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Middleburg Mayor Pushes Expansion, 126 Homes

BY RENSS GREENE rgreene@loudounnow

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Leesburg Mayor Kelly Burk, Town Council members Neil Steinberg and Marty Martinez, LAWS interim Executive Director Samantha Clarke and LAWS staff join for an April 12 ceremony on the Leesburg Town Green to mark Child Abuse Prevention Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Domestic Violence Survivors Have LAWS on Their Side

BY RENSS GREENE

rgreene@loudounnow.com

Of the myriad agencies that a domestic violence survivor might deal with as they seek safety and justice—law enforcement, the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, the courts—there is one group whose first and only mission is to look out for their needs: The Loudoun Abused Women’s Shelter.

LAWS advocates help domestic violence and intimate partner violence survivors through every step, and the nonprofit’s wraparound services make it a one-stop shop for that kind of support.

The work begins with trying to prevent that violence in the first place—LAWS helps educate young people about consent, healthy relationships, and how to prevent violence in their relationships.

It also means helping survivors

through everything from safety planning, to getting protective orders, to talking to courts and law enforcement, to going to the hospital with them, to changing the locks and setting up a security system— through every part of what LAWS interim Executive Director Samantha Clarke called “this complex, patchwork quilt of a system.”

Middleburg Mayor Bridge Littleton on Tuesday unveiled proposals to expand the town’s boundaries and build 126 new homes, billing it as protecting the town against uncontrolled development outside its borders, as well as creating attainable housing.

That would be one of the biggest expansions in the history of the town that as of the 2020 Census included only 407 homes. The plans were presented during a community meeting held at the Hill School.

Touting rural-area projects such as Vanish Brewery and the 38-home Banbury Cross’s cluster subdivision as cautionary tales, Littleton pitched separate proposals from the Windy Hill Foundation and the owners of the Homewood property to build small, densely packed homes while leaving the majority of their properties undeveloped.

The Windy Hill proposal, on land south of town near Virginia Lane, would bring about 33 acres into town. On the east side of that property, near the current town boundary,

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Markwood Named Region’s Top Teacher

BY HAYLEY MILON BOUR hbour@loudounnow.com

Jordan Markwood of Rock Ridge High School has been named the 2022 Washington Post Teacher of the Year, after his nomination received resounding support from fellow educators and community members.

For Markwood, winning the honor is surreal.

“I’m still processing it. I have plenty more years of teaching that’d like to do.

Some of my colleagues were like ‘how are you going to top this?’” Markwood said with a laugh.

Markwood, chairman and choral director of the Fine Arts Department, sponsors the Rock Ridge Music Honor Society, a cappella club, and musical theater shows.

He founded the school’s choral program in 2014. He is in his ninth year with the school. He was named the 2022 Loudoun County Teacher of the Year in January, putting him in the running for the top regional award.

The award comes with a $7,500 prize and a trophy.

He said he takes tremendous pride in being a part of the Rock Ridge staff.

“One thing I love about my department is that we have some of the most

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Vendors at the Leesburg Flower and Garden Festival offer everything from striking garden art to hard-to-find plant varieties.

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Rock Ridge High School students celebrate alongside 2022 Washington Post Teacher of the Year Jordan Markwood.

passionate and well-trained educators in their field. They do an amazing job of transferring their love for the arts to their students,” he said.

He said that, despite Loudoun’s emphasis on academic rigor, strong participation in the arts is a testament to his colleagues’ talents and passion.

Before Rock Ridge opened in 2014, he taught at Stone Hill Middle School, in the same cluster. That meant he taught many

of his students for seven years, allowing him to forge close relationships with Rock Ridge families.

According to a statement from the division, his nomination included input from 115 people including 25 music teachers.

Music Specialist Elaine Stanford said Markwood is one of the best music eduMARKWOOD continues on page 38

Grand Jury Impaneled for School Assault Scandal

BY HAYLEY MILON BOUR hbour@loudounnow.com

A special grand jury has been convened amid the Attorney General Jason Miyares’ investigation into the Loudoun County school division’s handling of a sexual assault scandal.

The school division released a statement through Public Information Officer Wayde Byard on April 13 regarding the special grand jury, sharing that LCPS intends to cooperate “with the lawful requests of the special grand jury, while protecting the privacy rights of our students to the extent permitted by law and in accordance with all applicable legal privileges.”

The impanelment of the nine-member grand jury was conducted April 7

by Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge James E. Plowman, sources said. Theo Stamos, a former Arlington County Commonwealth’s Attorney who is serving as special counsel to the AG’s office, was present.

The action came a day after Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an amendment to a bill seeking to move Loudoun’s School Board elections to November, cutting short the terms of seven local elected officials by one year.

Miyares announced the investigation into the Loudoun County School Board on Jan. 15, coinciding with Youngkin’s executive order, asking the Attorney General’s office investigate the assaults.

Youngkin campaigned largely on education issues, and frequently pointed to the School Board’s handling of the assaults.

In Virginia, special grand juries may be impaneled by a circuit court at any time upon its own motion, upon recommendation of a minority of the members of a regular grand jury, or upon request of the attorney for the commonwealth to investigate and report on any condition that involves or tends to promote criminal activity and determine whether to issue criminal indictments.

The panels may subpoena witness and documents. Witnesses are permitted to

be represented by counsel during their appearances. Following the investigative phase, which is expected to take several months, if a majority of at least five jurors vote to issue an indictment, the case would then be presented to a regular grand jury with the authority to move a case to move forward to adjudication in Circuit Court. The state code provides a six-month deadline for a special grand jury to complete its work, although it may be extended if the judge finds it is continuing to make progress.

In its statement, the school division pointed to steps taken in the months since the assaults occurred, including efforts to enhance the Title IX office with the hiring a new Title IX coordinator and expanding the Office of Division Counsel.

School system critics celebrated the news of the grand jury’s formation as a win for the parental freedom movement.

Fight for Schools, the group spearheading a School Board member removal effort, GRAND JURY continues on page 38

It’s Flower and Garden Festival Weekend For the first time since the arrival of COVID-19, the streets of downtown Leesburg will be full of spring blooms, garden shoppers and musical performers as the Flower & Garden Festival returns this weekend.

Downtown streets will be closed starting Friday evening as vendors begin setting up landscaping displays and booths and will reopen Sunday night.

After the pandemic forced the cancelation of the festival in 2020 and a scaled-down, socially distanced version held at Ida Lee last year, the town’s Parks and Recreation Department is preparing to welcome its typical crowd of 20,000 to 30,000 visitors to the historic district April 23-24.

More than 125 vendors are registered for this year’s event and will exhibit on Loudoun, King and Cornwall streets. In addition to the vendor booths, festival goers can enjoy music, entertainment and activities for the kids, a rooftop beer garden, and festival foods.

Parking will be available in the Town Hall parking garage using the Loudoun Street entrance. Additional parking will be available in parking garages at the County Government Center and the courts complex, as well at Ida Lee Park, where a free shuttle service will run continuously.

The Flower & Garden Festival runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, rain or shine. Pets are not permitted.

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Committee Signs Off on Second Rural Water Public Connection

BY RENSS GREENE

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The Board of Supervisors’ finance committee is recommending approval of connecting a second public facility in the county’s Rural Policy Area to public water service.

Once again supervisors have targeted a site on the western side of Evergreen Mills Road, moving a planned Leesburg South fire station across the road from a school site that county planners now say is unsuitable. Evergreen Mills Road, in that area, marks the border between Transition Policy Area and Rural Policy Area.

According to a staff report prepared for the committee, concerns about the original planned location include incompatible zoning, environmental impacts on wetlands, an open space easement limits development, the need for road widening, and difficulty connecting water and sewer service to the site, also because of environmental impacts.

Instead, county planners now propose

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A map depicting the current and proposed sites for the Leesburg South fire station near the Loudoun County landfill.

a county-owned site nearby on the west side of the road, between its intersections with The Woods Road and Marcum Farm Court. That puts it next door to the coun-

ty landfill, and for that reason the new site cannot use a well for water service.

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Supervisors Consider True North Data Center Changes

BY RENSS GREENE

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One of the most controversial decisions by the previous Board of Supervisors has raised its head again as the current board considers changes to True North, a data center complex along Goose Creek between Sycolin Road and the Dulles Greenway.

In 2018, supervisors approved a 750,000-square-foot data center complex on 106 wooded acres. That application raised intense protest, especially from environmental groups, pointing not only to Goose Creek but to concerns over impacting a globally rare ecological community called the Northern Piedmont mafic barren on the site. The lengthy debate culminated in a 5-4 vote in January 2018 while people in the boardroom symbolically turned their backs on the county dais.

Now the developer, Compass Datacenters, has returnd with a request to revise that application, removing the two proposed buildings closest to the Dulles

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The site along Goose Creek of the True North data center complex.

Greenway, one of which is also the closet to the river, and create an option to combine three 35-foot buildings in the center of the property into a single 56-foot building. That would bring the campus down to 625,000 square feet of data center development. They also propose to protect more open space and the mafic barren.

Cooley LLP attorney Colleen Gillis, who represents the applicants, said after the 2018 approval, the market changed.

“The industry changed in the six months following our approval in 2018.

We worked really hard to get a tenant under the approval that you all gave us in 2018 to no avail,” she told supervisors at their April 13 public hearing.

But she had also told supervisors in 2018 that the developers had a tenant onboard— which she said was a handshake deal that fell through. That sparked ire from County Chair Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large). She also said, although environmental groups have come to support the application, that doesn’t mean they support the data center development as a whole.

“If you come into my house and steal $100, and then ask me do I want $20 back, I’m going to say yes, can I have $20 back.

That’s what’s happening with the environmental community right now,” Randall said. “So they’re not on board—they feel like they have no choice, because you’re using the mafic barren as a fuzzy little hostage, which is not the same thing.”

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County Marks Sexual Assault Awareness, Child Abuse Prevention Month

BY RENSS GREENE

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The Leesburg Town Green was decked out with pinwheels last week—a visual commemoration and reminder for Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month in April.

The Leesburg Town Council last week passed proclamations recognizing Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month, following a brief ceremony with Loudoun Abused Women’s Shelter staff by the pinwheel display.

“This is a critical time for us to just be aware that there is a need in our community to continue to be hyper-vigilant and cognizant of the fact that children in our community do continue to be harmed every day,” said LAWS interim Executive Director Samantha Clarke. “And we have to maintain a constant awareness of our responsibility. As community members, we have a shared responsibility—across roles, across agencies, across communities, across neighborhoods—to protect our children.

And so that’s why we’re all here.”

Last year, she said, LAWS served more than 210 children with advocacy and therapy services, and sheltered more than 100 children from domestic violence. And the pinwheels now spinning on the town green, she said, represent what childhood should be—happy, healthy, safe and carefree.

She also highlighted the work of the Loudoun Child Advocacy Center, a program of LAWS. Among other services, the center offers a neutral forensic interviewer who knows how to talk to a child, said CAC interim Director Esmeralda Ortiz.

“We also provide advocacy services so that that child and their family are able to have an advocate alongside them throughout the investigation, and that is huge, because investigations are intimidating for adults, so imagine for a child,” she said. “We want to make sure that every child that is in need of need of services, is able to access them ABUSE PREVENTION continues on page 6

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APRIL 21, 2022

Supervisors Move to Regulate Farm Solar Arrays

BY RENSS GREENE rgreene@loudounnow.com

Loudoun County supervisors have updated the county’s zoning ordinance to regulate ground-based solar arrays following an opinion from the Attorney General’s Office that the county’s zoning rules did not apply to those.

In January, the office of then-Attor-

Water connection continued from page 4 That area was proposed for central water connections in 1993 when the Board of Supervisors established a public water service district around the landfill, and in 1994 the Landfill Water Service District was added to the county comprehensive plan, although that district does not appear in the current comprehensive plan.

According to Loudoun Water’s Engineering Design Manual, a water system was put into place in 1996, built to accommodate only development around the landfill permitted in the existing rural zoning of the time.

Other than the landfill, the county has long prohibited central water and sewer service in the Rural Policy Area, seeking to keep down the pressure to allow dense development there. West of the county’s Transition Policy Area, the only central water and sewer connections were from town or village systems. But in December 2020 county supervisors created an exception to that policy for themselves, amending the comprehensive plan to allow central water and sewer service to government-owned properties in the Ru-

Abuse prevention continued from page 4 through the CAC and through LAWS. Leesburg Mayor Kelly Burk read one of the resolutions set to be passed that night, and thanked the LAWS and CAC staff present for their work. The Loudoun Board of Supervisors also passed resolutions recognizing Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month at its meeting April 5, and is expected to present that resolution to LAWS on April 19.

Those proclamations, too, emphasize

ney General Mark Herring, at the request of Loudoun County Attorney Leo Rogers, interpreted the county’s zoning ordinance, finding that it only applied to residential-based solar arrays. That left out ground-mounted solar arrays which, without specific rules, would be unregulated by county zoning, including on agricultural property. The county had

ral Policy Area, as long as they are adjoining the Transition Policy Area.

That vote was aimed at developing farmland along Evergreen Mills Road where the school system envisions a large school complex with a high school, elementary school and potentially the county’s first indoor track facility.

At the same time, supervisors launched a new amendment to the county comprehensive plan to consider bringing the area around that property into the Transition Policy Area, further pushing the border for public water service area west. However, that comprehensive plan amendment shows no action since it was created in 2020.

Before that, the last time central water service had been allowed to push west was in 2004, when supervisors voted to permit central water service in the Transition Policy Area, which divides the Rural and Suburban Policy Areas. Before that, it was allowed only in the Suburban Policy Area.

Committee members voted 4-0-1 without discussion to recommend the full Board of Supervisors approve the alternate Leesburg South fire station location. Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles) was absent. n the shared responsibility for all people, professionals, organizations and residents to raise awareness about sexual violence, protect one another, support victims, and bring perpetrators to justice.

“We must work together to inform members of our community about sexual violence prevention, support survivors, and speak out against harmful attitudes and actions. We join advocates and communities across Loudoun County, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the country in playing an active role to prevent sexual violence,” the Leesburg Sexual Assault Awareness Month proclamation reads. n

interpreted its own ordinance to include ground-mounted solar arrays as electrical generating plants, which are only permissible as a primary use with county board approval in industrial zoning districts.

Loudoun supervisors at their April 13 public hearing approved new zoning language specifically including ground-mounted solar arrays among

True North continued from page 4 And representatives from the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy, Piedmont Environmental Council and Goose Creek Association largely agreed. Evan McCarthy of the PEC said the 2018 decision was “a huge disappointment.”

“Nothing can fully mitigate the impact of data centers next to Goose Creek, but these commitments will reduce the potential negative impacts and are what we would expect from a good neighbor,” he said.

Of current supervisors, only Randall and Supervisor Tony R. Buffington (R-Blue Ridge) voted against True North in 2018. Vice Chairman Koran T. Saines (D-Sterling), Supervisor Kristen C. Umstattd (D-Leesburg) and Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles) voted in favor at that time. The majority of supervisors indicated they plan to support the revised application when it comes up for a vote on May 17.

“This is a vote to save the mafic barren, period. If you vote yes, you are voting to save the Northern Piedmont mafic barren, and if you vote no, you are voting to

electric generating plants. The county zoning ordinance was also updated to permit ground-mounted solar arrays as an accessory use only when serving uses on the same lot.

Supervisors approved the actions 7-02, with Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles) and Juli E. Briskman (D-Algonkian) absent. n

destroy that,” said Supervisor Michael R. Turner (D-Ashburn). “That’s what the vote is, let’s not kid ourselves.”

“The vote has already happened to approve a data center. If you like it or don’t like it, that vote has happened,” Saines said. “That’s not what this vote is. So yes, you can vote no for it, but you’re voting to still keep it the way it was.”

Although the applicant now proposes to protect more land, the company may face no votes again from some supervisors who opposed it in 2018. Buffington said he still will vote against it because of his continued opposition to data center development in the county’s Transition Policy Area south of the Greenway, and Randall said, “I cannot look at myself in the mirror if I vote for this application, because I do not trust the applicant.”

