeper County and earned his forestry degree from Virginia Tech in 2012, is a longtime nature lover and outdoorsman and was fascinated with trees from a young age.

Tree species and growth patterns have always caught his eye, but along with the fascinating science involved with forestry, trees also have a philosophical appeal.

“They just have a calming effect on me,” Dingus said. “Trees are just innately peaceful.”

In addition to his day-to-day role working with developers to meet county standards for tree conservation and fielding questions and complaints from residents, Dingus runs the county’s annual Arbor Day photo contest. It’s a fa-

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BE A TREE NERD Kyle Dingus’ Life of Forests program takes place Saturday, Feb. 29 from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Stone Barn at Morven Park, 17195 Southern Planter Lane, Leesburg.

The program is free, but advance registration is required.

For more information and registration, go to loudounwildlife.org vorite not just because of the gorgeous photos, he said, but also the stories residents send in about the trees they love and why they love them. Dingus also operates Loudoun’s Big Tree Registry, which keeps track of the county’s beloved giants, many of which have been witnesses to history.

“When you go to a historical site like Oatlands, you have the buildings which were there at the time, but some of the trees were also alive at the time,” he said.

“It’s really cool when you go up to those trees, and you can put your hand on them and say, ‘Wow, this thing was growing at the time all this history was happening.’” n

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Tickets are $5 for museum members, $10 for non-members.

LIBATIONS

Live Music: Cotton Wanderings Friday, Feb. 28, 7 p.m.

Trinity House Cafe, 101 E. Market St., Leesburg Details: trinityhousecafe.com This husband and wife indie duo shares original music and inspiring covers.

Live Music: Shut It Down Friday, Feb. 28, 7:30 p.m.

Doener Bistro, 13C Fairfax Sr. SE, Leesburg Details: doener-usa.com Shut It Down always draws a crowd with covers from the Beatles to Black Sabbath.

Science On Tap: Imagined Life

Live Music: Ginada Pinata

Tuesday, March 3, 6:30 p.m.

Old Ox Brewery, 44652 Guilford Drive, Ashburn Details: oldoxbrewery.com Take a speculative journey on the search for life among thousands of recently discovered worlds.

George Mason University planetary scientist Michael Summers leads the discussion. Event is free and open to the public.

Friday, Feb. 28, 8 p.m.

Monk’s BBQ, 251 N. 21st St., Purcellville Details: monksq.com Shepherdstown-based Ginada Pinata taps the influences of jazz, funk, rock, fusion, trance and drum and bass and blends them to create an organic vibe. No cover.

Beauty at the Bar Fundraiser

Saturday, Feb. 29, 7 p.m.

Tally Ho Theater, 19 W. Market St., Leesburg Details: tallyhotheater.com Richmond-based Carbon Leaf returns to the Tally Ho with their signature blend of rock, folk, Celtic, bluegrass and Americana and a high-energy style the group calls “ether-electrified porch music.”

Tickets are $35 in advance.

Wednesday, March 4, 7-10 p.m.

Copperwood Tavern, 20465 Exchange St., Ashburn Details: copperwoodtavern.com Mrs. Loudoun County, Erin Lombardi, hops behind the bar at Copperwood Tavern to fundraise for her trip to the Mrs. Virginia Pageant in April.

NIGHTLIFE Live Music: Derek Kretzer Thursday, Feb. 27, 7 p.m.

Monk’s BBQ, 251 N. 21st St., Purcellville Details: monksq.com Derek Kretzer of the Plate Scrapers brings an ever-changing cast of exceptional musicians from Loudoun and beyond. The vibe is usually bluegrass and Americana, but you never know what’s going to happen.

Loudoun Youth Battle of the Bands Friday, Feb. 28, 6-9 p.m.

Cascades Overlook Event Center, 21453 Epicerie Plaza, Sterling Details: loudounyouth.org Catch the last preliminary round featuring the area’s top middle and high school bands before the final battle March 27. Admission is $5.

Chocolates Galore and More Friday, Feb. 28, 7-11 p.m.

Lansdowne Resort and Spa, 44050 Woodridge Parkway, Leesburg Details: facebook. com/ymcaloudoun The YMCA of Loudoun Courtesy of Chocolates Galore presents its annual and More evening of music, dance, sparkling wine and culinary bliss—including plenty of chocolate with delicious hors d’oeuvres and desserts from top area chefs. Tickets are $85.

Live Music: The Par-A-Docs Friday, Feb. 28, 6:30 p.m.

Old Ox Middleburg, 14 S Madison St., Middleburg Details: oldoxbrewery.com Traditional folk and rock songs from the ’70s.

Singing along is encouraged.

Live Music: Carbon Leaf

Live Music: Kenny Ray Horton Saturday, Feb. 29, 7p.m.

Social House Kitchen and Tap, 42841 Creek View Plaza, Ashburn Details: socialhouseashburn.com This country and bluegrass singer/songwriter performs in the U.S. Navy Band’s Country Current when not making music on his own.

Live Music: Too Far Gone Saturday, Feb. 29, 8 p.m.

ChefScape, 1602 Village Market Blvd. # 115, Leesburg Details: chefscapekitchen.com This pop/rock band from Northern Virginia offers hits from the ‘80s and ‘90s through today.

Live Music: Mystery Machine Saturday, Feb. 29, 8 p.m.

MacDowell Brew Kitchen, 202 South St. SE, Leesburg Details: macdowellsbrewkitchen.com Get the Leap Day party going with groovy funk from DMV favorites Mystery Machine

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their own mix of Appalachian old-time music and hard-driving bluegrass sounds.

Shenandoah Musical Theatre Showcase Saturday, Feb. 29, 7:30 p.m.

Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane, Purcellville Details: franklinparkartscenter.org The Shenandoah Conservatory Musical Theatre class of 2021 performs hits from favorite musicals and their dream roles. Tickets are $10.

COMING UP ‘The Hamilton Murders’ Saturday, March 7, 6 p.m., doors open; 6:30 p.m., performance begins.

StageCoach Theatre Company, 20937 Ashburn

Road, Suites 115 and 120, Ashburn Details: stagecoachtc.com StageCoach Theatre’s latest original play explores six possible conspiracies, based on historical facts, surrounding the death of Alexander Hamilton in 1804. Opening night is a fundraiser for INMED USA. Tickets are $75 and include dinner and the show.

John Hardy: ‘Rattlesnake’ Saturday, March 7, 7:30 p.m.

Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane, Purcellville Details: franklinparkartscenter.org In this unique one-man play, actor John Hardy plays 16 characters in an epic story that spans thirty years and ranges from Texas to Paris, France.

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Eight years ago, when Mississippi transplant Nancy Deliso became co-owner of much-loved west Loudoun winery 868 ESTATE VINEYARDS and its restaurant Grandale, she noticed something about many of her female customers. “They loved wine and wanted to learn more, but they were hesitant about ordering anything other than Chardonnay or selecting what food to pair the wine with.”

So Deliso, whose background is in marketing, started THE VINE, a winethemed social gathering at which up to 35 women meet at Grandale each month for a relaxing four-course dinner and pairing.

“My goal was to provide women with a place to go out with girlfriends and enjoy great food and wine,” Deliso said. “We’ve now done 70 events and they’re as popular as ever.”

March is WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH, and 2020 is the 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE, so to celebrate, you can join the women of The Vine at 868 Estate on Thursday, March 26 for glasses of elegant Burgundy and a four-course French dinner, the theme being Moulin Rouge.

But this is by no means the only female-forward event in Loudoun this month.

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Starting Sunday and continuing and every weekend during March, Morven Park will offer a special Women’s History Month Tour of the historic Davis mansion, focusing on the women’s suffrage movement and how Loudoun residents were impacted after women got the right to vote.

On Sunday, March 1 (and every Saturday and Sunday for the rest of March), MORVEN PARK hosts a WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH TOUR (1-2 p.m.) of the historic Davis mansion, focusing on the women’s suffrage movement and how Loudoun residents were impacted after women got the right to vote.

Saturday, March 7 (8.30 a.m. – 2 p.m.), is the sixth annual POWER UP WOMEN’S CONFERENCE FOR WOMEN AND TEENS at the River Creek Club in Leesburg. Inspiring female keynote speakers will discuss ev-

erything from financial management and careers, to wellness and relationships, all to “ignite the power in you.”

On Saturday, March 14, meanwhile the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center hold WOMEN IN AVIATION AND SPACE FAMILY DAY–a celebration of women’s contributions to space, aviation and STEM fields.

In between stories about pioneering pilot Amelia Earhart, kids can test their skills in flight simulators or join a Girl Scout troop in a “build your own flyer” design challenge.

