Loudoun Now for Aug. 31, 2023

LCPS Provides Parents Access to Student Devices

BY ALEXIS GUSTIN agustin@loudounnow.com

Parents who want to know what websites their children are on when they use their school-issued laptops and Chromebooks can now get weekly emails about it. They can also cut off internet access for their student’s device once it leaves school.

The optional service, called Lightspeed, is free and allows parents to check on their students’ usage and browser history.

Parents may even temporarily suspend their students’ internet access when they aren’t connected to the division network. Internet access cannot be suspended on a device when a student is at school, according to a division email sent to parents Aug. 22.

Lightspeed is the district’s internet content filter and has been in place for several years, according to division Chief Technology Officer Aaron Smith. He said the Parent Portal is a feature that is included in the licensing agreement.

Division spokesperson Dan Adams said the division has had requests from parents asking for the BROWSING

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Residents, Louisiana Students Commemorate 60th Anniversary of March on Washington

BY ALEXIS GUSTIN agustin@loudounnow.com

About 120 students and chaperones from Louisiana made a stop in Loudoun County on Monday to visit The Historic Douglass High School Education and Development Campus. They were there to

commemorate and learn on the 60th anniversary of the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

The group, called the I Have A Dream Team, was made up of students and their

chaperones from 12 high schools from three parishes in Louisiana. Students earned the six-day trip with stops in Washington, DC, Loudoun County and Harper’s Ferry, WV, after writing an essay

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Leesburg Mayor Kelly Burk and Board of Supervisor Chair Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) pose for a group photo with 60 students and 60 chaperones from Louisiana who traveled to Washington D.C. to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington. The group stopped in Loudoun for lunch and to tour The Douglass High School.

What it Takes World Champ Tori Nelson Fought Her Way to the Top

BY RENSS GREENE rgreene@loudounnow.com

She’s an International Women’s Boxing Hall of Famer, a pioneer of women’s boxing, and 13 years after her professional debut Tori “Sho Nuff” Nelson is still one of the most dangerous women to ever step into the ring.

She’s also a single mother of two, who brought herself up from very little and worked multiple jobs to support her family throughout her career. She retired from professional boxing in 2020. Now a

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Katz Joins Race for County Chair

BY RENSS GREENE rgreene@loudounnow.com

The Loudoun County Republican Committee has nominated Leesburg resident Gary Katz as the new Republican candidate for county chair, after former candidate Stephen Karbelk abruptly dropped out of the race citing his motherin-law’s health.

The committee voted to nominate Katz at its meeting Monday night. Only two days earlier, Katz had no idea he’d be running for office, he said. Tuesday night, he was trying to explain to his eight-year-old daughter why he decided to take it on.

“In its simplest form, it’s that there are things that I’m seeing in my government that I don’t like, and I want to fix it,” he said in an interview Tuesday night.

“On a more adult level, I am dismayed at what I see as a lack of transparency and accountability in our government,” he added. “Like many people here, I’m following the stories that are going on the board, and what I see is misuse of government funds and a lack of accountability to that end. I’m not satisfied with the answers that I’m hearing, and I think the only check on that is really going to take

place at the ballot box. And when the opportunity to run presented itself suddenly, someone had to step up. Nothing changes if nothing changes, and that was unacceptable to me.”

He said, “it really is that simple.”

Katz, who works in technology sales, is a relative political newcomer. It’s his first run for office. He recently started getting more involved in local government, speaking to the School Board in Decem-

ber following the release of a special grand jury’s investigation into the school district’s handling of repeated sexual assaults by the same student. He also penned a letter to the editor about it shortly thereafter.

“When I spoke at the School Board … it’s actually the same underlying principle,” he said. “When I stopped believing the answers I was getting, when it became very, very clear that we were not having transparency and accountability, and frankly honesty and integrity out of our elected representatives.”

He said he hoped hearing from someone who doesn’t normally speak at those meetings, and speaks “respectfully but firmly” would have an impact.

“I spoke because I felt that it needed to be said, and I’m not someone that would normally show up at School Board meetings,” he said. “I felt the need to go up and show that there’s someone that is not someone that they normally see and hear, that I’m not happy about it.”

He’s still getting his campaign organized—filing paperwork, building a campaign team, fielding a barrage of emails and calls—for the headlong sprint into November. He said he’s still getting up to speed, but he said he is concerned about

the county government’s relationship with businesses.

“I do know that in broad terms, from the reporting that I’ve seen, that there is a lot of acrimony about how we’re treating the business community, and policies that are appeasing both residents and the business community,” he said. “We don’t want to think about it as opposed to business.”

And he said “I want to talk to everybody—Democrat, Republican, Independents, I’m doing this to serve the people.”

“That’s crucially important, and that goes back to why I’m running. You have to be able as a constituent to be heard, not just heard by the R or the D. You have to listen to everybody,” he said. “And that’s who I want to be, I want to be the collective representative.”

With his nomination, Katz enters a three-way race with two-term incumbent Chair Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) and independent candidate and farmer Sam Kroiz.

The Loudoun Republican Committee chose Katz over former NFL offensive lineman Tyler Catalina, who played for the Washington football team from 2017 to 2019. Most recently, he was selected in January by the DC Defenders of the XFL. n

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Renss Greene/Loudoun Now Tori “Sho Nuff” Nelson amassed 13 world championships in her career and was inducted into the Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame in 2022.

Supervisors Plan September Zoning Ordinance Work Sessions

BY RENSS GREENE rgreene@loudounnow.com

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors before their August recess set their schedule of work sessions on the Zoning Ordinance Rewrite, as the new ordinance nears a final vote after years of work.

The county board is planning to wrap up that work and hold a final public hearing Wednesday, Dec. 13, potentially allowing them to adopt a new ordinance with weeks before the end of their term.

Supervisors will work through the draft zoning ordinance by chapter. The work sessions begin Thursday, Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. with the first chapter, the introduction, and the second chapter, zoning districts.

The second work session, Monday, Sept. 11 at 6 p.m., will delve into land uses in urban, suburban, office and industrial zoning districts. Supervisors plan to review portions of Chapter 3, Uses; Chapter

4, Use-Specific Standards; and Chapter 12, Definitions.

And a third September work session on Tuesday, Sept. 26 will tackle uses in rural transition and Joint Land Management Area zoning districts, reviewing the same chapters as the Sept. 11 meeting.

Those will be followed by work sessions in October and a public hearing Dec. 13.

The county is also accepting comments on the zoning ordinance outside of the public hearings, with an online comment form at loudoun.gov/zoningordinancerewrite. Alternately, comments can be left over the phone at 703-777-0246.

Documents for board meetings are posted in advance at loudoun.gov/bosdocuments. The schedule of work sessions, draft ordinance and more information are online at loudoun.gov/zoningordinancerewrite. The Board of Supervisors’ schedule of public meetings is online at loudoun.gov/calendar. And meetings can

be livestreamed online or watched later at loudoun.gov/meetings.

The new zoning ordinance will replace the current Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance, which is available online at loudoun.gov/zoningordinance.

The new zoning ordinance is meant to implement the vision of the 2019 Comprehensive Plan with enforceable rules. The project to write it has been a long one; staff work began almost immediately after the previous board adopted the new comprehensive plan late in their term in 2019. Originally supervisors hoped to have the new ordinance on the dais by July 2021.

Both the 2019 Comprehensive Plan and draft new zoning ordinance contemplate changes to Loudoun never envisioned in previous plans. For the first time, the comprehensive plan adds an Urban Policy Area to the existing Suburban, Transition

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Preservation Society Announces Grant Awards

The Loudoun Preservation Society will award six historic preservation grants next month in partnership with the County of Loudoun and the towns of Leesburg, Middleburg, and Purcellville.

Held during Historic Preservation Week, the Sept. 21 awards ceremony will be hosted at Sylvanside Farm south of Purcellville.

Since 1973, the Loudoun Preservation Society has awarded grants to nonprofit and governmental organizations to promote the historic preservation and appreciation of Loudoun’s built historic landscape. The volunteer-led nonprofit raises the money through the generosity of its members and donors interested in encouraging hands-on preservation projects in the county. The grants are meant to be “pump-priming” investments, typically $500 to $5,000 each, designed to help stimulate community interest in funding a preservation project while publicizing the effort so that others are aware of the types of historic preservation activities going on in their county.

The LPS grants have helped to promote dozens of historic preservation, rehabilitation, research, and education projects for local organizations, local government agencies, historic properties, and history

museums in recent years. This year’s grant recipients are:

e Friends of Grace Multicultural Center, to support the west wall basement window restoration, part of a continuing multi-year effort to restore this 1885 former Methodist church in Lincoln that was built by slave and freedmen after the Civil War.

e Loudoun Clerk of the Circuit Court Historic Records Division, to support further digitization of antebellum slave patroller records in the court records make them more accessible.

e Hamilton- ompson Masonic Lodge #37, Virginia AF & AM, to work on the building envelope to further preserve the structure. The well-known 1910 landmark on the main street of Purcellville was an Episcopal church until 1966, briefly a Presbyterian church, and since the 1970s, a masonic lodge. Its unique main street architecture has been described as Norwegian Gothic.

e Hillsboro Preservation Foundation, to assist in celebrating the historic farms of western Loudoun that continue to keep their land in active agricultural use or have put the land in to conservation easement through new signage visible

from our rural roads. While the goal ultimately will be for 30 markers, the grant will help begin a phased approach, beginning with markers in the historic town of Hillsboro.

e Metropolitan Lodge No. 161, Virginia Free & Accepted Masons, to help replace eight currently plywood board-covered windows with historically appropriate ones. This 1866-67 historic building on Liberty Street in Leesburg was one of the first churches in Loudoun built by freedmen after the Civil War— Zion Baptist. It was used until the early 1950s when, replaced by a newer church on West Loudoun Street. It then became an African-American masonic hall as it is today.

e Willisville Preservation Foundation, to help prepare a printed history of the historic village of Willisville, building on the work from its National Register nomination. Willisville was one of the earliest post-Civil War freedmen’s villages in Loudoun.

The Preservation Grant Awards program will be held Sept. 21 starting at 6:30 p.m. and is open to the public. For reservations, email to lps@preserveloudoun.org.

CountrySide Stream Restoration Planned

Loudoun County plans to begin a stream restoration project in the CountrySide area this October, intended to increase animal habitat, improve local water quality and reduce pollutants and sediments into the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

The stream, which is a Potomac River tributary, flows between River Bend Middle and Potomac Falls High schools along the north side of Algonkian Parkway through property owned by CountrySide Proprietary.

The two-year project will mean closing the pedestrian path north of Algonkian Parkway between Rutherford Circle and Chelmsford Court, between River Bend and Potomac Falls. A detour will guide pedestrians to and from an alternate route on the south side of Algonkian Parkway.

The work to restore the 3,125 feet of stream and reintroduce native species will involve planting approximately 600 trees, about 5,000 sage and rush grass plugs, and about 6,000 live stakes, stem cuttings inserted directly into the stream bank to develop root networks and reduce erosion. The project also includes seeding along and above the banks of the stream.

Some trees will be removed; most of those will be used for the stream restoration, with woody debris providing animal habitats and other environmental benefits.

The project is expected to eliminate more than 200 pounds of phosphorous, more than 500 pounds of nitrogen and more than 130,00

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Loudoun County A map of plans for stream restoration work in CountrySide.

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and Rural Policy Areas. Similarly, the Revised 1993 ordinance did not originally reference data centers, now a crucial part of Loudoun’s land use, environmental and government budget discussions. And the new zoning ordinance for the first time sets rules for utility-scale battery banks.

The new ordinance is meant to be a more user-friendly and easy-to-understand rulebook. Comments at public hearings at the Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission have had common themes, calling for better protections for natural and agricultural areas and attainable housing, and pressure from developers for more flexible regulations. In particular, people including Loudoun Farm Bureau President Tia Earman and independent Board of Supervisors Catoctin District candidate John Ellis have pointed out the ordinance does not curb allowable development in the rural west. Estimates range around 10,000 more homes allowable in the west under the new comprehensive plan and draft zoning ordinance.

Supervisors have been split on whether they should prioritize passing a zoning ordinance before their term is up. Chair

Phyllis Randall (D-At Large) has argued the county needs to get its comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance aligned

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pounds of suspended solids from running off into the Potomac River and subsequently the Chesapeake Bay. Construction is expected to begin in mid-October.

More information is online at loudoun.gov/RiverBendStreamRestoration.

Workforce Resource Center Plans September Events

During September, Workforce Development Month, the Loudoun Workforce Resource Center will feature a range of free virtual and in-person events for job seekers and people considering changing careers.

“Our annual celebration of September as Workforce Development Month kicks off with an invitation for the public to join us at our Open House on September 8 and culminates with an Employment Resource Expo and Job Fair September 20,” Loudoun County

quickly, and that punting that work into the next term would significantly delay it; others like Supervisors Tony R. Buffington (R-Blue Ridge) and Caleb E. Kershner (R-Catoctin) have argued it’s more important to get it done right than get it done this term.

And major questions will remain even after the ordinance is adopted; other zoning amendments are already underway dealing with new rules on cluster zoning and protecting agricultural soils, data center location and design standards, and source water protections. Other projects recommended by the county Planning Commission include writing rules for repurposing commercial properties into residential uses, floodplain and mountainside rules, and more regulations on farm breweries and wineries.

Debate also continues over grandfathering in land use applications submitted and still pending review under the current zoning ordinance. And parts of three previous zoning ordinances will still be in evidence around the county; due in part to its long history of proffer agreements, some parcels in Loudoun are still governed under the Revised 1993 Ordinances adopted in 2003, the original 1993 ordinances, or in the Rt. 28 Tax District even the 1972 Zoning Ordinance. However, any rezoning decisions on those properties will be considered under the latest zoning ordinance. n

Workforce Program Manager Shelly Rodriguez stated. “We also are offering seminars covering topics that provide foundational tools and resources plus information on industry trends to equip and empower all job seekers for career success.”

Events in September include a Workforce Resource Center open house, four Resume Roadshow sessions at venues across the county, a three part “Re-set and Re-start Your Job Search Strategy” series, a session on crafting an effective elevator pitch, and the Employment Resource Expo and Job Fair on Wednesday, Sept. 20 at the Claude Moore Recreation Center in Sterling.

A schedule, detailed information and registration for each event is online at loudoun.gov/workforcemonth.

The Loudoun Workforce Resource Center, a Virginia Career Works affiliate, provides no-cost resources and equipment to job seekers and businesses. More information is online at loudoun.gov/wrc. The center is located at 705 E. Market Street, Suite E, in Leesburg.  n

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St. James’ Shines Brighter with Ongoing Restoration

BY NORMAN K. STYER nstyer@loudounnow.com

A longtime cornerstone of Loudoun’s faith community is undergoing an extensive renovation intended to ensure it will serve congregations for centuries more.

Since June, stonemasons from The Witmer Group have been meticulously restoring the 128-year-old stone walls of the St. James’ Episcopal Church on Leesburg’s Cornwall Street.

The $600,000 multi-phase renovation project is expected to continue into October, with a replacement of the mortar, cleaning of stones, and rust removal all around the 1895 church. With the exception of additions made to the building in the 1930s and 1950s, it is the largest undertaking since a lightning strike caused a fire that gutted the sanctuary in 1929.

Church leaders said the work builds on the vision set out by their predecessors, who in the original planning for its construction recommended use of the best products they could find—including the stone, the beams, and the slate for the roof. That commitment to quality is cited as a reason the church stands today, even

Mentors Build Community Connections with Family Fest

The Family One nonprofit on Saturday held its third annual—and largest— family fest at the Douglass Community Center in Leesburg.

More than 600 area residents attended the event that supports The Family One’s youth mentorship programs. The day was filled with music, food, a talent show, and basketball and other games.

Co-founder Derrick Veney said it was a perfect day.

“This is how we get to the kids— through basketball and all these games. We get the trust between us and then we start learning,” he said.

“We’re meeting them where they are and giving them a voice without being judged. I think this the best way to do it. Bring the community together and get

AROUND Town

Pop-Up Exhibit to Highlight Oral History Collections

September’s First Friday festivities Friday, Sept. 1 will include a pop-up exhibit featuring Thomas Balch Library’s oral history collections and debuting a new platform for exploring those resources.

The exhibit will include a gallery of samples from history interviews and some collaborative history projects recently completed or underway using the library’s oral history collections. Visitors may also try their hand at activities such as recording their own short interview or transcribing historic audio.

Staff members and volunteers will be on hand processing archival collections and answering questions. Exhibits about the Donaldson Log Cabin’s history will also be on display.

The pop-up exhibit will be at the Donaldson Log Cabin, 14 Loudoun St. SW.

with its fire-charred beams still holding strong.

The congregation traces its roots to the establishment of The Chapel of Ease for the Comfort of the people above Goose

Creek in 1734. When the log church fell into disrepair, the first St. James’ church

For more information call 703-737-7195 or email  balchlib@leesburgva.gov.

Balch Offers DNA Researching Class

The Thomas Balch Library will host Shannon Combs-Bennett teaching “Genealogy in the 21st Century: Using DNA to Aid Your Paper Research” on Thursday, Sept. 7, at 10 a.m.

The class will share information such as the types of tests on the market, what they can tell you, how to use them with your genealogical research.

Combs-Bennett is an award-winning author and genealogical researcher who lectures and writes on topics from genealogical methodology to genetic genealogy and is currently a doctoral student in History and Genealogical Studies at the University of Strathclyde.

with the kids and build connections,” he said.

During a day when The Family One’s mentors were building connections, organizers took time to honor someone who had influenced their lives. Clyde

Sexton, a youth sports coach in Leesburg for more than 60 years, was presented with the Community Mentor Award.

