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n the eve of the Loudoun C o u n t y Board of Supervisors’ vote on the new County Comprehensive Plan, Middleburg’s Town Council will hold a Public Open House on its own key plans for the future. The public presentation of the Town Planning Commission’s most current draft will take place on Wednesday, May 29, 2019 beginning at 6:00 pm at the Sheila C. Johnson Performing Arts Center on the campus of The Hill School at 130 S. Madison Street. Feedback from the public is both actively sought and greatly appreciated. The Planning Commission ‘s and Council’s goal for the meeting is to ensure that the new draft plan “sets the proper vision for the next twenty years. “ The Commission, Town staff and a consultant have been working carefully to ensure that the draft Plan reflects the desires of the community that were relayed during earlier public input sessions and surveys. The draft Plan is now available for review on the Town’s website at www. middleburgva.gov or in-person at the Town Office at 10 W. Marshall St.
In addition to the Open House, feedback on the draft Plan can be provided via email as listed on the website and at the Planning Commission’s public hearing on June 17. Once the Commission completes any revisions based on public input and forwards the recommended Plan to the Town Council, the Council will hold its own hearing on the Plan at a date to be determined. Business and Economic Development Middleburg Business & Economic Development Director Jamie Gaucher reported that he and Town Administrator Danny Davis have been working together to develop “a short-term existing business strategy” for the Town. Over the past two months, he noted, there have been twenty-four meetings with seventeen individual businesses, of which no less than three were currently focused on the development of the former Southern States property. Among them were: an art gallery, a co-working space, and a restaurant. Gaucher also announced grand openings for Le Petit Marche and Northwest Credit Union. According to Gaucher the owners of existing business tend