Of course, the best way to commemorate any occasion is with a good drink, so why not celebrate the suffragettes over a glass of whiskey, wine or beer from one of Loudoun’s female drink makers? Start with a classic Sazerac at Becky Harris’s CATOCTIN CREEK DISTILLERY in Purcellville, before moving on to a summery rosé from award winning winemaker Corry Craighill at SUNSET HILLS. If beer’s your thing, raise a glass of Juicy Lucy pale ale at SOLACE BREWERY in Dulles, where brewer Sasha Kingry holds court. n

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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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RESOLUTION OF THE LOUDOUN COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVING PUBLIC HEARING AND WORK SESSION SCHEDULE WHEREAS, pursuant to Virginia Code§ 15.2-2214 the Planning Commission is authorized to fix the schedule for its regular meetings, and to fix the day or days to which any regularly-scheduled meeting shall be continued in the event that weather or other conditions are such that it is hazardous for members to attend the meeting; and WHEREAS, in the event a regularly-scheduled meeting is continued pursuant to the authority granted under Virginia Code § 15.2-2214, all hearings and other matters previously advertised for such meeting shall be conducted at the continued meeting and no further advertisement is required. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that during its regularly-scheduled work session on this 13th day of February, 2020, the Loudoun County Planning Commission hereby adopts the following regular schedule for public hearings and work sessions, and for the continuation of such meetings in the event of inclement weather or other hazardous conditions:

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN OF LOVETTSVILLE PLANNING COMMISSION The Lovettsville Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the following item at their meeting at 7:30 pm on March 11, 2020 at the Lovettsville Town Office located at 6 East Pennsylvania Avenue: LVZA 2020-0001

Create Government Services (G-S) District for Public Use & Facilities

Consideration of an amendment adding Section 42-266 (G-S Government Services District) to Article VII (Commercial and Light Industrial Zoning Districts) for the purpose of establishing a zoning district specifically for government-owned properties and facilities within the Town. The amendment establishes permitted and conditionally permitted public/governmental uses and establishes lot and building requirements for such uses. Upon adoption, the proposed amendment would not automatically amend the zoning map for any government-owned properties since doing so would require a separate, subsequent action by the Town.

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.

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TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2020 - JUNE 30, 2021

In accordance with the Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended, § 15.2-2506, the Leesburg Town Council will hold a public hearing on:

Tuesday, March 10, 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 provide written and oral comments on the Town’s proposed budget for fiscal year July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021. If the public hearing is canceled for any unforeseen reason, the public hearing will be held during the next Town Council regular meeting.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES

1. Public hearings shall be held on the fourth Tuesday of each month unless a different date is (or has been) determined by the Planning Commission in accordance with its Bylaws and Procedures or by a majority vote of the Commission; 2. In the event a regularly-scheduled public hearing may not be held on the fourth Tuesday of a month because the Chairman (or the Vice-Chairman if the Chairman is unable to act) finds and declares that weather or other conditions are such that it is hazardous for members to attend the hearing, or if the Government Center is closed due to such conditions, the public hearing will be continued to the next day (Wednesday). In the event the public hearing may not be held on that Wednesday because the Chairman ( or the Vice-Chairman if the Chairman is unable to act) finds and declares that weather or other conditions are such that it is hazardous for members to attend the hearing, or if the Government Center is closed due to such conditions, the public hearing may be continued to the first Thursday of the next month;

5. In the event that a regularly-scheduled public hearing or work session is continued pursuant to paragraphs 2 or 4 above, then in accordance with Virginia Code§ 15.2-2214, the determination of a continued hearing shall be communicated to the Commission members and the press as promptly as possible, and all hearings or other matters previously advertised for such public hearing or work session shall be conducted at the continued public hearing or work session and no further advertisement is required.

Certified by:

FY 2021

Increase

BUDGET

PROPOSED

(Decrease)

GENERAL FUND

$60,149,298

$62,520,513

$2,371,215

UTILITIES FUND

$30,199,187

$33,852,365

$3,653,178

CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND

$12,412,441

$43,236,800

$30,824,359

NORTHERN VIRGINIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

$33,901,059

$4,205,900

($29,695,159)

$136,661,985

$143,815,578

$7,153,593

TOTAL EXPENDITURES- ALL FUNDS

3. Work sessions shall be held on the second Tuesday of each month unless a different date is (or has been) determined by the Planning Commission in accordance with its Bylaws and Procedures or by a majority vote of the Commission; 4. In the event a regularly-scheduled work session may not be held on the second Thursday of a month because the Chairman ( or the Vice-Chairman if the Chairman is unable to act) finds and declares that weather or other conditions are such that it is hazardous for members to attend the work session, or if the Government Center is closed due to such conditions, the work session may be continued to the third Tuesday of the month. In the event the work session may not be held on the third Tuesday because the Chairman (or the Vice-Chairman if the Chairman is unable to act) finds and declares that weather or other conditions are such that it is hazardous for members to attend the work session, or if the Government Center is closed due to such conditions, the work session may be continued to the Thursday following the third Tuesday.

FY 2020

SUMMARY OF REVENUES FY 2020

FY 2021

Increase

BUDGET

PROPOSED

(Decrease)

GENERAL FUND

$59,571,799

$61,720,156

$2,148,357

UTILITIES FUND

$28,170,087

$28,239,465

$69,378

$9,053,841

$32,705,800

$23,651,959

$33,901,059

$4,205,900

($29,695,159)

$5,965,199

$16,944,257

$10,979,058

$136,661,985

$143,815,578

$7,153,593

CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND NORTHERN VIRGINIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY USE OF FUND BALANCE ACROSS ALL FUNDS TOTAL REVENUES- ALL FUNDS

This budget is prepared for informative and fiscal planning purposes only. Such preparation, publication, and approval shall not be deemed to be an appropriation. No money shall be paid out or become available to be paid out for any contemplated expenditure unless and until there has first been made an annual, semiannual, quarterly, or monthly appropriation for such contemplated expenditure.

Avril Andrews, Assistant Secretary to the Loudoun County Planning Commission

Copies of the proposed budget are available on the Town website and for inspection at Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia, and at the Thomas Balch Library, 208 West Market Street. Questions should be directed to Clark G. Case, Director, Department of Finance and Administrative Services, at 703-771-2720. Persons requiring reasonable accommodations 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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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, March 11, 2020 in order to consider:

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) 2020-2021 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN

Hearing documents, follow the link for “Board of Supervisors Business Meetings, Public Hearings and Special Meetings”).

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.

PROPOSED CONVEYANCE OF COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY FROM BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO BLUE MOUNT NURSERY, INC.

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.

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.

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.

RDAB-2019-0004 PROPOSED ABANDONMENT OF A SECTION OF OLD RYAN ROAD/ 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 public street right-of-way, which may be referred to as a section of Old Ryan Road or Ryan Road (the “Subject Section”). The Subject Section is not within the Secondary State Highway System, is currently not improved, and consists of approximately 31,001 square feet (0.7117 acre) of dedicated right-of-way. The Subject Section is located within the southeast quadrant of the intersection of Old Ryan Road (Route 893) and Mooreview Parkway (Route 2298), and within the northwest quadrant of the intersection of Mooreview Parkway and Loudoun County Parkway (Route 607), in the Broad Run 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

The Board of Supervisors shall consider conveying an approximately 0.425 acre residue parcel located adjacent to and south of Riverside Parkway, as designed, to Blue Mount Nursery, Inc., subject to all easements and right-of-way required for the construction of Riverside Parkway. The property is currently vacant and the proposed conveyance is being considered as partial consideration for Blue Mount Nursery, Inc.’s conveyance of right-of-way and other easements to the County of Loudoun for the construction of Riverside Parkway. The subject property is on the west side of Smith Circle (Route 823) and north of Harry Byrd Highway (Route 7) within the Algonkian Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as being a portion of Tax Map Number /63/D/2////91/ (PIN: 057-49-5583).

Copies of the plat(s) illustrating the easement proposed to be granted and associated documents 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, from 9:00 a.m. to 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”).

SIDP-2019-0006 ASHBROOK CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH (Sign Development Plan)

Christian Fellowship Church, of Ashburn, Virginia, has submitted an application for a Sign Development Plan to request alternative sign regulations for permitted signs in order to modify requirements for: 1) Total Aggregate Area; 2) Maximum Number of Signs; 3) Maximum Area of Any One Sign; 4) Maximum Area of Background Structure; 5) Maximum Height of Background Structure; 6) Illumination Permitted; 7) Minimum setback from right-of-way (ROW); and 8) Maximum Height from Table 5-1204(D), Sign Requirements Matrix. The subject property is being developed pursuant to ZMAP-1994-0012, Ashbrook, in the PD–IP (Planned Development–Industrial Park) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance. This application is subject to the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, and pursuant to Section 5-1202(E) alternative sign regulations for permitted signs may be requested with the submission of a Sign Development Plan. The subject property is located within the AI (Airport Impact) Overlay District, outside of but within one mile of the Ldn 60 aircraft noise contours. The subject property is approximately 12.77 acres in size and is located on the north side of Russell Branch Parkway (Route 1061), west of Loudoun County Parkway (Route 607), and on the southeast side of Atwater Drive (Route 3001) at 44505 Atwater Drive, Ashburn, Virginia, in the Broad Run Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 057-27-9240. The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Mixed Use Place Type)), which designate this area for a mix of Residential, Commercial, Entertainment, Cultural and Recreational amenities, and Office uses at a recommended Floor Area Ratio (FAR) up to 1.0. Additional density (up to 1.5 FAR) may be achieved through the provision of additional project elements.

ZRTD-2019-0001, SPMI-2019-0007, SPMI-2019-0008, ZMOD-2019-0011, & SIDP-2019-0003 LOUDOUN SQUARE STORAGE

(Zoning Conversion in the Route 28 Taxing District, Minor Special Exception for a use, Minor Special Exception to modify additional regulations, Zoning Modification, and Sign Development Plan) Loudoun Square Storage, LLC, of Sterling, Virginia, has submitted applications for the following: 1) To rezone approximately 4.18 acres from the PD-IP (Planned Development – Industrial Park) zoning district under the 1972 Zoning Ordinance to the PD-IP zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance in order to permit all principal and accessory uses permitted in the PD-IP zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, at maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 0.60 (up to 1.0 by Special Exception); 2) A Minor Special Exception to develop a storage, mini-warehouse use pursuant to Section 4-504(LL) in the PD-IP zoning district; 3) An application for a Sign Development Plan to request alternative sign regulations for permitted signs in order to modify a) Total Aggregate Sign Area; b) Maximum Number of

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The subject property is located within the Route 28 Taxing District and within the AI (Airport Impact) Overly District, outside of but within one mile of the Ldn 60 aircraft noise contours. The applicant also requests the following Zoning Ordinance Modifications: ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION

PROPOSED MODIFICATION

§ 5-1403(B), Landscaping, Buffer Yards, Screening, and Landscape Plans, Road Corridor Buffers and Setbacks, Road Corridor Buffer and Setbacks Matrix, Table 5-1403(B).

