Prince William Today Community Guide 2014

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Did you know the shores of the Potomac River in Prince William County are home to the largest great blue heron rookery in the Mid-Atlantic?

Here a heron spreads its wings at Leesylvania State Park in Woodbridge. For more of the county’s natural wonders, see Page 20.

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Atop Bull Run Mountain, a powerful telescope scans the heavens PAGE 8

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f you thought Prince William County was just a sleepy commuter suburb, think again. In our second annual Guide to Prince William, we take a look at some of the places and things that make this sprawling 348-square-mile county of ours so special. On Pages 20 and 21, you’ll find reader photos of their favorite spots to get out in nature, from a stunning overlook atop Bull Run Mountain to the tidal shores of the Potomac River. On Page 4, we explore the old Lorton Correctional Complex along the county line, where remnants of the prison's past are now a backdrop to a thriving arts center.

Then on Page 8, we tell you about a little-known astronomical gem atop Bull Run Mountain, where telescopes scan the heavens. There’s news you need to know, as well, like an update on the 95 Express Lanes coming next year and what you need to do to prepare. And on Page 10, we explore a new trend in the county, specialty breweries, where the beer flows along with good conversation.

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We’re betting these pages contain a lot of information you didn’t know about the place we call home.

Hope you enjoy reading.

Kari Pugh | Editor kpugh@princewilliamtoday.com

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Brown, who gained national fame in the 1970s for his song “Bustin’ Loose,” was accused of shooting a man in what he claimed was self defense. He served eight years at Lorton, the sprawling old prison complex at the Prince William-Fairfax line – and there traded cigarettes for a guitar.

Known in his later years for D.C. Lottery commercials, Brown died in

2012 at the age of 75.

Today, all of Lorton’s prisoners are long gone, but the guard towers, old brick barracks and memories of escape sirens echoing through the night remain.

Now, more than 100 years after the first D.C. prisoners arrived at the 1,155-acre prison complex near the Occoquan River, some of the buildings have new life as a center for the arts and some of the rolling green hills have been transformed into a vibrant park.

But in the woods surrounding areas now known as the Lorton Workhouse

A shank and handcuffs found in the prison complex are on display at the Lorton Workhouse Arts Center.

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The old brick walls of the Lorton Workhouse Arts Center once housed inmates, now artists Kari Pugh kpugh@princewilliamtoday.com

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Many of the buildings that once made up the Lorton Correctional Complex are now art studios. PHOTOS BY KARI PUGH | PRINCE WILLIAM TODAY

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An old sign is still bolted to the prison walls, a reminder of the center’s past.

In 1997, Congress ordered Lorton to close by 2001 and send all prisoners to federal corrections facilities. In 2001, there were no more inmates at Lorton.

Fairfax County bought most of the land – by then nearly 3,500 acres -- from D.C. and is still working to transform much of it into parks and historic sites. The Lorton Workhouse Arts Center, with six studio buildings, galleries and space for theater arts, opened in 2008. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Nearby Laurel Hills Park contains another set of old brick prison buildings, and trails that lead to old warden homes, but today is a popular place for disc golf and fishing.

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The earliest prisoners at Lorton arrived by barge in 1910 and lived first in tents, then in wooden buildings. In the 1920s, prisoners built the distinctive brick Colonial Revival brick buildings that still stand today.

“The prisoners made the bricks, fired them in kilns on the nearby river and built the dormitories, mess hall and administration buildings,” according to a history published by the arts center.

The prison served for many years as a working farm, with the aim of reforming prisoners so they could rejoin the community as productive citizens.

In 1912, the reformatory opened a women’s workhouse, where five years later, women suffragists protesting for the right to vote were jailed – and forced food through a tube in their noses when they launched a hunger strike.

Today, Building 9 contains a prison museum, with life-size figures of a nurse and doctor force-feeding a female prisoner.

Lorton, then known as the workhouse, closed in 1968, but remained under the control of the D.C. government.

In 1983, it reopened as a medium-security prison for D.C. inmates but was soon overcrowded and rife with corruption.

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Hopewell Observatory is a small building with a roll-top roof where astronomy enthusiasts have been using telescopes to observe the stars for decades.

The observatory was built about 30 years ago by some members of the National Capital Astronomers, the oldest astronomy club in the area.

