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Luis Pavese, the Leesburg Police Department’s IT specialist, takes to the skies with his $3,500 DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone at Ida Lee Park.

Drone Culture Flying High in Loudoun BY PATRICK SZABO In the early 1900s, Loudouners began looking up to see more than just birds flying through the air, as airplanes began to populate the skies. In the early 1960s, residents had to acclimate their eyes and ears to the sights and sounds of commercial airliners taking off from and landing at Dulles Airport. Today, in addition to countless flights that cross the region’s airspace every week, a new type of flying machine is becoming more apparent in the lower regions of our skies—unmanned air-

craft systems, more commonly known as drones. It’s not uncommon to look up and see a drone flying overhead anywhere in the county, whether it’s being piloted recreationally in a park or for work, perhaps to survey a soon-to-be-developed property or a police crime scene. With models small enough to fit in the palm of a user’s hand that cost less than $20 and can be flown inside a house, and many that feature stabilization systems that make flying easier than balancing on one leg, it’s no wonder why drones present a fascinating technology that res-

idents of all ages are latching onto these days. Loudoun County Aeromodelers Association President Jim Salmon said that drones began nudging their way into modern culture less than a decade ago but didn’t erupt in popularity until about three years ago. Salmon said that was around the same time that manufacturers began incorporating more advanced technology in their designs—technology including proximity and light sensors that not only automate stabilization, but DRONES >> 47

‘Compromise’ Plan Approved BY RENSS GREENE The years-long effort to write to rewrite the county government’s policies on growth, transportation, development has come to close with the adoption of a new comprehensive plan. Work on what became the Loudoun County 2019 Comprehensive Plan formally launched in April 2016, but wheels had been set turning before then. Originally scheduled as an 18-month process, COMPROMISE PLAN >> 33

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ment to the Pride Month proclamation at his request, since Dunn was absent when the proclamation was signed, and also for not supporting review of the town’s ethics policy during Monday night’s work session. That discussion will occur at a future work session instead. Campbell first raised the idea of discussing the ethics policy and also put forward two unsuccessful motions to consider censure of Dunn either Tuesday or at a future meeting. Thomas also criticized Burk for not supporting a vote to censure Dunn and promised to lead an effort to recall her from office. “I guess it was random to decide not to give us a voice, to lynch our voices. What will not be random is my effort to recall you as mayor,” she said in addressing Burk. Thomas said Dunn had normalized disappointment in Leesburg and had

taken bigotry to a new level. Town resident Mary Catherine Bennett presented her own proclamation to the council during the petitioner’s section of the meeting. She called for the creation of “Stand up to Bullies Day” on June 14, the same day the NAACP held a press conference calling for Dunn’s resignation. Charlotte McConnell of the Equality Loudoun Steering Committee called for the resignations of both Dunn and Thiel. She said that official town documents are not the place for personal opinions. But some in the audience said the Town Council should not ignore freedom of speech and defended Dunn’s actions. Former town resident Sandy Kane said she was “appalled that the Town Council could be railroaded by the CENSURE >> 45

Leesburg Lynching Victim Remembered BY RENSS GREENE More than 100 people participated in a special Juneteenth ceremony, which included the dedication of memorial to the victim of a mob lynching in Leesburg 130 years ago. Fourteen-year-old Orion Anderson, who was black, was accused of jumping out and scaring a white girl of the same age while wearing a bag over his head. He was arrested based on circumstantial evidence. According to research by the Loudoun Freedom Center and county historians, accounts at the time allege variously that he simply scared her, chased her, assaulted her, or attempted to rape her. Loudoun County Clerk of the Circuit Court Historic Records Manager Eric Larson said, although Anderson was arrested, there are no court records in his case because he never made it in front of a grand jury. Within 24 hours of a summons for witnesses, a mob rode to the jail in the early morning on horses with feet wrapped up to muffle their noise, and dragged Anderson away to hang him at a freight depot, near what today is the intersection

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Michelle Thomas, Michelle Lane and James Howard look at a historical marker on the spot where 14-year-old Orion Anderson, an ancestor of Howard and Lane, was lynched in 1889.

of Harrison Street and the W&OD trail near Raflo Park. Nobody was ever convicted for the murder. “What it should inspire us to do at the end of the day is make sure that

these stories happen no more,” said Leesburg Councilman Ron Campbell. “Not in our time, not on our watch, not JUNETEENTH >> 46

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One day after a majority of the Leesburg Town Council declined to discuss the merits of a formal censure of Councilman Tom Dunn, they faced heated criticism on Tuesday from community members and groups. Representatives of the gun control group Moms Demand Action, the LGBTQ community and the Loudoun County NAACP skewered some council members over their response to, or role in, Dunn’s recent choice to write statements rather than sign his name on town proclamations supporting their projects. Critics, including some council colleagues, have called on Dunn to resign over his actions. Dunn was accused of violating the Town Council’s Code of Ethics by writing messages on his signature line on ceremonial proclamations marking Gun Violence Awareness Day, Pride Month, and Juneteenth. The heated comments came after Councilman Ron Campbell on Monday night did not find enough support to consider a censure vote against Dunn. Campbell sought to add a censure motion to Tuesday night’s meeting agenda, but his request was supported only by Vice Mayor Marty Martinez and Councilman Neil Steinberg. The three have all publicly called for Dunn to resign over his actions, which Dunn has stated he has no intention of doing. On Tuesday, several of Dunn’s critics chastised Mayor Kelly Burk for not voting to support the agenda item. Loudoun County NAACP President Pastor Michelle C. Thomas pointed to a quote by Martin Luther King Jr., that those who ignore evil are accomplices to it. She turned her attention in particular to Dunn, Burk and Councilman Joshua Thiel. She criticized Thiel both for his decision to sign Dunn’s state-