Reduce the required setback from Harry Byrd Highway (Route 7) for buildings from 200 feet to 148 feet.

§ 5-1403(B), Landscaping, Buffer Yards, Screening, and Landscape Plans, Road Corridor Buffers and Setbacks, Road Corridor Buffer and Setbacks Matrix Table 5-1403(B).

Reduce the required setback from Harry Byrd Highway (Route 7) for parking from 125 feet to 116 feet.

§ 5-1403(E), Landscaping, Buffer Yards, Screening, and Landscape Plans, Road Corridor Buffers and Setbacks, Specific Requirements for Gateway Corridor Buffer.

Permit the required Gateway Road Corridor Buffer plantings along Harry Byrd Highway (Route 7) to be substituted with existing vegetation, which includes a previously approved Tree Conservation Area.

§ 5-1403(B), Landscaping, Buffer Yards, Screening, and Landscape Plans, Road Corridor Buffers and Setbacks, Road Corridor Buffer and Setbacks Matrix, Table 5-1403(B).

Reduce the required setback from Russell Branch Parkway (Route 1061) for buildings from 75 feet to 40 feet.

§ 5-1403(B), Landscaping, Buffer Yards, Screening, and Landscape Plans, Road Corridor Buffers and Setbacks, Road Corridor Buffer and Setbacks Matrix, Table 5-1403(B).

Reduce the required setback from Russell Branch Parkway (Route 1061) for parking from 35 feet to 9 feet.

§ 5-1403(D) Landscaping, Buffer Yards, Screening, and Landscape Plans, Road Corridor Buffers and Setbacks, Road Corridor Buffer Width and Plant Requirements, Table 5-1403(D).

Reduce the required buffer width along Russell Branch Parkway from 15 feet to 9 feet and reduce the required number of plant units from 60 per 100 feet to a total of 42 evergreen shrubs.

The modification of the Additional Regulations applicable to the proposed use(s) is authorized by Minor Special Exception under Section 5-600, Additional Regulations for Specific Uses, pursuant to which the Applicant requests the following modification(s): ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION

§ 5-665(A), Additional Regulations for Specific Uses, Storage, Mini-Warehouse, Buffering/ Screening/Landscaping.

PROPOSED MODIFICATION Reduce the required buffer width along Russell Branch Parkway from 20 feet to 9 feet and reduce the required number of plant units from 95 per 100 feet to a total of 42 evergreen shrubs; and Permit the required buffer plantings along existing Richfield Way (Route 1060) / planned George Washington Boulevard (Route 1050) to be substituted with the existing landscaping plantings.

The subject property is approximately 4.18 acres in size and is located on the south side of Harry Byrd Highway (Route 7), on the north side of Russell Branch Parkway (Route 1061), and west of Richfield Way (Route 1060) at 45050 Russell Branch Parkway, Ashburn, Virginia, in the Broad Run Election District.

The property is more particularly described as PIN: 040-47-6675. The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Mixed Used Place Type)) which designate this area for a mix of residential, commercial, entertainment, cultural and recreational amenities, and office uses at a recommended Floor Area Ratio (FAR) up to 1.0. Additional density (up to 1.5 FAR) may be achieved through the provision of additional project elements.

SPEX-2019-0008, SPEX-2019-0009, SPEX-2019-0010, SIDP-2019-0001, & ZMOD-2019-0042 DASH IN AT GATEWAY VILLAGE (Special Exceptions, Sign Development Plan & Zoning Modification)

Dash In Food Stores, Inc., of La Plata, Maryland, has submitted applications for the following: 1) A

Special Exception to permit an Automotive Service Station pursuant to Section 4-204 (B) of the Zoning Ordinance in the PD-CC(CC) (Planned Development–Commercial Center(Community Center)) zoning district; 2) A Special Exception to permit an Automobile Service Station, pursuant to Section 3-904 of the Zoning Ordinance in the CLI (Commercial Light Industry) zoning district; 3) A Special Exception to permit a carry-out Restaurant pursuant to Section 3-904 of the Zoning Ordinance in the CLI zoning district; and 4) A Sign Development Plan, pursuant to Section 5-1202(E) of the Zoning Ordinance to modify requirements for total aggregate sign area, maximum number of signs, and maximum area of any one sign for the category of Auto Service Station (including convenience store, car wash) from Table 5-1204(D), Sign Requirements Matrix. These applications are subject to the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, and the proposed uses are listed as Special Exception uses under Section 3-904 and Section 4-204(B). The Applicant also requests the following Zoning Ordinance modification(s): ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION §4-205(C)(3), PD-CC Planned Development – Commercial Center, Lot Requirements, Yards, Adjacent to Other Nonresidential Districts.

PROPOSED MODIFICATION To reduce the required 35-foot yard for buildings, parking, outdoor storage, and loading areas to a minimum of 12 feet.

The subject property is located within the AI (Airport Impact) Overlay District, outside of but within one mile of the Ldn 60 aircraft noise contours. The subject property is approximately 3.24 acres in size and is located on the west side of Gum Spring Road (Route 659), south of John Mosby Highway (Route 50), and north of Tall Cedars Parkway (Route 2200) at 24796 Gateway Village Place, South Riding, in the Dulles Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 204-19-8672 and a portion of PIN: 204-20-3829. The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Mixed Use Place Type)), which designate this area for a mix of Residential, Commercial, Entertainment, Cultural and Recreational amenities, and Office uses at a recommended Floor Area Ratio (FAR) up to 1.0. Additional density (up to 1.5 FAR) may be achieved through the provision of additional project elements.

ZMAP-2018-0013, ZCPA-2018-0014, SPEX-2018-0036, ZMOD-2018-0032, ZMOD-2018-0042, & SIDP-2018-0008 THE SHOPS AT MOOREFIELD (Zoning Map Amendment, Zoning Concept Plan Amendment & Special Exception) (Zoning Modification & Sign Development Plan)

Atapco Moorefield Retail LLC., of Baltimore, Maryland, has submitted applications for the following: 1) To rezone approximately 3.04 acres from the R1 (Single Family Residential) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance to the PDTRC (Planned Development–Transit Related Center) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance in order to incorporate abandoned right-of-way into the adjacent commercial Shopping Center; and 2) To amend the existing Proffers and Concept Development Plan (“CDP”) approved with ZMAP-2001-0003, Moorfield Station, ZCPA-2007-0004, Moorefield Station, in order to: A) incorporate abandoned right-of-way area into the shopping center; B) increase the developable square footage on the CDP to permit up to 10,000 additional square feet (SF) of retail commercial uses; C) increase the developable square footage on the CDP to permit a maximum 8,400 SF Automobile Service Station or other permitted use; D) remove one retail commercial building; E) provide for a new right-in/right-out southern access point to Amendola Terrace; and f) establish Design Guidelines for the Shops at Moorefield commercial area; 3) A Special Exception to permit a maximum 8,400 SF Automobile Service Station in the PDTRC (Planned Development–Transit Related Center) zoning district; and 4) A Sign Development Plan to request alternative sign regulations for permitted signs in order to modify the: (a) total aggregate sign area; (b) maximum number of signs; (c) maximum area of any one sign; (d) illumination permitted; (e) minimum setback from right-of-way; (f) maximum height; (g) location, and; (h) allow displays on both sides of a sign. These applications are subject to the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, and the proposed Automobile Service Station use is listed as a Special Exception use under Section 41105(C). The Applicant also requests the following Zoning Ordinance modification(s):

ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION

PROPOSED MODIFICATION

§4-1110(B), PD-TRC Planned Development–Transit Related Center, Land Use Arrangement and Use Limitations.

Eliminate the requirement for the proposed automobile service station and 10,000 square foot commercial building to be adjoining or located in close proximity to other commercial uses. The Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance provides this as a requirement to ensure a compact development pattern and a continuous urban streetscape.

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Legal Notices §4-1112, PD-TRC Planned Development– Transit Related Center, Building Orientation.

Permit the proposed automobile service station and its principal entrance be oriented toward internal parking and access.

§4-1119, PD-TRC Planned Development– Transit Related Center, Street Trees.

Reduce required density of tree planting along private streets from one tree per 25 linear feet to one tree per 50 linear feet of frontage.

§4-1121, PD-TRC Planned Development– Transit Related Center, Development Setback and Access from Major Roads. §1-205(A)(1), Interpretation of Ordinance, Limitations and Methods for Measurements of Lots, Yards and Related Terms, Lot Access Requirements. §5-1403(B), Road Corridor Buffers and Setbacks, Road Corridor Buffer and Setbacks Matrix, Table 5-1403(B), Other Arterial Roads, Parking.

Permit access to an arterial road and a collector road at locations that are not at existing or planned median breaks.

Reduce the parking setback from 75 feet to 65 feet along Loudoun County Parkway.