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The class is available both virtually and in-person in the lower-level meeting room at Library, 208 W Market Street in Leesburg. Pre-registration is required. Call 703-7377195, email balchlib@leesburgva. gov or register online at leesburgva. gov/departments/thomas-balch-library/library-news-events/ event-registration. n

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The bell tower of St. James’ Episcopal Church spent two months cloaked in scaffolding. In recent weeks, the extensive stone restoration effort has been unveiled as stonemasons move to other sections of the 1895 church.

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The Family One president and co-founder Ben Blakley poses with some of the competitors in Saturday’s basketball contests during the third annual Family Fest at the Douglass Community Center.

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was built on the hill near the intersection of Market and Church streets in Leesburg in 1812, to be replaced by a larger one on the site in 1835. In 1888, the congregation bought land on Cornwall Street from the Claggett family for the new church that would open seven years later.

The Romanesque church was designed by Leon E. Dassez, a Washington, DC, architect whose career started with working on the plans for the Washington Monument and went on to design many historically significant buildings including private homes, hospitals, fire houses, and the Admiral’s House at the Naval Observatory, the official residence of the vice president.

The church was built by the Norris Brothers, the leading builders of the era who constructed the county courthouse at about the same time.

Dan Thomas, described as the visionary of the restoration effort, said the church leaders at that time set a strong foundation. “They were very, very specific when they put together everything and they said it has to be made of the absolute best product for its beauty and duration,” he said.

Thomas helped select The Witmer Group for the renovation. The Pennsylvania-based masonry restoration company’s past projects include the historic Burnside Bridge at the Antietam Battlefield.

For more than two months, stonemasons worked on the church’s bell tower section. The scaffolding was recently removed to unveil the results of the effort.

Church member Tony McGraw has been coordinating the work with the Witmer crew. He sees big changes from the effort from the restored details of the bell tower’s brownstone arch to the color variation in the other wall stones.

“Now that the scaffolding got removed you can hear people coming by walking or driving by saying ‘great job,’” McGraw said.

“Now you’ve got the distinctive stones because it gets back to the way it was intended. All of us have different eyes. We see things differently. To me, I’m thinking about, wow, there’s a lot of different variation of colors. It’s stunning. All of a sudden you start seeing the range of colors whereas before it was this all dirty stone,” he said.

Senior Warden Fred Williams, who

lives just down the street from the church, sees big changes resulting from the bell tower work. “It’s brighter and somehow seems to be standing up straighter,” he said.

Junior Warden Tom Horne, a member of the church for 51 years, said the restoration is a reflection of the work the church is doing in the community under the leadership of new rector, Father Chad Martin, and scores of volunteers.

“We’ve had high points and low points. This is about as high as it ever gets—1972 to today,” Horne said.

Church leaders said the renovation effort is not just about today’s members, but a continuation of the work done by others to serve those yet to come.

“There’s a core group of the leadership who saw that saw the need, and everyone kind of pulled together and said, ‘we can do this.’ Just like the women who raised the funds to buy the land from the Claggetts. You know 150 years later they would come back and say, now ‘we can do this. Let’s do it for the next 100 years,’” Williams said. n

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VDOE Announces Changes to Grade 3-8 Assessments

The Virginia Department of Education on Aug. 10 announced changes to the fall reading and math assessments given to third through eighth graders to instead test material from the students’ previous grade level.

Prior to the change this year, students were measured on growth for the grade they were currently in, as opposed to the grade they just finished. For example, a fifth grader under previous growth assessments would have been tested and assessed on fifth grade material, content they had not yet been taught.

Schools Get Creative with Staffing as 83K Students Return to Class

BY ALEXIS GUSTIN agustin@loudounnow.com

About 83,000 students returned to 98 Loudoun County Public Schools Aug. 24 and according to Acting Superintendent Daniel Smith the excitement over the start of the new school year has been building over the past couple of weeks.

Smith said the division has hired over 600 new teachers and said over 64% have masters or doctorate degrees and more than two-thirds of the new hires are experienced teachers.

He spoke about the tactics the division took over the past few weeks to close the gap on the open teaching positions, saying they had to be creative and hire long term

substitutes who are close to getting their teaching license.

“These are the folks that are taking one class to get their license. They want to be a teacher or they are one test away so it really helped us to close that gap and that

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Loudoun Launches Dual Language Kindergarten Program

BY ALEXIS GUSTIN agustin@loudounnow.com

About 50 Potowmack Elementary School kindergarten students started learning Spanish on the first day of school as part of the new Dual Language Immersion Program launched this year at the school and at Sander’s Corner Elementary School in Ashburn.

Between the two schools, about 100

kindergarteners will spend half their day learning math, language arts, science and computer science in Spanish, and the other half learning social science and language arts in English.

Division World Languages and Cultures Supervisor Suzette Wyhs said each class will have a mix of native Spanish speaking students and students who only speak English. She said kindergarteners will learn colors, numbers, and

days of the week in Spanish right alongside literacy and phonics in Spanish.

“We know that research says that students that learn in two languages achieve at higher levels so it’s something we’ve always wanted and are really grateful to the board for providing this opportunity for our students,” she said.

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With the change students will now be assessed on reading and math from the year before, so a fifth grader would be tested on fourth grade content.

In a memo sent to division superintendents, Superintendent of Public Instruction Lisa Coons said the changes were made in response to concerns about growth assessments from division leaders and other stakeholders in the Commonwealth.

“The change in content measured by the fall 2023 growth assessment is intended to ensure that teachers, parents and students receive feedback on how well a student has mastered content that may be needed for successes in the coming school year and to identify areas where the student may need additional supports,” Coons said in the memo.

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Potowmack Elementary School students walk into school on the first day of school Aug. 24.

AG Miyares Travels to Loudoun in Defense of Transgender Policies

BY ALEXIS GUSTIN agustin@loudounnow.com

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, during an Aug. 24 press conference at the Loudoun County Courthouse, said Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s model policies comply with federal and state nondiscrimination laws and his office would consider support for parents who challenge school divisions that chose not to follow them.

Earlier that day, Miyares’s office issued an opinion on the policies, which at the press conference he called a “quasi-judicial ruling.” Miyares stated the model policies are also legal under Title IX and the Virginia Human Rights Act, and that local school boards are “required to adopt policies that are consistent with them.”

The new model policies have been criticized for reversing previous protections for transgender students and for going against medical guidance on gender-affirming treatment for transgender children by groups like the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia. Incoming Loudoun Superintendent Aaron Spence during an Aug. 8 a press conference said the division’s intention would be to make sure its policies are not in conflict with state or federal laws. Loudoun County Public Schools has not made an official decision on the new policies.

“This official Attorney General Opinion simply confirms what the overwhelming number of Virginian’s already know; parents have a fundamental right to the care, upbringing, and education of their children. Parents, not government, are in

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Students enrolled in the Dual Language Immersion Program in the schools will stay in the program all the way through fifth grade. This year’s kindergarteners will move into the first-grade curriculum currently being developed next year and a new group of kindergarteners will begin. Wyhs said, so far, the two schools are the only ones in the division offering the program, but the opportunity to participate in the program at either school is open to all division students. Students who live in the boundaries are bussed to school as usual, while those who come

the best position to work with their children on important life decisions, and no parent signs up to co-parent with the government,” Miyares wrote in the opinion.

Miyares reiterated that in Loudoun, saying “that should not be considered a controversial statement.”

He said the policies were rooted in common sense and the law, and that parents have the right to be part of big decisions like a child changing their gender identity. He wrote in his opinion that the model polices of 2021 were withdrawn because they “promoted a specific viewpoint aimed at achieving cultural and social transformation in schools” and because they didn’t take into account “fundamental and consequential legal principles” that impact how schools educate students.

Miyares said the model policies also address Title IX issues in athletics, and

from out of boundaries would need to be driven to and from school by parents.

Potowmack Principal Mark Hayden said the school has a diverse student body; approximately 50% of the families at the school speak a language other than English. He said more than 20 different languages are spoken at the school.

Hayden said the Dual Language Immersion Program is a powerful one for the school.

“When children are learning in two different languages, they are building certain connections in their brain that are helping them process skills like critical thinking and problem solving faster and over time students get into more complex thinking routines and have access to higher learning as a result,” he said. “It has a

argued they protect women’s sports and the right to privacy in bathrooms, locker rooms and overnight trips.

Asked about the Virginia High School League’s statement about not changing its nine-year-old policy on the treatment of transgender students to match the new model policies, Miyares said he hoped they would meet soon to evaluate it.

“My understanding is they have not had an actual meeting,” he said. “Our hope is that they will look at the governor’s model polices and re-evaluate it.”

Loudoun Now received an emailed statement from VHSL spokesperson Mike McCall in August that cited a July 24 advisory sent by VHSL Executive Director John D. “Billy” Haun to schools, superintendents, and school board members that their current policy met the needs of the League’s member schools and he recommended it stay the same.

Miyares said if a parent and a child want to discuss and decide together what

great impact on all students but in particular in this school because we also have a large Spanish speaking community.”

Hayden credits the school’s diverse staff and the special teams comprised of staff and community members in bringing the community closer together. He said groups like the Finja Qahwa, an Arabic language team that means “cup of coffee” and is led by the Arabic language staff at the school and Arabic language parents in the community, and the Café Compadres team lead by the Spanish speaking team, both plan quarterly events all in that language to bring the community together.

“A lot of these families would be entirely in isolation if they didn’t know other families who spoke their language or the dialect of their language, so we really kind

pronouns to use, they can do that and notify the school of that decision.

“That is exactly what the model policies say. It is saying you cannot cut out the parent. A teacher and minor child cannot suddenly decide to ignore a parent’s involvement in such a huge life decision,” he said.

Asked about situations where a teacher worries a child could be abused if their parent became involved in changing pronouns, he said it was every teacher’s duty to report suspected abuse to law enforcement. Miyares said the model polices allow for those instances where a child might be abused and said those evaluations can be made on a case-by-case basis.

Miyares said that any parent who feels their rights have been violated in divisions where the district has decided to ignore the model policies has a right to sue, and said his office will review those cases and claims on a case-by-case basis and may join those cases.

“That is what every single school division has to recognize at this moment,” he said.

He said under the model policies a teacher choosing to not call a student by their desired pronouns citing religious beliefs would likely be looked at on a caseby-case basis as well.

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of brought this community together and built a community among all of our families,” he said.

In addition to the Dual Language Immersion program, the Pre-International Baccalaureate Program at Loudoun Valley High and Heritage High Schools opened this fall.

Acting Superintendent Daniel Smith said he’s excited about the new special programs that began this fall and said he’s looking forward to the new Health and Medical Sciences pathway program that is set to open next fall at Tuscarora and Briar Woods High Schools.

“I’m really excited about our pathways. They are coming together, and our kids will have more opportunities,” he said. n

Renss Greene/Loudoun Now Attorney General Jason Miyares defends Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration’s new model school policies around transgender students during an Aug. 24 press conference in front of the Leesburg courthouse.

“A teacher and minor child cannot suddenly decide to ignore a parent’s involvement in such a huge life decision.”

— Jason Miyares Virginia Attorney General

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was a big lift,” he said.

Smith said once a long-term sub gets licensed as a teacher, the division will interview them and make sure they are a good fit and move them into a full time teacher position, sometimes that is into the position they were just subbing in.

As of Aug. 16, there were 175 open licensed teacher positions, according to division spokesperson Dan Adams. Adams said in an email 39 candidates were being processed which means they were pending a reference check, a job offer or attending a new hire session to be cleared to begin working.

Smith also spoke of the increase to long term substitutes pay from $154 a day to $200 and the “grow your own teacher” programs they have in partnership with George Mason University and James Madison University.

“I think it’s just being more creative in, how do we design those pathways and

those pipelines to bring folks in because once they get here they love it,” he said.

Smith said the remaining open teaching positions will be filled with a mix of long-term subs, daily subs and site-based subs. Additionally, he said if a school needs to, staff from the central office can be pulled in to teach.

“We’ve done that, too, there have been times when we said you know we have a need here and we don’t have a good fit so we’ve pulled in central office staff to fill that void as we needed to,” he said.

Smith who has been Acting Superintendent since December 2022 when former superintendent Scott Ziegler was fired by the School Board, will go back to his former position as chief of staff Sept. 1 when incoming Superintendent Aaron Spence takes over.

Spence will be the division’s 12th superintendent in its over 150-year history. He will hold community listening sessions at each cluster starting Sept. 20 at Broad Run High School at 7 p.m. Go to lcps.org/suptcls for more information. n

Alexis Gustin/Loudoun Now Potomac Falls High School cheerleaders greeted Potowmack Elementary School students on their first day of school Aug. 24.

Nonprofits

Community Foundation Awards $15,800 in Scholarships

The Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties awarded eight scholarships totaling $15,800 to seven students from its member funds.

Loudoun County High School graduate and Loudoun County Volunteer Rescue Squad volunteer Kathryn Homa received a $1,000 scholarship from the Mary B. Tett Health Professionals Scholarship Fund and a $3,000 scholarship from the Gavin Rup “I Promise 15” Scholarship Fund to attend Duke University.

Freedom High School graduate Caroline Caton received a $2,500 scholarship from the Debbie Settle Scholarship Foundation to continue studies at University of Mary Washington.

Loudoun County High School graduate Erica Dobies received a $2,000 scholarship from the Stowers Loudoun County High School Scholarship Fund to continue studies at James Madison University.

Pat McCann received a $1,300 scholarship from the Val and Bill Tillett Schol-

arship Fund to attend Northern Virginia Community College’s horticulture program.

Riverside High School graduate Austin Mitchell received a $2,000 scholarship from the Quinn William Gorman Scholarship Fund to attend Penn State.

Loudoun County High School graduate Zohayr Naveed received a $2,000 scholarship from the Stowers Loudoun County High School Scholarship to continue studies at University of Virginia.

And Loudoun Valley High School graduate John Tierney received a $2,000 scholarship from the Blair and Mike Pirrello Vocational Scholarship Fund to attend Tulsa Welding School.

“We’re so grateful for the local donors who establish scholarship funds with the Community Foundation to support students pursuing career and educational opportunities,” Community Foundation President and CEO Nicole Acosta said.

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GIVING back

Tree of Life Gives Out 990 Backpacks of Supplies

The Tree of Life Ministries’ annual Summer Giveaway on Aug. 12 and Aug. 19 drew more than 1,000 attendees, offering families free backpacks, school supplies, clothing, furniture, haircuts and other services.

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Firefighters to ‘Fill-the-Boot’ for Muscular Dystrophy

During Labor Day weekend, members of the Loudoun County Combined Fire and Rescue System and the Loudoun Career Fire Fighters Association Local 3756 will join the Muscular Dystrophy Association to collect donations for the 2023 “Fill-the-Boot” campaign.

“Our fire and rescue family remains wholly committed to this great cause and we appreciate the generosity of Loudoun County citizens and visitors that will undoubtedly make this campaign a success,” System Chief Keith H. Johnson said.

Donations may also be made online at bit.ly/FTB-Loudoun. More information about the Muscular Dystrophy Association is online at mda.org.

The nonprofit held events in Purcellville, Leesburg, and Sterling, giving out 990 backpacks filled with school supplies and clothing to 458 people.

In Leesburg on Aug. 12, 500 people came to Crossroads Baptist Church for a Back-to-School Fiesta with free backpacks, food, activities, and live music. Donated backpacks and school supplies were handed out to 350 students. The event was held in partnership with One Hope Ministries and had volunteers from 10 churches in the Leesburg area.

On Aug. 19 at Purcellville Baptist Church, the nonprofit provided clothing to 458 people and 469 backpacks with school supplies, along with free furniture for 30 families, 30 free haircuts, and dental kits for 345 children. Tree of Life’s first-ever giveaway in Sterling that same day at Sterling Park Baptist Church brought 130 attendees and provided 169 backpacks filled with school supplies, along with groceries.

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Caroline Caton, Erica Dobies, Kathryn Homa, Pat McCann, Austin Mitchell, Zohayr Naveed, and John Tierney are the recipients of scholarships from the Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties.

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A passenger makes a donation during the 2022 ‘Fill-the-Boot’ campaign.

Cochran Family Dental

Morven Park Seeks Volunteers for 246 Years Project

Morven Park is looking for volunteers to help with database entry for the 246 Years Project, the effort to document and honor the lives of the enslaved men, women, and children through the historic records of Loudoun County.

The project is named for the 246 years during which people were legally held in slavey in what became the United States, from the arrival of the first ship carrying enslaved Africans in 1619 until the 13th Amendment was passed abolishing slavery in 1865. It’s an effort to organize and preserve records of their lives and make them publicly available.

The records survive today in the archives of historic sites, community history organizations, and local courts and will be organized within a custom-built, on-line database, reassembling the pieces to document the life events of the men, women, and children enslaved in Loudoun County. Once it’s ready, the database will be searchable and available online for free.

Morven Park is seeking volunteers to help compile the database. A onehour training session is required. All data entry will be done at Morven Park daily between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Volunteers must be 16 years of age or older.

To sign up to volunteer, email 246years@morvenpark.org.

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Harris Teeter Sponsors Loudoun Hunger’s Back to School Week

Grocery store chain Harris Teeter has sponsored Loudoun Hunger Relief’s Back to School Week effort with a $10,000 donation.

Back to School week is Loudoun Hunger Relief’s effort to supply families with school-aged children extra food support at the beginning of the school year, this year from Aug. 28 – 31. It’s a time which can be particularly financial stressful for families with other back-toschool expenses.

“Harris Teeter is proud to support the communities we serve and do what we can in our commitment to fight hunger in those communities,” Harris Teeter Director of Corporate Affairs Danna Robinson said. “We are so pleased to be able to be the Signature Sponsor of Loudoun Hunger Relief’s 2023 Back to School week.”