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In a year when more than 200 Americans already have been killed in shootings, U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10) is learning more from residents about what the federal government can do to improve the nation’s gun laws. About 200 people spent Saturday afternoon at J. Michael Lunsford Middle School in Chantilly where Wexton was joined by Barbara Boardman, a licensed pediatrician and assistant professor and clinical instructor at Georgetown University; David Chipman, a senior policy advisor at gun violence prevention group Giffords, led by former Congresswoman and shooting victim Gabrielle Giffords, and a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police’s Firearms Committee; and Christian Heyne, the vice president of policy at gun violence prevention group Brady. The forum gave all four a chance to hear from residents how the federal government should, or shouldn’t, place additional restrictions on firearm purchases. Wexton kicked the town hall off by noting that the nation has been “struck by mass killings more than we should” and that there’s “no community that is safe from gun violence.” According to Mass Shooting Tracker, 231 people have been killed in the U.S. in mass shootings this year. Heyne told the audience of his mother’s death on Memorial Day weekend in 2005 when a disgruntled neighbor shot her in the back after first shooting his father three times. Heyne said that led him to devote his life to finding ways to keep deadly weapons from getting into dangerous hands and finding evidence-based policies that don’t prevent law abiding, responsible residents from retaining their rights to bear arms. In talking about how the government could make that happen, Chipman, a former special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, pointed to flaws in the nation’s gun laws that, for instance, have allowed a convicted murderer to falsify a home address and buy multiple guns. Chipman also noted that a high school senior can go to a gun show and purchase the same type of rifle that S.W.A.T. teams use without government oversight. “That doesn’t line up with my thoughts with what is reasonable,” he said. Heyne echoed Chipman’s concern and gave an example from his past. He said that in 2012, he and a friend walked into a gun show with $500 in cash, handed it to a “stranger” who looked at his friend’s I.D. and placed a .38-caliber revolver in a Food Lion bag without conducting a background check or giving them a bill of sale. “It was completely legal,” he said. On the topic of more in-depth background checks, Chipman said they probably wouldn’t prevent all gun crime, but could prevent many occurrences of it. He referenced the Sept. 11, 2001 ter-

rorist attacks and how they prompted increased security in airports. He said that while it inconvenienced all airline passengers, it’s provided them with an increased level of safety when flying, just as more background checks for gun sales would do for the general public’s overall safety. “It’s an inconvenience I’m absolutely willing to do to serve a bigger good,” he said. One attendee told the panel that the government should implement educational classes on firearms, since background checks don’t prevent law-abiding citizens from privately selling guns to someone with bad intentions. Wexton said she was “all for firearm safety courses” and in-person training for concealed carry permits. Boardman said that firearm education courses, however, aren’t appropriate for all age groups, noting that studies have shown that such courses might increase the attractiveness of guns among youths. Arthur Purves, the president of Fairfax County Taxpayers Alliance who recently filed to run as the Republican opponent of State Sen. Janet Howell (D-32) in the November election, said the 10 Commandments present the most effective gun laws, to which Wexton replied, “I don’t think that’s a particularly effective way to combat gun violence in our society today.” Switching from the topic of background checks, Saturday’s discussion also focused a bit on gun-free zones, which one attendee said “are nothing but killing zones.” When Wexton mentioned that May’s Virginia Beach shooting happened in a location that wasn’t a gunfree zone, multiple attendees spoke up saying that the municipal building where the shooting took place did, in fact, prohibit employees from carrying guns. “The police are minutes away when seconds count,” one attendee said. “We’re the first line of defense, really.” Wexton held the town hall a day after she introduced the Empowering Law Enforcement for Safer Firearm Transfers Act—a bill that would allow law enforcement officers to block the sale or transfer of any weapon or gun silencer regulated under the National Firearms Act to people they determine are a danger to themselves or others. The bill would give chief law enforcement officers—Sheriff Michael Chapman in Loudoun—90 days to block sales or transfers. That’s something they haven’t been able to do since 2016, when the laws were updated and National Firearms Act background check requirements were changed. Currently, residents seeking to purchase a silencer or other federally-regulated weapon must obtain approval from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, pass a background check, pay a $200 tax and notify the chief law enforcement officer in their jurisdiction.

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Supervisors Find Site for LongPlanned Aldie Firehouse

BY RENSS GREENE County supervisors have authorized the purchase of a third site for a new Aldie firehouse, this one at Gilbert’s Corner outside the village. County leaders until Thursday evening were pressing ahead with plans to replace the outdated Aldie fire and rescue station next to a historic tavern building inside the village’s historic district. Those plans met sustained outcry and resistance from people in the village, who have opposed it at every step, and recently faced a setback when the Historic District Review Committee denied the county government’s application to demolish two structures and build the firehouse on that property. Supervisors had voted to appeal that decision, and set county staff members to work getting around that problem by removing the property from the Aldie historic district. But last Thursday, supervisors authorized the purchase of 11.7 acres at the southwest corner of John Mosby Highway and James Monroe Highway for $875,000, opposite the weekly Gilbert’s Corner farmers market. Supervisor Tony R. Buffington (R-Blue Ridge) hailed the site as a better choice than the village site, which county leaders had admitted was not ideal, but had claimed at the time it was their only option. “It would provide and allow a byright, one-story fire station at that site, it’s not encumbered by any HOA rules or regulations, it is preferred by our fire department over the current site and it can be built in roughly the same time period,” Buffington said. Combined Fire-Rescue System Chief Keith Johnson confirmed the site is within the agency’s preferred area for the station, allowing for fast responses, and that the site has room for a one-story fire station, allowing for a design based on a standard template used by the system. Compared to the

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The new site of the future Aldie Firehouse, at the southwest corner of John Mosby Highway and James Monroe Highway.