The subject property is approximately 15.97 acres in size and is located on the east side of Mooreview Parkway (Route 2298), the west side of Loudoun County Parkway (Route 607), and the north side of Ryan Road (Route 893) in the Dulles Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as: PIN

PROPERTY ADDRESS 22540, 22556, 22566, 22586, 22596, 22620 & 22621 Amendola Terrace

121-38-0179

43310 Bissell Terrace 43315 Crandall Square, Ashburn, Virginia

121-38-3405

43335 Van Geison Terrace, Ashburn, Virginia

121-38-3122

43340 Van Geison Terrace, Ashburn, Virginia

Right of way to be abandoned which will have the PIN 121-27-4809 and will then be consolidated with PIN 121-38-0179

A section of Old Ryan Road located within the northeastern quadrant of the intersection of Ryan Road (Route 772), Zulla Manor Place (Route 2510), and Willington Square (Route 3632)

The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Urban Policy Area (Urban Mixed Use Place Type)), which designate this area for dense urban Residential development with a mix of Commercial uses at a recommended Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 1.5.

ZMAP-2019-0007, SPEX-2019-0014, ZMOD-2019-0013, & ZMOD-2019-0014 STERLING MEADOW (Zoning Map Amendment, Special Exception & Zoning Modifications)

Sterling Meadow, L.L.C.,, of Ashburn, Virginia, have submitted applications for the following: 1) To rezone approximately 9.985 acres from the PDCCSC (Planned Development-Commercial Center-Small Regional Center) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance to the R16 (Townhouse/Multifamily Residential) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance in order to permit development of 166 stacked multi-family residences at a density of 16.6 dwelling units per acre; and 2) A Special Exception to permit modification of Section 7903(C)(2)(a) and (c) to reduce the front and rear yard requirements for multi-family structures from 25 feet to 14 feet. This application is subject to the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, and the modification of the minimum yard requirements for affordable dwelling unit developments is authorized by Special Exception under Section 7903(C)(3), R-16 Townhouse/ Multi-family District, Lot and Building Requirements, Yards. The Applicant also requests the following Zoning Ordinance modification(s): ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION

PROPOSED MODIFICATION

§3608(B), R16 Townhouse/Multifamily Residential, Additional Development Standards, Off Street Parking.

Eliminate the requirement that off street parking for multifamily dwellings is only permitted when off street parking is sufficiently bermed and screened so that the parking areas are not visible from the street.

§3610(A), R16 Townhouse/Multifamily Residential, Development Setback and Access From Major Roads, Private Streets.

Permit commercial uses be accessed from private streets.

The subject property is approximately 9.985 acres composed of one parcel and a portion of a larger parcel and is located on the south side of Tripleseven Road (Route 777), south of Westwick Court (Route 1660), at 4590 Regal Plaza, Sterling, Virginia, in the Algonkian Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 029-40-8452 and 029-40-8502 (portion). The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Mixed Use Place Type)), which support a mix of Residential, Commercial, Entertainment, Cultural, and Recreational uses at a recommended Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of up to 1.0.

ZMAP-2019-0012, ZMOD-2019-0030, ZMOD-2019-0031, ZMOD-2019-0032, ZMOD-2019-0033, ZMOD-2019-0034, & SPEX-2019-0025 CATTAIL RUN (Zoning Map Amendment, Special Exception, and Zoning Modifications)

Cattail Leesburg, L.C. of McLean, Virginia, has submitted an application to rezone approximately 95.26 acres from the JLMA-3 (Joint Land Management Area -3) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance and the RC (Rural Commercial) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance to the PD-H3 (Planned Development – Housing 3) zoning district administered as R-8 (Residential -8) under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance in order to develop up to 250 dwelling units, which may include between 175 and 200 single family detached dwelling units and between 50 and 75 single family attached dwelling units. A portion of the subject property is located within the FOD (Floodplain Overlay District).

The applicant also requests the following Zoning Ordinance and Land Subdivision and Development Ordinance (LSDO) modification(s): ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION §3-506(D), R-8 Single Family Residential, Lot Requirements, Length/Width Ratio.

PROPOSED MODIFICATION Increase the maximum length/width ratio from 6:1 to 7:1.

§3-507(E) (2), R-8 Single Family Residential, Lot Requirements for Traditional Design Option for Single Family Detached, Lot Design Requirements.

Reduce the minimum required garage setback from 20 feet to 10 feet behind the front line of the unit.

§3-511(A), Development Setback and Access from Major Roads, Private Streets.

Include single family detached units in the list of uses permitted to be served by private streets.

§4-110(B), Planned Development-Housing, Site Planning – Internal Relationships.

Include single family detached units in the list of uses permitted to be served by private streets.

§5-102(C), Accessory Uses and Structures, Use Limitations.

Permit accessory uses and structures to be within the required side and rear yard setbacks.

§5-200(B)(6)(a), Permitted Structures in Required Yards and Setbacks, In any yard or setback, except the front yard or setback.

Reduce the minimum distance between structures from sixteen feet to minimum ten feet.

§5-1404(B) Buffer Yard Table.

Eliminate the requirement for the landscape buffer yard and screening along the northern limits of rezoning and along the border of ZMAP-2018-0007.

§7-803(B)(1), R-8 Single Family Residential District, Lot and Building Requirements, Lot width, Single family detached, suburban.

Reduce the minimum lot width from 40 feet to 5 feet for pipestem lots.

LSDO SECTION

PROPOSED MODIFICATION

§1245.02.1 Development Standards, Private Access Easement Roads and Private Streets, Class III Roads.

Permit all lots to be served by private access easements or Class III Roads in the PD-H4/R-8 Zoning District.

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Legal Notices The modification of yard requirements for affordable dwelling unit developments is authorized by Special Exception under Section 7-803, pursuant to which the Applicant requests the following Zoning Ordinance modification(s): ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION §7-803(C)(1)(a), R-8 Single Family Residential District, Lot and Building Requirements, Yards, Front.

§7-803(C)(1)(b), R-8 Single Family Residential District, Lot and Building Requirements, Yards, Side.

PROPOSED MODIFICATION Reduce the minimum front yard from 15 feet to 12 feet.

Reduce the minimum side yard from 8 feet to 5 feet for principal structures And Eliminate the minimum side yard requirement for accessory structures.

§7-803(C)(1)(c), R-8 Single Family Residential District, Lot and Building Requirements, Yards, Rear.

Reduce the minimum rear yard from 25 feet to 5 feet for accessory structures.

§7-803(C)(2)(a), R-8 Single Family Residential District, Lot and Building Requirements, Yards, Front.

Reduce the minimum front yard from 15 feet to 12 feet for rear load units.

§7-803(C)(2)(b), R-8 Single Family Residential District, Lot and Building Requirements, Yards, Side.

§7-803(C)(2)(c) R-8 Single Family Residential District, Lot and Building Requirements, Yards, Rear.

Reduce the minimum side yard from 8 feet to 5 feet for end units And

The subject property is approximately 95.26 acres in size and is located on the east side of Battlefield Parkway, north of Fort Evans Road and south of Edwards Ferry Road in the Catoctin Election District.

The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 147-19-1857 (formerly PINs: 147-16-4251, 147-19-1857, 147-27-7012, 147-28-4907, and 147-37-7210). The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Suburban Policy Area (Leesburg JLMA Residential Neighborhood place type)) which designates this area for predominately residential uses at a density of four dwelling units per acre.

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 for “Board of Supervisors Business Meetings, Public Hearings and Special Meetings”).

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. 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

Eliminate the minimum side yard requirement for accessory structures.

02/20, 02/27 & 03/05/20

Reduce the minimum rear yard from 15 feet to 5 feet for accessory structures.

TOWN OF MIDDLEBURG, VIRGINIA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING On Thursday, the 12th day of March, 2020, the Council of the Town of Middleburg, Virginia (the “Town”), will hold a public hearing on the proposed issuance of bonds or notes of the Town in the estimated maximum principal amount of $2,500,000 to finance various capital expenditures for water and sewer system purposes. Such bonds or notes shall be general obligations of the Town for the payment of which the Town’s full faith and credit shall be irrevocably pledged.

The public hearing will be conducted at 6:00 p.m. in the Town Hall Council Chambers, located at 10 West Marshall Street, Middleburg, Virginia 20118. All interested persons may appear at such time and place and present their views.

Rhonda S. North, MMC Town Clerk Town of Middleburg, Virginia 02/27 & 03/05/20

LOUDOUN COUNTY WILL BE ACCEPTING SEALED COMPETITIVE BIDS FOR: CARPET CLEANING AND HARD FLOOR MAINTENANCE SERVICES, IFB No. 175782 until prior to 4:00 p.m. March 19, 2020.

FIND OUT ABOUT THE COUNTY’S PROPERTY TAX RELIEF PROGRAM FOR ELDERLY OR DISABLED RESIDENTS Commissioner of the Revenue, Robert S. Wertz, Jr., advises that Loudoun County offers a property tax break to eligible residents who file an application and meet certain qualifying criteria. Program participants are relieved from 100% or 50% of the real estate taxes on their primary dwelling and lot up to 3 acres and may have their car taxes cut in half. Residents must be 65 years of age or older or totally and permanently disabled. The net worth and gross combined income limits of $920,000 and $72,000 for 2020 real estate tax relief are the same as last year. The net worth and income limits of $195,000 and $52,000 for personal property tax relief are the same as previous years.

The Commissioner’s Office will be holding information sessions at the following locations and times to explain the county’s tax relief program and answer residents’ questions. Attendance is free and no signup is required. For additional information, please contact the Tax Exemption and Deferrals Division at 703-737-8557 or trcor@loudoun.gov.