“This is a money-making moment that happens to be a better application for the environment than the other money-making moment, but that’s really all that this is,” she said. “My conscience will not allow me to do this.”

Supervisors voted 5-2-2 to send the application to their May 17 meeting for a vote, with Randall and Buffington opposed and Letourneau and Supervisor Juli E. Briskman (D-Algonkian) absent. n

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Council Rejects Push to Rehire Terminated Unvaccinated Employees tion for not complying with the mandate, but others who chose not to comply resigned ahead of the deadline.

The most resignations came from the Leesburg Police Department, with seven officers resigning because of the mandate. Four part-time staff members from the Parks & Recreation Department also resigned, along with two members of the town’s boards and commissions. Three employees and five board and commission members were terminated due to noncompliance. Members of the Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals were exempt from complying with the mandate, as those bodies are state-mandated and there is no authority for the Town Council to dismiss members

BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ

Krodriguez@loudounnow.com

An attempt to hire back employees and reappoint commissioners who did not comply with the town’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate failed at last week’s Town Council meeting.

Councilwoman Suzanne Fox, who was a staunch opponent of the vaccine mandate, put forward the motion but was supported only by Councilwoman Kari Nacy, also an opponent of the mandate.

The Town Council voted to enact the mandate in October, requiring all of the town’s full- and part-time employees and the majority of its board and commission members to get fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 11. Only a handful of employees and board and commission members were terminated by council ac-

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Leesburg Restaurants Launch ‘Ask for Angela’ LOUDOUN NOW STAFF REPORT

Two Leesburg restaurants, Delirium Café and Loudoun Kitchen and Bar, are taking part in Loudoun’s first-ever Safe Bar Initiative.

The restaurants have trained their staff to implement the “Ask for Angela,” a nationwide program to offer discrete support to patrons who feel unsafe, intimidated, or threatened while dining in a restaurant or bar.

Patrons can safely communicate fear or duress by directing certain phrases to staff. The trained staff is then able to take action to provide safety options, a safe environment and to deter the alarming behavior. Patrons can ask for “Angela,” a fictional staff member.

The program is launching locally through partnerships with the Loudoun County Sexual Assault Response Team.

“We are excited to have the partner-

ship and support of our local businesses and nonprofit groups, as well as the Leesburg Police Department, Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department, Purcellville Police Department, and the Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office to implement this first of its kind safety initiative here in the County,” stated Samantha Clarke, interim CEO of LAWS Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services.

“Programs like ‘Ask for Angela’ are opportunities for our community to participate in the protection of others and in the prevention of criminal/unsafe behaviors,” stated Loudoun Commonwealth’s Attorney Buta Biberaj. “This is the primary way of preventing victimization.

With all of our SART partners, the Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney will continue to promote community engage-

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Delirium Café in downtown Leesburg is one of two restaurants launching “Ask for Angela” to give patrons a way to discreetly communicate distress to restaurant staff.

ment.”

The pilot program will run through the end of April, when the Sexual Assault Response Team plans to offer it to more establishments across the county.

To learn more about the Sexual

Assault Response Team or “Ask for

Angela,” contact Loudoun County SART at 703-777-3855. n

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County Planning Director Heading to Leesburg

BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ

krodriguez@loudounnow.com

The Town of Leesburg has a new leader in its Planning and Zoning Department, and he didn’t have to come far.

The town government announced Tuesday that James David has been tapped

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as the new department director, succeeding recently retired Susan Berry-Hill. Like his predecessor, David comes to Town Hall from Loudoun County government, where he currently serves as the acting director of Loudoun’s Planning and Zoning Department, a position he has held since November. He will begin his new role with the town June 27.

David joined Loudoun County as the manager of strategic initiatives for the Department of Economic Development in 2016 before moving to the Department of

Planning and Zoning in 2019. Previously, he held a series of positions with the City of San Luis Obispo, CA, in the Community Development Department and the Office of the City Manager. The Northern Virginia native and Loudoun resident holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in city and regional planning from California Polytechnic State University.

Town Manager Kaj Dentler celebrated Town Hall’s newest addition.

“Mr. David has big shoes to fill follow-

Cummings Announces State Senate Bid

BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ Krodriguez@loudounnow.com

Another member of the Leesburg Town Council has his eyes set on Richmond.

Councilman Zach Cummings announced this week that he is entering the race for the newly redrawn 31st

Cummings

Senate District that encompasses parts of Loudoun and Fauquier counties. It sets him up for a potential head-to-head battle next year with longtime Republican incumbent Sen. Jill Vogel, who has represented the 27th District for 14 years.

A new redistricting map approved by the state Supreme Court earlier this year would place Vogel in the new 31st District based on her current place of residence.

She has not yet announced whether she intends to seek re-election when the seat is on

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Cummings, whose council term runs through December 2024, said he is running to fight for the residents of Loudoun and Fauquier counties, “and not special interests.”

“We need to put partisan politics aside and work for all Virginians,” he said.

Cummings was elected to the Town Council in November 2020, and was the top vote-getter among the three council seats on that ballot. He cites as his proudest accomplishments advocating an additional round of $500,000 small business grants in early 2021; spearheading the transfer of the Sycolin Cemetery to the Loudoun Freedom Center; and opposing the potential Washington Commanders stadium development in Loudoun County.

On the latter, Cummings cites his overall desire to champion small businesses.

“We should be more concerned with helping our small businesses grow and preserving our historic towns than giving taxpayer money away to billionaires,” Cum-

ing the retirement of Susan Berry-Hill, but he has my full confidence as he clearly distinguished himself throughout the recruitment process. His background and experiences will serve Leesburg well as we launch several key initiatives of the Town Council, including a comprehensive rewrite of our zoning ordinance and the development of capital intensity factors.

His technological experience will also be invaluable as the town transitions to a new land management information system,” he stated. n mings stated. “Small businesses are the backbone of our economy and the strength of the economies of Loudoun and Fauquier counties.”

Cummings points to his experience as a small business owner and Realtor with how he can help his constituents in Richmond.

“I have the unique experience of meeting and working with many Virginians,” Cummings said. “I hear from long-time residents and people just moving to this great Commonwealth about why they’re making the choice to live here. As a state senator, I will work to ensure Virginia remains a great place to live, work, and raise a family.”

A residential Realtor with Coldwell Banker Realtor, the Ohio native has lived in Virginia for 13 years and in Leesburg for seven. He joins his council colleague, Vice Mayor Marty Martinez, in announcing a General Assembly campaign. Earlier this year, Martinez said he would eschew a re-election campaign for his council seat this fall and instead run to represent the newly redrawn 29th House of Delegates District in 2023. His council term ends Dec. 31, 2022. n

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Unvaccinated continued from page 8 over the requirement.

The town government granted 50 religious or medical exemptions for the mandate among employees and board and commission members.

Just a month into the vaccine mandate taking hold, Town Council members indicated a willingness to revisit the policy because of updated CDC guidance. The mandate was rescinded March 8.

Fox had attempted on several occasions between October and March to have the original mandate rescinded, but a council majority always voted to keep the item off its business meeting agendas.

Tuesday night, Fox said she hoped her council colleagues would vote to welcome back their departed employees and board and commission members now that the mandate had been terminated. She again took issue with the original mandate, referring to it as an “egregious overreach and possibly unconstitutional” and said the town had lost “many wonderful public servants” in enacting a mandate that lasted only eight weeks.

“My position is that this offer should be made whether or not the employee or commissioner does desire their position back,” she said.

Fox said supporting the motion would show those who originally supported the vaccine mandate did so for safety measures, and not for punitive purposes.

Nacy, the only other supporter of the motion, agreed.

“I know that saying this and doing this won’t mean people automatically get their jobs back, there’s a process. But considering we changed the policy recently we should allow these people the opportunity to be reinstated,” she said.

Councilman Neil Steinberg again defended the former mandate, saying that the council used data from state and federal health agencies in considering its decision, and noted that mandate was widely accepted by town government employees, with more than 90% of full- and part-time employees complying and the remaining majority receiving either a religious or medical exemption.

“I can’t imagine what anybody thinks we stood to gain personally or politically by passing [the mandate],” he said.

Fox’s motion failed on a 2-5 vote. n

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Education

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Division Collects Public Input to Shape Strategic Plan

BY HAYLEY MILON BOUR hbour@loudounnow.com

School division leaders held four community workshops this week facilitated by outside firm RTI International, and is set to host a fifth on Thursday.

The workshops, billed as town hall meetings, were attended by School Board members, staff and parents. The division said that the intent for the sessions was to inform decision makers on what the vision should be for students in the future, and what programs and initiatives should be continued or added before the School Board adopts a strategic plan in the summer.

During the session event organizers had parents break into small groups to discuss issues in schools ranging from racial equity to academic programs.

Tuesday night’s session at Stone Bridge High School was attended by Vice Chairman Ian Serotkin (Blue Ridge), Harris Mahedavi (Ashburn), and 20 community members. During an exercise, parents expressed support for efforts such as honors programs, considering parent input at the district level, and mental health initiatives.

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Local activists spoke at a Christian education rally in Leesburg on Tuesday hosted by the Herzog Foundation in support of private schools and attended by School Board member John Beatty (Catoctin).

The Herzog Foundation is a Missouri-based group that promotes Christian K-12 education nationwide. Roughly two dozen people attended the Birkby House meeting.

Erin Poe, Loudoun County Republican Women’s Club president, discussed her experience that led to her forming the

The division will hold a virtual workshop to guide parents on potential career and college paths that students may take after high school. The discussion topics will include the impact of the pandemic on students, parent self-care, and social-emotional skills.

The workshop is open to all parents and will take place on April 28 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

To register, go to bit.ly/3tXrsUe.

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School Board member Harris Mahedavi (Ashburn) listens to speakers during an April 19 strategic plan workshop at Stone Bridge High School.

them how to think, not what to think,” said Leesburg parent Bill Wright after the small group discussion.

While the event wasn’t an open forum, participants took the chance to air concerns with the division.

Transportation was a prominent issue brought up by parents. Next year, schools will have staggered start times to help address a bus driver shortage.

STRATEGIC PLAN continues on page 14

Herzog Foundation Holds Rally for Private Schools

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Division Plans Parent Workshop for Student Life After School

group Army of Parents alongside Equity Committee member Elicia Brand.

She said that distance learning during the pandemic unveiled corruption in the school system.

“In one breath, our children are being told that being a Christian, white, male, heterosexual, coming from a home with two parents, even being thin, means you’re privileged. And then the next breath they’re being told children are to keep secrets from their parents,” Poe said.

“We are dealing with concepts that do not align with our core values.”

The school division’s Policy 8040, Protections for Transgender Students, permits students to identify with a gender

different from their biological sex without informing their parents. The provision of confidentiality was said by policymakers to protect transgender students from families spurning their identities, and has become a point of contention among school division critics.

Brand told the crowd that she decided to take her children out of the public schools.

“I gave Loudoun County Public Schools a chance, and they failed our children. They do not share our values, they do not educate our children, so that they can have the American dream,” Brand said.

RALLY continues on page 14

The Virginia Board of education is seeking nominees to serve threeyear terms on its five advisory committees.

Committees include the Virginia Advisory Committee for the Education of the Gifted, the State Special Education Advisory Committee, the Adult Education and Literacy Advisory Committee, Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure, and the Advisory Committee for Career and Technical Education.

The terms run from July 1 through June 30, 2025.

More information is available at doe.virginia.gov

Google Gives $250K Grant for Computer Science Google will provide a $250,00 grant to Virginia’s computer science advocacy and service provider, CodeVA, it announced on April 19.

Google Vice President & Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf was joined

by Gov. Glenn Youngkin at Google’s Reston office for the announcement.

CodeVA will develop a statewide network of computer science lab schools.

Google will also partner with Virginia community colleges to create professional certificate programs to meet the demand for computer science employees.

To learn more about CodeVA, go to codevirginia.org. n

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Brandon Michon, a 10th District Congressional candidate and a father who went viral online for his rant against the School Board, pointed to what he sees as shortcomings of public education.

“The biggest equalizer of all education is literacy. It pulls up every social economic bracket. Every single one of them,” he said. “Second, financial literacy. … We need to be talking to our children today about the realities of life and managing

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He said that the board, in consultation with RTI International consultants, decided that community input should inform the new strategic plan.

“I think it’s a key. A strategic plan sets the foundation for the division. It’ll really help us figure out how we go forward,” he said. n

money, and the realities that they are going to bear if they go into secondary education.”

Ian Prior, executive director of Fight for Schools, the group leading the effort to remove School Board members, said that the school division hasn’t made amends for shortcomings over the past two years.

“We have the most dedicated, tenacious parents in the country here in Loudoun County,” Prior said. “So, we have become a symbol to the entire country on what they can do to protect their children, to ensure educational excellence for their children.” n

IAD Master Plan Public Open House Workshop Wednesday, April 27, 2022

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The Master Planning process is designed as an inclusive process that encourages citizen participation. A public open house workshop will be held to provide information on the study process, forecasts of activity, and future facility needs.

Representatives from the Airports Authority and the Consultant team will be available to answer questions and receive comments on the ongoing Master Planning analyses and tasks completed to date.

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Loudoun Robotics Team Bound for World Championships in Houston

BY HAYLEY MILON BOUR hbour@loudounnow.com

The Academies of Loudoun robotics team, RoboLoCo, is set to compete in the FIRST World Championship competition in Houston this week.

FIRST, or For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, is an organization that develops ways to inspire students to pursue engineering and technology fields.

RoboLoCo was one of two teams to win the Engineering Inspiration Award during the Chesapeake FIRST Division Championship competition on April 9, earning a bid to the world championship. The Inspiration Award is given to teams that succeed in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering within the teams’ school or community. The team finished at a program-high 27th place in the competition.

The team is raising money to fund its trip to Houston to compete in the world championships. A GoFundMe page has already raised over $19,000 – more than halfway to its goal of $25,000.

According to team president Grace Choi the team’s impact goes beyond bringing home titles and trophies. Choi, now a senior, joined the team in 8th grade.

“Not only does the team build lots of cool robots, but we value inclusivity and giving back to the community,” the Potomac Falls High School and Academies of Loudoun student said. “We run workshops in both technical and non-technical areas to introduce our 60+ members to a variety of disciplines. And of course, we host many outreach events, such as robotics showcases to promote STEM in younger age groups. I’m truly grateful to lead such an amazing group of young leaders.”

For Riverside High School 11th grader and RoboLoCo Business Lead Naisha Mistry, it’s been a busy few weeks of reaching out to the community to raise funds for the team. She said her experience with the team has built a sense of community among students of different backgrounds.

Over my time in RoboLoCo, I learned how to collaborate with students with different skillsets to highlight our personal strengths to not just build a strong robotics team, but a community that shares its experiences and strives to make STEM an opportunity for everyone.”

Beyond building and competing, team members inform the community on the STEM field. The team has a podcast called “RoboCast” on Youtube, and has interviewed STEM experts, including an Amazon Web Services software engineer.

Academies of Loudoun Principal Tinell Priddy shared her support for the team in a statement.

“I am extremely proud of our Academies of Loudoun RoboLoco team members; their hard work and dedication has led them to this opportunity to compete at Worlds. We all wish them the very best,” Priddy said.

The FIRST World Championship will be held April 20-23 in Houston. n

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The program is moving Afghan allies through the National Conference Center while they resettle into the United States.

“Since the start of the operation, I’ve been contacted frequently by community members who want to help, so I contacted the local nonprofit supporting the [Operation Allies Welcome] community and asked what some helpful donations might be.” Supervisor Michael R. Turner (D-Ashburn) said. “They suggested reusable bottles would be a great contribution.

I then turned to the Data Center Coalition whose members regularly support a wide range of community projects just like this.

They stepped up immediately and delivered 500 reusable bottles to NCC within a week. It was really something.”

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able water bottles to assist the families,” said Data Center Coalition President Josh Levi. “Our data center teams live here and work here, and our companies and their employees are committed to contributing to the strength and vibrancy of this community.” n

BUSINESS announcements Lansdowne Resort Names Events Director Deborah Porter has been appointed director of events for Lansdowne Resort.