two-story station that would have been necessary to fit on the tavern site, he said, means faster response times and a safer station for the crews there. “This is very exciting,” he said. “It’s a big move.” One hurdle remains: Buffington said the county will have to get a permit from the health department for a special septic system. There is a fourmonth due diligence period before the purchase is finalized. It would be the third property the county had purchased for the project. The first was located between Gilbert’s Corner and the village along Rt. 50, but a lawsuit brought by neighbors to enforce HOA covenants blocked construction there. That brings the total supervisors have spent on land for the new fire station to $2.25 million, including the two previous sites where the county’s plans have been chased out—$475,000 for the tavern site in Aldie and $1.2 million for the site east of town at the intersection of Rt. 50 and Roundup Place, in front of the Little River Farms subdivision. Although supervisors had hinted be-

fore that they were still looking for other sites, the vote Thursday was the first public acknowledgment that there was any serious possibility for a site other than the Aldie tavern property. County Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) defended supervisors’ secret negotiations and deliberations, which were held in closed sessions. “There are things we may have to do sometimes that are not always easy to do at the moment,” Randall said. “We wish we could always give you our rationale. Sometimes, a few times, we cannot. So when we’re doing something that’s against what the public may want, but we can’t give you the rationale, supervisors have to take the slings and arrows.” Supervisors also deferred a public hearing on their appeal of the Historic District Review Committee’s decision against the project in the village, likely bringing that appeal to a halt, and deferred work on moving the property out of the historic district. They approved that and the purchase of the new property unanimously. rgreene@loudounnow.com

EPA to Pay for Water Hookups Around Landfill Superfund Site The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will connect 124 homes in the Broad Run Farms neighborhood threatened by contamination from the Hidden Lane Landfill Superfund site to public water for free. They include homes affected by groundwater contamination around the site as well as the homes in an EPA-designated “buffer zone,” which could potentially be affected by contamination. The Hidden Lane Landfill was a 25acre privately owned and operated disposal facility north of Rt. 7 between the Broad Run Farms and CountrySide neighborhoods. The landfill operated from 1971 until 1984, when county

regulators and courts shut it down because of groundwater contamination and because the county had never approved the landfill. In 1989, the Loudoun County Health Department found evidence of the common degreaser trichloroethylene, or TCE, in the groundwater and well water of homes around the landfill. In total, 36 homes were found to have contaminated well water. Those homes then were equipped with water filtration. In 2008, a 150-acre area including the landfill was added to EPA’s Superfund list of the nation’s most contamHIDDEN LANE >> 8

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The 150-acre Hidden Lane Landfill in Sterling is to the naked eye a nature lover’s dream, but the former landfill was added to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund list of the nation’s most contaminated sites. Here a old methane vent sits in an open field at the old landfill.

Supervisors Order Transit Demand Study for Seniors, Disabled County supervisors have authorized $70,000 to study the transportation and transit needs of elderly and disabled Loudouners. Currently, Loudoun County provides transportation to bus stops within three-quarters of a mile of any fixed bus route in Loudoun, as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act. The county also supports on-demand paratransit services provided by Virginia Regional Transit outside of those areas. The Area Agency on Aging provides bus service to and from the senior centers in the county. But according to County Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large)’s office, on average, 27 requests for on-demand trips are denied each month. Consulting firm Michael Baker International will look for unmet transportation and transit needs in the county, at future population and demand trends, gap and overlaps in the different transit services in the county, and will provide a financial overview of the county’s services now and into the future. The firm will charge $56,608, and the county will hold another $13,392 in reserve for unexpected expenses. The study could be completed as early as January and back before the Board of Supervisors in March.

Fire-Rescue Wins Cardiac Care Award The Loudoun County Combined Fire and Rescue System has been awarded the Silver Plus Mission Lifeline Award from the American Heart Association. The American Heart Association’s Mission Lifeline program recognizes hospitals and EMS agencies for their success in improving the quality of care for acute, high-risk, time sensitive, life and quality of life-threatening coronary conditions. The program’s goal is to reduce system barriers to prompt treatment for heart attacks, beginning with the 911 call, to EMS transport and continuing through hospital treatment and discharge. The initiative provides tools, training and other resources to support heart attack care following protocols from the most recent evidence-based treatment guidelines. Loudoun’s fire-rescue system met the program’s criteria and standards of performance for quick and appropriate treatment of heart attacks through emergency procedures, to re-establish blood flow to blocked arteries in heart attack patients BRIEFS >> 8

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consistent and potentially inaccurate information.” “This can not only impact the data reliability, but also management functions and management decisions, as well as grant reporting,” Simons said. There are also differences across different county departments, both in how they manage grants and the resources they have to seek new ones. In the world of grant funding, grantors often have a heavy focus on reporting how grant money was used after it was GRANTS >> 8

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An audit of Loudoun County government’s program to apply for and manage state and federal grant money has found a growing, successful program, but with room for improvement. According to a report from auditing firm SC&H Group, in fiscal year 2018 the county brought in about $54.7 million in grants—$34.1 million from the state, and another $20.6 million from the federal government. “It’s a new function, and it’s moving in the right direction,” reported SC&H Principal Matt Simons to the Board of Supervisors’ finance committee June 17. “It’s led by motivated people who are interested in its success, it’s becoming a scalable operation, and overall we feel like the county is doing the right things.” That was the year supervisors added a grants coordinator position to the county’s staff, today Shalom Black. There are also other staff members and contractors in the Department of Management and Budget and Department of Finance and Procurement who oversee grants, among their other responsibilities. But, Simons said, his firm found some space for improvement in how the county manages the grants it takes in—particularly around centralizing and standardizing that work. He said the county currently uses a variety of systems and programs for tracking that information, which could allow “in-

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[ BRIEFS ] << FROM 6 coming into the hospital directly or by transfer from another facility. “The care our patients receive is our number one priority and we’re proud to be among the agencies recognized for performance in the Mission: Lifeline program of the American Heart Association,” said Combined Fire-Rescue System Chief Keith H. Johnson. They system was awarded Mission Lifeline Bronze Awards in 2017 and 2018.