A MANDATORY Pre-Bid Conference will be held on March 5, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. at 801 Sycolin Road, Suite 102, Leesburg VA 20175 for clarification of any questions on the specifications and inspection of the site.

Cascades Library

Potomac Falls

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

10:30 AM

GROUNDS MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR VARIOUS PARKS, RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES SITES, IFB No. 193782 until prior to 4:00 p.m. March 26, 2020.

Gum Spring Library

Stone Ridge

Thursday, February 27, 2020

10:30 AM

Purcellville Library

Purcellville

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

10:30 AM

A Pre-Bid Conference will be held on March 4, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. in the Phil Bolen Room, 742 Miller Drive, Leesburg, Virginia 20175 for clarification of any questions on the specifications.

Ashburn Library

Ashburn

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

10:30 AM

JOB ORDER CONTRACT (JOC) FOR ROOF REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS, IFB No. 189783 until prior to 4:00 p.m. March 12, 2020.

Rust Library

Leesburg

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

10:30 AM

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) 7770403.

WHEN CALLING, PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED ANY REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR ANY TYPE OF DISABILITY IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCUREMENT. 2/27/20

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Bidders must attend the MANDATORY Pre-Bid Conference for the purpose of discussing the Job Order Contract concept, contract documents, specifics of the Loudoun County’s JOC program, minimum qualifications required for Bidders, and JOC from a Contractor’s viewpoint (including a mini workshop on how to calculate a bid). The mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held on March 2, 2020 at 10 a.m. in the Procurement Conference Room, 1 Harrison Street, SE, 4th Floor, Leesburg VA, 20175.

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Legal Notices NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN OF LOVETTSVILLE PLANNING COMMISSION

TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Lovettsville Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the following item at their meeting at 7:30 pm on March 11, 2020 at the Lovettsville Town Office located at 6 East Pennsylvania Avenue:

TO CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE LEESBURG TOWN PLAN TO ESTABLISH THE EASTERN GATEWAY DISTRICT SMALL AREA PLAN

LVSA 2020-0001

Amendment to Chapter 30 (Subdivisions)

Consideration of an amendment to the Subdivision Ordinance for the purposes of correcting grammar and punctuation and clarifying existing requirements, and further amending the following sections as described below: Section 30-66. Construction drawings: Adds the Fire Marshal’s Office to the list of agencies to which the plans must be forwarded for review. Adds to the information required to be included on construction drawings all applicable information required for site development plans (Sec. 30-97).

Section 30-67. Final subdivision plats. Adds to Paragraph (1) specific information required to be included on final plats.

Section 30-91. Applicability: Amends the types of construction activities and developments for which a site plan is required. For new construction, the thresholds above which a site plan will be required are: 1.

2.

3.

4.

One thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor area (for establishment of one or more uses of an existing building); One thousand (1,000) square feet of building footprint area (for construction of one or more buildings, or expansion of one or more existing buildings); Five thousand (5,000) square feet or more of land disturbance (for establishing a new use of land, or expanding the area of a parcel of land devoted to an existing use); or Developments in which at least sixteen (16) new and/or additional off-street parking spaces are required to be provided.

The amendment to this section also amends the types of construction activities and developments that are exempt from the requirement for a site plan by adding the following exemptions: 1.

2.

Modifications, renovations and alterations for the purpose of converting the use of an existing building to a new or different use, provided that the same do not require modifications to the site pursuant to the zoning and subdivision ordinances, do not require modifications to the site that meet or exceed the thresholds described above, or do not require a Loudoun County building permit; and Construction or expansion of one or more government buildings exceeding a building footprint area of 2,500 square feet.

Section 30-97. Required contents of final site plans: Adds that areas of environmental contamination, remediation, and other adverse environmental conditions of the property be identified on the plan.

Section 30-127. Tree preservation and landscaping: Amends the requirement for tree preservation to require that only existing trees lying adjacent to existing streets and existing or proposed common areas and public parks are required to be retained.

The proposed subdivision ordinance 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.

02/27 & 03/05/20

TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDINANCE Pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 15.2-1800, 15.2-2100, notice is hereby given that on:

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, MARCH 10, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176 to consider amendments to the “Town Plan” to establish a new Small Area Plan (SAP) known as the Eastern Gateway District Small Area Plan. The SAP will be included as Chapter 12 of the Town Plan and will provide new policy guidance for the Eastern Gateway District as depicted in the figure below.

The SAP will establish two new land use categories; “Technology and Employment” and “Mixed Use Neighborhood” that will apply to designated parcels in the Eastern Gateway District.

The proposed Town Plan Amendment will also include revisions to various other chapters of the Town Plan to recognize the Eastern Gateway District SAP and allow its policies to supersede certain policies already in the Town Plan. Revisions will include but not be limited to a revised Planned Land Use Map, revised Transportation Network Map and policies, renaming the existing Community Commercial designation as “Neighborhood Center” and revisions to Chapter 6 Northeast and Southeast Planning Area objectives.

The Eastern Gateway District Small Area Plan will include the following topics: • An introduction with discussion of the SAP purpose, planning process, competing interests, current issues, emerging trends, and planning context; • A discussion of the Eastern Gateway District goal and vision as well guiding principles; • Eastern Gateway District policies including overall planning objectives for: land use; architectural design; streetscape design; housing; transportation; natural resources; parks, recreation, and community facilities; heritage resources; economic development; and development process objectives; • New Eastern Gateway District land use categories including “Technology and Employment” and “Mixed Use Neighborhoods” with guidance on intent, uses, intensity (up to a 3.0 Floor Area Ratio (FAR)), and design in each category; • Quadrant Specific Policies with policy background and rationale, land use policies, transportation policies, and design polices for each quadrant in the Eastern Gateway District; and • Implementation polices that address steps necessary to implement the SAP. The Eastern Gateway District is intended to addresses changing economic development trends and the shift away from campus style office development that were supported by previous planning efforts.

The Eastern Gateway District also recognizes the function of East Market Street (Route 7) as a gateway into downtown Leesburg.

Additional information about these proposed Town Plan amendments and copies are available at the Department of Planning and Zoning located on the 2nd 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 visiting the Town website: HYPERLINK "http://www.leesburgva.gov/easterngateway" http://www.leesburgva.gov/easterngateway, or by calling Richard Klusek, Senior Planner, at 703771-2758 or by emailing rklusek@leesburgva.gov. This Town Plan Amendment is identified as case number TLTA-2018-0002, “Eastern Gateway District Small Area Plan”.

At this hearing, all persons desiring to express their views concerning this matter will be heard.

Persons requiring special accommodations at the Town Council meeting should contact the Clerk of the Council at (703) 771-2733, three days in advance of the meeting. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711.

Tuesday, March 10, 2020, at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, VA

the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg will hold a public hearing to consider the adoption of the following ordinance: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A STANDARD SPACE LEASE AGREEMENT GRANTING THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT AND PRIVILEGE TO LEASE A 1,026 SQUARE-FOOT OFFICE SPACE OWNED BY THE TOWN OF LEESBURG AND LOCATED AT 1001 SYCOLIN ROAD, SE, SUITE 1B IN THE STANLEY CAULKINS TERMINAL BUILDING AT THE LEESBURG EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, LEESBURG, VIRGINIA AND PRESCRIBING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS PERTAINING TO SUCH GRANT. A copy of the proposed ordinance is available from the Town Clerk, located in Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia, during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.); or by calling Eileen Boeing, Town Clerk, at 703-771-2733.

At this hearing, all persons desiring to express their views concerning these matters will be heard.

Persons requiring special accommodations 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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Legal Notices NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND INTENT TO FORFEIT Notice is hereby given that the United States Department of the Interior is hereby commencing a forfeiture proceeding against the following items of wildlife or wildlife products, which were seized in the Eastern District of Virginia on the dates indicated because they were involved in one or more violations of any of the following laws: Endangered Species Act, Title 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1538, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, 11 U.S.C. Sec. 1371-1372, the Lacey Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 3372, Wild Bird Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 4901-4916, or the African Elephant Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 4221-4245.

These items are subject to forfeiture to the United States under Title 16, U.S.C. Sec. 1540(e), 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1377, or 16 U.S.C. Sec. 3374 and Title 50 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 12.23. Any person with an ownership or financial interest in said items who desires to claim them must file a claim with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement, 23703-C Air Freight Lane, Suite 200, Dulles, VA 20166; telephone (703) 661-8560. Such claim must be received by the above office by 05/14/2020. The claim will be transmitted to the U.S. Attorney for institution of a forfeiture action in U.S. District Court. If a proper claim is not received by the above office by such date, the items will be declared forfeited to the United States and disposed of according to law. Any person who has an interest in the items may also file with the above office a petition for remission of forfeiture in accordance with Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 12.24, which petition must be received in such office before disposition of the items. Storage costs may also be assessed.

INV #

SEIZURE DATE

VALUE

ITEMS SEIZED

2020500742

02/11/2019

$1137

Twenty (20) Southern African ostrich (Struthio camelus) feather handbags

02/20, 02/27 & 03/05/20

ATTENTION LOUDOUN COUNTY BUSINESS OWNERS

MARCH 2 DEADLINE 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.

TOWN OF LOVETTSVILLE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED OPERATING & CAPITAL BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 A PUBLIC HEARING on the proposed Operating and Capital Budget along with the fee schedule for FY 2021 will be held at the Lovettsville Town Hall, 6 East Pennsylvania Avenue, Lovettsville, VA on Thursday, March 12, 2020, at 7:30 p.m., at which time all interested citizens will be heard. Copies of the Proposed FY 2021 Budget and fee schedule may be examined at the Town Hall from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, holidays excepted or on the Town’s website at www.lovettsvilleva.gov.