“Members of the local astronomy club … started looking for a place to put an observatory that was not too far from the Beltway,” said Guy Brandenburg, president of the group that operates Hopewell Observatory.

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bers, the observatory is independent from the club and is not an official club project, Brandenburg said.

The observatory is operated by a group of 11 people, just two of whom work professionally in astronomy, Brandenburg said. For most, like Brandenburg, a retired math teacher, astronomy is more of a hobby.

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Craft breweries have been a growing trend across the country in recent years, and a law passed by the General Assembly in 2012 made it easier for breweries to operate in Virginia. The law enabled breweries to obtain ABC licenses to operate more like wineries and sell the beer they make on site.

In 2013, Bad Wolf Brewery became the first brewery in Manassas when it opened at 9776 Center St. “In Manassas we were really well-received,” said Claire Ainsworth, an assistant brewer at Bad Wolf Brewery. “The city was very welcoming to us and when we first opened, we were running out of beer in 45 minutes. The joke in the community is that our bar is kind of like Cheers. Everyone knows you.”

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Business has been good since the brewery officially opened last year, and the company plans a second location in the near future, Ainsworth said.

Across the street, at 9436 Center Point Lane in Manassas, Heritage Brewing Co. celebrated its grand opening on Dec. 31, 2013. The brewery produces both 20-barrel hand-crafted batches and half-barrel artisanal batches of specialty beer, according to its website.

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In Gainesville, Tin Cannon Brewery has applied to become the first ABC-licensed brewery in Prince William County. Co-owners Aaron Ludwig and John Hilkert said they hope to open in November in an industrial warehouse at 7679 Limestone Drive in Gainesville, which they are renovating.

Bad Wolf Brewery Both Ludwig and Hilkis hosting a fall fesert have been brewing at tival, featuring beer home for years. After Ludfrom several local wig received a book about breweries, Oct. 5 opening a craft brewery from 2 to 7 p.m. in for Christmas a few years the Cavalry Village ago, they decided to try Parking lot, 9776 Center St., Manasopening their business. sas. Admission is “We just started thinkfree and they’ll be ing we could actually do selling $5 pints. this,” Ludwig said.

The brewery, named in a tongue-in-cheek ode to the area’s past, plans to feature a menu of three flagship beers and three rotating selections, which will be available in pints and half-pints to drink on site and growlers to take home.

Hilkert said he normally prefers more unusual beers and Ludwig tends to prefer more traditional selections, so they think together they’ll be able to offer something that appeals to everyone.

On the other end of the county, Jonathan Groner and Tim Hoke are developing plans to open Heroic Aleworks in Woodbridge. Groner and Hoke are gathering interested investors and finding a site for their planned brewery, they said.

They’re also developing a list of beers based on a superhero theme.

“More than anything else we’re trying to have a little fun with this,” said Hoke.

“We were trying to come up with something that would set us apart from other breweries, and we came up with the idea of having different personalities for each of our beers,” Groner said.

The two said they have been interested in brewing for a long time and, in recent months, started working on making a business out of their hobby.

“It’s just one of those things where you brew your own beer and start sharing with friends and family and it turns out you’re good at it,” Hoke said.

Right now, craft beer lovers in the Woodbridge area have to go to Manassas, Fredericksburg or Alexandria to find locally brewed beers. Hoke and Groner said they’re hoping Heroic Aleworks can Excluding fill that void and add to the craft brewery community in Northern Virginia.

“The great thing about the craft beer community it’s a really collegial group,” Hoke said. “It’s not competitive in the way you might think it would be. If you have questions, you can call on any of the other brewers locally and they’ll help you out.

It’s that kind of community.”

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The track, operated by the Northern Virginia BMX Parents Association, generally hosts two practices a week and local and national races on most Saturdays during its operating season.

“It’s open to all ages. We have everyone from little ones, 3-year-olds on their first two-wheeler, to people in their 70s,” said Jennifer Helmick, president of the Northern Virginia BMX Parents Association.

Helmick said her two sons have ridden at the track for years and she’s been known to ride there as well.

The track is open to riders of all skill levels, from novices to experts, Helmick said, and parents and adult riders are always on hand to help beginners when the track is open.