Short-Term Residential Rental Registrations Due The county government registration period for short-term residential rentals, such as on Airbnb, begins July 1. Annual registrations will be active through June 30, 2020. Operators of short-term residential rental property in Loudoun County are required to register their property every year with the county government. Short-term residential rental properties that were registered in 2018 or properties that have not yet been registered must be registered during the registration period. There is no cost to register a shortterm rental property. Operators who fail to register may face a fine of $500 per violation. If a property was registered as a short-term rental in 2018, but is no longer being used for that purpose,

operators do not have to re-register or take any further action. By county law, a short-term residential rental is the provision of a room or space that is suitable or intended for occupancy for dwelling, sleeping, or lodging purposes, for a period of fewer than 30 consecutive days, in exchange for a charge for the occupancy. A link to the registration form and more information about the registration process can be found at loudoun. gov/ShortTermRentals.

Hanson Park Groundbreaking Set June for 29 Loudoun County will hold a ceremonial groundbreaking on the long-awaited Hal and Berni Hanson Regional Park this Saturday, June 29, starting at 11 a.m. The ceremony will take place at the park site on Evergreen Mills Road near Arcola. Signs will be posted on Evergreen Mills Road between Founders Drive and Fleetwood Drive to direct guests to the event entrance. Features of the 257-acre park include 17 lighted athletic fields, including two artificial turf fields and one cricket field; five ponds; the historic Lee-Hanson House; an event lodge and nature center; a skate plaza and disc golf course; a splash pad and playground with inclusive features and over 75 acres of passive recreational space. The project is expected to be completed in the spring of 2022.

Grants << FROM 7 awarded. Simons said currently that information could be inconsistent among different departments and grants. “This doesn’t only impact completeness or accuracy of information, it can also impact compliance and potentially the ability to receive grant funds in the future,” he said. Finance committee Chairman Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles) said it sounded like county staff members needed more resources to manage those grants, and Director of Management and Budget Erin McLellan said

Hidden Lane << FROM 6 inated sites. “We are grateful to the EPA for this decision and while we advocated for the extension of public water to the entire Broad Run Farms community, this is a significant action that will benefit those residents most directly impacted in the community,” stated district Supervisor Suzanne M. Volpe (R-Algonkian). “I would also like to commend the dedicated and long-term efforts of Loudoun County staff as well as the Virginia Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Quality for getting us to this milestone.” In May 2018, the Board of Supervi-

it’s likely county staff members will ask for those resources in the next county budget. Letourneau said the $54.7 million, from about 243 grants, “is a pretty sizable chunk of money, and also gets to how much cost savings we’re getting out of that, because that’s money we won’t have to allocate from local tax money.” Supervisor Tony R. Buffington (R-Blue Ridge) agreed it would be a worthy investment. “When you’re talking about the kind of money that you said we are receiving as a county, it’s more than worth us investing,” Buffington said. rgreene@loudounnow.com sors voted unanimously to endorse an EPA-recommended plan for the site, which included extending public water service to the homes in the area at an estimated cost of $6.7 million, and to implement rules to prohibit drawing groundwater in the future. On June 13, the EPA issued an interim Record of Decision, which commits to build a water line for the Broad Run Farms homes and indicates that the treatment of TCE in the groundwater “will be addressed in the future final remedial action” for the site. For more information about the Hidden Lane Landfill, including links to the EPA documents and contact information for residents with questions, go to loudoun.gov/HiddenLaneLandfill. Read the EPA’s decision at loudounnow.com/2259076.

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Midget Faces Uncertain Future BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ Perhaps the most unique piece of Leesburg’s architectural history may be headed to a new location, as at least three people have expressed interest owning or leasing the Mighty Midget Kitchen. Made from a part of a recycled World War II B29 bomber, the Mighty Midget for the past 11 years has served as the main kitchen for Döner Bistro at its Harrison Street restaurant on property owned by Gordon MacDowell. But its history began long before that. According to a town staff report, the Mighty Midget initially operated as a carryout restaurant from 1947 to 1994 at the intersection of East Market and Loudoun streets, where Mom’s Apple Pie now sits. After operations there

ceased, the Town of Leesburg received title to the Midget in 1994 and moved the structure into storage. The town issued a Request for Proposals for the relocation and use of the Midget, which was awarded in November of that year to MacDowell and The MacDowell Companies. A 20-year lease between MacDowell and the town was agreed upon in February 1996, at a rate of $10 annually. The lease expired in 2016, but the Town Council never approved a new lease and there is no clause in the lease that dictates surrender of the structure. The Mighty Midget continues to be used by the owners of Döner Bistro, but not for much longer. The restaurant is moving to the Virginia Village shopping center in July and the Midget, by terms of the lease, will remain at its cur-

rent location. A staff report notes that the town has “received interest to lease or purchase” the Mighty Midget but does not elaborate on where that interest is coming from. Mom’s Apple Pie owner Avis Renshaw on Tuesday told the council she was interest in moving the structure back to its original location and return it to use as a carry-out restaurant. MacDowell did not return a call seeking comment. The council authorized the staff to issue an RFP to accept offers for either the lease of the Mighty Midget, but agreed that it should remain town property. krodriguez@loudounnow.com