GENERAL FUND – OPERATING BUDGET OVERVIEW REVENUE

FY 21

EXPENDITURES

FY 20

FY 21

$625,224

$659,824

ADMINISTRATION SERVICES

$646,374

$684,614

SALES & OTHER TAX REVENUE

$549,996

$583,700

CONTRACTUAL SERVICES

$256,475

$323,500

PERMITS, FEES, INTEREST & LICENSE REVENUE

$27,950

$27,225

DEBT PAYMENT

$150,281

$153,405

MICELLANEOUS REIMBURSEMENT

$258,950

$23,550

GENERAL FUND TRANSFER

$100,336

NON CATAGORICAL

$164,749

$169,691

ACTIVITIES & EVENTS SUPPORT

$255,050

$26,700

TRANSFER FROM RESERVES TO CAPITAL

$157,000

$135,054

GENERAL EXPENSES

$211,853

$260,825

GRANTS & MISC REVENUE

$407,000

$1, 015,282

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT

$570,500

$1,165,282

TOTAL REVENUE

$2,190,869

$2,614,326

TOTAL EXPENDITURES

$2,190,869

$2,614,326

GENERAL REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUE

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.

FY 20

FY 21

UTILITY REVENUE

$1,236,089

$1,314,460

Robert S. Wertz, Jr. Commissioner of the Revenue Loudoun County

CAPITAL REVENUE

$747,009

TRANSFER FROM RESERVES TO CAPITAL OTHER REVENUE

Loudoun Tech Center Office 21641 Ridgetop Circle, Ste 100, Sterling

FY 20

FY 21

$428,053

$424,683

$196,373

CONTRACTUAL SERVICES

$133,000

$95,250

$136,000

$170,000

SEWER & WATER REPAIR/MAINTENANCE

$245,400

$243,650

$20,000

$27,000

GENERAL EXPENSES

$169,750

$191,235

TRANSFER, DEBT, & MISC. PAYMENT

$636,694

$593,015

UTILITY FUND TRANSFER

$390,201

1/30, 2/13 & 2/27/20

$2,139,098

$1,707,833

EXPENDITURES

$

-

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT

$136,000

$160,000

TOTAL EXPENDITURES

$2,139,098

$1,707,833

EVENT FUND – OPERATING BUDGET OVERVIEW REVENUES

FY 21

EXPENDITURES

LOVE AMERICA

$500

LOVE AMERICA

LOVE SUMER

$7,500

OCTOBERFEST

$232,500

FY 21 $500

LOVE SUMER

$7,500

OCTOBERFEST

$232,500

LOVE WINTER

$2,500

LOVE WINTER

$2,500

MAYFEST

$25,000

MAYFEST

$25,000

TOTAL REVENUES

$268,000

TOTAL EXPENDITURES

$268,000

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

TOTAL REVENUES

TOTAL GENERAL UTILITY & EVENT FUND

Government Center Office 1 Harrison St. SE, 1st Floor, Leesburg

-

PERSONNEL SERVICES

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.

$

UTILITY FUND – OPERATING BUDGET OVERVIEW REVENUES

BUSINESS LICENSE RENEWAL DUE MARCH 2

FY 20

$4,329,967

$4,590,159

TOTAL GENERAL & UTILITY FUND EXPENSES

Decrease to Real Estate Tax Rate: 18.4 cents per $100 of assessed value.

All water and sewer user fees will remain the same as the current FY20.

Connection fees and availability fees to increase by 5%.

Rate and fee schedule will remain the same as the current FY20.

Excise Tax (Meals Tax): 3% Cigarette Tax: $0.40 per pack Transient Occupancy Tax 5% Vehicle License Fee $25 per vehicle

02/27 & 03/05/20

$4,329,967

$4,590,159

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Legal Notices NOTICE OF PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION March 3, 2020 A Democratic Primary to elect a presidential candidate will be held throughout Loudoun County on Tuesday, March 3, 2020.

The polls – which are listed below – will open at 6:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m. Officers of Election will take the name of any qualified voter who is in line at the polling place by 7:00 p.m. and all such voters will be permitted to vote.

107 Little River, Little River Elementary School, 43464 Hyland Hills St., South Riding 108 Mercer, Mercer Middle School, 42149 Greenstone Dr., Aldie 112 Freedom, Freedom High School, 25450 Riding Center Dr., South Riding 114 Dulles South, Dulles South Recreation & Community Center, 24950 Riding Center Dr., South Riding 117 Carter, Rosa Lee Carter Elementary School, 43330 Loudoun Reserve Dr., Ashburn 118 Moorefield, National Recreation and Park Assn., 22377 Belmont Ridge Rd., Ashburn 119 Arcola, Arcola Elementary School, 41740 Tall Cedars Pkwy., Aldie 120 Lunsford, J. Michael Lunsford Middle School, 26020 Ticonderoga Rd., Chantilly 121 Town Hall, South Riding Town Hall, 43055 Center St., South Riding 122 Hutchison Farm, Hutchison Farm Elementary School, 42819 Center St., South Riding 123 Cardinal Ridge, Cardinal Ridge Elementary School, 26155 Bull Run Post Office Rd., Centreville 124 Liberty, Liberty Elementary School, 25491 Riding Center Dr., South Riding 125 Rock Ridge, Rock Ridge High School, 43460 Loudoun Reserve Dr., Ashburn 126 Goshen Post, Goshen Post Elementary School, 24945 Lobo Drive, Aldie 207 River Bend, River Bend Middle School, 46240 Algonkian Pkwy., Sterling 208 Algonkian, Algonkian Elementary School, 20196 Carter Ct., Sterling 209 Potomac Falls, Potomac Falls High School, 46400 Algonkian Pkwy, Sterling 210 Cascades, Potowmack Elementary School, 46465 Esterbrook Cir., Sterling 213 Countryside, Countryside Elementary School, 20624 Countryside Blvd., Sterling 214 Sugarland North, Horizon Elementary School, 46665 Broadmore Dr., Sterling 215 Sugarland South, Meadowland Elementary School, 729 Sugarland Run Dr., Sterling 216 Lowes Island, Lowes Island Elementary School, 20755 Whitewater Dr., Sterling 217 South Bank, Potomac Baptist Church, 20747 Lowes Island Blvd., Sterling 218 University Center, GWU Exploration Hall, 20101 Academic Way, Ashburn 219 Galilee Church, Galilee Methodist Church, 45425 Winding Rd., Sterling 301 Purcellville, Emerick Elementary School, 440 S. Nursery Ave., Purcellville 302 Round Hill, Round Hill Center, 20 High St., Round Hill 303 Hillsboro, Old Stone School, 37098 Charles Town Pike, Hillsboro 305 Philomont, Philomont Fire House, 36560 Jeb Stuart Rd., Philomont 307 Middleburg, Middleburg Town Office, 10 W. Marshall St., Middleburg 308 St. Louis, Banneker Elementary School, 35231 Snake Hill Rd., St. Louis 309 Aldie, Aldie United Methodist Church, 39325, John Mosby Hwy., Aldie 310 Mountain View, Mountain View Elementary School, 36803 Allder School Rd., Purcellville 311 Round Hill Elementary, Round Hill Elementary School, 17115 Evening Star Dr., Round Hill 312 Briar Woods, Briar Woods High School, 22525 Belmont Ridge Rd., Ashburn 313 Pinebrook, Pinebrook Elementary School, 25480 Mindful Ct., Aldie 314 Legacy, Legacy Elementary School, 22995 Minerva Dr., Ashburn 315 Firehouse, Philomont Fire House, 36560 Jeb Stuart Rd., Philomont 316 Creighton’s Corner, Creighton’s Corner Elementary School, 23171 Minerva Dr., Ashburn 318 Madison’s Trust, Madison’s Trust Elementary School, 42380 Creighton Road, Ashburn 319 John Champe, John Champe High School, 41535 Sacred Mountain St, Aldie 320 Stone Hill, Stone Hill Middle School, 23415 Evergreen Ridge Drive, Ashburn 321 Brambleton Middle, Brambleton Middle School, 23070 Learning Circle, Ashburn 322 Buffalo Trail, Buffalo Trail Elementary School, 42190 Seven Hills Drive, Aldie 401 West Lovettsville, Lovettsville Volunteer Fire & Rescue, 12837 Berlin Tpke, Lovettsville 402 Waterford, Waterford Elementary School, 15513 Loyalty Rd., Waterford 403 Lucketts, Lucketts Community Center, 42361 Lucketts Rd., Lucketts 407 Harper Park, Harper Park Middle School, 701 Potomac Station Dr. NE, Leesburg 408 Evergreen, Evergreen Mill Elementary School, 491 Evergreen Mill Rd. SE, Leesburg 409 Clarkes Gap, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 605 W. Market St., Leesburg 411 East Lovettsville, Lovettsville Elementary School, 49 S. Loudoun St., Lovettsville 413 Tuscarora, Tuscarora High School, 801 N. King St., Leesburg 414 Red Rock, Red Rock Community Center, 43131 Lake Ridge Pl., Leesburg 416 Hamilton, Hamilton Baptist Church, 16 E. Colonial Hwy., Hamilton 420 River Creek, Harper Park Middle School, 701 Potomac Station Dr. NE, Leesburg 421 Between the Hills, Between the Hills Community Center, 11762 Harpers Ferry Rd., Purcellville

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The Leesburg absentee precinct, located at 750 Miller Dr. SE., Suite C, Leesburg 20175 (near the Leesburg Airport), is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday. The absentee precinct will also be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 29. Note: Satellite absentee locations are not open for primary elections.