“We are so grateful to have Harris Teeter as the Signature Sponsor of Back-toSchool Week again this year,” Loudoun Hunger Relief Executive Director Jennifer Montgomery said. “They are a true partner in the fight against hunger in our community, and their commitment to our working families is so important.”

Loudoun Hunger Relief, founded in 1991, is Loudoun’s largest food assistance nonprofit. Last year, Loudoun Hunger nonprofit distributed 2.4 million pounds of food and served approximately 14,000 Loudoun residents, nearly 40% of whom were children. For more information, go to loudounhunger.org or call 703-777-5911.

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Renss Greene/Loudoun Now Morven Park Executive Director Stacey Metcalfe and Loudoun County Clerk of the Circuit Court Gary Clemens stand in front of one of the historic buildings at the park, which is believed to have housed enslaved people during its history. n

Obituaries Business

Dulles Realtors Report Dropping Inventory, Climbing Prices

The Dulles Area Association of Realtors reported housing prices are continuing to climb with the release of its July 2023 Loudoun County Market Indicators Report.

“Low inventory, paired with higher mortgage rates, continues to pose a challenge for the housing market both nationally and here in Loudoun County,” DAAR 2023 President Ida Dennis said. “There’s no question we’ll continue to be in a seller’s market for the foreseeable future as the lack of available homes puts pressure on prices, but certainly buyers have more negotiating power than they did in the height of the market in recent years.”

According to the report, sales dropped 23.7% in July compared to last year. Only the Lovettsville’s 20180 ZIP code saw a slight increase—three more sales than July 2022, which is a 30% bump.

And after a slight drop in June, the median sales price climbed again in July. The median sales price in July was $712,500, $27,500 higher than a year ago. The biggest price jumps were in Leesburg and Ashburn, while Purcellville’s 20132 ZIP code and the 20152 Chantilly ZIP code saw sales prices drop compared to last year.

The Dulles Realtors also noted a shrinking supply of homes for sale in Loudoun. At the end of July, there were 377 active listings across the county, which was just over half the number of listings at the end of July 2022 with 354 fewer listings. They were down 76% in the 20165 Sterling ZIP code, with 59% in the Leesburg 20176 ZIP code and 49% in the 20148 Ashburn ZIP code.

Find the full report and more information at dullesarea.com. n

BUSINESS briefs

Employers Sought for Diversity Commission Job Fair

Employers across all industries are sought to exhibit at the Leesburg Diversity Commission’s Sept. 16 job fair.

The event, from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Ida Lee Park Recreation Center, is hosted in conjunction with Crossroads Jobs.

The fair is free to attend for both employers and job seekers.

Employers interested in participating may sign up at tinyurl.com/diversityjobfairsignup. Space is limited.

Job seekers should bring copies of their resume or work history and a bag for literature and giveaways from employers. Pre-registration is encouraged but not required, available online tinyurl.com/diversityjobfairattend.

With questions, email diversitycommission@leesburgva.gov.

Leesburg Farm Credit Distributes $3M

The Leesburg branch of Farm Credit of the Virginias announced it paid just over $3 million to its customer-owners in the form of a patronage dividend.

Under Farm Credit of the Virginias’ cooperative framework, the association

returns a portion of its profits back to customer-owners each year. Increased input costs, supply chain disruptions and rising interest rates provided significant challenges to many during 2022 and the Farm Credit board of directors elected to return 70% of the net profits to their customer-owners with the goal that they feel more confident in navigating the economic headwinds impacting the agricultural industry and rural communities.

This year, Farm Credit of the Virginias distributed a combined $30 million across the commonwealth.

“We’re pleased to be able to share our patronage with our customer-owners, especially in times when returning and reinvesting money in our rural communities is so vital,” Farm Credit of the Virginias CEO Brad Cornelius stated. “We’re committed to being here for our customer-owners when they need us, and as they need us. Patronage dividends are our way of saying we’re here and we’re going to keep working to make sure that we’re always here, through good times and bad. Patronage is just one of the many benefits of doing business with a customer-owned cooperative.”

The Leesburg branch is located at 27 Ft. Evans Road NE. Learn more at  farmcreditofvirginias.com. n

Helen Monahan Andrews

Jacksonville, FL --- Helen Evangeline (Monahan) Andrews, age 80, of Jacksonville FL, formerly of West Chelmsford, MA and Reston VA, passed away peacefully Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at Cypress Village Senior Community. Born in Lowell, MA, she was the daughter of Richard L. Monahan and Helen Powers Monahan. She was educated in the Chelmsford schools, the Academy of Notre Dame in Tyngsboro, and graduated from Keith Hall High School, Lowell in 1960. She later attended George Mason University in Fairfax, VA.

She spent her early years raising her three children. She began her professional career in the early 1970’s as an executive assistant employed by Xerox Corporation. In 1975, she started Herndon Concrete in Herndon, VA with her former husband Jack Andrews and family friend Scott Meese. In 1979 the concrete company rebranded to AMAX Corporation as it expanded into the Northern Virginia market and became the largest privately held ready-mix concrete business in Northern Virginia. She was the CFO for AMAX Corporation in Sterling where she worked until her retirement in 1989 when the company was sold to a British multinational company. Helen was especially proud to be a member of the Herndon Chamber of Commerce during this time. In 1993 she became partners with her son John creating Sterling Land Corp to purchase, plan and develop residential communities in Loudoun County Virginia. During the next 20 years they created over 18 communities including the Del Webb community of Potomac Greene that has over 1600 homes.

Helen was an energetic, multi-talented individual, who enjoyed painting and sketching, playing tennis, as well as playing ragtime piano music. She volunteered extensively in her community. She believed it was her responsibility to give back to the communities that had provided for her business success. Having lived in the D.C. area most of

her life, Helen was keen on discussing politics. Helen was a sparkling and witty conversationalist who enjoyed the verbal interaction without becoming mean or angry. She loved traveling to various sites in Europe, Middle East and the Caribbean, and spending time in her home on St. John in the Virgin Islands. But perhaps her biggest joy came in researching the genealogy of her family.

In addition to her three beloved children: John A. Andrews of St. Augustine, Florida, Mark Andrews of Middleburg, VA and Christine Andrews of Delray Beach, FL, she is survived by her brother, Richard E. Monahan and his wife Nanci of Newburyport, MA, her sisters Ruthe Monahan of West Chelmsford, MA, Jane Monahan and her husband Richard Palazola of Trenton, ME, along with her six grandchildren: Jessica Andrews, John Andrews III, Laura Andrews, Annamarie Andrews, Mark Andrews II, and Amanda Burke, and three great-grandchildren. She also leaves Albert (Buddy) and Nancy Andrews, Sarah Andrews, Susan and Herb Cline, and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by Kathleen Andrews, Lynne Andrews and Dana Andrews.

FUNERAL NOTICE

Visiting hours Friday, September 29 from 11 AM to 12 Noon at DOLAN FUNERAL HOME, 106 MIDDLESEX STREET, N. CHELMSFORD, MA. Funeral service 12 Noon at DOLAN FUNERAL HOME. Burial in St. Patrick Cemetery, Lowell. ARRANGEMENTS BY DOLAN FUNERAL HOME 978-251-4041. Guestbook at www.dolanfuneralhome.com

Towns AROUND town

Lovettsville Oktoberfest Committee Chair Resigns

BY HANNA PAMPALONI hpampaloni@loudounnow.com

Lovettsville Oktoberfest Committee

Chair Jeff Schutte resigned from his position on Friday in an email to the Town Council citing friction with the council and town staff. The action comes less than a month before the town’s annual festival.

“I simply can’t attempt to lead this group anymore, facing the constant headwind that we’ve endured,” he stated in the email.

Schutte said he was proud of the work that the committee had done, but that he was frustrated with actions by the Town Council to override decisions he felt were within the committee’s purview.

“My biggest thing, and this goes back to I would say two or three months ago, has been that there never really seemed to be a clear understanding on anyone’s part, including my own, as to the relationship between the committee and the town council and the town staff,” he said.

He said he was asked by former Mayor Nate Fontaine in 2022 to bring back Oktoberfest after a two-year hiatus following COVID and the committee and council came together to organize the festival.

“We just got it done last year and we all played very nicely,” he said. “And I think that some of us probably got comfortable

with that. Because it did go off really well last year and we didn’t take the time last October, November, December, to sit down and map out which group was really going to make this decision and that decision.”

Schutte said some of the particular points of conflict between the council and the committee related to whether to allow political candidates to be sponsors of the event and whether to allow One Family Brewing to participate in the event after the deadline for interested parties to apply

had passed.

Schutte said while he was frustrated with the situation, he was still looking forward to attending the event.

“The most important thing that the public needs to know about is that the event is still 100 percent on,” he said. “We’re still showcasing the town and all the wonderful businesses.”

The Lovettsville Town Council and

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Round Hill, Purcellville Urge Water Conservation Amid Drought

Round Hill and Purcellville issued water conservation notices to utility customers as dry conditions continue to persist in the region.

Round Hill on Aug. 23 asked residents to immediately reduce water usage after its Evening Star treatment plant had been taken offline to give the two wells time to recharge.

Residents are encouraged to only operate fully loaded dishwashers and washing machines, take short showers instead of baths, not water lawns or fill pools, and not wash cars.

The town operates 12 wells in its system. This fall, the town is working to construct a new high yield well near the Evening Star plant. Once operational, it will be available to provide emergency capacity and will come fully online when construction of a new, higher capacity treatment plant is completed during the next three years.

Town Administrator Melissa Hynes

said in an email to Loudoun Now that the operating time for the wells had risen to 16 hours per day last week but as of Tuesday had returned to their normal operating times of approximately 12 hours a day.

She said the town staff is still concerned about a creek near one of the wells that has dried up and that Catoctin Creek in Purcellville had run dry.

“I feel that we are not at the point yet for mandatory conservation,” she stated. “We can stay out of mandatory conservation if everyone does their part to conserve water use.”

She said that if each of the town’s utility users saved just 10 minutes of running a kitchen sink, it would save the town 36,500 gallons of water. For reference, she added that water system’s average daily usage in June was 270,000 gallons per day.

Purcellville’s drought watch came Monday, Aug. 28 and stated “the U.S. Drought Monitor shows the town is in a moderate drought and water levels are be-

low normal at the town’s reservoir which supplies about half of the towns daily water production.”

Middleburg, Hamilton and Lovettsville have not put any conservation measures in place.

Middleburg Town Manager Danny Davis said in an email that the town’s wells are producing at expected levels and he does not have any current concerns with the town’s water supply. Lovettsville Town Manager Jason Cournoyer said the town’s well water capacity continues to exceed the demand, but his staff are monitoring the situation closely.

Hamilton Town Council Member Craig Green who chairs the town’s Utility Committee said Hamilton’s water supply was in good shape as well, adding that residents were welcome but not currently required to practice conservation. He said that private wells should use extreme caution until the drought breaks. n

LOVETTSVILLE

Pennsylvania Ave. Closures

Planned for Construction

East Pennsylvania Avenue between South Church Street and South Light Street will be closed between the hours of 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays as construction continues on the streetscape improvement project. Drivers and pedestrians are asked to avoid the area during those hours. The Town Administrative building and parking lot also will be closed except for appointments. To schedule an appointment, contact the Town Office at 540-822-5788. Payments may be placed in the drive-by drop box located across from the porch behind the Lovettsville Historical Society outside of construction hours. Construction updates will be posted on the town website and via social media.

Deadline to Purchase

Veteran Paver Oct. 1

The deadline for residents to honor a veteran by purchasing an engraved paver for the town’s 2023 Veteran’s Day Ceremony is Oct. 1.

All pavers submitted by the deadline will be installed and dedicated at the town’s Nov. 11 ceremony.

The recipient of the paver must have served or be serving in the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force or Coast Guard, but does not need to be from Lovettsville. A single engraved paver costs $250. Application forms can be found on the town website.

MIDDLEBURG

Mickie Gordan Park Meeting Set Aug. 31

The county’s Department of Parks, Recreation, and Community Services will hold a community input meeting on Thursday, Aug. 31 to hear from residents about the county’s proposed improvements at Mickie Gordan Memorial Park.

The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will be held at the

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Alexis Gustin/Loudoun Now Lovettsville Oktoberfest Queen Natalie Adlung, Lovettsville Mayor Nate Fontaine and Weiner Dog Race Emcee David Willard at the 2022 Wiener Dog races.

Middleburg Council Adopts New Town Hall Policies

BY HANNA PAMPALONI hpampaloni@loudounow.com

The Middleburg Town Council last week adopted a new set of policies for use of the Town Hall, which is nearing completion, and for other town properties.

The policies set the guidelines for the reservation and use of Town Hall rooms, use of the town grounds, and disruptive behavior.

“I know we’ve done a lot of work on this,” Mayor Bridge Littleton said to town staff members on Thursday. “And you guys have done a great job. This is hard stuff, especially when you’re talking about using a public space and respecting First Amendment rights but also in a respectful manner and having decorum.”

The policy lists four types of groups and four uses that will be permitted at the Town Hall: nonprofit citizen groups located in the town; federal, state, county and town elected or appointed officials; social and civic groups focused on the welfare of Middleburg; and local businesses, for meeting purposes only.

The four uses include meetings where admission fees are charged and the proceeds are spent for the greater Middleburg community; polling places; meetings of any organization whose mission is related to education or economic development; and civic forums.

Some concerns expressed by council members related to the possibility of staff needing to work late if community members using the facilities run beyond the scheduled times.

Rt. 340 Detour Starts Sept. 12

“The concern for us and for our time is much appreciated,” Town Manager Danny Davis said. “I don’t see it becoming a significant issue, but again we will be aware of that and we will come with recommendations if we need it.”

The town grounds policy governs Marshall Street Park, which will be built on the site of the current town office after the Town Hall opens, but not the portion of the property identified as “the courtyard” or the Village Green, which is owned by Salamander Middleburg. It lists 20 prohibited actions on the grounds, including any use that could be expected to give rise to a riot or public disturbance, any commercial use, any inflatable amusement devices, or sleeping during hours not open to the public, described in the policy as after sunset.

The policy also states that the Town Hall parking lot will be open to the public, with vehicles limited to three hours per day during business days.

The disruptive persons policy identifies disruptive behavior as any disorderly conduct that a reasonable person would find disrupts normal operations including any violations of criminal law. It states that a violation of the policy may lead to the banning of the individual from a town facility for a specified period—described as the remainder of the day until the start of the next business day for a first violation, one week for second violation, one month for a third violation and one year for a fourth and subsequent violations.

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West Virginia contractors are mobilizing for a Rt. 340 road project that could put motorists on a 22-mile detour though Loudoun County for three months starting Sept. 12.

The US Rock Slide Repair Project will close a short section of Rt. 340 between Harpers Ferry Road in Loudoun County and the Shenandoah River. Typically, that section of road sees

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Oktoberfest Committee released a statement Monday assuring the public that the festival will still take place. “Under new leadership, the Lovettsville Oktoberfest Committee and Town of Lovettsville are excited to welcome you back for Lovettsville’s 28th annual festival that includes all the traditional festival favorites.”

Town Manager Jason Cournoyer said in an email to Loudoun Now that, “the Town Council remains steadfast in proceeding with the festival and values the

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Middleburg Community Center. The session follows a decision by the parks department to put on hold its plans to develop a cricket complex at the park, located east of town, after objections from area residents.

Mayor Bridge Littleton said during the Aug. 24 Town Council meeting that the format will be similar to a charrette with

24,500 vehicles per day, according to the West Virginia Division of Highways. Traffic will be routed to a detour that include Harpers Ferry Road and Rt. 9 in Loudoun County.

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committee’s continued dedication in supporting, coordinating, and executing this year’s festival.”

He said he understands the effort and hours of work that community volunteers put in to make the event happen and he’s grateful for their contribution.

“When you volunteer at the level that’s required for these committee members, I think any reasonable person can understand the impact that can have on work, life balance and everything else,” he said.

Cournoyer said that the committee’s Vice Chair Lizzy Fontaine will take the lead in running the committee along with support from the council.

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attendees breaking out into groups.

“[PRCS] will bring a number of staff and have big blown-up maps, and stuff like that,” he said.

He said that the parks department also had committed to a second input session in mid to late September.

“The whole idea [of this meeting] is to find out our wish list,” Littleton said. “… this is our opportunity to tell them what we want. This is our Christmas list, so let’s give them a Christmas list.” n

Hanna Pampaloni/Loudoun Now Middleburg Town Council member Peter Leonard-Morgan and Mayor Bridge Littleton speak with town staff during the Aug. 24 meeting.

GETOUT

LIVE MUSIC

TEJAS SINGH

5 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31

MacDowell Brew Kitchen, 202 Harrison St. SE. B, Leesburg. macsbeach.com

JUSTIN SUEDE

6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31

Spanky’s Shenanigans, 538 E. Market St., Leesburg. spankyspub.com

JASON MASI

5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1

Quattro Goombas Brewery, 22860 James Monroe Highway, Aldie. quattrogoombas.com

ELEMENTS OF KINDRED

5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1

Spanky’s Shenanigans, 538 E. Market St., Leesburg. spankyspub.com

MARK CULLINANE

5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1

Harpers Ferry Brewing, 37412 Adventure Center Lane, Loudoun Heights. harpersferrybrewing.com

MICHAEL KELLY

5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1

Dirt Farm Brewing, 18701 Foggy Bottom Road, Bluemont. dirtfarmbrewing.com

JP JONES

5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1

Lost Barrel Brewing, 36138 John Mosby Highway, Middleburg. Lostbarrel.com

B.EN

6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1

Lansdowne Resort and Spa, 44050 Woodridge Parkway, Leesburg. facebook.com/b.band.18

MEISHA HERRON

6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1

Harvest Gap Brewery, 15485 Purcellville Road, Hillsboro. harvestgap.com

SHANE GAMBLE

6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1

Bear Chase Brewing Company, 33665 Bear Chase Lane, Bluemont. Bearchasebrew.com

SCOTT KURT

6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1

Flying Ace Farm, 40950 Flying Ace Lane, Lovettsville. flyingacefarm.com

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Frontier Kitchen Joins with Entrepreneurs to Help Dreams Come True

BY HANNA PAMPALONI hpampaloni@loudounnow.com

Frontier Kitchen in Chantilly is cooking up Loudoun County’s next batch of promising restaurants and food-based businesses with its shared commercial kitchen space.