Long-Term Crescent District Fixes Will Wait BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ As the Town Council looks toward regulatory changes in Leesburg’s Crescent Design District, it appears a longterm solution may be a year or more away. As plans to spur redevelopment in an area bordering the town’s historic district continue to be met with lukewarm interest from developers, the council last summer launched a multistep process to address frustrations with the Crescent District regulations. The district, adopted as part of the 2003 Business Development Strategy, encompasses 428 acres and 215 lots in an area generally along East Market Street, Catoctin Circle and South King Street north and west of the Leesburg Bypass On Monday night, the Town Council received an update from Planning and Zoning Department Director

Susan Berry-Hill. At the staff ’s suggestion, the town solicited estimates for hiring a consultant to look at implementing comprehensive changes to the district recommended by a consultant team from the Form-Based Codes Institute, including the adoption of a plan to identify priority areas within the district; a reorganization of current regulations; and a move toward more urban-style development standards. Only one response was received by the deadline and the estimate for the project was pegged at $60,000, Berry-Hill said. There is money available in fiscal year 2020 to make a supplemental appropriation to hire a consultant in that price range, she noted. The council was expected to vote Tuesday night on the supplemental appropriation and initiation of the project, which would include issuing a Request for Proposals for a consultant. Berry-Hill said the bulk of the work

may occur later in 2020, rather than earlier. This is because the town is kicking off in earnest its comprehensive plan review, a time-intensive venture for staff, she said. Additionally, the consultants from FBCI recommended both a strong public engagement process and a market study for the Crescent Design District, both of which would occur early in the Town Plan review process and are already included in that project’s funding. That project will formally begin in August. Although a long-term solution may wait, the council recently approved some temporary Zoning Ordinance modifications that it hopes will spur some redevelopment in the meantime. Those regulations deal primarily with building setbacks, parking standards, and review and approval standards. krodriguez@loudounnow.com

The three major bond rating agencies have given the Town of Leesburg triple-A ratings with a stable outlook on its $12.4 million Series 2019 General Obligation Refunding Bonds. The Series 2019 bonds are being issued only to save on interest rates by refinancing Series 2009 General Obligation Build America Bonds. The town expects to save more than $1 million over the life of the refunded bonds, or about $40,000 a year. Key drivers to the ratings included a strong economy, strong management, budgetary flexibility, and overall liquidity. Town officials visited the ratings agencies Fitch Ratings, Moody’s, and Standard & Poor’s earlier this month before the issuance of $58 million in General Obligation Bond Anticipation Notes to fund the town’s six-year Capital Improvements Program for the General and Utilities Funds. “The town will save a substantial amount of money by refunding the Series 2009 bonds at this time,” stated Clark Case, Leesburg’s director of Finance and Administrative Services. “In addition, the lines of credit will provide money at a very favorable rate for capital projects for the town’s General Fund and Utilities Fund on an as-needed basis for the next five years. Combined, these two actions further strengthen the town’s financial position.”

Airport Receives Federal Grant The Leesburg Executive Airport is getting some financial help from Uncle Sam. Virginia’s two senators, Tim Kaine (D) and Mark Warner (D), announced Monday that the airport will receive $900,000 in federal funding from the Department of Transportation to support improvements. The funding was awarded through the Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Program within DOT. The program supports infrastructure improvement projects at airports across the country, including runways, taxiways, aprons, terminals, aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicles and snow removal equipment. “We’re excited to announce this funding that will help improve travel for Virginians,” the senators said in a joint statement. “These grants will revitalize our airports with much-needed upgrades to help ensure safer travel in and out of the commonwealth.” Reagan National and Newport News/Williamsburg airports were the other two recipients of federal funding in Virginia.

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Leesburg Wants Bigger Role in School Security BY ANDREW D. PARKER While the Leesburg Town Council wants a “seat at the table” in the ongoing discussions about school security, council members on Monday night stopped short of sending an official request to the Loudoun County School Board. After expressing concerns about a new proposal to place Sheriff ’s Office deputies in all 58 Loudoun elementary schools, council members received updates from Leesburg Police Chief Gregory C. Brown about the June 13 meeting on the subject involving the School Board, the Loudoun Board of Supervisors and Sheriff ’s Office. Councilman Thomas S. Dunn started the discussion, asking if it was appropriate to send an official letter to School Board members alerting them about the town’s desire to support student safety efforts and make sure that “the information that’s being passed on to parents is seamless” among the school system, law enforcement, county and town. “We have virtually no communication with the School Board,” Dunn said, seeking to “open the lines of communication” on school security. “We need a seat at the table on any [School Resource Officer] program or school issues that impact this town,” said Vice Mayor Fernando “Marty” Martinez. “We cannot afford to be left out of this discussion. We need to be part of [it] and part of the solution.” Martinez noted that the town staff only attended the joint meeting because they found out about it shortly before it happened and weren’t formally informed by school or Sheriff ’s Office administrators. Brown said he understood why the public is sometimes frustrated with the amount of information available fol-

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Leesburg Police Chief Gregory C. Brown updated Leesburg Town Council members on school security Monday, when members expressed a desire for a “seat at the table” in ongoing school safety discussions with the Loudoun County School Board, county supervisors and Sheriff’s Office leaders.