Porter has more than 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry, including at the Hilton WashPorter ington Dulles Airport, B.F. Saul Hospitality Group, Hyatt Fair Lakes, and Airlie Conference Center.

“We are so happy to welcome Deborah to Lansdowne Resort,’’ Managing Director Kevin Carter stated. “Deborah’s event knowledge will be key to our continued success as we welcome groups and guests back to in-person meetings and celebrations.”

Porter is a graduate of Elizabethtown College. She lives in Ashburn with her husband and daughter.

Bollenbeck Named Veterinarian of the Year Dr. Jason Bollenbeck of Towne Animal Clinic was presented with the Paul F. Landis Veterinarian of the Year Award by the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association.

The award is given to an individual who has made significant contributions to veterinary medicine and the creation of a strong local and state veterinary association. The award was presented during the Virginia Veterinary Conference in Roanoke.

Bollenbeck graduated from the University of Illinois, College of Veterinary Medicine in 1998. He moved to Northern ANNOUNCEMENTS continues on page 19

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Announcements continued from page 18 Virginia to practice and purchased Towne Animal Clinic in 2006. He is a past president of both the Loudoun County Veterinary Medical Association and the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association. In 2013, he received the Virginia Veterinary Service Award and was voted Loudoun’s Favorite vet by Loudoun Now readers in 2019.

The Purcellville resident serves as VVMA’s legislative co-chairman. After his own experience with auditing, he went to the Department of Taxation on behalf of the VVMA and received cooperation in clarifying tax law and regulation as it pertains to veterinarians. After years of research, meetings and preparation, he spearheaded a recently passed and signed bill that offers sales and use tax relief on medications veterinarians use and sell in practice; this new legislation will benefit all practice owners and veterinarians in Virginia.

Sterling Job Fair Saturday The 2022 Sterling District Job Fair will be held Saturday, April 23 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Sterling Community Center.

The fair will feature about 75 employ-

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There will also be community and workforce development agencies and organizations available to share information on their programs, services, and resources available throughout the county.

Job seekers can RSVP online at bit.ly/3trUtpE. RSVPs are encouraged but not required.

The Sterling Community Center is at 120 Enterprise Street, Sterling.

DSP Acquires Sterlingwood Apartments in Roanoke Ashburn-based DSP Real Estate Capital has acquired Sterlingwood Apartments, a 162-unit apartment community located in the suburbs of Roanoke.

It is DSP’s third apartment community investment in the Roanoke region, and fourth acquisition since its founding in 2020 by Loudoun residents Darius Saeidi, Stephen Karbelk and Purna Dokku.

With the acquisition, the partnership is halfway toward its goal of having $100 million in assets under management by year’s end. n

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Obituaries Adelaide “Tillie” Lutman Adelaide “Tillie “Lutman, 85, was called home to the Lord on Tuesday, April 12,2022, at her home in Lovettsville, VA. She was the beloved wife of the late Thomas “Dan” Lutman for 55 years.

She was born on May 2,1936, in Delta PA and was the daughter of the late Bertram and Sara (Thompson) Enfield.

Adelaide was a 1954 graduate of Brunswick High School.

In 1955, she married her teenage love and they were together for 55 years.

In 1959 she moved to the “Farm”, which became the center of her universe.

She then went on to raise three children, and drove a school bus for 36 years.

During that time she spent numerous hours gardening, sewing, knitting, and making her home as lovely as she was.

She then became her husband’s caretaker after he developed Alzheimer’s so that he could remain at home.

She is survived by her sons Tommy Lutman and wife Sue of Lovettsville,VA and Jeff Lutman and wife Kathy of Lovettsville,VA and daughter Sara Harver and husband Barry of Aspers,PA; three grandchildren, Ryan (Renee), Chris (Heather) and Jackie; four great grandchildren, William,Zachary,Brooke, and Caleb; one niece and two nephews.

The family will receive friends from 6-8PM on Wednesday April 20,2022 at Stauffer Funeral Home, 1100 N Maple Ave., Brunswick, MD A celebration of Adelaide’s life journey will take place at 11AM on Thursday, April 21, at Mount Olivet United Methodist Church, 11791 Mountain Road in Lovettsville,VA Interment will be at Mount Olivet.

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Death Notices Kenneth Bronson Grimsley (Ken), of Leesburg, VA, died on April 8, 2022, at the age of 59.

He will be lovingly remembered by his children: Heather Michelle Grimsley, Amanda Kristina (Marcus Allen) Nappier and Tyler Bronson Grimsley; brother James (Jim) Grimsley and sister Mary Lynne Grimsley Vale (Lynne); and his previous wife and cherished friend, Robyn Ferris Grimsley. Ken is further survived by nieces, nephews, as well as many other relatives and friends.

Ken was predeceased by his parents, James Franklin and Ora Lee Grimsley.

A Funeral service is scheduled for Thursday April 21, 2022 at 11 am at Loudoun Funeral Chapel, Leesburg, VA. While flowers are always appreciated, in lieu of flowers, please consider giving to the following charities and organizations: • Foundation for Alcoholism Research: https://alcoholismresearch.org • American Heart Association: www.heart.org • Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: www.LLS.org Evelyn L. Jenkins died at her home in Purcellville, Virginia, with her family by her side on April 13th, 2022. She is the daughter of the late Willard and Lillian Stringer. She was 77. Evelyn is survived by her loving husband, Roland, of 60+ years. She has three daughters: Michele Jenkins of Richmond, Karen (Keith) Lawson of Lovettsville and Cheryl Jenkins of Purcellville.

She is survived by her brother, Gene Stringer (Dee) of Sterling, and her sister Joyce (Mike) Koppe of Chester, and her brother-in-law Marvin Jenkins (Sally) of Rapidan, Virginia. Evelyn has four grandchildren: Nakisha, Nicholas, Jacob, and Lauren and four great-grandchildren.

The family will host visitors on Monday, April 18th, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at Hall Funeral Home at 140 S. Nursery Avenue, Purcellville, Virginia 20132, followed by funeral service at noon.

Interment will be at Ketoctin Church Cemetery 16595 Ketoctin Church Road, Purcellville, Va. Betty A. (Pate) Beall, of Lovettsville Va., died on April 4th, 2022. Betty is survived by her son Brian Beall, her daughter-in-law Hope Beall, her half-sister Julee Wilson, her step-grandson Ross Maybee, his wife Camilla Maybee and their children Viktor and Lauretta.

There will be a family service at a future date.

Mary Elizabeth Farel (Betsy), of Winchester, VA, died Thursday, April 14 2022.

She is survived by her children James Farel of Washington, DC; John Farel and his wife Jennifer of Owings Mills MD; Erin Doxtator and her husband Josh of Strasburg, VA and their children Emmet and Eric. She is also survived by her sister Leslie Ann Beach and her husband Charles of Winchester, VA. She was predeceased by her husband Eric and by her sister Judy Davidson and her husband Charles.

The funeral will be held Tuesday, April 19 at Shenandoah Valley Baptist Church in Stephens City, VA at 11:00 AM. The family will receive friends from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM prior to the service. She will be laid to rest at Lamps United Methodist Church in Mount Williams.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Betsy’s memory to https://www.abwe.org

To place an obituary, contact Susan Styer: 703-770-9723 sstyer@loudounnow.com

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Loudoun Volunteer Caregivers Fulfill Dream of Flight LOUDOUN NOW STAFF REPORT

An area man who had been receiving treatment for serious medical issues had a longtime dream fulfilled, thanks to the Loudoun Volunteer Caregivers.

The man always had a passion for planes and flying, but, as an intellectually disabled individual with limited income, he never had the opportunity. The nonprofit provides services including transportation, money management, food delivery and other services that have helped

him to remain living relatively independently. Last month, they teamed with Tom Toth of Toth Financial Group; retired General Hugh “Bugs” Forsythe, who is a LVC volunteer and former chairman of the LVC board; and a county job counselor to help to make his dream a reality.

“The whole event was a complete surprise for Jim, and he couldn’t have been happier,” LVC Executive Director Mandel Giblin said. “We’ve been helping Jim for many years, and when we learned of

his illness, we felt this would be a special way to cheer him up. It really was a great day that happened because of so many caring people in the community.”

Loudoun Volunteer Caregivers helps elderly, disabled and chronically ill adults who live in Loudoun County to remain living independently, aging in place, with dignity and with quality of life. All services are provided for free by a corps of volunteers. To become a volunteer, go to lvcaregivers.org or call 703-779-8617. n

The Arc of Loudoun will offer a Disability Resource Fair at Rust Library on Friday, April 29, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The free event is co-sponsored by The Loudoun County Disability Services Board and will showcase area services for people with disabilities and their families.

Participating organizations include Diversifi Consulting Group; ECNV; Crossroads Jobs; Tree of Life; Brain Injury Services; Advocacy Partners; A Farm Less Ordinary; A Place to Be; Formed Families Forward; Loudoun County Workforce Center; Northern Virginia Resource Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; Loudoun County Department of Aging and Rehabilitative Services; Loudoun County Parks and Recreation, Adaptive Recreation; Mid-Atlantic ADA Center; Loudoun County Parent Resource Services; Loudoun Volunteer Caregivers; the Town of Leesburg; Loudoun County Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Developmental Services; View of Heaven Farm; and Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center.

For more information, go to thearcofloudoun.org or call 703-7771939 x208.

Since 1967, The Arc of Loudoun has worked to provide a lifetime of opportunities for people with disabilities while advocating for, educating, serving, and supporting those individuals and their families. It offers six integrated programs – Ability Fitness Center, A Life Like Yours (ALLY) Advocacy Center, Aurora Behavior Clinic, Aurora School, Open Door Learning Center Preschool, and Project Horse. n

Supporting the Corps C2 Operations last week presented a $10,000 donation to the Loudoun Marine Corps League in support of its annual Toys for Tots gift campaign and the 247th Birthday Ball planned Nov. 12.

The exterior building improvement company was founded by Marine Corps veteran Chris Cicotello. He presented the check to Toys for Tots coordinator Frank Holtz.

The ball was last held in 2019 before the pandemic. In the past, the event was held at the National Conference Center, but that venue will not be available this fall because of its use as a center for Afghans seeking asylum in the U.S. The organization is looking for a new venue for this year’s event.

Learn more at loudounmarines.org. n

Norman K. Styer/Loudoun Now

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Registration Open for Greenway 5K/10K Race The Dulles Greenway will host its second annual Run The Greenway race on Saturday, May 7. The family-friendly race will start and finish at the Dulles Greenway’s Mainline Toll Plaza, and runners can choose from a 5K, 10K, 800-meter Kids Fun Run and a virtual race option.

The race serves as a fundraising vehicle for 22 participating area charities.

More than 1,200 runners from around the region participated in last year’s inaugural race, which raised more than $156,000 to support 27 area nonprofits.

This year, the Greenway will donate $5,000, $2,000, and $1,000 to the top three participating charities with the most registered runners. The toll road will also donate $5,000 each to the top large and small fundraising organizations, and $5,000 to a select charity on behalf of the

top fundraising individual.

Online registration may be completed at runsignup.com/Race/VA/Dulles/RunTheGreenway. Medals will be awarded for first, second, and third place winners in the 5K and 10K races, and all 5K, 10K, and 800-meter Kids Fun Run participants will receive Run The Greenway finisher medals. n

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Paula Bliss Driving Through Loudoun

BY TED MONOSON America’s Routes

“That’s a complicated question,” Paula Bliss said when asked, “Where are you from?”

Bliss, who owns and operates Harlequin Farm in Hillsboro, was born in California while her father was stationed at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Her father retired and her parents divorced when she was 11 years old. After that, she shuttled between her parents, who lived at times in California, Florida, Texas, and Virginia, and has been on the move ever since.

The constant in Bliss’ peripatetic life has been her love of horses. The proudly stubborn Bliss said, “I did not do dressage because that is what my father liked to do.” She added, “And, I liked to jump horses.”

Bliss’ love of horses led her to an equestrian sport known as combined driving and eventually brought her to Harlequin Farm outside of Hillsboro. Bliss cannot remember when she bought the farm, but she does remember why she did.

“The main reason I liked the property was because it is on a gravel road,” Bliss said.

Legard Farm Road, the gravel road that attracted Bliss to the area, runs parallel to Rt. 9, between Rt. 611 and Rt. 690.

“These roads were literally built for all of us to use,” Bliss said.

When she says “all of us,” Bliss is referring to her fellow equestrians, cyclists, pedestrians, cars and trucks. She is very clear that the purpose of Legard Farm Road, also known as Rt. 697, and other gravel roads in Loudoun County, is not to move people back and forth to work.

“They are not highways,” Bliss said, “They are community roads.” Bliss adds, as she gestures to the fields and barns around her on a blustery late March day, “Without them we don’t have this. There is more to life than going back and forth to work and watching TV. We need beauty.”

Bliss said that during the past five years there has been an increase in the number of cars and trucks using Legard Farm Road. More people using GPS, along with an influx of people during the COVID pandemic, has resulted in more vehicles using the road as a shortcut.

Many of the people who use the road as a shortcut drive significantly faster than the speed limit.

“Do you have a cooler with a heart in it?” Bliss jokingly asked. “Are you on the transplant team?”

The increase in the number of vehicles,

Photo by Douglas Graham

Paula Bliss and Lisette Graham drive along Purcellville Road near the Town of Hillsboro.

along with the fact that many of the drivers of those vehicles are not cognizant of other users of the roads, has had a significant impact on how Bliss trains her horses and runs her business training drivers and their horses.

“The public has this impression that we don’t need to be off of our farms,” Bliss said. Although she does use a pasture that is part of the farm to condition her horses, she also needs to use the roads.

To understand why the gravel roads are so important for Bliss and her horses, it is helpful to know more about the sport of combined driving.

In the sport, a single horse, a pair or a team of four pulls a carriage with a driver and navigator. The sport has three phases: dressage, cross-country marathon and obstacle cone driving. The horses need to train, just like a marathon runner needs to train for a race. Using the pastures to train the horses is not effective nor is it good for the wellbeing of the horses.

Simply going around in circles in a pasture is monotonous not only for the horse, but also for the drivers. “We want to be able to go distances,” Bliss said.

“That is one of the joys of driving a horse: to see the scenery.”

Bliss said her introduction to combined driving “was a very serendipitous thing.” While helping out a friend she went to a combined driving event in Lexington, KY.

“I saw someone, who is now a friend, go through an obstacle and I knew I had to do that,” Bliss said. “Not that I wanted to. I had to.”

Bliss loves the sport and is happy to educate people who have never heard of combined driving. “Carriage driving, even in the equestrian community, is a niche thing,” Bliss said. The sport requires a tremendous amount of trust between the horse or horses and driver. The three phases of the event are intended to test the driver’s ability and the horse or horses’ obedience, speed and athleticism.

The dressage portion of combined driving tests the drivers’ and horses’ ability to perform a series of predetermined movements. During the marathon portion, the horses are driven through obstacles, such as water and steep hills, to test the horses’ fitness and stamina and the driver’s skill. A key part of the marathon is to assess the driver’s ability to keep a pace, so the driver goes through the obstacles as quickly as possible, but between obstacles, speeds up or slows down the horses to complete the full course in a targeted time. During the cone phase of the event, the driver navigates the horses through up to 20 sets of cones with balls balanced on top of each cone. The cones are only slightly wider than the width of the carriage and the riders are penalized if they knock the balls off the cones.

Although it is very technical, Bliss

made clear that the reason she does it is for the rush she gets. “All horse people are adrenaline junkies,” Bliss said.

While Bliss loves the excitement of competing, she also has a deep appreciation for the land and the animals. That connection to both is obvious when she stops herself in the midst of an intricate story because she sees a herd of whitetailed deer in the pasture.

“I think it is important for people not to get too far from what it means to be an agricultural community,” Bliss said.

“There is a rhythm to caring for animals.

You have to focus on something outside of yourself.”

She adds about her passion for caring for animals, “Those of us who love it cannot imagine not having that responsibility.”

She clearly considers herself to be as much of a farmer as an equestrian. She relishes telling a story about a sign that her mother had in her office when she worked in Thailand on agricultural development for the State Department. The sign, which was intended as a reminder for fellow State Department staff, said, “Remember you are talking to the farmer and her husband.”