Co-founder Brenda Comer said the facility opened out of a desire to help entrepreneurs try out ideas and test their dreams before having to commit their entire life savings into the endeavor.

“Food companies are expensive to start,” she said. “We make it very affordable, and we add the education component. So, we have consultants on staff that help them with any of

the business problems they come up with. Most people come to us with a good idea and not much else.”

Comer said her team guides them through the process of getting a license with the county health inspector and provides advice for a business plan.

“It’s one thing if you have a food truck,” she said. “Those are pretty self-Googleable. People can find that pretty easily. But if you want to put a product on a grocery shelf, all of the things change.”

Comer said when an entrepreneur comes to them, they first get a tour of the facility and take part in a two-way interview to find out if they are a good fit. If so, they can buy a membership,

which includes orientation training, 24/7 access to the facility, and access to the educational resources provided by the business.

The 24/7 access allows business owners who are still in the early stages of their company to benefit from the space. For instance, entrepreneurs who still need to work a nine-to-five job can fill catering orders after hours. Comer said a sign that a business is moving to the next level is when the owner can quit their other job and move to working their own business full time.

Elysa Leonard from F-diets Food

Hanna Pampaloni/Loudoun Now

Brenda Comer stands in the Chantilly location of her business Frontier Kitchen, a commercial kitchen space that she opened to help entrepreneurs get their businesses off the ground. FRONTIER KITCHEN continues on page

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MOSTLY FAB

6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1

Hillsboro Old Stone School, 37098 Charles Town Pike, Hillsboro. oldstoneschool.org

ALFRED YUN: A TRIBUTE CONCERT TO THELONIOUS MONK

7 to 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1

Douglass Community Center, 407 E. Market St., Leesburg. eventbrite.com

BRIAN JOHNSON

7 to 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1

Social House Kitchen & Tap, 42841 Creek View Plaza #145, Ashburn.

BAD PANDA

8 p.m. to Sept. 2, 1 a.m. Friday, Sept. 1

Spanky’s Shenanigans, 538 E. Market St., Leesburg. spankyspub.com

THE CLENDENEN BROTHERS

8 to 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1

Monk’s BBQ, 251 N. 21st St., Purcellville. monksq.com

DANGER BIRD

8 to 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1

Tally Ho Theater, 19 W. Market St., Leesburg. $15. tallyhotheater.com

SCOTT KURT

12 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2

Cana Vineyards and Winery, 38600 John Mosby Highway, Middleburg. canavineyards.com

SHAG

1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2

Vanish Farmwoods Brewery, 42245 Black Hops Lane, Lucketts. vanishbeer.com

TAKE 4 JAZZ

1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2

Otium Cellars, 18050 Tranquility Road, Purcellville.

BRAD THE GUITAR GUY

1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2

Firefly Cellars, 40325 Charles Town Pike, Hamilton. fireflycellars.com

LUKE ANDREWS

1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2

Fleetwood Farm Winery, 23075 Evergreen Mills Road, Leesburg. fleetwoodfarmwinery.com

ELIZA PRYMAK

1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2

Creek’s Edge Winery, 41255 Annas Lane, Lovettsville. creeksedgewinery.com

JULIET LLOYD

1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2

868 Estate Vineyards, 14001 Harpers Ferry Road, Hillsboro. 868estatevineyards.com

DAN CRONIN

1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2

The Barns at Hamilton Station Vineyards, 16804 Hamilton Station Road, Hamilton. thebarnsathamiltonstation.com

WILL BASKIN

1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2 Bear Chase Brewing Company, 33665 Bear Chase Lane, Bluemont. bearchasebrew.com

CHRIS BONE

1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2 Sunset Hills Vineyard, 38295 Fremont Overlook Lane, Purcellville. sunsethillsvineyard.com

CHRIS COMPTON

1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2 Bleu Frog Vineyards, 16413 James Monroe Highway, Leesburg. bleufrogvineyards.com

JASON MASI

1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2 50 West Vineyards, 39060 John Mosby Highway, Middleburg. 50westvineyards.com

ROOK RICHARDS

1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2

8 Chains North Winery, 38593 Daymont Lane, Waterford. 8chainsnorth.com

BRYAN ELIJAH SMITH

2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2 Bozzo Family Vineyards, 35226 Charles Town Pike, Hillsboro. bozwine.com

ANDY HAWK AND THE TRAIN WRECK ENDINGS

2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2 Quattro Goombas Brewery, 22860 James Monroe Highway, Aldie. quattrogoombas.com

DEREK KRETZER

2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2

Breaux Vineyards, 36888 Breaux Vineyards Lane, Hillsboro. breauxvineyards.com

BRYAN ELIJAH SMITH

2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2 Bozzo Family Vineyards, 35226 Charles Town Pike, Hillsboro. Bozwine.com

FREDDIE LONG

3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2 Flying Ace Farm, 40950 Flying Ace Lane, Lovettsville. flyingacefarm.com

RADIONV/BRIAN JOHNSON

4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2 The Lost Fox, 20374 Exchange St., Ashburn. lostfoxhideaway.com

THE SONS OF LIBERTY

5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2 Vanish Farmwoods Brewery, 42245 Black Hops Lane, Lucketts. vanishbeer.com

SELA CAMPBELL

5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2 Harpers Ferry Brewing, 37412 Adventure Center Lane, Loudoun Heights. harpersferrybrewing.com

CRAZY JANE BAND

5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2, Lost Barrel Brewing, 36138 John Mosby Highway, Middleburg. lostbarrel.com

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Bets

MOSTLY FAB

BestFriday, Sept. 1, 7 p.m. Hillsboro Old Stone School oldstoneschool.org

Hillsboro’s summer concert series wraps up with a night of classic Beatles harmonies and hits performed by a special collaboration of musicians Cal Everett, Todd Wright, Tom Lofgren and Chris Martin. Bring a lawn chair. Free admission.

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SIDETRACKED

6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2

Harvest Gap Brewery, 15485 Purcellville Road, Hillsboro. harvestgap.com

HILARY VELTRI

6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2

868 Estate Vineyards, 14001 Harpers Ferry Road, Hillsboro. 868estatevineyards.com

FORK IN THE ROAD

6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2

Bear Chase Brewing Company, 33665 Bear Chase Lane, Bluemont. bearchasebrew.com

DELTA SPUR, ROWDY ACE BAND AND SELA CAMPBELL—COUNTRY MUSIC FAVORITES

6 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2, Tarara Winery, 13648 Tarara Lane, Leesburg. $25 tararaconcerts.com

SHANE GAMBLE

7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2

The Bungalow Lakehouse, 46116 Lake Center Plaza, Sterling. bungalowlakehouse.com

LOST LOCALS

8 p.m. to 12 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 2 Spanky’s Shenanigans, 538 E. Market St., Leesburg. spankyspub.com

GARY SMALLWOOD

8 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2

Monk’s BBQ, 251 N. 21st St., Purcellville. monksq.com

CASH UNCHAINED

8 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2

Tally Ho Theater, 19 W. Market St., Leesburg. $15. tallyhotheater.com

CALLER N’ DOC

1. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3

Quattro Goombas Brewery, 22860 James

DELTA SPUR, ROWDY ACE, SELA

Saturday, Sept. 2, 6 p.m. Tarara Winery tararaconcerts.com

Delta Spur headlines the Saturday night party. Rowdy Ace Band kicks off the show at 6 p.m. Sela Campbell joins both bands. Plus, it is active duty military, veterans, and first responders night, with those service members admitted free.

Monroe Highway, Aldie. quattrogoombas.com

PHIL KOMINSKI

12 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3 Cana Vineyards and Winery, 38600 John Mosby Highway, Middleburg. canavineyards.com

2MB BAND

12 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3 Bear Chase Brewing Company, 33665 Bear Chase Lane, Bluemont. bearchasse.com

LOCO FEST

12 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3 868 Estate Vineyards, 14001 Harpers Ferry Road, Purcellville. $30. locomusiciansfestival.com

STEEL DRUMMIN’ ON THE BEACH!

12 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3 MacDowell’s Beach, 202 Harrison St. SE., Leesburg. macsbeach.com

2023 MOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVAL

12:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3 Harpers Ferry Brewing, 37412 Adventure Center Lane, Loudoun Heights. harpersferrybrewing.com

SAM C. JONES

1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3

Vanish Farmwoods Brewery, 42245 Black Hops Lane, Lucketts. vanishbeer.com

DANIEL MENSCH

1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3 Firefly Cellars, 40325 Charles Town Pike, Hamilton. fireflycellars.com

NATHANIEL AGULAR

1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3 Fleetwood Farm Winery, 23075 Evergreen Mills Road, Leesburg. fleetwoodfarmwinery.com

JULIET LLOYD TRIO

1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3

Lost Barrel Brewing, 36138 John Mosby Highway, Middleburg. Lostbarrel.com

JASON MASI

1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3

Sunset Hills Vineyard, 38295 Fremont Overlook Lane, Purcellville.

CASH UNCHAINED

Saturday, Sept. 2, 8 p.m. Tally Ho Theater tallyhotheater.com

Take a journey back in time to the life and music of “The Man in Black” with this band that brings the sights and sounds of the legendary Johnny Cash to stages across the U.S.

sunsethillsvineyard.com

BRIAN JOHNSON

1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3 50 West Vineyards, 39060 John Mosby Highway, Middleburg. 50westvineyards.com

GRAYSON MOON

1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3

Bleu Frog Vineyards, 16413 James Monroe Highway, Leesburg. https://bleufrogvineyards.com

JOE DOWNER

1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3

8 Chains N. Winery, 38593 Daymont Lane, Waterford. 8chainsnorth.com

SCOTT KURT

2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3

Harvest Gap Brewery, 15485 Purcellville Road, Hillsboro. harvestgap.com

FAITH NOEL

2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3 Harpers Ferry Brewing, 37412 Adventure Center Lane, Loudoun Heights. harpersferrybrewing.com

JILL FULTON BAND

2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3

Breaux Vineyards, 36888 Breaux Vineyards Lane, Hillsboro. breauxvineyards.com

JIM STEELE

2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3 868 Estate Vineyards, 14001 Harpers Ferry Road, Hillsboro. 868estatevineyards.com

PETE LAPP

2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3

The Barns at Hamilton Station Vineyards, 16804 Hamilton Station Road, Hamilton. thebarnsathamiltonstation.com

ACOUSTIC MOOSE

2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3

Flying Ace Farm, 40950 Flying Ace Lane, Lovettsville. flyingacefram.com

KARAOKE WITH MICHELLE

2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3

Two Twisted Posts Winery, 12944 Harpers Ferry Road, Neersville. twotwistedposts.com

LOCO FEST

Sunday, Sept. 3, noon to 9 p.m. 868 Estate Vineyards locomusiciansfestival.com

It’s LoCo Music all day with more than 25 musicians performing with their bands and in collaboration with other Loudoun Favorites during the annual showcase that raises money to purchase equipment for local musicians. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the gate.

AGAINST THE GRAIN

3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3 Spanky’s Shenanigans, 538 E. Market St., Leesburg. spankyspub.com

TED GARBER

4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3

The Bungalow Lakehouse, 46116 Lake Center Plaza, Sterling. bungalowlakehouse.com

DENNIS & BRAD

5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3

Lost Barrel Brewing, 36138 John Mosby Highway, Middleburg. lostbarrel.com

JB BROWN

5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3 Bear Chase Brewing Company, 33665 Bear Chase Lane, Bluemont. bearchasebrew.com

CHRIS BOWEN

12 to 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 4 Bear Chase Brewing Company, 33665 Bear Chase Lane, Bluemont. bearchasebrew.com

LINDSAY AUSTIN HOUGH

1 to 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 4 Vanish Farmwoods Brewery, 42245 Black Hops Lane, Lucketts. vanishbeer.com

CRAZY JANE BAND

1 to 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 4

Lost Barrel Brewing, 36138 John Mosby Highway, Middleburg. lostbarrel.com

TODD BROOKS & POUR DECISIONS

1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 4

Sunset Hills Vineyard, 38295 Fremont Overlook Lane, Purcellville. sunsethillsvineyard.com

GRAYSON MOON

1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 4 8 Chains N. Winery, 38593 Daymont Lane, Waterford. 8chainsnorth.com

TED GARBER

1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 4 50 West Vineyards, 39060 John Mosby Highway, Middleburg.

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50westvineyards.com

ACOUSTIC MOOSE

2 to 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 4

The Barns at Hamilton Station Vineyards, 16804 Hamilton Station Road, Hamilton. thebarnsathamiltonstation.com

BOB & MIKE FROM MUDLARK BAND

7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6

Spanky’s Shenanigans, 538 E. Market St., Leesburg. spankypub.com

JASON MASI

6 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6

The Lost Fox, 20374 Exchange St., Ashburn. lostfoxhideaway.com

WILL BASKIN

6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7

Spanky’s Shenanigans, 538 E. Market St., Leesburg. spankypub.com

ALBERT BOUCHARD’S IMAGINOS

8 to 11 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7

Tally Ho Theater, 19 W. Market St., Leesburg. $30. tallytheater.com

SCOTT STAPP THE VOICE OF CREED

8 to 11 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7 Ion International Training Center, 19201 Compass Creek Parkway, Leesburg. $45. ionarena.com

HAPPENINGS

MINI GOLF THROUGH THE BIBLE

1 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1 Leesburg United Methodist Church, 107 W. Market St., Leesburg. $5. leesburgumc.org

TRAILS OF MILES OPENING NIGHT VA

6:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2 17339 Southern Planter Lane, Leesburg. $20. runsignup.com

AUTHOR TALK WITH NANCY SPANNAUS: HAMILTON VERSUS WALL STREET

6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2 Loudoun Museum, 16 Loudoun St. SW., Leesburg. Free. loudounmuseum.org

THE DC IMPROV PRESENTS HYPNOTIST

FLIP ORLEY

8 to 11 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3 Tally Ho Theater, 19 W. Market St. SW., Leesburg. $22 to $32. tallyhotheater.com

WRITING IN NATURE

11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7 Morven Park Grounds, 17339 Southern Planter Lane, Leesburg. loudounwildlife.org

GENEALOGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY: USING DNA TO AID YOUR PAPER RESEARCH

10 to 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 7 Thomas Balch Library, 208 W. Market St., Leesburg. Free. leesburgva.gov

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is an example of this. She started her healthy meal prep business three years ago as a part time job while also owning her own marketing company for small ship cruise lines.

“When the pandemic hit, all [cruises] just stopped,” she said. “… I was at a crossroads, and I was like, ‘Do I go all-in on F-diets? Or do I go back and rebuild my other business?’ but I was kind of in the mode of this and I was helping people and I liked that.”

Khai Nguyen started his business Pho From Home last year, providing pho and spring rolls to-go at area farmers markets and for pick up at Frontier Kitchen.

“Brenda and her team are great,” he said.

Nguyen said he dreams of growing his business even more and having his own space someday.

“Any entrepreneur with any kind of product that is food can come in and work with us and get it started and get it launched,” Comer said. “And the whole idea is to graduate them into their own space. I think we’re somewhere between 80 and 100 graduates.”

Frontier Kitchen’s first Chantilly tenant was Gabriel Key, founder of Foggy Mountain Milling and Pasta. Key sources grain from farms in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina and mills it into flour himself. While he sells fresh and dried pasta at farmer’s markets, he also supplies pasta and flour to local restaurants that county locals frequent often such as The Wine Kitchen, Field and Main, The Restaurant at Patowmack Farm and others.

Josh Sinins opened Treats and Sweets, a customized cookie bakery, from his home five years ago before the business grew enough for him to expand into Frontier Kitchen last year, allowing him to move to running the business full-time.

Comer said her goal through Frontier Kitchen is to help entrepreneurs through the difficult task of starting their own business. In addition to providing the 12,000-square-foot space, industrial-sized kitchen appliances, storage space for ingredients and tools and a power source for industrial and specialized machinery, she said her staff also takes care of receiving

deliveries that come during business hours when many of her tenants are working their full-time jobs.

She said the kitchen also has a close relationship with the county’s Economic Development Advisory Commission, which is an added benefit to her tenants.

“[EDAC] comes out once and month and does consultations with our members,” Comer said. “It’s super awesome. They have been such a fantastic resource. Danelle Hayer has been our primary point of contact and once a month she’ll give advice on staffing, on locations, on county programs happening, everything.”

Comer said she recruited pastry chef Cassity Jones to co-found the business with her, and they opened their first location in Lorton in 2015 before expanding to Loudoun County in 2020.

“Loudoun County has been so welcoming to all of our members,” she said. “I think we have probably graduated as many out of our Loudoun kitchen in the last three years as we have in six years out of the Fairfax kitchen, just because the Loudoun community really responds well to local food. They love the clients. They love finding new things and we are happy to bring it.”

She said she understands the struggles that new business owners face because she’s experienced them herself.