lowing an incident, while reminding council members that the police have to follow stringent investigation procedures. “The integrity of the case is always going to be my priority,” Brown said. “We take every complaint seriously.” Once there are multiple parties involved with the schools and police, getting information out in a timely manner becomes more complicated, Brown said. “There are several different protocols. It takes a bit of coordination.” “When you have three separate en-

tities, you always have room for improvement,” Brown said. While he acknowledged that “any relationship can be approved on,” when asked by Councilwoman Suzanne Fox to characterize his relationship with the existing resource officers in Leesburg schools, Brown said that “we share the same philosophy about keeping students safe. At times, there may be delay, but we have a very good relationship with supervisors and staff.” Councilman Ron Campbell said there are bigger issues at play and that

more coordination is needed, especially now that many students have cell phones in schools and information gets out quickly on social media. “We need more time, more study, more info, and to get up to speed on what the county has planned,” he said. Brown met with several school administrators following an incident in March when an Air Force recruiter was able to bring a gun into Tuscarora High School. Parents brought their questions and concerns to the school board, speaking during public meetings in April and May, and received no immediate official response until May 21, when the school system announced steps designed to improve school security. The steps include a full review of visitor management protocols and an ongoing three-year capital improvement project related to secure vestibules at 92 schools across the county. The parents met with Superintendent Eric Williams earlier this month, leaving the meeting with a sense that their concerns were being heard. “I think there were too many hands in the pot,” Brown said of the communication concerns following the Tuscarora incident. As a result of meetings with school administrators, the groups are working together to “allow our PIOs [public information officers] to do what we pay them to do.” Brown recommended that the council allow town staff to continue working with the school system, county and Sheriff ’s Office staff before sending an official letter, since the situation continues to develop rapidly, including the recent proposal for school resource officers in elementary schools. “From my understanding, the proposal did have some teeth for the next board to discuss,” Brown said. aparker@loudounnow.com

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A Freedom High School rising senior has reached the finals of a national contest that awards students for designing clothing entirely out of duct tape. Christina Mellott, a 17-year-old South Riding resident, is among 10 finalists in the Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest, sponsored by Duck Brand. The finalists include five prom dresses made of duct tape and five tuxedoes. The winner receives a $10,000 scholarship. “I was inspired by a small creek I have in my backyard,” Mellott stated. “Growing up, the creek had blooming flowers and vines that provided beautiful scenery. The creek inspired my dress to have a soft, feminine look. I wanted my dress to be pastel and have floral and iridescent touches. The flow of the skirt also allowed the dress to have beautiful movement and move with the wind. The overall look created a great mood for spring prom, and all

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Freedom High School’s Christina Mellott is a finalist in a national contest involving clothing made from duct tape.

the elements of the dress worked together to create a cohesive prom dress.” Mellott, who used 36 rolls of duct tape over the course of 80 hours to create the dress, needs community support in the finals. Go to duckbrand. com/stuck-at-prom/vote/christi-

Samvrit Rao, a sixth grader at Stone Hill Middle School, has placed in the top 20 state merit winners for Virginia in the 3M Young Scientist Challenge, a national contest sponsored by 3M and Discovery Education. The challenge announced the winners Tuesday, and Rao “rose to the top” from hundreds of submissions to place among the top 20 state winners “thanks to his passion for science, spirit of innovation and effective communications skills,” according to a statement from 3M. Rao will receive a technology prize pack and recognition on the challenge website for his project, Just Soapz. The challenge, which awards $25,000 to the national winner and a 3M Mentorship, “supports young innovators who have demonstrated a passion for science, the perseverance to see their

creative discoveries unfold, and a desire to improve the world around us,” said Denise Rutherford, senior vice president of corporate affairs for 3M.

Loudoun Grads Tally $63M in Scholarships The school district has released statistics on the total number of students to achieve scholarships at the end of the 2018-2019 school year. A total of 2,075 students secured more than $63.1 million in scholarships or grants to further their education. The 2019 class of seniors consisted of 5,754 graduates. More than two-thirds, or 67 percent, said they plan to attend a four-year college, with another 21 percent enrolling in a two-year college and 2.5 percent heading to a continuing education opportunity. More than 5 percent, or 337 students, said they plan to go directly into the workforce, with 1.5 percent (90 students) enlisting in the military. Just over 1 percent, or SCHOOL NOTES >> 13

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The Virginia Board of Education has recognized five Loudoun schools under its exemplar performance school recognition program for 2019. Briar Woods High School, Hillsboro Charter Academy, Legacy Elementary School, Stone Hill Middle School and Waterford Elementary School all made the list, which includes 235 schools across the state. Hillsboro Charter Academy, Legacy Elementary and Waterford Elementary were among 52 schools selected for the board’s 2019 Highest Achievement award, while Briar Woods and Stone Hill placed among 183 schools given the 2019 Continuous Improvement award.

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Frye Manslaughter Case Sent to Grand Jury BY PATRICK SZABO Loudoun District Court Judge Dean Worcester on Monday heard enough evidence from four witnesses to send Zachary Frye’s aggravated involuntary manslaughter case to Frye a grand jury for review. At a little before 7:30 a.m. on Jan. 4, Frye, 20, struck and killed Lauren McDarby while she was walking along Morrisonville Road across from Zion Lutheran Church. Frye had allegedly been drinking, according to first-hand accounts at the scene and blood test results performed more than three hours later at Inova Loudoun Hospital’s Cornwall campus in Leesburg. During the preliminary hearing, two residents and two Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office deputies described what they saw at the crash scene. The first to testify, and the first to pull up to the scene on Morrisonville Road after Frye’s crash, was Steve Myers, a pest control worker who was on his way to a job that morning. Myers said Frye flagged him down from the middle of the road by waving his hands and “hollering.” Myers said Frye was “really upset,” that he smelled of alcohol and that he kept repeating that he thought he had killed someone. He said he noticed that Frye’s Toyota RAV4 was about 30-40 feet away in the woods and that he noticed McDarby’s body on the shoulder of the road. Myers said Frye at one point began banging his head against Zion’s stone sidewall and later against a tree. Another witness, Jennifer Beamer, was on her way to the store when she came upon the crash scene just after Myers. Because Myers didn’t have any cell coverage, Beamer, who also said Frye smelled of alcohol, made the call to 911 at 7:28 a.m., according to phone records. She said that during the call, Frye stuck his head in her car window to ask if he could use her phone to call his dad when she was done with it. Beamer said she thought Frye was merely upset that he had wrecked his car at the time she arrived, and that she thought Frye didn’t know someone had died. She said Frye later became “irate.” Sheriff ’s Deputy Sean McCartan, Woodgrove High School’s school resource officer, said that when he arrived on the scene, he noticed McDarby’s body on the shoulder of the road and that Frye was “screaming incoherently” and was in disarray. He said Frye repeated, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I didn’t do it—I didn’t mean to” and that at one point he said, “just take me away, just shoot me.” McCartan said that when Frye was placed in the back of a deputy’s cruiser,