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Driving through Loudoun continued from page 22 band, the farm was her passion and not his. She recounts how occasionally when she would tell him what to do, he would reply, “I don’t work for you.”

According to Bliss, the farmhouse on the property was built in 1786. “I believe a Wilts boy married a Legard girl and this was their wedding present,” Bliss said.

She added that the property was a working dairy until the 1980s when it was converted into a horse farm.

As much as she loves the farm, Bliss said that because of the increase in traffic on Legard Farm Road, she thinks about selling it and moving herself, her horses and her business elsewhere.

“It depends on the day,” Bliss said when asked if she thinks she’ll leave.

“It has to do with my enjoyment and my sense of personal safety.”

She added with a smile, “I can move very quickly. I am very good at packing.”

Her suggestion that she may sell the farm and load her horses into her 42-foot trailer and move some place like Aiken, SC, is undercut when she talks about Loudoun County.

“I like the diversity of this community,” Bliss said. “There are people from different backgrounds and races. I love being able to have a conversation on any issue. If you have lived in the area for a long time, you forget how special that is.”

Her love for what the community offers is evident when she talks about stopping by Finn Thai in Purcellville with friends and the staff there knowing her standing order of green curry with tofu and knowing she likes it very spicy.

Spending time with Bliss is a stark reminder of what will be lost if the gravel roads disappear.

“Horses are not a pastime for the wealthy,” Bliss said. “The majority of people are hard-working folks.”

Although she was talking about others, when she referred to the “hard-working folks,” the description also applies to Bliss.

Like the gravel roads of Loudoun County, Bliss has a rough edge to her. If you tame her down and pave those gravel roads, an essential part of Loudoun County will be lost. n This story was originally published by America’s Routes, an organization dedicated to capturing the images and stories of Loudoun County’s historic gravel roads, with the ultimate goal of preserving them. See more of the group’s work at AmericasRoutes.com

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AROUND towns

Bike Park Moves Toward Construction

BY NORMAN K. STYER nstyer@loudounnow.com

With a series of unanimous Town Council votes last week, funding appears to be in place to build a bike park in Purcellville.

First proposed in December by Michelle Caudill as a memorial to her 15-year-old son, Adam’s Bike Park will be constructed next to the town’s Maple Avenue water tower along the W&OD Trail and just across the street from Loudoun Valley High School.

Town Manager David Mekerski said the first phase of the park could be open

by June 1—a goal Caudill set to celebrate Adam’s birthday.

During its April 12 meeting, the council approved motions that will allow the town staff to begin site work on the property and order the park equipment, which will be paid for by community donations raised by the Caudill family and $50,000 grant expected from the Saris Foundation.

The council formally added the park to its Capital Improvement Program and

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A rendering of plans for the Adam Caudill Bike Park along Maple Avenue in Purcellville.

authorized the staff to execute contracts for the project. It also voted to shuffle its previous allocation of funding received through the federal American Recovery Plan Act to cover just over $60,000 of the $132,000 project needed for site work and the design and construction of a path linking to the W&OD Trial.

The actions put to rest two questions that had surfaced around the project—

would project advocates be required to reimburse the town’s cost and whether additional fundraising would be required to close a funding gap. Neither will be required.

Caudill said she’ll continue to raise money to add amenities to the park even after the initial phase is up and running.

“This is Adam’s legacy,” she said of her commitment. n

Compromise Reached on Rt. 7 Naming in Purcellville

BY NORMAN K. STYER nstyer@loudounnow.com

The Rt. 7 Bypass will be called Leesburg Pike when it passes through the Purcellville town limits, but it also will be designated as the Billy Pierce Memorial Highway.

That is the latest plan to resolve a dispute that emerged from the Loudoun Board of Supervisors’ efforts to erase the name of Harry F. Byrd from the highway as part of its effort to remove names associated with racism, the slave trade, and the Confederacy from public places.

When the Town Council was asked to rename Harry Byrd Highway earlier this year it lined up behind a suggestion to honor a town resident who went on to a successful career as an entertainer and choreographer in New York City in the 1920s and ’30s. While the councils in Leesburg, Hamilton and Round Hill supported the Board of Supervisors’ plan to let the highway revert to its traditional name—Leesburg Pike—Purcellville sought to create a name with

local significance.

While initially approved by the Commonwealth Transportation Board, county leaders raised concerns that having a different name on a short stretch of the highway would cause confusion, particularly for emergency responders. During a meeting last month where Loudoun Fire-Rescue Chief Keith Johnson urged town leaders to support keeping a single name for the highway.

Last week, Johnson returned to Town Hall with Office of Mapping and Geographic Information Director Kristin Brown proposing an alternate plan. The name Billy Pierce Memorial Highway could be entered into the county’s dispatching and mapping systems as an alternate name for the portion of Leesburg Pike within the town boundaries. Both names would be compatible with emergency response systems and the databases used by Google Maps, Waze and other directional mapping services. A similar process is used on Rt. 28, which is called Sully Road, but which the General Assembly also designated as Darrell Green

Boulevard in honor of the NFL Hall of Fame cornerback.

The change would only require the town to amend its request to the CTB, supporting the Leesburg Pike naming and requesting the Billy Pierce Memorial Highway designation. The council voted unanimously to support that action.

VDOT is expected to complete production of new Leesburg Pike highway signs by year’s end, with installation— and the formal name change—happening next spring.

While that concern appears resolved, the council’s naming process attracted new criticism during last week’s meeting with two residents saying the public should have had a more active role in selecting the name—citing it as a missed opportunity to connect with the community and to identify other residents who deserve special recognition because of their contributions to the community Mayor Kwasi Fraser suggested that other streets in town—those named only with single letters or with only numbers— could be renamed in the future. n

LOVETTSVILLE Annexation Plans Advanced

by County Board The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday put in motion the plan to expand Lovettsville’s southern boundary to include two additional properties.

The Town Council in January unanimously endorsed the boundary line adjustment after the owners of 1.7-acre West End Motors property and the 27-acre One Family Brewing Co. tract requested annexation. The annexation would allow the businesses to hook up to town utilities and operate under town zoning.

As part of its consent agenda April 19, the county board unanimously directed the staff to draft the agreements required to expand the town boundary and to set the issue for public hearing.

The changes will require public hearings and approval by both the Town Council and the Board of Supervisors before being sent to the Circuit Court for approval by a judge.

MIDDLEBURG Council Sets 2022 Priorities Following a retreat work session earlier this month, the Middleburg Town Council on Thursday adopted its top priorities for the year.

The council will focus on seven primary goals in the months ahead.

The projects are centered on protecting the community’s character—both inside town limits and the surrounding countryside. The goals are to adopt updates to the town’s zoning and subdivision ordinances, to host a Rural Preservation Summit later this year, to partner with the county government to ensure compliance with the Loudoun County and Middleburg comprehensive plans related to the protective greenbelt around the town, to explore strategies and options to promote attainable housing, to adopt an updated investment policy for the town, to establish and launch a nonprofit charitable foundation, and to strengthen the town’s partnership with the Middleburg Business and Professional Association through a formal agreement.

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Members of three chapters of the Sons of the American Revolution returned to the New Jerusalem Lutheran Church cemetery near Lovettsville on April 10 to place five patriot grave markers.

Sponsored by the Sgt. Maj. John Champe and Fairfax Resolves Chapters of the Virginia Society SAR, and the Sgt. Lawrence Everhart Chapter Maryland Society SAR, the ceremony honored Revolutionary War veterans who are buried in the cemetery next to the church: Frederick Belse/Beltz, about 1741-1831; John Compher Sr., 1740-1814; Michael Cooper Sr., 17421815; John Fawley, 1719-1803, and

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Town Manager Danny Davis and the staff will develop detailed action plans and schedules for each initiative.

PURCELLVILLE More Budget Cuts Coming?

There were no speakers at last week’s Purcellville Town Council public hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2023 budget, but debate over the spending plan will continue.

So far, the $21 million budget proposed

by Town Manager David A. Mekarski has been reduced by about $125,000 with a 1-cent reduction to the real estate tax rate planned.

In comments during the April 12 meeting both Vice Mayor Chris Bertaut and Councilman Stanley J. Milan Jr. said they would be pushing for more spending reductions, with proposed staff salary increases and increased investments in technology system upgrade—areas Mekarski has made a high priority—cited as targets.

“This is not the time to let loose the floodgates on spending,” Bertaut said.

“We need to look at the budget and cut back the fat,” Milan said.

The council has held several budget work sessions since Mekarski presented the budget in March. The council is expected to adopt the final version next week.

Johann Michael Boger, 1762-1822.

Each owned land and paid supply and/ or property taxes in Loudoun County in 1782 or 1783.

Patriot Grave markers are placed at, or near the graves of men, or women, who served in a military capacity, civil capacity (sheriff, tax collector or legislator for example) or provided material support to the revolution. Material support could be payment of taxes raised for the revolution, donation of goods or services, or donation of money.

A similar ceremony was held on the grounds in July, marking the graves of five other Revolutionary War veterans.

Another ceremony is being planned for the fall. n

Council Cuts Polling Platform One item that won’t be included in Purcellville’s FY 2023 town budget is a $5,000 allocation to renew the town’s online community engagement platform.

When first contracted by the council several years ago, the Polco system was hailed as an innovative way to gauge public opinion by conducting polls on issue facing town leaders.

However, the service was little used.

Last year, the town conducted one poll, soliciting 175 responses. Councilman Joel Grewe noted not only the resulting high per-vote cost of the system, but also that the Town Council did not follow the survey results in its final action on that topic.

The council last week voted unanimously to not renew the vendor contract.

Council Debates Merits of Electronic Message Sign A $50,000 proposal to replace the community message board sign at the intersection of Main Street and Maple Avenue failed to win approval from the Town Council last week.

Council members raised questions about both the price of the sign and the best location for it. Several said the sign should cost a fraction of that price and suggested that it would be put to better use at an entrance to town since many motorists avoid the Main Street congestion.

Unable to reach an agreement on the scope of the proposal, the council tabled the issue. n

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THINGS to do

Hitting Walls and Bouncing Back Cal Veatch’s Millennial Pop

BY JAN MERCKER jmercker@loudounnow.com

For Loudoun singer/songwriter Cal Veatch, coming of age during the weirdest of times is painful–but also artistically inspiring.

For the past two years, the 26-year-old Veatch has been cranking out original material and developing his moody, pop-infused sound. He recently recorded a version of acclaimed songwriter Amy Allen’s environmental cri de coeur “One,” which he released this week as a fundraiser for World Central Kitchen. For Veatch, the song is an expression of the uncertainty and helplessness of the pandemic era– but also a reminder that people can take small steps to help.

“When I heard the original, it immediately resonated with me,” Veatch said.

“Feeling helpless on an individual level and saying I wish there was something I could do when I’m seeing what’s going on out there.”

When Allen, a celebrated songwriter who has penned hits for Harry Styles, Shawn Mendes and other stars, released her single “One” in 2021, Veatch fell in love with the song’s mix of anger and empowerment. He knew he could make it his own, infusing Allen’s moving lyrics with his “baroque pop” style.

Veatch timed his release with Earth Day on April 22 this year. All proceeds

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Singer/songwriter Cal Veatch is finding inspirations in the trying times facing his generation.

from downloads of the cover go to World Central Kitchen, the nonprofit launched by celebrity chef José Andrés after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti to provide meals in communities impacted by climate and humanitarian crises. World Central Kitchen is on the ground in Ukraine and Eastern Europe.

“I thought maybe we can start using

Purcellville Music & Arts Festival: 21 Performances on 4 Stages Organizers of the April 30 Purcellville Music & Arts Festival have announced the performance line up featuring 21 singers, bands and performance groups. Headliners include Chris Timbers, Hard Swimmin’ Fish, Juliana MacDowell, and 2022 Battle of the Band winners King St. The free event will be held from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 30 at the Bush Tabernacle, 250 South Nursery Avenue. It will feature live music,

an art exhibit, children’s activities, local vendors, as well as food, beer, and wine.

More than 60 works of art from more than 30 area artists will be on display. The Art Hall also will include art demonstrations, community art projects, live music, and information about local art organizations. The Purcellville Arts Council is creating a scavenger hunt and those who complete in it will have a chance to win a prize.

our art to benefit what’s going on in the world,” Veatch said. “I think what [World Central Kitchen is] doing is beautiful– providing meals for people who are constantly under attack—fuel the body, fuel the soul.”

Veatch has been writing and producing songs for the past five years, and experiencing young adulthood in unprecedented times is a running theme in his work. As a child of the late ’90s, Veatch sits at the cusp of the Millennial and Gen Z generations (he considers himself a young millennial). There’s a sense of fear, anger and frustration running through his work but also expressions of hope and an intense desire for growth.

“Our earliest memories were 9/11, and you can figure out the rest from there,” he said with a laugh.

The pandemic has been especially challenging for teens and young adults as they struggle to make connections in a time of isolation. But the past two years have also been particularly fruitful for Veatch as an artist. He released his dark EP “Midnight In Quarantine” early in the pandemic and followed up with his angsty five-song EP “Love Me Like I’m Dying” last year.

“Somebody my age shouldn’t have this many flaws/Shouldn’t be this far behind, shouldn’t hit this many walls,” Ve-

LOCO LIVE Live Music: Dan Cronin

Friday, April 22, 4 p.m.

Dirt Farm Brewing, 18701 Foggy Bottom Road, Bluemont Details: dirtfarmbrewing.com Cronin is back on the mountain with ragtime and country blues on guitar and harmonica.

Live Music: Lost Locals

Friday, April 22, 5:30 p.m.

Lost Barrel Brewing, 36138 John Mosby Highway, Middleburg Details: lostbarrel.com From rock to funk to pop, they cover it all: from The Beatles to Blondie, from Billy Idol to the Black Crowes and beyond.

Live Music: Cris Jacobs 4048 Preview

Friday, April 22, 6 p.m.

B Chord Brewing, 34266 Williams Gap Road, Round Hill Details: bchordbrewing.com Jacobs and opening acts Dirty Grass Players and Fletcher’s Grove are gearing up for the 4848 Festival in West Virginia with a spring preview at B Chord. Tickets are $20 in advance.

Live Music: Luke Johnson Duo

Friday, April 22, 6 p.m.

Flying Ace Distillery and Brewery, 40950 Flying Ace Lane, Lovettsville Details: flyingacefarm.com This high-energy duo thrives on improvisation and conscious lyrical hooks, blending elements of jazz, roots, rock and funk with original grooves.

Live Music: Bell Bottom Blues

Friday, April 22, 7 p.m.

Tally Ho Theater, 19 W. Market St., Leesburg Details: tallyhotheater.com Bell Bottom Blues captures the essence of the Eric Clapton sound, from his guitar arrangements to his distinctive vocal sound.

Tickets are $15 for general admission, $35 for VIP seats.

Live Music: Rowdy Ace Band VEATCH continues on page 28 In addition to the music and arts, those who come to the festival will enjoy games, face painting, glitter tattoos, sidewalk chalk art, and t-shirt decorating. Handcrafted jewelry, candles, wooden items, skincare items, and more will be available for purchase, and several local organizations will have displays and information. Attendees will also be able to purchase food and drink on the festival grounds. The Western Loudoun Farmers Market will remain open until 5 p.m.

Get more details about the Purcellville Music and Arts Festival at PurcellvilleMusicAndArtsFestival.com and on Facebook at PVilleMusicArts. n

Friday, April 22, 8 p.m.

Monk’s BBQ, 251 N. 21st St., Purcellville Details: monksq.com Kick back with a fun mix of country and rock tunes from Rowdy Ace.

Live Music: Chris Ellinghaus

Saturday, April 23, 1 p.m.

Creek’s Edge Winery, 41255 Annas Lane, Lovettsville Details: creeksedgewinery.com Just South of 7’s Chris Ellinghaus serves up acoustic favorites from the 60s through today for a fun winery afternoon.

Lost Rhino Reggae Block Party

Saturday, April 23, 1:30-7:30 p.m.