“Back in 2013, my spouse at the time, decided he wanted to start a bakery out of our house,” she said. “And like many of our clients, we outgrew it in a very short period of time. So, we were at farmers markets where we were selling, and I found out a lot of the same problem. There were no kitchens in Virginia at the time. There was nowhere to go. And so, I came up with the idea of starting one.”

Comer said she just wants to give entrepreneurs with a dream a chance to realize it without investing their life savings.

“Being able to get out and start a business is life changing,” Comer said. “Sometimes you do it and you don’t end up liking it. That’s just how it works. But to not have to risk everything that you have on it? Someone could come in and start a business and try their concept for probably about $5,000 dollars at our kitchen. That’s a chance to see if it has legs and if you want it to.” n

Legal Notices

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ROUND HILL TOWN COUNCIL

The Round Hill Town Council will hold a public hearing on September 6, 2023, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Round Hill Town Office, 23 Main Street, Round Hill, Virginia to receive public comment and consider approval of a telecommunications company’s lease of space on the Town water tower located at 17144 Evening Star Drive, PIN:554266077000; Tax Map No: /34//30////1-A. The lease is authorized by Virginia Code Section 15.2-1800. Copies of the property description are available for inspection and copying in the Town Clerk’s Office and at the Town website: www.roundhillva.org. All interested persons should appear and present their views at the above time and place. If a member of the public cannot attend, comments may be submitted by mail to PO Box 36, Round Hill, VA 20142; by fax to (540) 338-1680; or by email to hwest@roundhillva.org. Comments received by Noon on the day of the hearing will be distributed to Council members and made a part of the public record. Copies of relevant documents may be viewed on the Town website at www.roundhillva.org. Anyone needing assistance or accommodations under the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act should call the Town Office at (540) 338-7878. The regularly scheduled Town Council meeting will begin after the public hearing.

Scott T. Ramsey, Mayor 8/24/2023

TOWN OF LEESBURG

NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISISON PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION 6.7

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, SEPTEMBER 7, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia, 20176 to consider Zoning Ordinance Amendment TLZNOA2023-0006.

1. Section 6.7 – a revision to the Zoning Ordinance to permit rezoning of property to the I-1 zoning district.

Copies and additional information regarding this proposed Zoning Ordinance amendment are available at the Department of Planning and Zoning located on the second floor of the Leesburg Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176 during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.), or by calling 703-771-2765 and asking for Mike Watkins, Zoning Administrator. Mr. Watkins can also be reached by email at mwatkins@leesburgva.gov.

At this hearing all persons desiring to express their views concerning these matters will be heard. Persons requiring special accommodation should contact the Clerk of Commission at (703) 771-2434, three days in advance of the meeting. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711. 8/24/23

NOTICE OF ROUND HILL JOINT PUBLIC HEARING TOWN COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION PLANNING COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING

The Round Hill Town Council and the Round Hill Planning Commission will hold a Joint Public Hearing in accordance with Code of Virginia Sections 15.2-2204, 15.2-2285, and 15.2-2286, on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Round Hill Town Office, 23 Main Street, Round Hill, Virginia for the purpose of receiving comments and taking action on the following proposed text amendment to the Round Hill Zoning Ordinance.

Zoning Ordinance Article 12 contains regulations for off-street parking, loading and pedestrian facilities. ZOAM 2023-01 proposes an amendment to Article 12.7.4 “General Design Standards in Commercial, Industrial, Institutional and Community Uses”. The amendment would allow parking in non-residential building setback areas while still maintaining buffers:

“4. No required parking shall be located in any required buffer or setback.”

The Planning Commission will hold a special meeting following the public hearing. All interested persons should appear and present their views at the above time and place. If a member of the public cannot attend, comments may be submitted by mail to PO Box 36, Round Hill, VA 20142; by fax to (540) 338-1680; or by email to hwest@roundhillva.org. Comments received by Noon on the day of the hearing will be distributed to Commission and Council members and made a part of the public record. Copies of relevant documents may be viewed on the Town website at www.roundhillva.org

Anyone needing assistance or accommodations under the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act should call the Town Office at (540) 338-7878.

Scott Ramsey, Mayor Manny Mirabal, Chairman Round Hill Town Council Round Hill Planning Commission 8/24 & 8/31/23

Legal Notices

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VA. CODE § 8.01-316

Case No.: JJ046742-01-00

Loudoun Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court

Commonwealth of Virginia, in re

Ava May Harmony O’Brien

Loudoun County Department of Family Services

/v.

Patrick Kevin O’Brien, Father and Johnette Mae Nickens, Mother

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

VA. CODE § 8.01-316

Case No.: JJ047416-01-00

Loudoun Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court

Commonwealth of Virginia, in re

John Doe aka Melvin Avon Loudoun County Department of Family Services

/v.

Unknown Mother and Unknown Father

The object of this suit is to hold an adjudicatory hearing pursuant to Virginia Code § 16.1-252 for Ava May Harmony O’Brien; and hold a dispositional hearing for review of initial Foster Care Plan pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 16.1278.2 and 16.1-281 for Ava May Harmony O’Brien.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Patrick Kevin O’Brien, Father and Johnette Mae Nickens, Mother appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before September 18, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. (Adjudicatory); and October 16, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. (Dispositional)

8/31, 9/7, 9/14 & 9/21/23

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 Wednesday, September 6, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following:

APPL-2023-0004

Appeal of Zoning Permit #Z30555040101 for a Group Home at 20179 Gleedsville Road

Hilary Kozikowski, Aaron Kozikowski, Lawrence J. Thomas, Mary C. Thomas, Thomas Wright, Cheryl Wright, Lynne Wright, Michael Wright, William Feitshans, Beverly Feitshans, Addie Palmer, Craig Palmer, and A Farm Less Ordinary of Leesburg, Virginia, have submitted an application for an appeal of the May 24, 2023 issuance of zoning permit #Z30555040101 for a Group Home at 20179 Gleedsville Road, Leesburg, Virginia. The subject property is zoned AR-1 (Agricultural Rural-1) under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance. The subject property is more particularly identified as PIN: 315-39-4049-000, Tax Map #/59//18//B2-2/; and is approximately 8.01 acres in size. The subject property is located west of Gleedsville Road (Route 650), north of Browns Creek Place (Route 1007), and south of Diggins Court (Route 3047).

The object of this suit is to hold an adjudicatory hearing pursuant to Virginia Code § 16.1-252 for John Doe aka Melvin Avon; and hold a dispositional hearing for review of initial Foster Care Plan pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 16.1278.2 and 16.1-281 for John Doe aka Melvin Avon.

It is ORDERED that the defendants Unknown Mother and Unknown Father appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his or her interests on or before September 22, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. (Adjudicatory); and October 4, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. (Dispositional)

8/31, 9/7, 9/14 & 9/21/23

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

VA. CODE § 8.01-316

Case No.: JJ045188-10-00

Loudoun Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Ashli Martinez-Bonilla

ABC LICENSE

Multiservicios Hispanos LLC trading as La Tiendita, 940A Edwards Ferry Rd NE, Leesburg, Virginia 20176.

The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA AlCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) AUTHORITY for a

Wine and Beer Off Premise license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Ever S Chavez Garcia, LLC Member

Note: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

8/31 & 9/7/23

Loudoun County Department of Family Services /v.

Maynor Martinez Acosta, putative father and Unknown Father

The object of this suit is to hold a second permanency planning hearing and review of Foster Care Plan pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 16.1-282.1 and 16.1-281 for Ashli MartinezBonilla.

It is ORDERED that the defendants Maynor Martinez Acosta, putative father and Unknown Father appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before October 10, 2023 at 2:00 p.m.

8/31, 9/7, 9/14 & 9/21/23

Complete copies of the appeal and Staff Report will be made available Tuesday, August 29, 2023. The documents may be reviewed electronically at loudoun.gov/landmarc, or call 703-777-0246 (option 5) to request hard copies or electronic copies. Members of the public desiring to do so may appear and present their views regarding this matter. Members of the public who wish to provide public input, whether electronically or in person, are encouraged to 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 no later than 12:00 PM on the day of the public hearing. Speakers may also sign up at the hearing. Written comments may be sent to the Loudoun County Board of Zoning Appeals, P.O. Box 7000, Leesburg, Virginia 20175, or by e-mail to stephanie.capps@loudoun.gov. Members of the public may also submit comments electronically at loudoun.gov/landapplications If you require a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability or need language assistance in order to participate in the public hearing, please contact the Office of the County Administrator at 703-777-0200/TTY-711. Three business days advance notice is requested.

Nan M. Joseph Forbes, Chair

Loudoun County Board of Zoning Appeals

8/24 & 8/31/23

TOWN OF PURCELLVILLE COMMITTEE, COMMISSION AND BOARD VACANCIES

The Purcellville Town Council will be reviewing applications and conducting open interviews for appointments to fill vacancies on the following:

o Board of Architectural Review

o Board of Zoning Appeals

o Economic Development Advisory Committee

Information on each of the committees can be found on the Town’s website.

Applications are due by 4:00 PM on Friday, September 15, 2023.

Citizens interested in serving on any of the above should complete and submit an application along with a letter of interest and/or resume outlining your qualifications. An online application can be found on the Town’s website at http://purcellvilleva.gov/forms.aspx?FID=78 . You may also pick up an application at Town Hall during normal business hours Monday through Friday 8:30am-4:30pm.

If you have any questions concerning the vacant positions or the appointment process, please do not hesitate to contact Kimberly Bandy, Deputy Town Clerk at (540) 338-7421.

8/31 & 9/7/23

COUNTY OF LOUDOUN, VIRGINIA AVAILABILITY OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT (CAPER) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023

The Loudoun County Department of Housing and Community Development has prepared a Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 on the performance of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program within the County for the period from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023, to be submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Copies of the draft CAPER for FY 2023 will be made available starting Friday, September 1, 2023, through Monday, September 18, 2023, and may be examined at the office of the Loudoun County Department of Housing and Community Development, 106 Catoctin Circle, SE, Leesburg, VA 20175, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The CAPER is also available online at https://www.loudoun.gov/. Written comments on the CAPER may be submitted via email to housing@loudoun.gov or via mail to the CDBG Program Manager, PO Box 7000, Leesburg, VA 20177. For questions, please call 703-737-8755.

8/31/23

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Loudoun County Public Schools Park View High School Community Meeting

September 6, 2023

Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) will be holding a meeting with the Park View High School community on the design of their new school on September 6, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. in the school’s cafeteria.

This meeting will be the first of many conversations with the community on the new school and will include information on the design and construction process, as well as the consideration of special programs by the LCPS Department of Teaching and Learning.

During this first meeting, the LCPS Division of Construction design team will be introduced along with the architectural firm, as they begin planning the design of the school with community input.

Future meeting dates will be announced as the architect develops a schedule to allow the Park View High School community to experience the design process in real-time.

Park View High School is located at 400 West Laurel Avenue, in Sterling.

Those who need translation/interpretation assistance or a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability in order to participate meaningfully in the community meeting should contact the Support Services office at 571-252-1385 at least three (3) days prior to the meeting.

Kevin L. Lewis, Chief Operations Officer

Loudoun County Public Schools, Department of Support Services

21000 Education Court

Ashburn, Virginia 20148

Telephone: 571-252-1385

Email: ParkViewReplacement@LCPS.org

8/24 & 8/31/23

TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION TLSE-2022-0008

MEADOW GLEN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY EXPANSION

Pursuant to Sections 15.2-1427, 15.2-2204, 15.2-2205 and 15.2-2285 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, the LEESBURG TOWN COUNCIL will hold a public hearing on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176, to consider Special Exception application TLSE-2022-0008, Meadow Glen Assisted Living Facility Expansion.

The subject of the application is the existing assisted living residence at 315 Dry Mill Road SE. The property is zoned R-4, Single-Family Residential and is further described by Loudoun County Parcel Identification Number (PIN) 217-20-6669-000.

Special Exception Application TLSE-2022-0008 is a request by Cali Meadow Glen Operations, LLC amending Special Exception application TLSE-1999-0001 to allow an overall total 1,850 square foot addition to accommodate an increase in the number of beds from 40 to 42, yielding 13.1 beds/acre pursuant to Town of Leesburg Zoning Ordinance Section 5.4.2 Use Regulations

Additional information and copies of this application are available at the Department of Planning and Zoning located on the second floor of the Leesburg Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176 during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.), or by contacting Christopher Murphy, Senior Planning Project Manager by telephone at 703-737-7009, or by email at cmurphy@leesburgva.gov

At this hearing, all persons desiring to express their views concerning this matter will be heard. Persons requiring special accommodations at the meeting should contact the Clerk of Council at (703) 771-2733 three days in advance of the meeting. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711.

8/31 & 9/7/2023

TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER REZONING APPLICATION TLZM-2022-0005 LEEGATE COMMERCIAL

Pursuant to Sections 15.2-1427, 15.2-2204, 15.2-2205 and 15.2-2285 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, the LEESBURG TOWN COUNCIL will hold a public hearing on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176, to consider Rezoning application TLZM-2022-0005, Leegate Commercial.

The Subject Property consists of 8 parcels totaling approximately 101.75 acres (Loudoun County Property Identification Numbers (PIN) 189-10-3080, 189-10-6250, 148-15-1619, 189-19-2882, 19049-8251, 190-49-5275, 190-49-29-18, and 190-20-5775.) A proposed Proffer Amendment affects the phasing plan for residential and commercial uses as well the triggers for certain recreational amenities on these parcels. Portions of two parcels (the Site, (PINs 148-15-1619 and 189-10-6250, consisting of approximately 5.28 acres of vacant land bound by Battlefield Parkway, Trailview Boulevard and Fort View Boulevard) are subject to a proposed Zoning Concept Plan Amendment. The Site is zoned PRC, Planned Residential Community and also lies within the Gateway District (Overlay).

Rezoning Application TLZM-2022-0005 is a request by Lidl US, LLC to amend the Concept Plan and Proffers for the subject property to allow for an approximately 30,500 square foot grocery store and a second retail/office building of up to 17,000 square feet. The phasing plan for residential and commercial uses, and the delivery triggers for certain recreational amenities are also proposed for amendment.

The Site is located in what the Legacy Leesburg Town Plan (LLTP) describes as an “Area to Transform or Evolve” on the Area Based Land Use Initiatives Map (LLTP pg. 72). The property is further designated within LLTP as an “Innovation Center” on the Character Areas for Preservation and Change Map (LLTP pg. 76). There is no recommended density for residential use or a Floor Area Ratio (F.A.R.) for commercial uses associated with a PRC-Planned Residential Community within LLTP. The Site is further designated as “Regional Office” in the Eastern Gateway District Small Area Plan. The proposed commercial F.A.R. of the Site is 0.21.

The application includes several requested modifications to the Town of Leesburg Zoning Ordinance (TLZO) regulations. Modifications being requested by the Applicant include:

1. Maximum building sizes in the PRC (TLZO Sec. 9.3.16.A.2),

2. Setback requirements (TLZO Sec. 10.4.5.E.5),

3. Required number of loading spaces (TLZO Sec. 11.9),

4. Buffer and screening requirements (TLZO Sec. 12.8.2 and 12.8.3), and

5. Universal Gateway District Standards (TLZO Sec. 7.12.24).

Additional information and copies of this application are available at the Department of Planning and Zoning located on the second floor of the Leesburg Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176 during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.), or by contacting Richard Klusek, at 703-771-2758 or rklusek@leesburgva.gov.

At these hearings, all persons desiring to express their views concerning these matters will be heard. Persons requiring special accommodations at the meeting should contact the Clerk of Council at (703) 771-2733 three days in advance of the meeting. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711.

8/31 & 9/7

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The LOUDOUN COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION will conduct a public hearing during its work session on Thursday, September 14, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors’ Meeting Room on the first floor of the County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia. The items proposed for public hearing during this work session are as follows:

ZOAM-2020-0002

PRIME AGRICULTURAL SOILS AND CLUSTER SUBDIVISIONS

(Zoning Ordinance Amendment)

Pursuant to Virginia Code §15.2-2204, the Planning Commission will consider proposed amendments to Zoning Ordinance regulations governing the Cluster Subdivision Option in the AR – 1 (Agricultural Rural – 1) and AR – 2 (Agricultural Rural – 2) zoning districts. The proposed amendments will establish new and clarify, revise and/or delete existing regulations and definitions in regard to the preservation of prime farmland soils, rural cluster development design, and uses for the Cluster Subdivision Option. A complete copy of the text of the proposed amendments may be examined at the Loudoun County Government Center, as described below.

LEGI-2023-0024, BROADLANDS SECTION 104:

ZCPA-2021-0011, SPEX-2021-0055, & SPEX-2023-0001, BROADLANDS, SECTION 104

(Zoning Concept Plan Amendment, Special Exceptions)

Broadlands Commercial Development LLC has submitted applications for: a zoning map amendment and special exceptions for approximately 10.2 acres of land located west of Claiborne Parkway (Route 901) on the east side of Broadlands Boulevard (Route 640) and north of Van Metre Drive (Route 2343) in the Ashburn Election District (the “Subject Property”). The Subject Property is more particularly identified as:

of the remaining PD-CC zoning district and the proposed R-24 ADU (Multifamily Residential Affordable Dwelling Unit Regulations) zoning district, reduce the required parking for Affordable Dwelling Units (ADUs) and Affordable Housing Units (AHUs) to 1.2 parking spaces per ADU and AHU; eliminate the required landscape buffer between the remaining PD-CC zoning district and the proposed R-24 ADU zoning district; allow access to lots created after the rezoning to be provided by Category A and B private roads; allow a 60-foot building height without additional setback for a height over 45 feet; and allow for a ten-foot building and parking setback along Commonwealth Center Drive.