Inquiries concerning the election and questions regarding registration status may be directed to the Loudoun County Office of Elections, 703-777-0380, located at 750 Miller Dr. SE. Suite C, Leesburg 20175. Please visit www.loudoun.gov/vote for additional information.

Authorized by: Judith A. Brown, General Registrar Loudoun County Office of Elections

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ORDER OF PUBLICATION COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VA. CODE § 8.01-316

Case No.:

JJ021724-14-00

Loudoun Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Camillia Maria Morris

The object of this suit is to hold a 2nd permanency planning hearing and review of Foster Care Plan pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 16.1-282.1 and 16.1-281 for Camillia Maria Morris.

It is ORDERED that the defendants Camillia Maria Morris, Sheilah Marie Morris, mother and Lucera Ruben Montoya, putative father appear at the above-named Court and protect their interests on or before March 18, 2020 at 3:00 p.m.

02/06, 02/13, 02/20 & 02/27/20

CLASS REUNION The Loudoun Valley High School Class of ’80 is holding their 40th Class Reunion on Saturday, May 16, 2020 from 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm at River Chase in Harpers Ferry WV.

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Loudoun County Department of Family Services /v.

Camillia Maria Morris, Sheilah Marie Morris, mother, Lucera Ruben Montoya, putative father

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Opinion An Affirmation For the second time in four years, the Virginia Wineries Association’s Governor’s Cup is coming to Loudoun. That’s no small feat.

It not only is a testament to the talents of the county’s winemakers, but an affirmation that Loudoun’s wine country is much more than a weekend playground for daytrippers looking to spend sunny days outside with friends.

The industry has come a long way since the first modern production vineyard was established on the slopes of Mt. Gilead four decades ago. Today, more acres of grapes grow here than any other county in the commonwealth. And after Mother Nature wreaked havoc with the previous harvest, it’s exciting to look ahead to what winemakers will create with the latest bumper crop.

However, the achievement would not be possible without the foresight of county leaders who first put a priority on countryside preservation and understood the importance of providing landowners opportunities other than housing development to gain economic value from their land—or without those who followed to carry that commitment forward.

As we cheer the success of one of our local family businesses, we should remember that it will take continued dedication to wise land use to ensure that others can follow in their footsteps for generations to come.

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

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LETTERS to the Editor Putting on Airs Editor: Leaders have talked recently about making housing more affordable in Loudoun, but actions speak louder than words. The mere fact that we threw our name in the hat for Amazon’s HQ2 tells everyone it hasn’t been a priority–let alone top.

Look at home prices in Seattle (home of HQ1) and San Francisco (Silicon Valley). While Zillow shows an average price per square foot of $229 in Loudoun, prices in those areas average $517 and $1,108 respectively.

According to the Seattle Times, there was a 72 percent increase in people commuting 90+ minutes one-way to work there between 2010 and 2015. No doubt this was fueled by higher rents as people moved out further to get more for their money, or simply couldn’t afford

Jan Mercker, Reporter jmercker@loudounnow.com Kara C. Rodriguez, Reporter krodriguez@loudounnow.com Patrick Szabo, Reporter pszabo@loudounnow.com

to live there any longer. Coincidentally enough, that uptick of nearly 24,000 more mega-commuters is roughly equal to the number of employees Amazon had in Washington state the latter year (bizjournals.com). So, when we see numbers showing more people commuting out of Loudoun for work than in, it’s at least an encouraging sign we’re still considered the suburbs.

If there’s anything to be learned from these areas, it’s that adding tech jobs only makes the affordability problem worse. Location, low unemployment and high incomes will continue to spur demand. So why the constant push to attract more affluent people? It seems the best way to make housing more affordable comes not only through building modest abodes, but also LETTERS continues on page 46

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“The courthouse is the symbol of the presence and power of the Commonwealth of Virginia in Loudoun County …

It was the state that could execute you, imprison you or take your property—all of that was done in that building. It was under Virginia’s Constitution and the state laws it authorized that race was defined and segregation was mandated ... Justice, under state authority, was meted out— in unequal fashion—in that courthouse to the black and white citizens of Loudoun County.”

In its nearly three century history, the Courthouse has been the center of life in our County—witness not only to acts of honor and bravery, justice and freedom, but also to acts of tyranny, injustice, humiliation and suffering.

The Courthouse represents the long path from the promise of “All Men Are Created Equal” in the Declaration of Independence read from its steps, to the delay of that promise through brutal acts of enslavement and punishment, to the horrors of a Civil War that pitted brother against brother, to the incomplete work of Reconstruction, to the restrictions and entanglements of Jim Crow segregation, and finally, to events and actions moving us step by step toward the long overdue fulfillment of the Declaration’s promise of equal justice for all.

The report of the Loudoun County Heritage Commission illuminates moments the earliest days under British rule through to the modern era, with a special focus on the history of slavery and civil rights.

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The Path to Freedom, Justice and Racial Equality A History Told Through the County Courthouse

BY MITCH DIAMOND AND ROBERT A. POLLARD

The quote left, by Virginia historian James Hershman, and the words that follow, is the prologue to the Loudoun County Heritage Commission’s new report on the history of the Loudoun County Courthouse and Courthouse grounds. The report’s 82 illustrated pages illuminate moments in our history from its earliest days under British rule through to the modern era with a special focus on the history of slavery and civil rights through stories and vignettes of speAdvertisements for the sale of enslaved individuals published in the Genius of Liberty newspaper cific residents and local events which in 1822 and 1824. mirror the history of race relations in Virginia and across our nation.

As the report describes, Loudoun has writing from the Courthouse, petitioned huge influx of new residents as Loudoun a complex racial history. Even during began its period of tremendous growth. the state legislature to send many of the time of brutal and widespread The report by the Heritage ComLoudoun’s free African Americans to enslavement, including slaves bought, Africa. In 1846, a free African American mission includes a detailed timeline of sold and punished on the courthouse events, commentary on critical events was tried in the Courthouse for stealing grounds, some residents of Loudoun at the national and state level through his enslaved wife—and acquitted. actively worked to aid enslaved persons our history, and 20 articles, vignettes, During the Civil War, hundreds of to escape. Local African Americans and illustrations and statistics showing our Loudoun’s African American and white white residents served bravely in the residents served in the Union forces, but nation’s history of race relations and the Union army and navy. Loudoun County long struggle to fulfill the promise of our their service has never been commemosaw efforts to expel our free black resiDeclaration as seen by events here in rated on our Courthouse grounds. dents to Africa and the adoption of terriLoudoun.

During the brief period of Reconble Jim Crow laws and segregation. But The report is available in local librarstruction, the first schools for African it also witnessed the organization of the ies, can be requested from your CounAmericans were opened in Loudoun. local African-American community to ty Supervisor and is available on the But as Reconstruction ended and rights open schools and fight for their rights. A began to be lost, local African AmerCounty website at: loudounnow.com/ civil rights case of national significance heritage_commission_report. icans convened at the Courthouse in was argued here. And finally, Loudoun In addition to printing and distribut1883 to argue vainly for equal rights. saw the dismantling of segregation in ing 1,000 copies of the Heritage ComIn the early years of the 20th century, the ‘60s and the emergence into our mission report, the Board of Supervisors memorials were erected at the Courtmodern era. approved nominating the Courthouse to house to the soldiers who served in the Our Courthouse played a central role Confederate forces while segregation be a National Historic Landmark, proin much of this history. posed naming the old Courthouse after and Jim Crow became local and state In 1768, under British rule, the very famed civil rights attorney Charles Hampolicy. first public executions in Loudoun ilton Houston who argued a nationally As the fight for civil rights began to County were of three African American significant case here in 1933, reserving rise up across the nation in the 1930s, a enslaved persons. case of national importance to that cause space on the Courthouse grounds for In 1776, as the bells rang out, the was argued in our Loudoun Courthouse. appropriate memorials to our AfriDeclaration of Independence was read can-American history and organizing In the same period, the local black from the Courthouse steps to the gathcommunity organized itself, raised funds a public dialogue about the design and ered people. But enslaved people were placement of such memorials. n and bought land and pressured the local bought, sold and punished on the same authorities to finally open an accreditCourthouse grounds for many decades Mitch Diamond is a Commissioner on ed high school for African American to come. the Heritage Commission; Robert Pollard students. But the community remained In 1828, Quaker Yardley Taylor was is its Chairman. In Our Backyard is segregated by race for decades to come. given a small fine at our Courthouse compiled by the Loudoun County PreserFinally, in 1970, after a long, long for aiding a black slave to escape. The vation and Conservation Coalition. For struggle, all Loudoun schools and enslaved man suffered a worse fate. public facilities were fully integrated and more information about the organization, In 1836, Loudoun’s County Attorney, go to loudouncoalition.org.

African-American families joined the

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Loudoun County’s Rare Blend

BY TONY HOWARD

I often wonder: Is there any other community quite like Loudoun County?

While every community is unique, I would bet you a Loudoun-made craft beverage of your choice that our community’s rare blend of economic and quality of life attributes is truly one of a kind.

Think about how many globally unique assets that call Loudoun County home. Places like Dulles International Airport, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus and the internet.

OK, not the entire internet. But 70 percent of the internet flows through the world’s largest and most important data center market here in Loudoun.