he was “kicking” and “flailing” and butting his head against the window. “He was inconsolable,” he said. Deputy Ronald Beach, the deputy in charge of investigating the DWI aspect of the case, said that Frye refused to give him his name when asked and that he frequently repeated the questions Beach asked him without answering them. “He was very emotional. He kept saying that he was sorry,” he said. Beach said Frye was “combative” and in no shape for a field sobriety test. He said deputies decided to hobble restrain him before putting him in the cruiser. Originally charged with driving while intoxicated and involuntary manslaughter, Judge Karen A. Henenberg, a retired Arlington County General District Court judge, in April agreed to amend the manslaughter charge to aggravated involuntary manslaughter, which upped the minimum penalty if convicted from 1-10 years to 1-20 years in prison, with a mandatory minimum of one year behind bars. At the request of the commonwealth’s attorney’s office on Monday, Worcester agreed to not prosecute the DWI charge. If indicted on the aggravated involuntary manslaughter charge, Frye will be in Circuit Court on July 9 to schedule a trial. In the days following the crash, area residents formed the Morrisonville Community Alliance in an effort to address traffic and pedestrian safety concerns along the narrow, single-lane road. Residents at that time tossed around ideas that included requesting VDOT to decrease speed limits and convert the Morrisonville/Purcellville Road intersection into a three-way stop. Janet Belvin, one of the residents who spearheaded that community engagement, said this week that residents also had reached out to Supervisors Tony Buffington (R-Blue Ridge) and Geary Higgins (R-Catoctin) but have yet to hear back from them. “Since we got no help from supervisors, interest [in the community alliance] has waned,” she said. To keep pedestrians off the roadway, residents have also talked about asking the county to keep the community in mind when working on the Emerald Ribbons Initiative—a proposed countywide system of interconnected parks and unpaved trails on land donated by private landowners that was proposed by members of the Loudoun County Preservation and Conservation Coalition. A concept map of the trail project created by the Piedmont Environmental Council on the coalition’s website, however, does not show any proposed trails through the Morrisonville area or anywhere else along Berlin Turnpike’s northern corridor. pszabo@loudounnow.com

well as security camera footage a close friend said showed Castillo going up to the home the night before the victim was found hanging in a basement bathroom. The case also featured testimony by a cadaver dog handler that was used to argue that the death had actually occurred in an upstairs bedroom—a legally ground-breaking approach in Virginia. “The opinion is a significant one for the Commonwealth,” said Chief Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Nicole Wittmann, who was the lead trial attorney. “The court was very thorough in its analysis, addressing each issue of appeal. Additionally, of particular significance was that the evidence related to the cadaver dog, an issue of first impression in Virginia, was found to be proper and admissible.”

Fisher Ready to Join Loudoun Court Starting Monday, Loudoun’s Circuit Court will begin operation at full strength for the first time since the General Assembly authorized a fourth judgeship four years ago. Eschewing a formal investiture ceremony that is a tradition in the Loudoun courts, former Fauquier County Commonwealth’s Attorney James Fisher has already taken the oath of office and is prepared to take the bench as soon as his eight-year term begins July 1. He was appointed to fill the seat left vacant by the retirement of Burke F.

McCahill late in 2016. The assembly left that judgeship unfunded until this year. The 20th Circuit includes Loudoun, Fauquier and Rappahannock counties. Fisher is expected to serve primarily in Loudoun, providing a fourth judge to handle the busy docket. Judge Jeffrey W. Parker, who presides mainly in Fauquier and Rappahannock counties, is set to retire this fall and Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney Jim Plowman has been tapped to fill that seat.

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Authorities are investigating the circumstances that contributed to the death of a worker at the site of the new Paul VI Catholic High School campus near South Riding. The incident happened Monday afternoon when workers were installing lights at the baseball field. One man fell into a hole dug for lighting footers and another fell in trying to rescue him. The first man was extricated by rescue crews but was pronounced dead at the scene. The second man was not seriously injured, according to the Sheriff ’s Office.

The Loudoun County Victim/Witness Program is teaming up with the Virginia Assistance Network to offer a free Homicide Survivor Support group for adults and children. Dr. Marcella Marcey will lead the adult group, which will hold its first meeting on Friday, June 28 at the Brambleton Library, starting at 7 p.m. Michelle Bogdan, a licensed clinical social worker, will lead the children’s group. The startup date for the children’s group has not yet been determined. For more information or to register, call Ashley Baker at 703-777-0414

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From left, outgoing Leesburg Daybreak Rotary Club President Dina Abu-Hassan and incoming President-elect Edgar Hatrick present Stilson Greene with the club’s Citizen of the Year award.