LEGI-2023-0026, LANSDOWNE BOULEVARD

REZONING: ZMAP-2021-0024, SPEX-2021-0060, ZMOD2021-0093, ZMOD-2022-0073 & ZMOD-2022-0074

(Zoning Map Amendment, Special Exception & Zoning Modifications)

ESC Lansdowne LLC has submitted applications for a zoning map amendment, special exception, and zoning modifications for approximately 9.22 acres of land located on the west side of Lansdowne Boulevard (Route 2400) and north of Riverside Parkway (Route 2401) in the Ashburn Election District (the “Subject Property”), and more particularly described as 19391 Lansdowne Boulevard, Leesburg, Virginia, PIN: 082-28-1875-000, Tax Map #: /62///7//B6-1/.

For ZCPA-2021-0011, the applicant seeks to administer the property under the R-16 ADU (Townhouse/ Multifamily Affordable Dwelling Unit Regulations) zoning district in order to allow a maximum of 136 dwelling units, including a maximum of 45 single family attached units, a maximum of 27 multifamily stacked units, and a maximum of 64 multifamily attached units. For SPEX-2021-0055, SPEX-2021-0056, and SPEX-2023-0001, the applicant seeks to permit the modification of the minimum yard requirements for the ADU developments in the R-16 ADU (Townhouse/Multifamily Affordable Dwelling Unit Regulations) zoning district.

LEGI-2023-0041, COMMONWEALTH CENTER RESIDENTIAL:

ZMAP-2022-0016, SPEX-2023-0018, ZMOD-2022-0058, ZMOD-2022-0059, ZMOD-2022-0061, ZMOD-2022-0062, ZMOD-2023-0033, ZMOD-2023-0034, & ZMOD-2023-0035

(Zoning Map Amendment, Special Exception, & Zoning Modifications)

CWC Shops LC has submitted applications for: a zoning map amendment, special exception, and zoning modifications for approximately 21.97 acres of land located south of Route 7 on the east side of Loudoun County Parkway (Route 607), and both the north and south sides of Russell Branch Parkway (Route 1061) in the Broad Run Election District (the “Subject Property”). The Subject Property is more particularly identified as:

PIN PROPERTY ADDRESS TAX MAP NUMBER

040-35-3062-00020550 Heron Overlook Plaza, Ashburn, Virginia/80/H/1/////1A

040-35-9407-000 N/A /80/S/1/////6/

040-45-0894-00020500 Heron Overlook Plaza, Ashburn, Virginia /80/P/1/////2/ 040-35-0972-00020530 Heron Overlook Plaza, Ashburn, Virginia /80/H/1/////3B

040-45-3498-000 20460 Heron Overlook Plaza, Ashburn, Virginia /80/H/1///3A1/

For ZMAP-2022-0016, the applicant seeks to rezone the Subject Property to the R-24 ADU (Multifamily Residential Affordable Dwelling Unit Regulations) zoning district in order to develop up to 625 residential units. For SPEX-2023-0018, the applicant seeks a special exception to modify the minimum yard requirements for the R-24 ADU (Multifamily Residential Affordable Dwelling Unit Regulations) zoning district. For ZMOD-2022-0058, ZMOD-2022-0059, ZMOD-2022-0061, ZMOD-2022-0062, ZMOD-2023-0029, ZMOD-2023-0033, ZMOD-2023-0034, & ZMOD-2023-0035, the applicant seeks Zoning Ordinance modifications for various regulations affecting the Subject Property, including but not limited to: allow access from a private access easement for the remaining parcels located in the in the PD-CC (Planned Development – Commercial Center) zoning district; allow primary access to the remaining PD-CC zoning district through a residential street; reduce the minimum size of the remaining PD-CC zoning district; reduce the required open space for the remaining PD-CC zoning district; allow the required landscape buffer for the remaining PD-CC zoning district to be located on the outside perimeter

For ZMAP-2021-0024, the applicant seeks to rezone approximately 9.22 acres from the PD-OP (Planned Development – Office Park) zoning district to the R-16 ADU (Townhouse/Multifamily Residential-16, ADU Development Regulations) zoning district in order to develop 120 Residential units, consisting of a maximum 48 multifamily units and a maximum of 72 single family attached units, at a density of approximately 13.02 dwelling units per acre. For SPEX-2021-0060, the applicant seeks a special exception to permit the modification of minimum yard requirements in the R-16 ADU zoning district. For ZMOD-2021-0093, ZMOD-2022-0073 & ZMOD-2022-0074, the applicant seeks zoning modifications for various regulations affecting the Subject Property and/or proposed development, including but not limited to: increase lot coverage from 75 to 85 percent for rear loaded single family attached dwelling units, permit two on-street parking spaces to meet zoning requirements for 16-foot wide single family attached units instead of one on-street space, and permit enclosed or unenclosed porches to project a maximum of four feet provided they do not extend closer than on foot from a lot line.

LEGI-2023-0033, OLD ARCOLA RESIDENTIAL: ZMAP-2022-0005, SPEX2022-0017, SPEX-2022-0018, SPEX-2022-0019, SPEX-2023-0013, SPMI-20220005, ZMOD-2022-0017, ZMOD-2022-0070, ZMOD-2022-0071, ZMOD-20220084, ZMOD-2022-0085, ZMOD-2022-0086, ZMOD-2023-0018 and ZMOD2023-0042

(Zoning Map Amendment, Special Exceptions, Minor Special Exception & Zoning Modifications)

Capretti Land, Inc. has submitted applications for a zoning map amendment, special exceptions, a minor special exception, and zoning modifications for approximately 31.67 acres of land located along Stone Springs Blvd (Route 659), south of Arcola Mills Drive (Route 651), and north of Lee Jackson Memorial Highway (Route 50) in the Dulles Ridge Election District. The subject property is more particularly identified as:

For ZMAP-2022-0005, the Applicant seeks to rezone the Subject Property from the RC (Rural Commercial) and GB (General Business) zoning districts to the R8 (R-8-Single Family Residential) and R16 (R-16-Townhouse/Multifamily Residential) zoning districts in order to develop 228 residential units at a density of 7.2. For SPEX-2022-0017, SPEX-2022-0018, SPEX-2022-0019, and SPEX-2023-0013, the applicant seeks special exceptions to modify yard and lot requirements including but not limited to: allow parking in required yards, to allow a 20’ minimum rear yard for single family detached units, to allow a 10’ minimum front yard for multi-family units, and to allow for a public or private community or regional park in the R-16 zoning district. For SPMI-2022-0005, the applicant seeks a minor special exception to modify recycling container setbacks from 150 feet from residential dwellings to 60 feet. For ZMOD-2022-0017, ZMOD-2022-0070, ZMOD-2022-0071, ZMOD-2022-0084, ZMOD-2022-0085, ZMOD-2022-0086, ZMOD-2023-0018, and ZMOD-2023-0042, the applicant seeks zoning modifications for various regulations affecting the Subject Property including but not limited to: eliminate buffer yards and planting requirements, reduce the front yard requirement for corner lots from 25 feet minimum to 10

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feet minimum, to allow single family attached units and multi-family units to front on private streets, to allow for no maximum height for patios or decks and to allow for porches, enclosed or unenclosed, to not extend closer than 10 feet to a lot line, to allow for all required plant unit types within the Type-A Buffer Yard requirement for peripheral parking lot landscaping to be located on the adjacent County property, to allow for single family attached buildings in the R-8 Zoning District to be a maximum height of 50 feet, and to remove the Type 2 Road Corridor Buffer.

Copies of the proposed plans, ordinances, or amendments for each item listed above may be examined at the Loudoun County Government Center, Office of County Administrator, Information Desk, First Floor, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday or call 703-777-0246 (option 5), to request hard copies or electronic copies. Additional project files related to land use applications and land use ordinances may be reviewed electronically at loudoun.gov/landmarc. Additionally, documents may be viewed and downloaded electronically the week before the hearing at www. loudoun.gov/pc. For further information, contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-777-0246 (option 5).

Planning Commission work sessions and public hearings are held in the Board Room of the Government Center. Public hearings and work sessions are televised on Comcast Government Channel 23 and Verizon FiOS Channel 40, and are also are livestreamed at loudoun.gov/meetings.

Members of the public desiring to do so may appear and present their views during the public hearing portion of the work session. Public comment will be received only for those items listed for public hearing. Members of the public who wish to provide public input, whether electronically or in person, are encouraged to sign-up in advance; however, speakers may sign-up during the hearing. If you wish to sign-up in advance, please call the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-777-0246 (option 5) prior to 12:00 PM on the day

of the work session; however, speakers may also sign-up at the work session. Written comments concerning any item before the Commission are welcomed at any time and may be sent to the Loudoun County Planning Commission, P.O. Box 7000 Leesburg, VA 20177-7000, or by e-mail to loudounpc@loudoun.gov. If written comments are presented at the hearing, please provide ten (10) copies for distribution to the Commission and for the Clerk’s records. Members of the public may also submit comments on land use items electronically at loudoun.gov/landapplications. Any individual representing and/or proposing to be the sole speaker on behalf of a citizen’s organization or civic association is encouraged to contact the Department of Planning and Zoning prior to the date of the work session to request additional time to speak on behalf of such organization.

Regularly scheduled Planning Commission work sessions are held on the second Thursday of each month. In the event the work session cannot be conducted on that date due to weather or other conditions that make it hazardous for members to attend the work session, the work session may be continued to the third Tuesday of the month. In the event the work session may not be held on the third Tuesday due to weather or other conditions that make it hazardous for members to attend the work session, the work session may be continued to the Thursday following the third Tuesday.

Hearing assistance is available for meetings in the Board of Supervisors’ Meeting Room. FM Assistive Listening System is available at the meetings. If you require any type of reasonable accommodation as a result of a physical, sensory, or mental disability to participate in this meeting, contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-777-0246 (option 5). Three business days advance notice is requested.

BY ORDER OF: MICHELLE FRANK,

CHAIR

LOUDOUN COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION 8/31 & 9/7

NOTICE OF BOND ELECTION

VIRGINIA:

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LOUDOUN COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ISSUANCE ) OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS ) OF THE COUNTY OF LOUDOUN, ) Civil Action No. 23-4203 VIRGINIA IN THE MAXIMUM ) AMOUNT OF $578,904,000 ) ORDER

THERE HAVING BEEN PRESENTED to the Court the following resolutions adopted by the Loudoun County School Board (the “School Board”) and the Board of Supervisors of Loudoun County, Virginia (the “Board of Supervisors”), respectively:

(a) A copy of a resolution adopted by the School Board on May 23, 2023, requesting the Board of Supervisors to request this Court to order an election in the County of Loudoun, Virginia (the “County”) on the question of issuing general obligation bonds in the maximum amount of $366,711,000 for certain school capital projects including, HS- 14 Dulles North High School, Park View High School Replacement, Banneker Elementary School Renovation/Addition, Waterford Elementary School Renovation/ Addition, School Security Improvements, and LCPS Facility Renewals and Alterations; and

(b) A certified copy of a resolution adopted by the Board of Supervisors on June 20, 2023, finding it advisable to contract a debt and issue general obligation capital improvement bonds in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $578,904,000 to finance school capital projects and other County capital projects as stated therein, and requesting this Court to order a special election for this purpose; and

IT APPEARING TO THE COURT that such resolutions have been duly adopted and that a special election for the purpose set forth herein is authorized pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 15.2-2610 and 15.22611; it is hereby ADJUDGED, ORDERED and DECREED as follows:

1. Such resolutions are approved and are hereby filed.

2. The regular election officers of the County shall, on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, that being a day not less than eighty-one (81) days from the date hereof and being the same day as the general election, hold a Special Election in accordance with § 24.2-681 et seq. of the Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended, and take the sense of the qualified voters of the County on the following questions regarding contracting a debt and issuing general obligation bonds of the County in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $578,904,000 for the purposes set forth in such resolutions.

3. The ballot to be used at the election shall pose the questions in substantially the following form: School Projects

QUESTION: Shall the County of Loudoun, Virginia contract a debt and issue its general obligation capital improvement bonds in the maximum principal amount of $362,711,000 to finance, in whole or in part, the design, construction, equipping and other costs of HS-14 Dulles North High School, Park View High School Replacement, Banneker Elementary School Renovation/Addition, Waterford Elementary School Renovation/Addition, School Security Improvements, and LCPS Facility Renewals and Alterations; and the costs of other public school facilities as requested by the Loudoun County School Board? ( ) YES

( ) NO

Public Safety and Parks and Recreation Projects

QUESTION: Shall the County of Loudoun, Virginia contract a debt and issue its general obligation capital improvement bonds in the maximum principal amount of $59,574,000 to finance, in whole or in part, the design, construction, equipping and other costs of Fire and Rescue Station #28 — Leesburg South Station, the Dulles Adult Day Center, Fields Farm Park, the Linear Parks and Trails Signature Project, and Sterling Neighborhood Park; and the costs of other public safety and public park, recreational and community center projects approved in the County’s Capital Improvement Program?

( ) YES

( ) NO

Transportation Projects

QUESTION: Shall the County of Loudoun, Virginia contract a debt and issue its general obligation capital improvement bonds in the maximum principal amount of $156,619,000 to finance, in whole or in part, the design, construction and other costs of Crosstrail Boulevard Segment C (Sycolin Road to Dulles Greenway); Dulles West Boulevard — Northstar Boulevard to Arcola Boulevard; Evergreen Mills Road/Revolution Sportsplex: Westbound Left-Turn Lane; Evergreen Mills Road/Hogeland Mill Road: Bridge and Safety Improvements; Harmony Middle School Shared Use Path; Intersection Improvements Program; Route 7 Shared Use Path; Route 9/Route 287 Roundabout; Route 15/Braddock Road Roundabout; and Westwind Drive — Loudoun County Parkway to Old Ox Road; and the costs of other public road and transportation projects approved in the County’s Capital Improvement Program?

( ) YES

( ) NO

4. The election shall be conducted, the ballots counted, and the returns made and canvassed in the manner provided by law, and the results thereof shall be certified to this Court, to the State Board of Elections and to the Board of Supervisors.

5. A copy of this Order shall serve as the Writ of Election. The Clerk of this Court shall forthwith send two certified copies of this Order to the Loudoun County Sheriff. Upon receipt, the Sheriff shall forthwith serve one certified copy of this Order upon the General Registrar of the County at the following address:

Judy Brown, General Registrar 750 Miller Drive, SE, Suite C

Leesburg, Virginia 20175.

Upon execution, the Sheriff shall file his return of service with this Court.

6. The Clerk of this Court shall forthwith send a certified copy of this Order to the State Board of Elections and to the Loudoun County Attorney.

7. Pursuant to Va. Code § 15.2-2610, the County of Loudoun shall cause a copy of this Order, preceded by the caption, “NOTICE OF BOND ELECTION”, to be published in a newspaper published or having general circulation in the County. Such publication shall be made at least once but not less than ten (10) days before the election.

Entered this 19th day of July, 2023. Hon. James E. Plowman, Jr. 8/31/23

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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, September 13, 2023, in order to consider:

PROPOSED CONVEYANCE OF COUNTY PROPERTY Conveyance of Easement near Belmont Ridge Road to the Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative

Pursuant to Virginia Code §15.2-1800 et seq., the Board of Supervisors shall consider conveying to the Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative a 15-foot-wide easement across County owned property in the Little River Election District, near the intersection of Belmont Ridge Road (Route 659) and Evergreen Mills Road (Route 621) at the Brambleton Public Safety Center, Fire Station No. 9, for the purpose of installing, laying, constructing, operating, repairing, altering, and maintaining underground conduit and cable lines to power and operate the telecommunication monopole approved as part of Commission Permit (CMPT)2021-009 and Special Exception (SPEX)-2021-0032. The property on which the easement will be located is more particularly identified as 23675 Belmont Ridge Road, Ashburn, VA 20148; PIN: 202-40-828-000; Tax Map # /92/D32///B-1/.

A complete copy of the draft deed of easement and plat showing the location of the above-listed conveyance, and associated documents, 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 may also be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at: www.loudoun.gov/bosdocuments

ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE REMOVAL OF STRUCTURE(S) THAT MIGHT ENDANGER PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY

25450 Lizzio Center Drive (PIN 097-27-4045-000)

Pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 15.2-1427, 15.2-958 and 15.2-906, the Board of Supervisors gives notice of its intention to consider the adoption of an ordinance authorizing the removal of a structure that might endanger the public health or safety of residents of the County. The subject structure is found on the property more particularly identified as 25450 Lizzio Center Drive, Chantilly, Virginia; PIN 097-27-4045-000; Tax Map # 107////////47/, in the Dulles Election District. The property is currently owned by 43850 Eastgate, LLC. The proposed ordinance will be effective upon adoption by the Board of Supervisors.