Lost Rhino Brewing Company 21730 Red Rum Drive, Ashburn Details: lostrhino.com Enjoy reggae tunes from Last Resort and Greg Ward plus food specials and local vendors including Loudoun-based Cannabreeze Hemp.

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Live Music: Miguel Aubertin

Saturday, April 23, 2 p.m.

Flying Ace Distillery and Brewery, 40950 Flying Ace Lane, Lovettsville Details: flyingacefarm.com Relax in a beautiful setting with Aubertin’s repertoire of joyful songs with a reggae flair.

Live Music: Scythian

Saturday, April 23 and Sunday, April 24, 6 p.m.

B Chord Brewing, 34266 Williams Gap Road, Round Hill Details: bchordbrewing.com The beloved D.C.-based folk-rock band Scythian returns to B Chord for two shows. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door.

Live Music: Half Past 3

Saturday, April 23, 7-10 p.m.

Crooked Run Brewing, 22455 Davis Drive, Sterling Details: crookedrunbrewing.com Original Americana and classic rock from Leesburg.

DIRTY GRASS PLAYERS, CRIS JOCOBS, FLETCHER’S GROVE Friday, April 22, 6-10 p.m.

B Chord Brewing Company bchordbrewing.com Live Music: Jason Masi

Saturday, April 23, 8 p.m.

Monk’s BBQ, 251 N. 21st St., Purcellville Details: monksq.com Celebrate Saturday with the chillaxed music vibes of the Chris Timbers Band.

Sunday, April 24, 2 p.m.

Breaux Vineyards, 36888 Breaux Vineyards Lane, Hillsboro Details: breauxvineyards.com Enjoy a mellow afternoon of acoustic soul and R&B from local favorite Jason Masi.

Live Music: Van Halen Nation

Live Music: Brahman Noodles

Live Music: Chris Timbers Band

Saturday, April 23, 8 p.m.

Tally Ho Theater, 19 W. Market St., Leesburg Details: tallyhotheater.com This tribute to Van Halen’s David Lee Roth era is your ticket back to the 80s. Tickets are $15.

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Sunday, April 24, 2 p.m.

8 Chains North Winery, 38593 Daymont Lane, Waterford Details: 8chainsnorth.com Enjoy an afternoon of jug funk and “jamcoustic”

VAN HALEN NATION Saturday, April 23, 7 p.m. (doors) Tally Ho Theater tallyhotheater.com

sounds from the Brahman Noodles with new songs along with old favorites from Jerry Garcia, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and more.

Live Music: Zach Jones Sunday, April 24, 2 p.m.

Flying Ace Distillery and Brewery, 40950 Flying Ace Lane, Lovettsville Details: flyingacefarm.com Catch the former vocalist for Never Born to Follow and Rose Hollow as a solo singer/songwriter.

JASON MASI Sunday, April 24, 2 p.m.

Breaux Vineyards breauxvineyards.com

LOCO CULTURE ‘You Can’t Take It with You’

Friday, April 22 and Saturday, April 23, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 24, 2 p.m.

Franklin Park Arts Center The Goose Creek Players present the Pulitzer Prizewinning comedy about an unorthodox 1930s family.

When their daughter falls in love with the son of a Wall Street banker, hilarity ensues as the families cross paths. Tickets are $ 15 for adults, $12 for seniors and children under 15. .

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Veatch continued from page 26 atch wrote in the single “Army” from the 2021 EP. Relationships, both positive and negative, are an ongoing source of material for Veatch, and he captures the disaffected but hopeful vibe of his generation.

“One of my favorite pieces of advice when it comes to songwriting is, go out and observe and write what you know.

Writer’s block is more of a myth than we think it is,” he said.

For Veatch, turning 26 was a milestone, a passage into adulthood and a time for reflection that inspired his latest release, “Blame It On The Timing (26).”

That single has Veatch reflecting on a painful relationship in his early 20s and the idea that being an adult is a mindset– not just a number.

“I think with age, people expect maturity, but that’s something you have to work on,” he said.

Loneliness and breaking down barriers during a time of social isolation are themes in his single “I Don’t Want To Die Alone,” which features a music video shot at Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve near Leesburg. Veatch said the song was inspired by seeing older adults in his life who hadn’t found a partner or were ending long-term relationships.

“There’s always that fear creeping into your mind: is that going to be me?” he said. But the song underscores the idea that it’s OK to crave connection.

“People make your life happier whether you want to admit it or not,” Veatch said.

Veatch grew up in Ashburn, graduated from Briar Woods High School and

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Leesburg Flower and Garden Festival

Saturday, April 23, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday, April 24, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Downtown Leesburg Details: leesburgva.gov Leesburg’s flagship spring event is in its 32nd year. The festival features more than 125 vendors including landscapers, garden suppliers, plant sellers and more. Attendees can also enjoy music, entertainment, children’s activities, food vendors and a rooftop beer garden. Admission is free.

Earth Day Extravaganza

Saturday, April 23, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Franklin Park, 17501 Franklin Park Drive, Purcellville Details: facebook.com/franklinparkloudoun Loudoun’s Earth Day event features environmentally focused nonprofits and activities including T-shirt tote bags, wildflower seed bombs, a scavenger hunt, local bird identification, DIY bird feeders, fishing tutorials and other fun activities.

attended Northern Virginia Community College. For the past year and a half, he’s been a well-known barista at King Street Coffee in downtown Leesburg and is thriving in the downtown Leesburg community. Several colleagues and customers are also musicians, and the job offers a chance to make connections while working on his craft. Veatch says many high school classmates wanted to leave suburban Loudoun right away. But he felt a pull to stay and feels that Leesburg, with its burgeoning arts scene, is the place for him.

“I love the diversity,” he said. “I’m always finding something new about this place to explore.”

These days Veatch is spending most of his spare time in the studio developing his sound, which he describes as “a hybrid between synth-driven pop and mainstream pop with an edgy, rocky side.” As a kid of the 2000s, Veatch is a diehard fan of ’80s pop, from Rick Springfield to Whitney Houston.

“I love the ones that people consider cheesy,” he said.

Veatch has plans for a new EP this summer, with a return to his lighter pre-pandemic sound, and hopes to start hitting Loudoun’s live music venues soon.

“Right now, I’m very much in a creative phase, and I’m trying to milk it,” he said. “Performing live is great but I find that it can be distracting from what’s at hand. … I want to take some time to think about what I really bring to the table.”

To check out Cal Veatch’s latest work and download his new cover of Amy Allen’s “One” to benefit World Central Kitchen, go to fanlink.to/calveatch. Fans can also catch the new video for “I Don’t Want To Die Alone” on Veatch’s YouTube channel. n LBPAC Presents ‘The Little Mermaid’

Saturday, April 23, 4:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 25, 2:30 p.m.

Loudoun Valley High School, 340 N. Maple Ave., Purcellville Details: lbpac.org Inspired by Hans Christian Anderson’s 1837 fairy tale, “The Little Mermaid” follows the journey of a young mermaid who is willing to give up her life in the sea to become human. The Loudoun Ballet Performing Arts Company’s adaptation features theatrical set design, stunning costumes and imaginative choreography. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for children under 12.

Loudoun Hunt Point-to-Point

Sunday, April 24, 10 a.m., gates open, 11:30 a.m., races begin Morven Park Equestrian Center, 41580 Sunday Morning Lane, Leesburg Details: loudounraces.com The Loudoun Hunt Point to Point celebrates its second year of steeplechase in its new location with top riders from around the region. General admission is $40 per car.

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Legal Notices LOUDOUN COUNTY WILL BE ACCEPTING SEALED COMPETITIVE BIDS/PROPOSALS/APPLICATIONS FOR: POTOMACK LAKES SPORTSPLEX – SYNTHETIC TURF FIELDS, IFB No. 506782 until prior to 4:00 p.m., local “Atomic Time”, May 19, 2022.

PREQUALIFICATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ALDIE AND LOVETTSVILLE FIRE AND RESCUE STATIONS, RFQ No. 492782 until prior to 4:00 p.m., local “Atomic Time”, May 16, 2022.

ROUTE 7 WALL MAINTENANCE AT WINCHESTER DRIVE, RFP No. 495782 until prior to 4:00 p.m., local “Atomic Time”, May 17, 2022.

SOILS, TOP DRESSING SAND, TOPSOIL, AND INFIELD MIX, IFB 484782, until prior to 4:00 p.m., local “Atomic Time”, May 3, 2022.

Solicitation forms may be obtained 24 hours a day by visiting our web site at www.loudoun.gov/procurement. If you do not have access to the Internet, call (703) 777-0403, M - F, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

WHEN CALLING, PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED ANY REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR ANY TYPE OF DISABILITY IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCUREMENT. 4/21/22

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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, May 11, 2022 in order to consider: PROPOSED CONVEYANCE OF COUNTY PROPERTY Grant of Easements to Loudoun Water and The Claude Moore Charitable Foundation Pursuant to Virginia Code §15.2-1800 et seq., the Board of Supervisors shall consider granting (i) a 10-foot wide waterline and 15-foot wide sanitary sewer easement to Loudoun Water for purposes of installing, operating, maintaining, repairing and replacing waterlines, sewer line and related facilities, and (ii) a variable width maintenance easement to The Claude Moore Charitable Foundation for purposes of maintaining a stormwater management pond, including mowing, weeding, algae control, litter and debris removal and maintenance of vegetation. The subject property is identified as PIN 120-170779, including all or portions of PIN(s) 121-38-8763, 121-38-5442, 121-38-4350, and 121-38-4264, which will be adjusted into the County property. The subject property is located on the southeast corner at the intersection of Mooreview Parkway (Route 2298) and Old Ryan Road (Route 893) in the Broad Run Election District.

Copies of the plat, showing the location of the above-listed conveyances and associated documents, are available for review and may be examined at the Loudoun County Government Center, Information Desk, 1st Floor, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 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”).

AMENDMENTS TO SECTIONS 209 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF LOUDOUN COUNTY Revision of Polling Place (Affects the Middleburg Precinct in the Blue Ridge District)

• Revise existing Pre-submission Requirements, Policies, and Procedures to clarify the requirements and materials to be submitted for the Traffic Study Scoping Meeting and FSM Traffic Study Scoping Agreement.

• Revise existing Post-Submission Requirements, Policies, and Procedures to clarify the requirements for the FSM Traffic Study Checklist Acceptance Form and the County’s review of traffic studies.

• Revise existing Content of Traffic Studies standards (to be renamed Standards for Traffic Studies) to clarify requirements for Project Description; Traffic Study Area and Traffic Count Locations; Data Collection (to be performed by the County); Trip Generation, Internal Capture, and Pass-By Trips; Traffic/Trip Distribution; Traffic Volume Projections (for sites generating less than 500 or 500 or more peak hour trips); Level of Service (LOS) Analysis; Minimum Roadway/Intersection LOS Standards; Safety Locations; Trip Reduction Factors; Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Transit Facilities; and Access Management and Circulation.

The public purposes of these amendments are to achieve the purposes listed in Sections 15.2-2200 and 15.2-2240 of the Code of Virginia and to assure the orderly subdivision of land and its development.

AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 207 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF LOUDOUN COUNTY Election Districts In accordance with Virginia Code §§ 24.2-304.1 and 24.2-306, the Board of Supervisors of Loudoun County, Virginia, gives notice of its intention to adopt a Redistricting Plan for Loudoun County by amending sections 207.03 through 207.11 of the Codified Ordinances of Loudoun County to establish new boundaries for the County’s Election Districts. As required by Virginia Code § 24.2-304.1, the proposed new Election District boundaries were developed using the population figures from the 2020 Decennial Census as adjusted by the Division of Legislative Services. The proposed names and boundaries for each district are consistent with the proposed 2022 Election Districts Map:

Pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 15.2-1427, 24.2-306 and 24.2-307, et seq., the Board of Supervisors gives notice of its intention to propose for passage amendments to Section 209, Table: Voting Precincts and Polling Places, of the Codified Ordinances of Loudoun County.

In the Blue Ridge District: 1. The polling place for the Middleburg precinct will be moved from the Middleburg Town Office located at 10 W Marshall Street, Middleburg, VA 20117 to Middleburg American Legion Post 295 located at 111 The Plains Road, Middleburg, VA 20117.

A complete copy of the full text of the above-referenced proposed amendments to Chapter 209 of the Codified Ordinances of Loudoun County and maps showing precinct boundaries and polling places are on file and available at the Loudoun County Government Center, Information Desk, 1st Floor, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 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”). In addition, this information is available for inspection at Loudoun County’s Office of Elections website at www.loudoun. gov/vote.

DOAM-2021-0003 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE FACILITIES STANDARDS MANUAL (Development Ordinance Amendment)

Pursuant to Virginia Code §§15.2-2204 and 15.2-2253 and a Resolution of Intent to Amend adopted by the Board of Supervisors (“Board”) on December 7, 2021, notice is hereby given of proposed amendments to the Loudoun County Facilities Standards Manual (FSM) in order to establish new, and revise, clarify, and/or delete existing, regulations in order to: 1) revise existing standards to provide for traffic data collection by the County for traffic studies submitted with legislative land development applications and public school land development applications subject to Section 5-666 of the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance; and 2) revise existing traffic study standards to be consistent with the December 2018 Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) “Administrative Guidelines for the Traffic Impact Analysis Regulations.” These amendments will propose revisions to Chapter 4 of the FSM, and such other Chapters, Sections, Subsections, and provisions of the FSM as necessary to fully implement and maintain consistency with the foregoing amendments, or as otherwise necessary to correct typographical errors, section and subsection numbering, and formatting within, update internal cross-references to, and further clarify the requirements of, the above-mentioned Chapters, Sections, Subsections, and provisions of the FSM. The proposed text amendments include, without limitation, the following: Amendments to FSM Section 4.200, Transportation Planning: • Revise existing General standards for Traffic Studies to clarify which land development applications require traffic studies; clarify the requirements for the FSM Traffic Study Scoping Agreement and conducting traffic counts; and establish that the County shall collect and provide traffic data for the traffic study.

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Legal Notices The following existing district names are proposed to be retained as shown on the 2022 Election Districts Map: Algonkian, Ashburn, Broad Run, Catoctin, Dulles, Leesburg, and Sterling. Proposed names for the district identified on the map as TBD are Evergreen and Little River.

A copy of the full text of the proposed ordinance amendments, which includes the legal description for the proposed new boundary of each Election District, is on file and available for public inspection at the Loudoun County Government Center, Information Desk, 1st Floor, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 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”). In addition, an interactive version of the 2022 Election Districts Map is available at www.loudoun.gov/redistricting. Follow the link for “LT-Revised 1 Plan”.

ZOAM-2021-0003 AMEND THE REVISED 1993 LOUDOUN COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH NEW FEES FOR CERTAIN TRAFFIC DATA COLLECTION AND TRAFFIC WARRANT STUDIES, AND INCORPORATE THE EXISTING LAND DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION FEE SCHEDULE AS A NEW APPENDIX (Zoning Ordinance Amendment)

Pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 15.2-107, 15.2-2204, and 15.2-2286(6) and a Resolution of Intent to Amend adopted by the Board of Supervisors on December 7, 2021, the Board of Supervisors hereby gives notice of proposed amendments to the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance (“Zoning Ordinance”) in order to establish new fees that reflect cost recovery for a County managed traffic data collection and warrant study program for legislative land development applications and public school land development applications subject to Section 5-666 of the Zoning Ordinance throughout the County, and incorporate the existing land development application fee schedule (for land development application types that fall under the Zoning Ordinance) into the Zoning Ordinance as a new appendix.

The amendment proposes revisions to Section 6-402 (Fees), and such other Articles, Sections, Subsections, and provisions of the Zoning Ordinance as necessary to implement and maintain consistency with the foregoing amendments or as otherwise necessary to correct typographical errors, section and subsection numbering, and formatting within, update cross-references to, and further clarify the requirements of, the above-mentioned section(s) of the Zoning Ordinance. The proposed text amendments under consideration include, without limitation, the following: Amendments to Article 6 Development Process and Administration, Section 6-402 Fees: • Establish that fees to be paid upon the filing of each application specified in the Zoning Ordinance and for traffic data collection and warrant studies associated with legislative land development applications and public-school land development applications subject to Section 5-666 are set forth in new Appendix A to the Zoning Ordinance.