Yet, just minutes away, exists a remarkable rural way of life that is rooted in heritage, agriculture and artisan traditions that predate our nation’s founding.

There in western Loudoun, you will find world-class farms, wineries, equestrian facilities and B&Bs that are a match for their eastern neighbors’ global reach and reputation. These rural assets not only contribute to Loudoun’s singular quality of life, together they form their own economic powerhouse.

While Loudoun has long been known as Wine Country, probably because we have more wineries than any other

LETTERS to the Editor continued from page 44 courting non-tech industries. We were prepared to offer Amazon huge tax breaks and incentives to make our real estate problem worse. What about the businesses that could really use them?

These are issues we can’t address without addressing the culture that helped create them. If we genuinely want to make housing (and everything) more affordable in Loudoun, we have to stop putting on airs.

— Charles Smith, Leesburg

Space for Reflection Editor: In Virginia, heritage tourism reigns. Here, monuments have become the flashpoint in our crisis of historical identity.

Debates over “who we are” and how

“Loudoun truly is one of the best places to live, work and play because our rural west and suburban east support and even sustain each other.”

Virginia county, we also have more acres of grapes, more hops grown, more honey collected and sold, and more alpacas and llamas than any other Virginia county.

In fact, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, we have more farmers who are women, Latino, Hispanic, Asian, and military veterans.

How did Loudoun, a D.C. suburb known for its data centers and airport, become the commonwealth’s agricultural leader?

Good soil, a good pro-business environment, and good planning.

“The Board of Supervisors have made it a priority to preserve our farmland and support those who are putting their land to great use,” said Loudoun Board Chair Phyllis Randall, when the USDA released a report with those findings.

That decision to preserve Loudoun’s farmland is something most Loudouners support.

“Through the process of gathering citizen input for Loudoun’s comprehensive plan, the overwhelming constant was the support to keep the west rural. Our citizens recognize that farmland and other rural uses are good for residents, visitors, and as a balancer for the more urban lifestyle,” said Doug Fabbioli, of Fabbioli Cellars and past Chair of Loudoun’s Rural Economic Development Council.

The great thing about Loudoun’s dual

identity is that both sides not only coexist, they thrive on each other.

“Loudoun truly is one of the best places to live, work and play because our rural west and suburban east support and even sustain each other,” says Kate Zurschmeide of Great Country Farms, who also is a past Chair of the REDC. Kate also says her customers appreciate how small farms like hers are practicing sustainable agriculture.

“Our customers tell us that they enjoy so many benefits from buying local, including knowing their food is produced safely and sustainably. There is something truly priceless about actually knowing your farmer and knowing how your food is grown,” Kate added.

If you are interested in learning more about how to access some of Loudoun’s world-class, locally produced farm products, there are three great upcoming

identity is tied to place aren’t new, but the recent fervor through which they are expressed has moved from discussion, argument even, to the literal reality of life and death. Richmond, Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, Leesburg, the question is the same: What do we “do” with our slavery-connected monuments?

The Fredericksburg auction block, now “historical marker,” juxtaposed against the Leesburg Confederate statue might be a useful lens to view multiple perspectives. Recently, Fredericksburg voted to relocate a stone that was simultaneously a step for carriages and an auction block for the enslaved from the corner where it has always been, to a museum.

But it’s the iteration of the stone as a historic street marker that has been an issue. Historically, it was an everyday tool that held aloft bare feet for sale and as well as those clad feet for comfort. For some, the concern with moving it was historical context: remove the stone from

the busy corner and visitors lose the very public-ness in which the enslavement of humans was flaunted. For others, it was a necessary reminder: cruelty must be regularly acknowledged and with any hope, apologized-for. For others still, it was reductionist, boiling-down a broad and complicated part of our national story to only the pain slavery inflicted and the economy behind the sale. As a historical marker one would literally have had to come upon it to “see” it, and no plaque could do justice to such a complicated past.

Preservation discussions surrounding the Leesburg Confederate statue have similarly followed: historic context, memory of lives loved and lost, the reduction of pain and suffering to economic benefit. The Confederate statue is visually more obvious, but as an encapsulation of history it, too, has elements that are easily overlooked. Its creator, the political and social climate during which it was constructed, its

— Kate Zurschmeide

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events.

The first is the 10th Annual Loudoun Grown Expo on Saturday, Feb. 29 at the Bush Tabernacle in Purcellville, where you will find up to 40 of Loudoun’s finest growers, producers, artisans & makers, breweries and wineries—all under one roof.

Then don’t miss the Take Loudoun Home expo on March 14 at the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum in Sterling, where you will meet many of Loudoun’s Community Supported Agriculture programs and wine clubs. CSAs are the perfect way to support agriculture in Loudoun, while getting the very freshest items for your family.

For information on both, visit loudounfarms.org.

Finally, join the Loudoun Chamber on April 1, from 8-10 a.m. at the Belmont Country Club, for a conversation with local farmers, farm market operators and rural economic development experts, focused on the economic and health benefits of buying and eating local foods and drinking local beverages. For more information on this event, visit loudounchamber.org.

Also, always look for the “Loudoun, Made • Loudoun, Grown” logo when you buy. That’s how you know it has local roots and world class quality. n Tony Howard is President and CEO of the Loudoun Chamber of Commerce. benefactors, the materials used in its construction, its style, size, shape and juxtaposition in its environment, all of the historical elements directly tied to the statue are obscured by the strong emotions it was designed to evoke.

Our connections to the stories, the obvious and not so, told by the Fredericksburg and Leesburg monuments are a part of an ongoing conversation about our legacy and how our past continues to define us. Most of these monuments are situated without context as a single, proverbial sentence in a centuries-old conversation to which there is usually no reply. And if there were, how would that work? Multiple competing statues? In truth, no number of historical markers could encapsulate the totality of the lives whose fates were decided on that stone or reflected in sculpted metal. The conversation instead deserves a space for discussion and reflection than no street corner can provide.

— Kacey Young, Purcellville

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Budget continued from page 1 if supervisors reduce the rate by a penny as Hemstreet has proposed. Cutting the tax rate by 2 cents would leave a projected $8.8 million shortfall.

A key wrinkle in that relatively rosy scenario is the amount of money that will come from the state coffers. The adopted school budget is based on a $19 million increase in state funding, but administrators said Monday night the budget being developed in the General Assembly calls for only a $7 million increase. If that shortfall holds, it could increase the amount of local tax funding needed or force the School Board to make deeper cuts after already closing a projected $22 million funding gap.

Some supervisors noted they were surprised that School Board members cut so much—$26.7 million—from Williams’ proposed raised package. The reduction was proposed by School Board member Jeff Morse (Dulles), who raised concerns that, under the original plan, some teachers would see raises as high as 16 percent and some would net 25 percent raises over just two years.

“You would have not found a more shocked person than when the School Board cut $16 million from your own budget,” County Chairwoman Phyllis Randall (D-At Large) said. “Let’s just remember two [months] from now that the School Board cut $16 million from your budget before it even got to us.”

Randall also was among the supervisors who said they wanted to ensure teachers were adequately compensated, including that career-long compensation paid to Loudoun’s teachers keeps pace with other area counties.

In addition to increased employee compensation, the budget creates 261.75 new full-time equivalent positions to handle enrollment growth and invests heavily in special education programs, with 48 new teachers and 28 teaching assistants to address that fast-growing segment of the pupil population. The budget also includes some popular revenue reductions, cutting lunch prices by 10 cents and athlete participation fees from $150 to $75 per child per sport. Several supervisors lamented the fact that campus parking fees were not lowered.

Employee pay raises also are a driving force in Hemstreet’s budget, with new pay scales and raises that take effect next month hitting the county government’s FY 2021 budget for $37.2 million.

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Public Defender Pay Parity a Focus On Tuesday, supervisors held the first public hearings on County Administrator Tim Hemstreet’s overall $3 billion county budget proposal.

There, they heard a push from several local attorneys to pay lawyers in the Public Defender’s Office the same as the prosecutors in the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office.

“I think you’ve often heard the old saying that you can tell a lot about a person’s character when you look at how they treat a waiter,” said Loudoun Bar Association President Thomas Mulrine. “And I think you can similarly tell a lot about a government by looking at how they take care of people who can’t take care of themselves, and that’s exactly what the Public Defender’s Office does.”

Other attorneys said they had begun their careers in the Public Defender’s Office, but were forced to leave because they couldn’t live on the salary.

“This was my dream job. It was the job I thought I would have for the rest of my life,” said Rachel Robinson. “However, it got to where I was still paying student loans, and I was not progressing anywhere near my peers as far as financial or homeownership.”

Shayan Noor, who also began his career as a public defender, said having a fairly paid public defender’s office is good for legal work in Loudoun as a whole, and as talented young attorneys choose where to begin their careers.

“Long-term pay parity for the Public Defender’s Office will benefit Loudoun County when you look at the generations of attorneys who go through Loudoun County,” Noor said. “In my experience, most attorneys stay to practice law where they began to practice law.’

Another speaker urged supervisors to prudently capitalize on good economic times.

“Right now, we’re in a boom, but some sort of economic slowdown is likely over the next few years, so I’m wondering, if the county is prepared for a possible recession,” Robert Pollard said. And he said while a rainy day fund is important, so are diverse revenue streams and paying down debt. He advised supervisors to look the budget in the long term—“let’s hope for the best, but be prepared for the worst.”

One more budget public hearing remains, at 9 a.m. Saturday in the board room at the County Government Center in Leesburg. n

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