A complete copy of the full text of the above-referenced proposed ordinance amendment 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 may also be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at: www. loudoun.gov/bosdocuments

LEGI-2023-0039, DEFENDER WEST:

ZMAP-2022-0014, ZMOD-2022-0051, ZMOD-2022-0052, & ZMOD-2023-0019

(Zoning Map Amendment, Zoning Ordinance Modifications)

JLB Realty LLC has submitted applications for a zoning map amendment and zoning ordinance modifications for approximately 20.77 acres of land located south of Defender Drive (Route 1279), east of Elk Lick Road (Route 621), and the west of South Riding Boulevard (Route 2201) in the Dulles Election District (the “Subject Property”). The Subject Property is more particularly identified as:

LEGI-2023-0018, DOGWOOD FARM STATION: ZMAP-2021-0010, ZMOD-2021-0039, ZMOD-2021-0040, ZMOD-2022-0003, ZMOD-2022-0072, ZMOD-2023-0004 & SPEX-2022-0025

(Zoning Map Amendment, Zoning Ordinance Modifications, & Special Exception)

U.S. Home Corporation and Board of Supervisors have submitted applications for the following: a zoning map amendment, zoning modifications, and a special exception for approximately 20.08 acres of land located north of Leesburg Pike (Route 7), west of Bonnie Court (Route 823), and south of Riverside Parkway (Route 2401) in the Algonkian Election District (the “Subject Property”). The Subject Property is more particularly identified as:

PIN PROPERTY ADDRESS

TAX MAP NUMBER

057-48-9129-000 20052 GARDEN CENTER CT., ASHBURN, VA 20147 /63/D/1/////6A

057-49-4102-000 20080 BONNIE CT., ASHBURN, VA 20147 /63/D/1/////4/ 057-39-2064-000 N/A /63/D/1///RA1/

057-39-3060-000 N/A /63/D/1///RA2/

N/A

PORTION OF COUNTY-OWNED RIGHT-OF-WAY N/A

For ZMAP-2021-0010, the applicant seeks to rezone the Subject Property from the A-3 (Agricultural-Residential) zoning district to the R-24 (Multifamily Residential) zoning district to develop up to 485 multifamily units at a density of 24 dwelling units per acre. For SPEX-2022-0023, the applicant seeks a special exception to permit a Child Care Center use in the R-24 zoning district. For ZMOD-2022-0003, ZMOD2022-0072, and ZMOD-2023-0040, the applicant seeks zoning ordinance modifications for various regulations affecting the Subject Property including but not limited to: to permit structures to be erected upon a lot that has frontage on open space; allow access to Riverside Parkway (Major Collector Road) from existing Bonnie Court (Local Road) and Garden Center Court (Local Road); increase the maximum building height from 45 feet to 70 feet without additional setbacks; permit an internal private street to serve a childcare center; reduce building setback from Riverside Parkway from 75 feet to 40 feet; and reduce the building setback from Route 7 from 200 feet to 150 feet and the parking setback from 125 feet to 100 feet.

LEGI-2023-0062, VANTAGE DATA CENTER – BROAD RUN: ZRTD-2023-0001

(Zoning Conversion in the Route 28 Taxing District)

Vantage Data Centers VA 15 LLC has submitted an application to rezone approximately 9.87 acres of land located south of Pacific Boulevard (Route 1036), north of Moran Road (Route 634) and east of Dresden Street (Route 1119) in the Sterling Election District (the “Subject Property”). The Subject Property is more particularly identified as:

PIN PROPERTY ADDRESS TAX MAP NUMBER 044-17-5699-000 N/A /94/////////1F 044-17-9478-000 N/A /94/////////1D

For ZRTD-2023-0001 the applicant seeks to rezone the Subject Property from the PD-IP (Planned Development – Industrial Park) zoning district to the PD-IP zoning district in order to permit all principal and accessory uses permitted in the PD-IP zoning district at a maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 0.6 (up to 1.0 by Special Exception).

LEGI-2023-0032, DESAI RESIDENTIAL:

ZMAP-2022-0004, SPEX-2022-0021, ZMOD-2022-0022, and ZMOD-2022-0023

(Zoning Map Amendment, Special Exception & Zoning Ordinance Modifications)

For ZMAP-2022-0014, the applicant seeks to rezone the Subject Property from the PD-H4 (Planned Development – Housing 4) zoning district to the R-24 (Multi-family Residential) zoning district to develop up to 262 multifamily attached units at a density of up to 25.3 units per acre. For ZMOD-2022-0051, ZMOD-2022-0052, & ZMOD-2023-0019, the applicant seeks zoning ordinance modifications for various regulations affecting the Subject Property, including but not limited to: increase the maximum building height from 60 feet to 70 feet; reduce the required active recreation space requirement from 50,000 square feet to 38,155 square feet; and modify the Type 2 Road Corridor Buffer requirements along Defender Drive to permit up to 75 percent of the required landscaping to consist of shrubs.

Van Metre Communities, LLC has submitted applications for the following: a zoning map amendment, a special exception, and zoning modifications for approximately 10.06 acres in size located south of Braddock Road (Route 629), west of Gum Spring Road (Route 659) and east of Royal Hunter Drive, PIN 207-48-1371-000; Tax Map # 105////////18F in the Blue Ridge Election District (the “Subject Property”).

For ZMAP-2022-0004, the applicant seeks to rezone 10.06 acres from TR-1LF (Transitional Residential-1 Lower Foley) and TR-3LF (Transitional Residential-3 Lower Foley) zoning districts to the R8 (R-8-Single Family Residential) zoning district to develop 44 single-family detached (SFD) residential units. For SPEX-2022-0021, the applicant seeks to reduce the minimum lot width from 40 feet to 34.5 feet, reduce minimum side yard setback from eight feet to five feet for Type B SFD units, and reduce the rear yard setback from 25 feet to 15 feet for Type A SFD units. For ZMOD-2022-0022 and ZMOD-2022-0023, the applicant seeks zoning modifications for various regulations affecting the Subject Property including: to allow residential units to front onto private roads, and to allow all roads within the development to be private.

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Legal Notices

LEGI-2023-0045, TTM TECHNOLOGIES SIGN PLAN:

ZMOD-2022-0075

(Zoning Ordinance Modification)

TTM Technologies Inc has submitted an application for a zoning ordinance modification for approximately 6.56 acres of land located east of Route 28, and south of Nokes Boulevard (Route 1793) at 1200 E Severn Way, Sterling, Virginia, PIN 030-25-3412-000; Tax Map # /80////////93/ in the Sterling Election District (the “Subject Property”). The Subject Property is located in the PD-IP (Planned Development –Industrial Park) zoning district under the Loudoun County 1972 Zoning Ordinance. The applicant seeks a zoning ordinance modification of the Loudoun County 1972 Zoning Ordinance to implement a Comprehensive Sign Package to increase the total aggregate sign area from 60 sf to 297.66 sf.

LEGI-2023-0050, BROAD RUN BUSINESS CENTER:

ZRTD-2022-0006

(Zoning Conversion in the Route 28 Taxing District)

BCal PCP PROPERTY II LLC, has submitted an application to rezone approximately 32.52 acres of land located north of Dresden Street (Route 1119), and east of Broderick (Route 1070) in the Sterling Election District (the “Subject Property”). The Subject Property is more particularly identified as:

044-26-2662-000 22265 Pacific Boulevard, Sterling, Virginia /94//28/////2A 044-16-3380-000 22341 Dresden Street, Sterling, Virginia /94//28/////2C 044-26-7923-000 22275 Pacific Boulevard, Sterling, Virginia /94//28/////2B

The applicant seeks to rezone the Subject Property from the PD-IP (Planned Development - Industrial Park) zoning district under the 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance to the PD-IP zoning district under the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance, to permit the development of all principal and accessory uses permitted in the PD-IP zoning district.

NOTICE OF IMPOUNDMENT OF ABANDONED VEHICLES

This notice is to inform the owner and any person having a security interest in their right to reclaim the motor vehicle herein described within 15 days after the date of storage charges resulting from placing the vehicle in custody, and the failure of the owner or persons having security interests to exercise their right to reclaim the vehicle within the time provided shall be deemed a waiver by the owner, and all persons having security interests of all right, title and interest in the vehicle, and consent to the sale of the abandoned motor vehicle at a public auction. This notice shall also advise the owner of record of his or her right to contest the determination by the Sheriff that the motor vehicle was “abandoned,” as provided in Chapter 630.08 of the Loudoun County Ordinance, by requesting a hearing before the County Administrator in writing. Such written request for a hearing must be made within 15 days of the notice.

YR.

LOUDOUN COUNTY WILL BE ACCEPTING SEALED COMPETITIVE BIDS/PREQUALIFICATIONS FOR:

FOOD SCRAP COLLECTION AND COMPOSTING SERVICES, IFB No. 638800 until prior to 4:00 p.m., local “Atomic Time”, September 21, 2023.

PREQUALIFICATION FOR UNION STREET SCHOOL RENOVATION, RFP No. 631794 until prior to 4:00 p.m., local “Atomic Time”, September 26, 2023.

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.

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Copies of the proposed plans, ordinances, and amendments for each item listed above may be examined at the Loudoun County Government Center, Office of County Administrator, First Floor Information Desk, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or call 7037770246 (option 5) to request hard copies or electronic copies. Additional project files related to land use applications for public hearings may be reviewed electronically at loudoun.gov/landmarc. In addition, documents may be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at: loudoun.gov/bosdocuments.

Board of Supervisors public hearings are held in the Board Room of the Government Center. Meetings are televised on Comcast Government Channel 23 and Verizon FiOS Channel 40. Meetings also are livestreamed at loudoun.gov/meetings

Members of the public desiring to do so may appear and present their views regarding those matters listed for public hearing. Members of the public who wish to provide public input, whether electronically or in person, are encouraged to sign-up in advance; however, speakers may sign-up during the public hearing. If you wish to sign-up in advance, call the Office of the County Administrator at (703) 777-0200. For this public hearing, advanced sign-up will be taken after 8:30 a.m. on September 1, 2023, and no later than 12:00 p.m. on September 13, 2023. Members of the public 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. Members of the public may also submit comments on land use items electronically at loudoun.gov/landapplications

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/TTY-711. 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

TOWN OF LOVETTSVILLE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

8/31 & 9/7/23

LVCU 2023-0001, APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT

Pursuant to Sections 15.2-2204 and 15.2-2286 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, the LOVETTSVILLE PLANNING COMMISSION will hold a public hearing at their meeting at 7:00pm on September 6, 2023, or as soon thereafter as it may be heard, in the Lovettsville Town Hall Council Chambers located at 6 East Pennsylvania Avenue, Lovettsville, Virginia at which time the Commission is to consider an application for Conditional Use Permit filed by Spears Development Group LLC of Lovettsville Virginia, to modify Zoning Ordinance Section 42-363, Parking Lot Landscaping, and Section 42-364, Buffering and Screening, to replace the required parking lot perimeter landscaping, and required Type C buffer and landscaping with a six-foot, opaque fence along the east side of the property adjoining residential properties. The 0.9-acre parcel is vacant and fronts on the east side of North Church Street on the north side of 7 East Broad Way (Truist Bank), and is further identified as Loudoun County Parcel Identification (PIN) Number: 333-15-1956.

All persons wishing to speak will be given the opportunity to do so at this meeting. Written copies of statements are requested but not required.

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 this meeting electronically. The proposed zoning amendment is available for review on the Town website at: www.lovettsvilleva. gov/government/planning-commission/. You may also request a copy be sent to you via email by contacting John Merrithew, Planning Director at (540) 822-5788 between the hours of 8:30am and 4:30pm weekdays, holidays excepted. In the event the meeting is postponed, the public hearing will be convened on the next regularly scheduled meeting at the same time and place.

8-24-23; 8-31-23

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

VA. CODE § 8.01-316

Case No.: JJ044933-04-00

Loudoun Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Nariah Swales Loudoun County Department of Family Services /v.

Whitney Settles aka Whitney Swales, mother, and Darius Swales, father

The object of this suit is to hold a dispositional hearing for review of initial Foster Care Plan pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 16.1-278.2 and 16.1281 for Nariah Swales.

It is ORDERED that the defendant(s) Whitney Settles aka Whitney Swales, mother, and Darius Swales, father appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before September 13, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.

NOTICE OF ABANDONED BICYCLES

Notice is hereby given that the bicycles described below were found and delivered to the Office of the Sheriff of Loudoun County; if the owners of the listed bicycles are not identified within sixty (60) days following the final publication of this notice, the individuals who found said bicycles shall be entitled to them if he/she desires. All unclaimed bicycles will be handled according to Chapter 228.04 of the Codified Ordinances of Loudoun County.

ORDER

It appearing that a report of the account of John E. Coates and Christopher S. Woodruff, Executors for the Estate of Dorothy M. Coates, and a report of the debts and demands against the Estate have been filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Loudoun County, and that more than 6 months have elapsed since a qualification of a personal representative before this Court,

It is ORDERED that the creditors of, and all others interested in, the Estate of Dorothy M. Coates, deceased, do show cause, if any they can, on Friday, September 22, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., before this Court at its courtroom in Leesburg, Virginia, against payment and delivery of said Estate to the Estate's beneficiaries, after payment of remaining administrative expenses;

8/24 & 8/31/23

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR LOUDOUN COUNTY

IN RE:

JOINT PUBLIC HEARING

FOR THE AMENDED FY2024FY2029 SECONDARY ROAD SIX-YEAR PLAN AND FY2024 CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENT BUDGET PRIORITY LIST

In accordance with Virginia Code §33.2-331, the BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUDOUN COUNTY and the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (VDOT) will jointly hold a combined PUBLIC HEARING on Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors’ Meeting Room, County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, to consider adoption of the Amended FY2024 - FY2029 Secondary Road Six-Year Plan (Amended Six-Year Plan) and the FY2024 Construction Improvement Budget Priority List developed for the secondary roads in Loudoun County.

All projects in the Amended Six-Year Plan that are eligible for federal funds will be included in the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), which documents how Virginia will obligate federal transportation funds.

Citizens are invited to be present and express their views regarding the above-mentioned documents. VDOT ensures nondiscrimination in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The list of highway improvement projects in the proposed Amended Six-Year Plan, and the proposed annual Construction Improvement Budget Priority List, taken from the Amended Six-Year Plan, 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. Copies are also available at the Virginia Department of Transportation Leesburg Residency Office, 41 Lawson Road, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, or call (703) 737-2000.

Board of Supervisors public hearings are held in the Board Room of the Government Center. Meetings are televised on Comcast Government Channel 23 and Verizon FiOS Channel 40. Meetings also are livestreamed at loudoun.gov/meetings

Members of the public desiring to do so may appear and present their views regarding these matters. Members of the public who wish to provide public input, whether electronically or in person, are encouraged to sign-up in advance; however, speakers may sign-up during the public hearing. If you wish to sign-up in advance, call the Office of the County Administrator at (703) 777-0200. For this public hearing, advanced sign-up will be taken after 8:30 a.m. on September 1, 2023, and no later than 12:00 p.m. on September 13, 2023. Members of the public 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/TTY-711. 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 J. Randall Farid Bigdeli Chair Assistant District Administrator Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Virginia Department of Transportation

ESTATE OF HENRY J. LAGUILLON

Legal Notices Misc.

Probate File No. 20109

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AGAINST DISTRIBUTION

It appearing that a report of the account of W. Franklin Pugh, Administrator for the Estate of Henry J. Laguillon, and a report of the debts and demands against the Estate have been filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Loudoun County, and that more than 6 months have elapsed since the qualification of the Administrator before this Court,

It is ORDERED that the creditors of, and all others interested in, the Estate of Henry J. Laguillon, deceased, do show cause, if any they can, on Friday, September 22, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., before this Court at its courtroom in Leesburg, Virginia, against payment and delivery of said Estate to the Estate's beneficiaries, after payment of remaining administrative expenses;

8/24 & 8/31/23

A message to elderly and disabled Loudoun County residents from

Robert S. Wertz, Jr.

Commissioner of the Revenue

Residents 65 and older or totally and permanently disabled who wish to apply for 2023 Personal Property (vehicle) Tax Relief for the first time must submit an application to my office by the September 1, 2023 filing deadline.

Please visit our website or contact my office for information or filing assistance.

Leesburg Office 1 Harrison Street SE First Floor Sterling Office 46000 Center Oak Plaza

Internet: www.loudoun.gov/taxrelief

Hours: 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, M - F Phone: 703-737-8557

Email: taxrelief@loudoun.gov

Mailing Address: PO Box 8000, MSC 32 Leesburg, VA 20177-9804 8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24, 8/31

John Deere Riding Mower

Model X320 w/ 48” Deck, 1550 hrs 21 HP V-Twin Engine gas powered Dealer serviced, new blades, always garaged. Used to maintain home lawn.

Asking $750

Email: joetmay@aol.com

8/31/23

To review Ida Lee (Parks & Recreation) flexible part-time positions, please visit www.leesburgva.gov/jobs. Most positions will be filled at or near the minimum of the range. Dependent on qualifications. All Town vacancies may be viewed on Comcast Cable Channel 67 and Verizon FiOS Channel 35.

March on Washington

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about how King’s speech affected their lives and how they can continue his work and encourage others to participate in the dream.

Eleventh grader Jordan Lyons said she had never been to Washington, DC, and said she enjoyed being there for the anniversary.

“I wrote my essay about my favorite quote from the speech. It made me think a little bit more about segregation in the world,” she said.

Kamon Davis, a 10th grader, said he felt inspired to write his essay on self-development and improvement. He said he liked seeing where the speech was given, and the monument dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. He said it helped him to see how much of a struggle it was for King and how difficult it was to do what he was doing.

“In my opinion, it was showing that he really did fight tooth and nail to do what he did, and everyone is remembering him for what he has done,” he said.

Darrel Davis III, a 10th grader, said he wrote about how to make changes in the community. He said we still need to do a few things to get on the right track with racism in the country. Kamon Davis agreed.

“I’d say for starters, we should try to picture things from other people’s viewpoints,” Kamon said.

After participating in the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington on Saturday and stopping at other historic sites, the group stopped in Sterling for lunch at the First Baptist Church where they were greeted by National Juneteenth Observance Foundation President Steve Williams and Loudoun Board of Supervisors Vice Chair Koran T. Saines (D-Sterling).

Saines challenged the students to read King’s speech again and find the parallels that can be found today, like the fight for jobs, education, equality, and equity. He told the students to stay “woke” or “aware, informed, engaged and involved.”