Amendments to Establish New Appendix A: • Establish new Appendix A, to be titled “Land Development Application Fees”.

• Incorporate existing fees for the filing of the applications specified in the Zoning Ordinance from the current land development application fee schedule into new Appendix A. • Establish new fees under new Appendix A for traffic data collection and preparation of traffic warrant studies associated with legislative land development applications and public-school land development applications subject to Section 5-666.

The public purposes of these amendments are to achieve the purposes of zoning as set forth in Virginia Code §§ 15.2-2200 and 15.2-2283, including, without limitation, furtherance of the public necessity, convenience, general welfare and good zoning practice, and facilitating the creation of a convenient, attractive and harmonious community.

REQUEST FOR WITHDRAWAL OF LAND BELONGING TO ELIZABETH MERCEDES SOMERSET FARM, LLC FROM THE BEAVERDAM VALLEY AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTAL DISTRICT Pursuant to Virginia Code §15.2-4314 and the Beaverdam Valley Agricultural and Forestal District Ordinance, Elizabeth Mercedes Somerset Farm, LLC, of Middleburg, Virginia, has submitted an application to withdraw a 32.69-acre parcel from the Beaverdam Valley Agricultural and Forestal District. The subject property is located on the southwest side of Foxcroft Road (Route 626) and southeast of Unison Road (Route 630), at 21133 Foxcroft Road, Middleburg, VA 20117, in the Blue Ridge Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 593-15-3226. The Beaverdam Valley Agricultural and Forestal District currently has a 4-year period that will expire on June 19, 2022 and is subject to a subdivision minimum lot size of 50 acres.

In accordance with Section 15.2-4307 of the Code of Virginia, the application may be examined by request at the Loudoun County Government Center, Information Desk, 1st Floor, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or by calling 703-7770246 (option 5) to request hard copies or electronic copies or electronically at: https://www.loudoun.gov/ adac (2-7-2022 ADAC Meeting under Agendas and Bylaws). 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”).

CMPT-2021-0010, ZMOD-2021-0041 & SPMI-2021-0005 INTERCONNECTION SUBSTATION (Commission Permit, Zoning Modification & Minor Special Exception)

Virginia Electric and Power Company of Glen Allen, Virginia, has submitted an application for Commission approval to permit development of an Electric Utility Substation (Distribution) in the PD-IP (Planned Development – Industrial Park) zoning district. This application is subject to the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance and requires a Commission Permit in accordance with Section 6-1101. The modification of Additional Regulations applicable to the proposed Utility Substation 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 §5-616(D), Additional Regulations for Specific Uses, Utility Substations.

PROPOSED MODIFICATION Eliminate the required Type C Buffer along the southern perimeter and reduce the minimum percentage of plant units assigned to evergreen trees from 40% to 20% for the Type C Buffer along the western perimeter.

The applicant also requests the following Zoning Ordinance modification: ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION §5-1408(B)(2)(d), Buffering and Screening, General Landscape Provisions, Plant Unit Requirements.

PROPOSED MODIFICATION Increase the maximum percentage of plant units assigned to shrubs from 30% to 70% for the Type 3 Road Buffer along the east perimeter and for the 2 Road Buffer along the north perimeter.

The subject property is located within the Route 28 Taxing District, the AI (Airport Impact) Overlay District, between the Ldn 60-65 and outside of but within one mile of the Ldn 60 aircraft noise contours, partially within the FOD (Floodplain Overlay District) and has areas with Steep Slopes (moderately steep slopes). The subject property is approximately 10.18 acres in size and is located on the west and north sides of Loudoun County Parkway (Route 607), east side of Beaumeade Circle (Route 3037) at 21529 Beaumeade Circle, Ashburn, Virginia, in the Broad Run Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 042-15-2579. The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Employment Place Type)) which designate this area for Office, Production, Flex Space, and Warehousing uses at a recommended Floor Area Ratio (FAR) up to a 1.0.

ZRTD-2021-0009 45449 EAST SEVERN WAY

(Zoning Conversion in the Route 28 Taxing District) DIV DAVIN DULLES One LLC of West Palm Beach, Florida, has submitted an application to rezone approximately 9.35 acres from the PD-IP (Planned Development-Industrial Park) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance, as of May 5, 2009, to the PD-IP zoning district under the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance, as amended, in order to permit the development of all principal and accessory uses permitted in the PD-IP zoning district under the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance at a maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 0.45 (up to 0.60

by Special Exception). The subject property is located within the Route 28 Taxing District, partially within the FOD (Floodplain Overlay District), partially within the AI (Airport Impact) Overlay District outside of but within one (1) mile of the Ldn 60 aircraft noise contours and contains steep slopes. The subject property is approximately 9.35 acres in size and is located east of Sully Road (Route 28), west of Atlantic Boulevard (Route 1902) and on the south side of East Severn Way (Route 847) at 45449 E Severn Way, Sterling, Virginia in the Sterling Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 030-15-5049. 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 compact, pedestrian-oriented environments with opportunities for a mix of Residential, Commercial, Entertainment, Cultural, and Recreational uses. At a recommended FAR of 1.0.

SIDP-2021-0004 WHITMAN COMMERCIAL VA TIRE & AUTO SIGN PLAN (Sign Development Plan)

Branch Rail LLC of Fairfax, Virginia, has submitted an application for a Sign Development Plan to request alternative sign regulations for permitted signs in order to 1) modify Sign Category (4)(h) Auto Service Station with respect to: a) maximum aggregate sign area, b) maximum number of signs, and c) maximum area of any one sign; and 2) to modify Section 5-1204(D)(7)(m) De Minimis Signs with respect to the maximum area of any one sign. The subject property is being developed pursuant to ZMAP-2016-0023, ZCPA-2016-0017, SPEX-2017-0039, and ZMOD-2019-0035, Whitman Property South. The subject property is located in the PD-CC(CC) (Planned Development – Commercial Center (Community Center)) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance. This application is subject to the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance, and pursuant to Section

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Legal Notices 5-1202(E) alternative sign regulations for permitted signs may be requested with the submission of a Sign Development Plan. The subject property is approximately 1.53 acres in size and is located east of Gum Spring Road (Route 659), south of Braddock Road (Route 620), in Chantilly, Virginia, in the Dulles Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 207-39-0065. The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Transition Policy Area – Lower Foley (Transition Community Center Place Type)), which designate this area for Retail, Service Commercial, Entertainment Commercial, and Civic uses at a recommended Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of up to 0.3.

SPEX-2021-0054 FIVEASH MDOD HOME (Special Exception)

Michael and Jodi Fiveash of Leesburg, Virginia, have submitted an application for a Special Exception to permit the construction of a single-family detached dwelling unit, agricultural barn, well, and drain field in the Highly Sensitive Area of the MDOD (Mountainside Development Overlay District). This application is subject to the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance. Because the proposed use would require land disturbing activity in the Highly Sensitive Area of the MDOD, it is listed as a Special Exception under Section 4-1603(A). The subject property is located partially within Highly Sensitive and Sensitive Areas of the MDOD, partially within the FOD (Floodplain Overlay District) minor floodplain and has areas with Steep Slopes (very steep and moderately steep slopes). The subject property is approximately 21.67 acres in size and is located east of Charlestown Pike (Route 9), west of Sagle Road (Route 687), and on the north side of Shady Lane at 12903 Shady Lane, Purcellville, Virginia in the Catoctin Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 544-47-8875. The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Rural Policy Area (Rural North Place Type)) which designate this area for Agricultural, Agricultural Supportive, and limited Residential uses at a recommended density of up to one dwelling unit per 20 acres or one dwelling unit per five acres equivalent for optional Residential clustering in large-lot subdivisions.

SPEX-2021-0005 LOUDOUN WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY (Special Exception)

The Loudoun County Sanitation Authority of Ashburn, Virginia, has submitted an application for a Special Exception to permit encroachment into the FOD (Floodplain Overlay District) for the development of two (2) 10-million-gallon wastewater equalization tanks. This application is subject to the 1972 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance, and the proposed use is listed as a Special Exception use under Section 740.7.4. The subject property is located in the Planned Development – Industrial Park (PD-IP) zoning district. The subject property is located in the Route 28 Tax District and located partially within the AI (Airport Impact) Overlay District, outside of but within one (1) mile of the Ldn 60 aircraft noise contour, and partially within the FOD, major floodplain. The property is approximately 339.95 acres in size and is located on the east side of Loudoun County Parkway (Route 607), north of Gloucester Parkway (Route 2150) and west of Russell Branch Parkway (Route 1036) at 44771 Loudoun Water Way, Ashburn, Virginia, in the Broad Run Election District. The property is more particularly described as PIN: 041-37- 4022. The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Suburban Policy Area), in the Suburban Industrial/Mineral Extraction Place Type which designate this area for the development of large Manufacturing, Contractor with outdoor storage, and other productive uses up to a 0.6 Floor Area Ratio (FAR).

ZMAP-2020-0014, SPEX-2020-0028, ZMOD-2020-0034 & ZMOD-2021-0009 THE VILLAS AT CASCADES (Zoning Map Amendment, Special Exception & Zoning Modifications)

Tradition Companies LLC, of Arlington, Virginia, has submitted applications for the following: to rezone approximately 6.93 acres from the PD-H4 (Planned Development – Housing 4), administered as PD-CC-CC (Planned Development – Commercial Center (Community Center)) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance, to the R-24 ADU (Multifamily Residential – 24 Affordable Dwelling Unit Development Regulations) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance in order to develop 173 stacked multifamily residential units, at a density of approximately 24.96 dwelling units per acre; and a Special Exception to reduce the front yard setback from 25 feet to 10 feet. These applications are subject to the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance and the proposed modification of the front yard setback in the R-24 zoning district is listed as a Special Exception under Section 7-1003(C)(4). The applicant also requests the following Zoning Ordinance modification(s): ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION

PROPOSED MODIFICATION

§3-702(A), R-24 Multifamily Residential, Size and Location.

Permit the development to have direct access to Cascades Parkway by private roads.

§3-707(B), R-24 Multifamily Residential, Building Requirements, Building Height.

Permit multifamily buildings to be constructed to a maximum height of 50 feet without providing an additional setback from streets or lot lines beyond the required minimum yard dimensions.

The subject property is partially located within the FOD (Floodplain Overlay District), minor floodplain. The subject property is approximately 6.93 acres in size and is located north of Leesburg Pike

(Route 7), east of Cascades Parkway (Route 1794) and south of Palisade Parkway (Route 1795) in the Algonkian Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as: PIN

PROPERTY ADDRESS

019-27-8810

46303 McClellan Way, Sterling Virginia

019-18-2198

N/A

019-18-1583

46321 McClellan Way, Sterling, Virginia

The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Suburban Policy Area) in the Suburban Mixed Use Place Type which designate this area for a mix of Residential, Commercial, Entertainment, Cultural and Recreational uses at recommended Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 1.0.

CPAM-2021-0002 US ROUTE 15 NORTH – WIDENING AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS (Comprehensive Plan Amendment)

Pursuant to Virginia Code §§15.2-2225 and 15.2-2229 and a resolution adopted by the Board of Supervisors on March 16, 2021, the Board of Supervisors hereby gives notice of a Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPAM) to amend the Loudoun County 2019 Countywide Transportation Plan (2019 CTP) (adopted June 20, 2019, as amended) in order to establish new, and clarify, revise, and/or delete existing policies, guidelines, and maps in regard to US Route 15 (James Monroe Highway) from Montresor Road (VA Route 661) north to the Maryland State Line, in the Rural Policy Area. The amendment proposes revisions to the Countywide Transportation Roadway Plan Map and Appendix 1 – Planning Guidelines for Major Roadways Countywide of the 2019 CTP, and such other Chapters, policies, and provisions of the 2019 CTP as necessary to implement and maintain consistency with the foregoing amendments or as otherwise necessary to correct typographical errors, section and subsection numbering, and formatting within, update cross-references to, and further clarify the policies of, the above-mentioned section(s) of the 2019 CTP. The proposed CPAM would apply Countywide. The proposed text amendments under consideration include, without limitation, the following: 2019 Countywide Transportation Plan Amendments Amendments to Appendix 1 – Planning Guidelines for Major Roadways Countywide: Ø Revise the existing road type descriptions, typical cross-sections, and planning guidelines for the existing/ultimate condition for a segment of US Route 15 (James Monroe Highway) from Montresor Road (VA Route 661) north to the Maryland State Line.

Amendments to the Revised 2030 Countywide Transportation Plan Map: Ø Revise as necessary to implement and be in accordance with foregoing amendments.

Unless otherwise noted in the above notices, copies of the above-referenced amendments, applications, ordinances, and/or plans and related documents may be examined by request at the Loudoun County Government Center, Information Desk, 1st Floor, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or call 703-7770246 (option 5) to request hard copies or electronic copies, 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”). In addition, for detailed instructions on how to access documents using LOLA, to request that documents be emailed to you, to receive physical copies of documents, or to arrange a time to view the file at the Loudoun County Government Center, please email DPZ@loudoun.gov or call 703-777-0246 (option 5).

Board of Supervisors public hearings are available for live viewing on television on Comcast Government Channel 23 and Verizon FiOS Channel 40, and livestreamed at loudoun.gov/meetings. All members of the public who desire to speak will be heard as to their views pertinent to these matters.

Public input may be provided by electronic means at Board public hearings. Members of the public who wish to provide public input, whether electronically or in person, will be accommodated without advanced sign-up during the hearing, however, members of the public are strongly encouraged to signup in advance. For this public hearing, advanced sign-up will be taken after 8:30 a.m. on April 29, 2022, and no later than 12:00 p.m. on May 11, 2022. 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 during the public hearing. Citizens may also submit written comments by email sent to bos@loudoun.gov. Any written comments received prior to the public hearing will be distributed to Board members and made part of the minutes for 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, CHAIR LOUDOUN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 4/21& 4/28/22

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Legal Notices PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The LOUDOUN COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS will hold a public hearing in the BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ROOM, County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, on Thursday, April 28, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following:

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC The Middleburg Town Council will hold a public hearing on Thursday, May 12, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. in the Town Hall Council Chambers located at 10 W. Marshall Street, Middleburg, VA, and remotely online via Zoom (https://us06web.zoom.us/j/95876721615 or by calling 1-301-715-8592, Webinar ID: 958 7672 1615), to consider the following: AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE SCHEDULE OF WATER AND SEWER CHARGES If approved, the ordinance would increase the water and sewer user fees as identified below effective July 1, 2022. This would result in an increase of 3% or $7.70 in the average bi-monthly combined water and sewer bill for in-Town customers (with bi-monthly use of 7,000 gallons). (By authority of Virginia Code Sections 15.2-2111, 15.2-2119 and 15.2-2143.) The public is encouraged to submit comments electronically at www.middleburgva.gov/budget.

WATER USER FEES Bi-Monthly Rates For: In-Town Minimum of 2,000 gallons Over 2,000 gallons Out-of-Town Minimum of 2,000 gallons Over 2,000 gallons

Current

Proposed

% Change

$36.36 $18.18/1,000 gals.

$37.44 $18.72/1,000 gals.

+3% +3%

$49.12 $27.19/1,000 gals.

$50.59 $28.00/1,000 gals.

+3% +3%

SEWER USER FEES Bi-Monthly Rates For: In-Town Minimum of 2,000 gallons Over 2,000 gallons

Current

Proposed

% Change

$37.44 $18.72/1,000 gals.

$38.56 $19.28/1,000 gals.

+3% +3%

Out-of-Town Minimum of 2,000 gallons Over 2,000 gallons

$50.61 $30.17/1,000 gals.

$52.12 $31.07/1,000 gals.

+3% +3%

USE OF WATER BY CONTRACTORS AND OTHER PARTIES (Town Code Section 113-23) Contractor Rates: Current Proposed Change Minimum of 2,000 gallons $60.62 No minimum -Over 2,000 gallons $23.69/1,000 gals.

Superseded -NEW – Each 1,000 gallons -$37.44/1,000 gallons -(2x in-town water rate) AVAILABILITY FEES & CONNECTION FEES No change in availability fees is proposed. No change in water & sewer connection fees is proposed.