The BMX track opened in May 2000 and was operated by the Prince William Park Authority through 2008. That year, a budget shortfall led the park authority to propose closing the track in 2009. That’s when the Northern Virginia BMX Parents Association, a non-profit group whose members had volunteered at the track for years, stepped in.

The group signed an agreement with the park authority to take over operations of the track, at its own expense. In April 2013, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors approved a new memorandum of understanding between the county and the non-profit group that will allow the group to continue operating the track, still owned by the county’s parks department, through 2016.

“We’re a purely volunteer organization made of parents and riders who maintain the track,” Helmick said.

The local BMX group is sanctioned by part of the larger USA BMX group, the world’s largest non-profit BMX racing group. According to that group’s rules, riders must be a member of the organization to race at the NOVA BMX track. Helmick said a rider’s first visit to the BMX track is free, and after that riders have to join USA BMX for $60 a year. The local track charges a $5 fee for practices, usually held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:30 p.m. to dusk, and a $10 fee for local races, held on Saturdays.

Riders are required to wear long-sleeved shirts, long pants and full-face masks to ride at the track. The track can lend a fullface mask to new riders who don’t have one, Helmick said.

According to USA BMX, the sport, whose name is short for bicycle motocross, began in the late 1960s or early 1970s in Southern California. Over the years, the sport, which involves racing and performing jumps and tricks on bicycles, gained popularity.

In 2008 BMX became an Olympic sport, which sparked more interest in BMX racing, Helmick said.

“It gives the kids something to strive for,” she said.

For more information about NOVA BMX, including a schedule of upcoming practices and races, visit www.novabmx. org.

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The park, at Colby and Minnieville roads in Woodbridge, is named for a Prince William police dog who was killed in the line of duty: K9 Gunner.

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New turf fields Prince William County will take a step toward catching up with other Northern Virginia communities with the addition of artificial turf fields at six local middle schools.

For games such as lacrosse and soccer artificial turf is preferred because it never develops ruts or bare spots, doesn’t need mowing and can be played on year-round. Installing the fields at the middle schools allows both school teams and youth sports leagues to use them, something not possible at most high schools, where demand for field time by school teams is higher.

Saunders and Gainesville middle schools will be the first to receive their new turf fields, scheduled to be open later this fall. Additional turf fields will later be installed at the following middle schools: Benton, Godwin, Graham Park and Woodbridge.

New parks The county will also add a few new parks over the next few years, including: FULLER HEIGHTS PARK IN TRIANGLE. The park is located near Fuller Heights and Old Triangle roads. It’s being planned to include four lighted Little League baseball fields, a multi-purpose rectangular field, a playground and walking trail. Phase I of the project – the first lighted baseball field – will open in October.

OCCOQUAN RIVERFRONT PARK. Occoquan’s Mill Street, currently lined with quaint shops and restaurants, will soon boast a new area to stroll along the Occoquan Reservoir, enjoy a picnic and (eventually) take in an outdoor performance. The site, where Mill Street currently ends, is now home to a decommissioned water-treatment plant. Work is set to begin in a few months on the park’s initial features, which will include a riverfront walking trail, picnic areas and a planned outdoor amphitheater.

ROLLINS FORD PARK. Planning is also in the works for a new soccer complex at Rollins Ford and Vint Hill roads in Brentsville. The new park is designed to have five soccer fields, a playground and trails.

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Both will include separate play areas designed for younger kids (2- to 5-year-olds) and older kids (5- to 15-year olds). Both will also include simulated rock climbing walls and other physically challenging features designed to hold kids’ interest, said Brent Hevner, spokesman for the county’s parks and recreation department.

“They are built to encourage both physical and cognitive development and allow children to explore various means of interacting with the environment,” Hevner said.

Construction on both new playgrounds began in mid-September and both are expected to be open soon.

New features Veterans Memorial Park saw the opening of two new lighted football fields this year. The fields were also re-graded and feature Bermuda grass (the premier natural surface for a football field).

Catharpin Park received lights at two baseball fields, bringing the total number of lighted fields in the park up to five. Other parks receiving more field lighting soon include Nokesville Park, Fairmont Park, Hellwig Park and Cloverdale Park.

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Barack Obama chose it for a Northern Virginia rally in 2008 when he was running for president, or that several high schools in Prince William and Fauquier counties hold their graduations there.

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