After lunch, the group traveled to Leesburg to tour The Douglass High School, where they were greeted by Leesburg Mayor Kelly Burk, Acting Superintendent Daniel Smith, County Chair Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) and members of the Historic Douglass High School Consortium.

“History is kind of interesting, some people say that history keeps repeating itself, but I don’t buy into that. I believe

They Were Trying to Make a Difference

Barbara Coe, 88, was teaching driver education at the Douglass High School during the 1963 March on Washington. She said she listened to King give the speech on the radio.

“I thought it was great that all those people were going to come to DC and they were going to try to make a difference in the world,” she said. “And Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t just talk about Black people, he talked about people of all races, and to see that come into effect would be wonderful.”

Coe not only taught at Douglass High School, but also graduated from it in 1953.

She grew up in Loudoun attending segregated schools. She said she walked three miles each way as a six year old, and later rode a bus to a segregated school in Purcellville.

“As a six-year-old I didn’t think about what I was seeing, but I noticed it. You knew things were separate,” she said, recalling watching white kids ride the bus to school while she walked.

“We did what we had to do until a time when things and laws got passed and it made it better for us,” she said.

She shared memories of attending Douglass High School and said she had a lot of fun in her classes. She particularly enjoyed home economics. The students created dresses and held fashion shows for the community to show off what they made in class.

“I told my niece, just because we were segregated didn’t mean we didn’t have things,” she said.

After college she taught at Douglass for several years, then taught at Loudoun County High School and Loudoun Valley High School after schools were desegregated.

When Coe retired from teaching after 29 years, she opened

up a driving school and taught for the next 12 years. She estimates she taught over 3,000 Loudoun students how to drive.

Coe said she was inspired by King’s speech and the changes that happened after.

“Being able to go where you wanted to go and make choices that you wanted, and they were letting a lot of Black students into white colleges, I thought it was great,” she said. “It kind of made me realize I could do a little something to make things better.” n

history and understand that all history in America is American history. It’s not Black history, it’s not white history, it’s not Jewish history, it’s not Latino history—it’s American history.”

The group toured the school then went to Harper’s Ferry, where they visited the historic Storer College and other sites.

Chaperone Cherrie Claiborne said her 14-year-old son learned a lot on the trip.

“He’s meeting other young youth who are A students, in performing arts, who want something out of life, who want a better life. No matter what their socioeconomic status is they can do better through education,” she said. She got emotional recalling being at the March on Saturday and seeing all the people who showed up.

history has never repeated itself, it’s just reborn,” Pastor Abram Freeman, who helped plan the trip, said. “Your history

starts today, and it continues on from this point forward, but it takes us as adults to make sure you as children appreciate your

“It was so beautiful because all these people were coming together,” she said. “We were all loving on each other and supporting each other and locking arms. It was amazing for me to see and for our young people to see.” n

Alexis Gustin/Loudoun Now

A student from Louisiana listens to Chair Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) at the outdoor amphitheater at The Historic Douglass High School Education and Development Campus on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington. The students were on a six-day trip to commemorate the anniversary.

Alexis Gustin/Loudoun Now Lifetime Loudoun resident Barbara Coe shared her memories of living in segregated Loudoun and how she felt when she listened to Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech on the radio during the March on Washington.

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motivational speaker and a personal trainer at TITLE Boxing Club in Ashburn, she’s humble, but talks proudly about what she has accomplished and the work it took to get there. She’s friendly and personable, but in the ring she specialized in getting into her opponents’ heads while wearing them down with body blows. And above all, Tori Nelson is a person of devout faith and unyielding determination.

And at 5’6” she’s a 13-time, four-weight world champion who didn’t start boxing until she was 29 years old—most champs start in their teens or even younger. In her professional debut at 34 years old, she battled the more experienced Shelly Seivert to a draw—although Nelson still says she won the fight “hands down.” In the rematch seven months later, she retired Seivert—Nelson beat her in a unanimous decision, in Seivert’s final fight.

Nelson didn’t lose a fight until eight years later, by which time she’d built a 170-3 record and won multiple international championship belts in several weight classes. When the famous Mia St. John, with a 47-13-2 record at the time, challenged Nelson for a title in 2014, Nelson sent her home with a technical knockout in the second round, leaving St. John clinging to the ropes to stay upright.

In 2018, Nelson fought through 10 rounds but lost on points to Claressa Shields, another multiple world champion half Nelson’s age and still the only U.S. boxer to win two Olympic gold medals. (Today, she cheers Shields on—“my friend Claressa, she’s changing the game.”) Shields and German multiple world champion Christina Hammer, both younger and taller fighters, gave Nelson the only losses of her career. There was nobody she wouldn’t fight—many of her bouts were with bigger boxers, and all of them were younger. Over the course of her career, Nelson amassed a 20-2-3 record, was never knocked out, was never knocked down, and finished every fight. She was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame in October 2022.

“You have to mention Tori Nelson when you talk about the pioneers of women’s boxing,” her longtime assistant coach Pete Woodson said. “… She’s right up there with Laila [Ali], she’s right up there with Christy Martin.”

A Natural Fighter

“Why have a plan B? Why, when your plan A is going to work because you pushed yourself? You’re there for plan A, so if you make a plan B, that gives you room to slack. Negative. I don’t think like

that,” Nelson said.

Growing up the youngest sibling and the only girl among her brothers, Nelson has been a fighter since her youngest days. She said every time she got kicked out of school, her uncle—who was on the school board—got her put back in. She stayed a fighter growing up.

“I had anger issues to the max,” she said. “When I was married, I used to fight my husband because I don’t know how to argue. I don’t argue. I can’t. It’s not for me. I don’t know how. My words don’t come together enough, so I swing, I fight.”

The first time she tried boxing was a revelation for her—learning the techniques of boxing, and with the chance to get a paycheck rather than a court date to do something she loves to do. She called it “the best job ever.” And from the very beginning she decided she would be a world champion.

She also learned to control her anger through her training. From day one, she had power. But her coach taught her she couldn’t win angry—“if you’re angry, how are you thinking?”

“He broke me like a wild horse, he broke me, and then it was just a cakewalk. It was so easy,” she said. And she said it was a stress reliever—“I didn’t need therapy after that, because I released everything.”

Her first professional fight was another wake up call. She was wracked with nerves waiting for the fight, and when the announcer called her name, she said she threw up before walking to the ring. The long walk to the ring never got easy, but once she got into the ring: “it’s muscle memory once you get there. Your brain is like ‘oh, OK, we’re at home.’”

She said it felt like a weight lifted off, and in the ring for her there’s only herself, her opponent, and her coach. She took on the nickname “Sho Nuff,” named after the villainous “Shogun of Harlem” from the 1985 movie “The Last Dragon.”

Nelson grew into an especially punishing and cerebral fighter, strategizing to win long fights rather than going for the quick knockout despite her power. That didn’t make it any easier on her opponents.

“I train to break your body down. I don’t have a lot of knockouts because I ain’t trained to knock you out. We’re going to be here, but I want you to know that I was here as I’m beating you. You’re going to remember me,” she said. “…A lot of people didn’t want to fight me two times.”

Her mind games didn’t stop with boxing technique—she listened to both corners, her own coach and her opponent’s. And she would talk trash and taunt her opponents in the ring.

“They kept saying ‘one-two,’ and I’m

like, ‘alright, come on, you heard what your corner said, on-two,’” she said. She knows it worked in part because one boxer did it back, telling her “your hair smells good.”

“I was done. I had to step back and come out the pocket,” she said. “…I had to get my head back. My coach was looking like ‘what just happened?’”

“Tori has always had that dawg in her, man,” Woodson said. “She’s not the most talented boxer, right, but her heart and desire and will are unmatched.”

Woodson still coaches boxers, “and I have yet to have anyone with Tori’s dedication and hard work and heart.”

“She spent many of her Christmases, birthdays, all types of stuff in the gym, where these young men now have no clue about sacrifice and hard work and how she did it,” he said. “I was there to witness it and I’m telling you, she is an amazing person.”

Humble Beginnings, Hard Work

Nelson doesn’t come from much— she grew up in North Carolina, raised by her grandmother and single mother, who worked at a maximum-security prison. Even after she fought her way to “bougie” Northern Virginia—often literally, of course—she made sure she and her children never lost that perspective. Every summer, as soon as school was out, the family headed back home to North Carolina.

One day, she said her son said something about one of his friends getting a new Xbox or something—she doesn’t remember exactly what. She put the kids in the car and drove them to Washington, DC.

“We went to DC to sit out there all day, talk to the homeless people. When I tell you, they dropped so much knowledge on my kids,” she said. Although that slightly backfired when her kids started giving their possessions away—“the devil is alive! You better stop giving this stuff away, I’m working hard!” she said. “’But ma, they needed it.’ You do, too!”

“Then once we started being blessed with money, then I was like, OK, now if your friend doesn’t have shoes, either we go buy them shoes or we give them. So, my kids don’t have the mindset of these kids here. These kids here feel ‘oh you owe me this,’” she said.

Making a living from boxing was never an option for Nelson, even as a world champion—women boxers just weren’t paid enough. So throughout her boxing career, she was still working hard to raise and feed two kids.

She was up at five in the morning to drive the bus. The kids on the bus knew about her boxing—she recalled almost all

of them came with their parents to one of her bouts. Even the kindergartners would ask “Miss T, you pow pow? I said yeah, I pow pow.”

And the kids also knew: don’t misbehave on Miss T’s bus.

Once the bus route was done, she’d go to her job in the school—“my daughter was bad like me, so I had to work at her school because I got tired of wasting my gas going to the school every day.” During lunch, she would train. Then, the afternoon bus route, home to shower and change, feed the kids and get the nanny, and then off to IHOP to work a night shift. On days she wasn’t at IHOP she was at the gym. And then, next day, do it all over again.

“People say, ‘how did you do it?’ By God. All I can say is, God. I don’t know how I did it,” she said.

Growing up with Tori Nelson for a mom means training camp for the whole family—a single mother can’t leave home for weeks at a time to train.

“My kids went through training camp every fight,” she said. “You can’t eat bad, you’ve got to work out, you’ve got to be on my schedule. And I asked them, because I feel bad, and I’d be like, ‘was I bad mom?’

“They were like ‘no, mommy, look at what we’ve got. Our mindset is different than all these kids here. We think way quicker than them. Our bodies are better than theirs.’”

And, they added, “how many of these kids can look up their parents on Google?”

She said she knew it was time to retire when her kids told her so.

“They watched me, stayed with me every day. They know everything about me, and I said ‘we’re in this together. So, if you ever see my slipping, and y’all think it’s time for it to be over, tell me and it’s over,’” she said. “Because I owe it to them. I’m their only parent, so if something happened to me, they will have no one.”

She struggled with the loss of her grandmother while training for a fight in 2019, and two weeks out from the fight her kids told her it would be her last. Of course, she still won the fight—Nelson finished her career by winning with a technical knockout one minute into the second round. She was fighting close to home, at Dulles SportsPlex in Sterling.

Now, she’s the most intense physical trainer a person could hope for, along with a motivational speaker who really knows motivation.

“She’s a true epitome of what a fighter should be, and what it takes to be a fighter,” Woodson said. n

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Amid the debate over data centers, the touting of the benefits promised by the next big mixed-use development, and grinding study of new zoning rules that will shape the county’s future, important work is being done to preserve the contributions of previous generations.

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NORMAN K. STYER Publisher and Editor nstyer@loudounnow.com

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This marks the 50th year that the Loudoun Preservation Society will distribute grants to support the renovation, preservation or recognition of the county’s often overlooked historic treasures. The contributions may be small—$500 to $5,000—but the impact goes beyond the cumulative total nearing $900,000. While many of Loudoun’s best known historical attractions— including Oatlands, the George C. Marshall House, and the Loudoun Museum—have benefited from the society’s support, so have many lesser-known sites. The

most recent round of giving supports work to bring new life to a Lincoln church built by newly freed slaves after the Civil War and provides funding to replace plywood-covered windows in a similar former church in Leesburg, while also underwriting programs to expand access to historic records and call attention to historic and preserved farms that continue the county’s agricultural traditions.

The work is a continuation of the efforts championed by a band of preservation activists in the early 1970s, a time when visions of today’s Loudoun would have been unimaginable. We are fortunate that, despite the massive changes across the landscape, a dedicated group of community leaders continues that passion for stewardship that ensures our heritage will not be so easily erased or forgotten. n

Anti-democratic

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The Lovettsville Town Council is proposing minority rule as one of its official procedures. The draft of the suggested addition to Article II requires that any proclamation issued by the town will now have to be approved unanimously by the council.

The other side of a unanimous vote? A minority of one can determine the results. Council Member Earl and Vice Mayor Pritz can be commended for voicing opposition to this new procedure when it was first proposed. But if this measure passes on Aug. 30, their future votes can be rendered irrelevant.

The last we checked, democracy requires the majority to agree. The council has a history of hiding behind procedures that they themselves enact, but until now have never suggested hiding behind an anti-democratic policy.

— Paul Charles, Leesburg

Dismissive

Editor:

I read with great regret in the Aug. 24 issue of Loudoun Now that the Loudoun Board of Supervisors’ response to the proposal of many environmental groups, private citizens and even the county Planning Commission in favor

of constructing solar panels on top of existing Dulles Airport facilities in order to avoid destruction of hundreds of acres of forest and wetlands was one of dismissal.

To quote the article, “The Board of Supervisors ultimately dismissed those concerns, voting to rezone the property away from a long outdated residential zoning dating to before Dulles Airport’s construction, into an industrial district, and to change the rules of that industrial district to allow the solar array by-right without further local legislative oversight or review.”

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So, this is what our board does. It dismisses our concerns and alternate solutions and then rezones and changes the rules so it can proceed with its agenda.

Chair Phyllis J. Randall is quoted in the article as saying that “anyone that doesn’t know that we have to do something today to leave an Earth for our children tomorrow is just not paying attention.”  And that “people will look out of the airplane window when they land and see this amazing project.”

I for one will not be impressed as I land at Dulles. I will be looking out the window and thinking, these fools have missed the clear opportunity to have both solar energy and the thriving woods and wetlands that are the lungs

of our planet. Yes, building on existing structures is harder and more costly than building on cleared land. But it is the right thing to do. You can’t regrow mature forests in five years. It takes decades.

If we are going to address climate change, we have to both protect the green space that cools our planet and create zero emissions energy. Public and private sectors must adopt a “Both/And” strategy When we clear forested land we create heat sinks which only drive temperatures higher.  This then requires the production of even more energy for cooling It is a vicious cycle.  Our Board of Supervisors could have impacted this plan but it didn’t want to deal with “further legislative oversight or review.”

Lastly, as a voter, I don’t appreciate being dismissed. And I will make my displeasure felt come November.

— Melanie J. Rider, Leesburg Community Support

Editor:

This past weekend, the Philomont Village Foundation introduced its new community fundraising event, The Philomont Car Show.

We were thrilled with the turnout.

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ability to see the reports and to manage their child’s Chromebook. He said since it was already included in their internet content filter licensing, it was a “zero-cost way to provide this service for all LCPS families who wanted it.”

Esther Jarvis, a mom of four, said she thinks the extra monitoring is a good idea especially in today’s world where it seems kids are on some sort of device all the time.

“If we as parents can better monitor what our kids are doing online we will be more aware of what they might be struggling with like mental health issues, cyber bullying or even health issues,” she said.

She said it’s important for parents to be aware of what is going on in school at an early age, whether its homework assignments or gaming and how kids are acting online.

“As parents we need to keep an eye on what our kids are saying to other kids. We can think one way about our kids but they could be the ones being the bully to someone else,” she said.

Jarvis said when her kids got their division issued Chromebooks and laptops, she talked with them about what was appropriate use of it and what was not. She said she did this even though the division has safeguards in place on web browsing because she said “you just never know.”

“Everyone is going through something and everyone has their own issues, and they need guidance, and I took it as a teaching opportunity for my kids,” she said.

Once parents sign up for the service through their ParentVUE account, the parent portal for the division’s student information system, Lightspeed will send weekly reports showing their children’s

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Fifty cars that represented almost 100 years of the automobile industry were on display for all to enjoy.  Philomont residents came together to enjoy this event, some brought their own cars, PVF board members worked the registration tent while making sure attendees stayed hydrated and had snacks available.

It was great to see so many neighbors come by to enjoy our new event and vote on their favorite vehicle. We look forward to expanding it next year to include food,

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internet activity and usage by email.

ParentVUE is a one-stop shop for parents to access just about everything they need regarding their student’s information including tardy or absent notifications, their student’s class schedule, grades and assessment results, a school calendar including which assignments are due, and a list of resources like opting out of educational offerings, according to Adams.

To sign up, parents login to ParentVUE, click on student information, and click edit at the top of the page. Then under student notifications and permissions select “yes” to opt in and hit save.

Students get new Chromebooks in kindergarten, third, sixth and ninth grades, meaning Chromebooks are replaced every three to four years, according to Adams.

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music and many more participants.

Thank you to the Philomont Volunteer Fire Department for watering down the dry grass and staying on site with the brush truck and many thanks to our neighbors who allowed us to use their property for this new event.

Philomont has always been a strong community and even though we have not had the type of fundraising events that sustained us for over 60 years, we look forward to creating new communitysupported events and many new memories.

— Madeline Skinner, Philomont

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• 50.6% Catching up on COVID-era learning loss

• 17.9% Getting ready for college or a career

• 17.9% Bullying and peer pressure

• 8.3% Equity and inclusion challenges

• 5.1% Chronic absenteeism

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Alexis Gustin/Loudoun Now A young student does homework on her school division-issued laptop. Parents can opt in to get weekly emails that show their child’s internet usage and browsing history.