A copy of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the Middleburg Town Hall, located at 10 W. Marshall Street, Middleburg, VA during normal business hours, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, holidays excepted. All interested citizens are invited to attend this public hearing to express their views.

MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL TOWN OF MIDDLEBURG, VIRGINIA

4/21 & 4/28/22

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE MIDDLEBURG TOWN COUNCIL The Middleburg Town Council will hold a public hearing beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 28, 2022 to hear public comments on the following: Comprehensive Plan Amendment 22-01 An amendment to Chapter IV (Population & Housing) of the Town of Middleburg Comprehensive Plan 2019 pertaining to Short-Term Rentals.

The hearing will take place at the Town Office, 10 W. Marshall Street, Middleburg, Virginia. The proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment may be reviewed online at www.middleburgva.gov/313/ Public-Hearings or in the Town Office from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, holidays excepted. Questions may be directed to Deputy Town Manager Will Moore at (540) 687-5152 or by email at wmoore@middleburgva.gov The Town of Middleburg strives to make its hearings accessible to all. Please advise of accommodations the Town can make to help you participate in the hearing.

4/14 & 4/21/22

APPL-2021-0003 Group Homes in AR-1 (Gleedsville Road) Aaron Kozikowski, Hilary Kozikowski, Lawrence Thomas, Mary Catherine Thomas, Thomas Wright, Cheryl Wright, Michael Wright, William Feitshan, Beverly Feitshan, Craig Palmer, and Addie Palmer of Leesburg, Virginia, have submitted an application for an appeal of the November 29, 2021, Zoning Administrator determination, ZCOR-2021-0233, which found that the proposed use of the subject parcels as a Congregate Housing Facility, is a use not permitted in the AR-1 zoning district; however the use would be permitted as a Dwelling, Single-Family Detached on each of the subject properties, if the use meets the definition of “Family” under the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance and the criteria of Section 15.2-2291(A) of the Code of Virginia. The subject properties are zoned AR-1 (Agricultural Rural-1) under the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance and are more particularly described below: PIN

ADDRESS

315-39-2788

20191 Gleedsville Road, Leesburg, Virginia

ACREAGE 4.9

315-39-4049

20179 Gleedsville Road, Leesburg, Virginia

8.01

315-30-2419

20173 Gleedsville Road, Leesburg, Virginia

2.26

Parcels 315-39-2788 and 315-39-4049 are partially located within the FOD (Floodplain Overlay District). The subject properties are located on the west side of Gleedsville Road (Route 650), approximately 0.30 mile north of the intersection of Gleedsville Road and Woodside Place (Route 1001) and Browns Creek Place (Route 1007) in the Catoctin Election District.

VARI-2022-0001 Sarkar - Addition Suman and Ara Sarkar of Ashburn, Virginia, have submitted an application for a variance to permit a deviation from the following provision of the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance in order to permit the construction of an addition to an existing single-family detached dwelling on the subject property located approximately 18.8 feet from the rear property line: Section 7-803(C)(1)(c) – Lot and Building Requirements, Yards, Rear (Affordable Dwelling Unit Development Regulations), which requires a twenty-five (25) foot rear yard. The subject property is zoned PD-H4 administered as R-8 (Single Family Residential) under the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance, and is also located within the AI (Airport Impact) Overlay District outside of but within (1) mile of the LDN 60 aircraft noise contours. The subject property is approximately 0.16 acre in size and is located on the north side of Southview Manor Drive, approximately 0.26 mile north of the intersection of Southview Manor Drive (Route 3243) and Creighton Road (Route 774), and approximately 0.02 mile west of the intersection of Southview Manor Drive and Ashley Heights Circle (Route 3244), at 42904 Southview Manor Drive, in the Blue Ridge Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 160-30-2124.

Full and complete copies of the above-referenced application(s) and related documents may be examined in the Loudoun County Department of Planning and Zoning, County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., 3rd Floor, Leesburg, Virginia, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or call (703) 777-0246.

All members of the public will be heard as to their views pertinent to these matters. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, members of the public are encouraged to view and/or participate in the public hearing electronically. Citizens are encouraged to call in advance to sign up to speak at the public hearing.

Instructions for remote participation will be forwarded to all individuals who sign-up in advance. If you wish to sign up in advance of the hearing, please call the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-777-0246 prior to 12:00 PM on the day of the public hearing. Speakers may also sign up at the hearing. Written comments are welcomed at any time and may be sent to the Loudoun County Board of Zoning Appeals, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., 3rd Floor, MSC #62, Leesburg, Virginia 20175, or by e-mail to stephanie.capps@loudoun.gov. If any member of the public requires a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability in order to participate in a public meeting, please contact the Office of the County Administrator at 703-777-0200/TTY-711. At least one business day of advance notice is requested; some accommodations may require more than one day of notice.

Nan M. Joseph Forbes, Chairman 4/14 & 4/21/22

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LOUDOUN COUNTY THOMAS EDWARD REID, et al.

Plaintiffs, V. SHERREL S. HARMON, et al.

Defendants.

CASE NO. CL2200155200 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to effect partition amongst the owners by sale of a 1.1216-acre parcel of land located in Loudoun County, Virginia at 20965 Greengarden Road, Bluemont, Virginia 20165, with a PIN of 655-388138, of which Victoria S. Davis died in 1958 seised and possessed.

An affidavit having been made and filed stating that: 1. Defendant SHERREL S. HARMON is a nonresident individual.

2. The Complaint states that there are or may be persons, whose names are unknown. interested in the subject to be divided or disposed of, such unknown parties being the heirs, devisees and successors in title to the following who are deceased: CINDERELLA PRINCE ALBERT (a/k/a LUCINDA) SUMMERS BASIL, LAYTON SUMMERS, JUSTICE (a/k/a JESTER) SUMMERS, ADA SUMMERS, ETHEL SUMMERS, MARY SUMMERS O'NEIL, FLORENCE SUMMERS COBB, LOUISE SUMMERS,WALTER SUMMERS, JAMES SUMMERS, PHILIP SUMMERS, ELLIOT SUMMERS, MARIAH SUMMERS, WARREN SUMMERS, JR., DELPHIA SUMMERS, FRANKLYN SUMMERS, DAISY SUMMERS, HOWARD SUMMERS, CLARENCE SUMMERS and BESSIE SUMMERS, who are made parties defendant by the general description of PARTIES UNKNOWN. 3. That diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of Defendant NOKINS SUMMERS, if living, or if dead, then the surviving consort, heirs, devisees, and successors in title to NOKINS SUMMERS, who are made parties defendant by the general description of PARTIES UNKNOWN. 4. That diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of Defendants EDWARD BASIL, JR., JEANETTE BASIL McNAIR and LEAH BASIL JOHNSON who are believed to be alive and living in Virginia. It is hereby ORDERED that the said nonresident defendant SHERREL S. HARMON, NOKINS SUMMERS, if living, and the said persons made defendants by the general description of PARTIES UNKNOWN do appear and protect their interests on or before the 10th day of June, 2022, and do what is necessary to protect their interests.

4/14, 4/21, 4/28 & 5/7

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VA. CODE § 8.01-316 Case No.:

JJ046000-01-00; JJ046001-01-00; JJ046002-01-00

Loudoun Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Angelie Iraheta Archilla, Mia Isabella Iraheta and Kai Iraheta Loudoun County Department of Family Services /v.

Unknown Father(s) The object of this suit is to hold an adjudicatory hearing regarding child protective orders pursuant to Virginia Code § 16.1-253 for Angelie Iraheta Archilla, Mia Isabella Iraheta and Kai Iraheta, and; hold a dispositional hearing regarding child protective orders pursuant to Virginia Code § 16.1-278.2 for Angelie Iraheta Archilla, Mia Isabella Iraheta and Kai Iraheta.

It is ORDERED that the defendants Unknown Father(s) appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before April 28, 2022, at 1:30 p.m. (Adjudicatory) and May 25, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. (Dispositional)

TOWN OF LOVETTSVILLE TOWN COUNCIL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING LVRZ 2021-0002 APPLICATION TO REZONE PROPERTY Pursuant to Sections 15.2-2204 and 15.2-2286 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, the LOVETTSVILLE TOWN COUNCIL will hold a public hearing on the following item at its meeting at 6:30 pm on April 28, 2022, at the Lovettsville Town Council Chambers located at 6 East Pennsylvania Avenue: LVRZ 2021-0002 Fields Office Park, 53 South Loudoun Street The LOVETTSVILLE TOWN COUNCIL will consider a zoning map amendment application filed

by Alice Fields to rezone property located at 53 South Loudoun Street from R-1 Residential District to C-1 Community Commercial District. The application also proposes to reduce the landscape buffer width required pursuant to Lovettsville Zoning Ordinance Section 42-364, Buffering and Screening, from 17 feet to 9 feet; and reduce the parking required by Lovettsville Zoning Ordinance Section 42286, Minimum Off-Street Parking, from 10 spaces to 7 spaces.

The property is more particularly described as Parcel Identification Number 370-20-0508. The property is 12,196.8 square feet in size and is occupied by a residence with a gross floor area of 2,316 square feet. The application proposes to use the existing residential building to establish the applicant’s medical office and offer additional office space for rent. The application also proposes to construct a 728-square foot building on the property to provide additional meeting space and a vehicle garage. The Lovettsville Comprehensive Plan designates this property for Office Commercial use.

The application is available for review online at www.lovettsvilleva.gov/government/planning-commission or at the Town Office between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm during weekdays or by special appointment, holidays excepted. In the event the meeting is postponed, the public hearing will be convened at the next regularly-scheduled meeting at the same time and place.

If you have any other questions or concerns, please contact John Merrithew, Zoning Administrator for the Town of Lovettsville at (540) 755-3004 or by email at jmerrithew@lovettsvilleva.gov.

4/14 & 4/21/22

4/7, 4/14, 4/21 & 4/28/22

ORDER OF PUBLICATION COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA Virginia Code § 8.01-316 Case No.:

JJ044669-04-00

Loudoun Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Lucas Eduardo Ixcotoyac Castro Loudoun County Department of Family Services /v.

Catarina Castro Chiroy, mother, Lucas Ixcotoyac Itzep, putative father, and Unknown Father The object of this suit is to hold an Annual Foster Care Review hearing and Review of Foster Care Plan pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 16.1-282.2 and 16.1-281 for Lucas Eduardo Ixcotoyac Castro.

It is ORDERED that the defendants Catarina Castro Chiroy, mother, Lucas Ixcotoyac Itzep, putative father, and Unknown Father appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before May 10, 2022 at 2:00 p.m.

4/7, 4/14, 4/21 & 4/28/22

TOWN OF LOVETTSVILLE TOWN COUNCIL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING LVCU 2022-0001 APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT Pursuant to Sections 15.2-2201, 15.2-2204 and 15.2-2286 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, the LOVETTSVILLE TOWN COUNCIL will hold a public hearing at its meeting at 6:30 pm on April 28, 2022, at the Lovettsville Town Hall Council Chambers located at 6 East Pennsylvania Avenue, Lovettsville, VA 20180.

At its meeting, the Town Council will consider an application for a Conditional Use Permit filed by AT&T Mobility of Hanover, Maryland, to amend an existing conditional use permit (LVCU 20170001), and install an emergency power generator and automatic transfer switch at the Town water tank located at 14-A Quarter Branch Road. The subject parcels front on Potterfield Drive, Lange Drive, and Quarter Branch Road, and are further identified as Loudoun County Parcel Identification (PIN) Numbers: 333-45-9227 and 333-45-9794.

No changes are proposed to the existing antennae or equipment onsite.

Written comments regarding this item can be submitted to clerk@lovettsvilleva.gov by 3:00PM on the day of the meeting. Members of the public may access and participate in public comment electronically or at the Town Hall.

The application is available on the Town website and is available for review at the Town Hall between the hours of 8:30am and 4:30pm weekdays or by special appointment, holidays excepted. Call 540822-5788 for more information or visit www.lovettsvilleva.gov. In the event the meeting is cancelled, the public hearing will be convened at the next regular scheduled meeting at the same time and place.

If you have any other questions or concerns, please contact John Merrithew, Zoning Administrator for the Town of Lovettsville at (540) 755-3004 or by email at jmerrithew@lovettsvilleva.gov.

4/14, 4/21/22

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BROADLANDS SPRING COMMUNITY YARD SALE Come shop at the Broadlands Community Wide Yard Sale on Saturday, April 30th, 8:00am-2:00pm, Rain or Shine at private residences throughout the neighborhood.

NOTICE OF CORRECTION The purpose of this Notice is to correct information contained in a combined Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact and Notice of Intent to Request a Release of Funds (FONSI/RROF) published by Loudoun County in this newspaper, on April 14, 2022.

The Notice concerned Waxpool Apartments, a proposed new construction project in Ashburn, VA. The full project description may be found in the April 14, 2022, FONSI/RROF notice publication.

In the initial Notice the time frame for public comments on the county advertisement was unclear.

Loudoun County will be accepting comments through April 29, 2022 and will send the RROF to HUD on May 2, 2022. This ensures a full 15 days for public comments. Loudoun County regrets any confusion this typographical error caused.

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Comments should specify which Notice they are addressing including this correction. Any individual, group, or agency may submit written comments to the Loudoun County Department of Housing and Community Development, P.O. Box 7000, Leesburg, VA 20177-7000, Attention: Housing Finance Project Manager. Written comments may also be emailed to housing@loudoun.gov. All comments received by April 29, 2022, will be considered by the County of Loudoun prior to authorizing submission of a request for release of funds.

4/21/22

TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISISON PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE ARTICLES 15 AND 18 – DEFINITIONS FOR MURAL 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 PLANNING COMMISSION will hold a public hearing on THURSDAY, May 5, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia, 20176 to consider Zoning Ordinance Amendment TLOA-2021-0010 revising the following Section of the Zoning Ordinance: 1. Sec. 15.3 Definitions, adding the term “Mural” 2. Sec. 18.1.110.1, revising the definition for “Mural”.

Copies and additional information regarding these proposed Zoning Ordinance amendments are available at the Department of Planning and Zoning located on the second floor of the Leesburg Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176 during normal business hours (MondayFriday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.), or by calling 703-737-7920 and asking for Michael Watkins, Zoning Administrator. This zoning ordinance amendment application is identified as case number TLOA2021-0010.

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 the Commission at (703) 7712434 three days in advance of the meeting. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711.

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Water is safe to drink and safe to use during flushing. However, flushing may result in temporary discoloration and sediment in the water. If discoloration or sediment is evident, the Town recommends residents avoid doing laundry until the discoloration subsides. Flushing may also introduce air into the water, which may temporarily cause erratic flow. If this occurs, open your cold water tap until a clear steady flow of water is observed.

Some residents and businesses may experience lower pressure during the flushing in their neighborhood.

The Town regrets any inconvenience the flushing operation may cause.

Please call the Utilities Department at 703-737-7075 for further information. For after-hour emergencies, call the Leesburg Police Department at 703-771-4500.

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Opinion The PLA Push

The Board of Supervisors this week took another step toward the unionization of the local government with a six-member majority seeking to employ project labor agreements for county projects.

As with the board’s push to embrace the unionization of the local government workforce, the merits of requiring pre-hiring collective bargaining agreements with labor unions for selected projects should rest entirely with their ability to increase the efficiency, affordability, and accountability of the public services.

And, as with public employee unions, the results

with public sector PLAs in other jurisdictions across the country are mixed. In an area with generally low levels of unionization in private companies, such an approach is unlikely to increase bidding competition or promote lower prices. At a time when labor shortages are delaying and driving up costs for most construction projects, it’s a poor strategy to limit one’s pool of contractors.

However, the push appears inspired at least in part by an effort to maximize the county’s share of the federal government’s $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. That legislation, signed into law by President Biden in November, may be as much geared to rebuilding unions as it is to

addressing the nation’s inadequate infrastructure by ranking government-funded projects using PLAs higher in the funding priority list.

In the briefing item prepared for the board’s review Tuesday night, the $39 million project to improve four Farmwell Road intersections planned for construction in fiscal year 2025 was held out as a possible test case for a local PLA. Under the board’s direction, the county staff is to report back with a more detailed analysis by year’s end. Just how such an approach would increase the efficiency, affordability, and accountability of the public services should be made apparent at that time, or not. n

LETTERS to the Editor A Clean Slate Editor: Gov. Youngkin has it absolutely right.

He has amended HB1138 to force the Loudoun County School Board to stand for reelection this November rather than November 2023.

Originally introduced by Del. David Reid, HB1138 was to establish a lottery drawing with the goal of staggering the terms of four of the nine school board members to ensure that all nine would no longer be elected to four-year terms at the same time. It was passed with bipartisan support, but the Loudoun County School Board has demonstrated it could do with a whole clean slate right now.

Last year, thousands of Loudoun County voters, regardless of party affiliation, flocked to opportunities to sign petitions recalling four of the current schools board members. This effort of so effective, former Chairwoman Brenda Sheridan and former Vice Chairwoman

Atoosa Reaser have recall suits already working their way through the Circuit Court. Similar completed petitions exist for current Vice Chairman Ian Serotkin and At Large member Denise Corbo.

Very negative national attention last year was focused on the arrogant dismissive performance of the school board as a whole as it applied punitive, draconian measures to prohibit Loudoun parents of any opportunity to voice their many legitimate concerns.

The governor’s amendment gives Loudoun an opportunity to get out from under the cloud of malfeasance, perhaps does away with the continuing court actions and gives Loudoun voters a real opportunity to have the kind of school board they want and deserve.

Every Loudoun legislator, including Del. Reid, should support the amended HB1138 and help Loudoun clear the air and move on.

— Ellie Lockwood, Ashburn

Pointing Fingers Editor: Last week, Leesburg resident Jim Buttolph wrote a letter expressing his concerns about the Democratic Party’s campaign “to distract from their party’s disastrous performance.” While I respectfully disagree with Mr. Buttolph on this matter, it is for another reason that I write in response to his letter.

For 50 days, Ukraine has been fighting for its very survival against the autocratic regime of President Vladimir Putin. Mr. Buttolph has suggested that Putin’s brutal invasion was in part to President Joe Biden’s “feckless leadership.”

The blame for this war—a war that has killed thousands of innocent civilians and displaced more than 10 million people—lies solely on the shoulders of Vladimir Putin and his cronies. To suggest otherwise obscures the Russian regime’s responsibility for the atrocious

human rights abuses and war crimes occurring in Ukraine.

While it’s every American’s right to question and criticize our own government, projecting a narrow American political perspective onto this tragic war degrades the suffering and bravery of the Ukrainian people.

I’m glad to see members of our community condemning the Putin regime’s unprovoked, unilateral invasion of Ukraine. I only ask that Mr. Buttolph and others who wish to engage with this tragedy begin by listening to local—which is to say, Ukrainian—voices, as well as experts in the history and geopolitics of Europe and Eurasia.

If they insist on pointing fingers, point them at the real perpetrators of this heinous war—they sit comfortably behind the Kremlin’s walls.

— Mike Smeltzer, Lovettsville LETTERS TO THE EDITOR continues on page 37

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Reducing the Cause of Global Warming at a Local Level

BY PAUL GILBERT

NOVA Parks Executive Director

April 22 is the 52nd anniversary of Earth Day. While the focus on the earth is the same, the issues from over 50 years ago and today are different. When the first Earth Day happened, it had been less than a year since the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland had caught fire because of all the chemicals. When rivers are on fire, you know you have a problem.

1970 saw the creation of the EPA, and in the decades since then, our water, air, and land have all become cleaner.

But today, rising temperatures and extreme weather from too much carbon in our atmosphere create a dire challenge.

Carbon is the burning river issue of today, and its solution is more challenging.

In Northern Virginia, NOVA Parks (Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority) has been working to address

LETTERS to the Editor continued from page 36

Make It a Park Editor: Christophe Company backs out of its Hidden Lane Landfill/Askegrens obscene build out because they would not have made any money on the project. The EPA stands to gain a large portion of any sale, hence a cash cow.

County supervisors finally got some-

this issue on a regional scale. One of the most powerful weapons we have to fight the cause of global climate change is forests and trees. When you look at

thing correct when it comes to a build out on a toxic dumpsite.

There are cases where this has been done by the EPA and it has not worked well for residents.

The EPA is going to dig a hole the equivalent of 125 dump trucks to remove the TCE. That is 1,750 cubic yards one way. They have to fill the hole with 1,750 cubic yards of clean dirt which is another 125 full dump trucks. Let us talk about noise pollution, egress and ingress, residential safety, unusable well water that is contaminated meaning there is residue TCE already in the underground fissures.

a tree, the stuff it is made of is largely carbon absorbed from the air. Trees are actually growing a little faster today because of the higher levels of carbon in the atmosphere. At NOVA Parks, over 80% of our 12,200 acres are in forests.

That amount of forest absorbs close to 10,000 metric tons of carbon from the air every year. That is enough to offset the carbon footprint of over 3,000 people.

In addition to sequestering, or soaking up, carbon, NOVA Parks is working to reduce its energy consumption. Years ago, NOVA Parks was the first independent park agency to join over 600 other local governments in a pledge to reduce emissions. The effort was called Cool Cities and Cool Counties. The pledge was to reduce carbon emissions by 2% per year from 2010 to 2050. By 2021, NOVA Parks had met its goal and reduced its carbon footprint by over 1,200 metric tons per year, or over a 2% annu-

How much you ask? The question is not answerable by any group, agency, or supervisor.

To build 62 by-right homes on this site is criminal. Supervisor Briskman said, “I look forward to working with developers on areas that are more appropriate for additional housing in Algonkian.”

The county should buy this land and make it into a park with the smallest footprint allowable. Housing at the cost of people’s health is what greedy developers do. Our supervisors in this instance have shown responsible stewardship of our public lands, so far.

al reduction since 2010. It is one thing to pledge and another to still live up to it a decade later. The use of information technology and automation has reduced vehicle trips. New and upgraded buildings use less energy to heat and cool.

These common-sense measures, taken over time, can reduce anyone’s carbon footprint.

Parks are more than fun places. The natural areas they provide filter stormwater, absorb carbon and cool our region. NOVA Parks is working with experts on how best to manage lands for an optimal environmental benefit to address today’s issues.

Whether hiking, biking or paddling, recognize that the open space around you is actively working to improve our air, land, and water for generations to come. And as we reflect on Earth Day, let’s all pick a few things we can do over the next year to reduce our personal carbon footprint. n

In June 2019, the EPA announced it would resolve the issue by connecting 124 properties in the neighboring Broad Run Farms community to a public water system at no expense to the homeowners.

Shortly thereafter, the Board of Supervisors approved the extension of a public main waterline throughout the Broad Run Farms subdivision in response to groundwater contamination from the Hidden Lane Landfill. From what we now know the Board of Supervisors has backed out of providing water to the rest of Broad Run Farms.

— Jonathan Erickson, Sterling

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LAWS continued from page 1 And all of it is done at no cost to survivors by highly trained professionals who know how not to add to the trauma, whether offering them therapy, developing a safety plan or going through interviews for a criminal case.

“It’s understanding their rights. It’s understanding the impact of domestic violence and sexual assault in their lives. It’s having an advocate that can just be a safe place to be understood,” Clarke said.

“We can build that rapport with the survivor and provide them information on all their options, without the fear of like, ‘oh, you’re just doing this to help the criminal case or the criminal process,’” said LAWS Community Services Coordinator Diana Rodriguez. “Well, it could be helpful, but I’m not here for that. I’m here to support you.”

The collaboration between LAWS and partner agencies like law enforcement, prosecutors, courts and community corrections is embodied in DART, the Domestic Abuse Response Team.

“The idea of a DVCCR (domestic violence coordinated community response) is that not one agency alone can handle domestic violence effectively,” said DART Coordinator Josephine Gonzalez.

“You need a collaborative approach.”

The team meets regularly to assess

Markwood continued from page 3 cators she has worked with in over three decades with the division.

“He expects the highest performance, both musically and behaviorally, from his students. But he also makes the experience fun! I am most impressed with the heart that Mr. Markwood has for all types of students. He is a man of integrity, compassion and is committed to using music to help all students reach their potential,”

Grand jury continued from page 3 used the news of as a fundraiser in an email blast—touting a $1 million goal to be “used to directly help us as we fight to inform the public about potential candidates who will preserve parental freedom

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how best to handle domestic violence collaboratively and find ways to patch holes in that response. That has resulted in things like the Lethality Assessment Program, which today the team is working to expand to the Purcellville Police Department. Following a spike in domestic homicides, the team attended a conference on reducing that violence and learned of the program, which is meant to identify domestic violence victims who are at the highest risk from their abusers. After that was implemented, domestic violence homicides dropped off dramatically.

That support also means empowering the survivors, when abusive relationships are often about taking that power away.

“When we say survivor-led, we mean survivor-led,” Gonzalez said. While informing survivors of their options and safety, LAWS advocates help survivors reach the outcome they want—which may not always be just to see their abuser go to jail.

“It is important to understand that even from the 911 call to when law enforcement responds, the story might be changing, and this is not to say that the survivor is lying. This is not to say that they didn’t feel that fear.” Gonzalez said.

“It’s just that they’re starting to think, ‘oh my goodness, what am I going to do with my kids tomorrow?’ If their parent goes to jail ‘how am I going to go to work? What am I going to do?’”

And having all those services under

one roof can help prevent already-traumatized people from falling out of the safety net when they encounter a confusing piece of paperwork or an intimidating meeting.

“That’s why I think it’s so important to have people trained on each step and each level, wherever a survivor touches, because it’s such a precarious thing,” Gonzalez said.

And they also help them navigate things like the court system, a daunting prospect even without considering having to take hours off from work to sit in the courtroom.

The court system, in particular, is a strength for LAWS. It is one of few such organizations in the state to have in-house attorneys. Director of Legal Services Rebecca Hoey said anyone who gets services from LAWS can also get a consultation with the attorneys. That can help them learn about what rights and protections they have, and things as basic and important as just knowing how to file for custody of their children.

“They’re right here in the building.

They don’t have to go anywhere else,” Hoey said. “We are trauma-informed as well because we work at here at LAWS.” The paid professionals at LAWS also are joined by volunteers ranging from young people eager to help to longstanding volunteers with training and experience, said volunteer coordinator Tyler Peak.

“The nice thing about LAWS’s volunteer program is that we can bring a lot of people into the mold, because we know that this mission touches a lot of people,” Peak said.

The volunteers can do many jobs, ranging from administrative support to undergoing some of the same training as staff. And, he said, the organization is always looking for more volunteers.

“The reality is that we can never provide too much service on this mission. So having a really strong volunteer base only helps us deliver a better service,” he said.

And he added, “everyone brings something—whether if it’s your time your skills, your ability, it could just be your knowledge of your community.”

While law enforcement, prosecutors, hospitals and other organizations that domestic violence survivors may encounter may have many other responsibilities— such as investigating crimes, or treating injury, “our number one job here at LAWS is to serve victims,” Clarke said.

“Our only role is to center victims.”

“Lean into LAWS to understand the needs of survivors, because we’re here to help you and support you in serving survivors well in our community,” Clarke said.

“We’re an ally.”

The LAWS 24-hour, 365-day domestic violence and sexual assault hotline number is 703-777-6552. More information is online at lcsj.org. n

she stated.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from Houghton College, and a master’s degree in choral pedagogy and performance from the Westminster Choir College of Rider University.

Markwood and a contingent of supporters of performing arts, including his fellow Rock Ridge teacher Anthony Cimino Johnson, have pressed for enhanced funding for the arts within the school division. This year, the School Board approved fully funding stipends for drama directors in its fiscal year 2023 budget.

While his students are eager to celebrate his accomplishment, Markwood said more than ever he needs to focus on hard work. The program’s Spring performance, Rock Ridge Remix, is coming up on May 26.

“I always tell my students, ‘you’re only as good as your last performance.

With this recognition it’s important we put forth a great product,’” he said.

A goal of the choral program is to unite voices and to build community through songs. He said that’s a personal goal of his as well.

The day after his award was an-

nounced, his students surprised him with special T-shirts that with his name on them that said, “Be Legendary.”

Cedar Lane Elementary School Principal Robert Marple was a finalist for the Principal of the Year award. Prior to taking over the helm at Cedar Lane in 2013, Marple was principal of Hamilton Elementary, an assistant principal at Park View High School, Evergreen Mill Elementary School, and Lowes Island Elementary School. He also was a middle school dean at Farmwell Station Middle School. n

as well as those who won’t.”

Loudoun County Democratic Committee Chairwoman Lissa Savaglio said in an email that Youngkin’s attempt to move the School Board elections is an overreach of power.

“For a Governor to come in and try to basically overturn that election is either more proof of his inability to do his job or proof of a desire to be a king instead

of an elected official,” she wrote. “On the special grand jury, we will wait and see if this is yet another attempt, as it seems to be, of the Governor to abuse his power.”

A similar special grand jury process was used in 2013 after a citizen group brought allegations that then-Sterling District Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio had illegally used the resources of his county-funded constituent office for cam-

paign purposes. Following a four-month investigation, the panel issued a 19-page report recommending no charges, but suggesting changes to state law to extend prohibitions for the conduct to part-time government employees, including county supervisors. Stamos was the special prosecutor appointed to lead the investigation in that case. n

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Middleburg Mayor Bridge Littleton on April 19 unveils a proposal to grow the town’s borders and build 126 new homes.

Middleburg expansion continued from page 1 Windy Hill would build 20 age-restricted apartments similar to the existing Levis Hill House in town, plus another 40 subsidized, price-controlled units in either duplexes or quadruplexes. The rest of the property would be protected from development with open space easements.

North of town, east of Foxcroft Road and the Salamander Resort property, the owners of the 212-acre Homewood property, 15 acres of which are already in town, propose to bring another 22 acres into town and place the remaining 190 acres in conservation easement. In town, they would build 48 condos in buildings up to three stories high, eight townhouses, and 10 single-family “cottage-style” homes. Those, Littleton said, would be small enough to keep their prices down. The existing renovated barn on the property would continue to be used for commercial uses.

In both cases, Littleton said, the developers would pay to install infrastructure such as new water and sewer connections, and the town’s public works system has plenty of capacity to serve them.

He likened it to the last big expansion in town—the decision to bring the Salamander Resort property into the corporate limits.

“It was not an option of nothing or the resort. It was an option of 250 homes or the resort, one being in partnership with the town,” Littleton said. “The other one, you know, by-right development in that land in Loudoun County. So that’s the kind of dynamic we’re looking at.”

The new annexation proposals would also put many more units on the land than would be allowed by-right, but Littleton said it would protect more land and help the town establish the long-prom-

ised “greenbelt” preventing development around the town’s borders.

“That was in the county comprehensive plan 20 years ago, and it never really happened. So I think a lot of it is, if you want something done, you’ve got to do it yourself,” he said.

He pointed to land surrounding the town that is already or will soon be under a conservation easement. And he said if that land is brought into town, “that’s it.

There is no more land to ever annex into town again. We’re done. It’s in conservation easement or it’s developed.”

The town will now gather input from the public on those proposals. Offer feedback online at middleburgva.gov/input, by emailing townclerk@middleburgva.gov, or by calling 540-687-5152. The next several Middleburg Town Council meetings will also have time set aside for comments from the public.

The Homewood property has been on the national stage for unrelated reasons—it is also the site of Blackwater Ranch and owned by Erik Prince, who co-founded the Blackwater private security firm. The company gained notoriety after its employees killed 17 civilians in Baghdad.

The company’s successor also paid tens of millions in settlements for arms trafficking violations during Prince’s tenure, and the United Nations has said he violated a UN arms embargo by aiding a Libyan warlord attempting to overthrow a US- and UNbacked government. In 2021 as people fled the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan Prince was again in headlines after he announced he was offering seats on a chartered flight out of the country for $6,500 each.

When a meeting attendee raised the landowner’s history, Littleton said that is “utterly irrelevant, and it’s an offensive question.” n

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