Daybreak Rotary Club Names Greene Citizen of the Year The Leesburg Daybreak Rotary Club held its annual Charter Night dinner on Monday at the Lightfoot restaurant, celebrating a year that culminated with a total of $100,000 in community fundraising and the celebration of the selection of Stilson Greene as the club’s Citizen of the Year and Bradley Gable as Rotarian of the Year. Edgar Hatrick introduced Greene, the longtime graphic artist, marketing specialist, editorial cartoonist, business leader and concert promoter, as “someone I believe truly to be one of the most important people in Leesburg.” A Leesburg native and Loudoun County High School graduate, Greene recalled that his public service started on the day he returned home after graduation from Radford College. “When I came back to work here in 1976, I was here one day and got a phone call from Stanley Caulkins. He and my father were best friends. He

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BENEFIT Plans Sept. 21 Original Music Festival Downtown BENEFIT, a coalition of musicians and community leaders with a mission to use the power of music to raise funds and awareness for Loudoun nonprofits that serve children in need, will hold its 2019 music festival Saturday, Sept. 21 in downtown Leesburg. The newly named Crossroads Music Festival will feature original music performances from regional musicians and bands performing at multiple venues in downtown Leesburg. In recent years, the organization has hosted daylong music festivals at the Village at Leesburg and at the Paxton Campus that put the spotFESTIVAL >> 18

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said, ‘you’ve got to come see me.’ I said, ‘OK.’ I was in town one day. He said I volunteered you for the Bicentennial Committee.’ That is how it started,” Greene said. He went on to serve on the Vietnam Memorial Committee, the George C. Marshall Committee, and as a leader of Leesburg Renaissance, the Downtown Improvement Association and the Downtown Leesburg Business Association, among many more. Greene also shared a guiding piece of advice he got from an uncle who was a successful businessman just before deciding to start his own graphic design business in downtown Leesburg in 1980. Greene showed his uncle his business plan and a list of potential clients and other well-thought-out launch strategies. His uncle said: “You don’t need any of that. I’m going to give you one direction. That is this: If you do good, you’ll do good.”

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[ NON PROFIT NOTES ] Belfort Furniture Golf Tourny Raises Record $95K for YMCA Belfort Furniture teamed up with the YMCA Loudoun County as the corporate sponsor for the 27th Annual Golf Classic. This was Belfort’s 15th year sponsoring the event. The June 6 tournament at the Loudoun Golf and Country Club in Purcellville attracted 124 golfers and helped the YMCA set a new record, raising $95,000 to support its “Caring for Community” initiative. The money will provide a two-week summer camp scholarship for 476 underprivileged children and will support families in need of quality after school programs. Belfort Furniture signed on as the corporate sponsor of the event in 2005 and has helped to raise more than $948,000 for the YMCA Loudoun County. “Even though we live and work in one of the wealthiest counties in the country, there are hardworking people who cannot make ends meet,” Belfort founder and CEO Mike Huber said. “Strong and stable families are the foundation of our community and we are very proud to support the YMCA and their efforts.” The event kicked off with a pre-golf party hosted by the Huber family at their Stone Tower Winery near Leesburg, attended by more than 200 furniture industry partners and Loudoun businesses representatives. “We are so grateful for the continued support of Mike and Kristi Huber

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4 Join Oatlands Board of Directors Oatlands Historic House and Gardens announced the addition of four new members to the nonprofit’s board of directors. The new board members are: Teresa Minchew is the vice chairwoman of the Leesburg’s Board of Architectural Review, which oversees alterations to Leesburg’s Old and Historic District and is a former commissioner on the town’s Planning Commission. She is secretary and a board member of the Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier, a founding member of the local philanthropic group 100Women Strong, and an active Loudoun County Extension Master Gardener. A preservationist and history buff since her years studying at the College of William and Mary, Minchew and her family have lived in Leesburg since 1992, working to restore and preserve their 1899 home, which is known as the Edward Nichols House and is individually listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places. Susan Barrett Sutter lived in Hong Kong and New Zealand before mak-

ing Leesburg her home. She was president of the Waterford Concert Series for four seasons. During her time in Hong Kong, she was a graduate of the Chinese University Museum of Art’s Docent Program, as well as Secretary of the Board of the University of Hong Kong Museum Society. Her preservation efforts include the restoration of Ellwood, a historic home Listed as a Virginia Landmark on the National Register of Historic Places. Leo Titus is president of ECS Mid-Atlantic, LLC, a subsidiary of Engineering Consulting Services. He has extensive experience managing geotechnical engineering and construction testing services, as well as a passion for service in industry and charitable organizations like the American Society of Civil Engineers and The Builders Foundation. He is a guest lecturer on multiple subjects at several universities and area schools, as well as a volunteer STEM educator for local students. Leo was also a member of Fairfax County’s Urban Search and Rescue team that was deployed to the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. Susan Jones is a partner in Attains Federal Services Division and responsible for leading the growth of the firm’s federal health practice. She serves on the American Red Cross National Capitol Region board of directors and is an active supporter of the Children’s Inn at National Institutes of Health, Friends of Patients of NIH, The Women’s Center and the National Kidney Foundation.

<< FROM 16 light on the work of area nonprofits. The Crossroads Music Festival hopes to feature the region’s top original artists who would like to donate their performance to raise funds for local children’s services charities. “We are placing a call for bands, singer-songwriters, and other musicians who are interested in performing at our Sept. 21 event,” said BENEFIT Co-founder Amy Bobchek. “As musicians, this is a great opportunity to give to the community through our music.” Musicians interested in joining BENEFIT and offering their talents at the Sept. 21 event are encouraged to register online at benefit.live. A final lineup of performers will be announced in late summer. “I’ve been attending BENEFIT’s music festival since its first year at The Village at Leesburg, and I have been thoroughly moved by this committed group of volunteers,” stated Leesburg Mayor Kelly Burk. “As the county’s Arts & Cultural District, the Town is proud to be a part of the effort, and I encourage the community to come out in September to enjoy the music and give a little something back for your neighbors.” For more information and updates about BENEFIT’s Crossroads Music Festival, go to benefit.live.

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Apartment Community Takes Ashburn to New Heights BY PATRICK SZABO Atop Belmont Ridge, The Heights apartments in Ashburn already offer residents the best views in all of eastern Loudoun, stretching east to Tysons and west to the Blue Ridge Mountains. This fall, the community will also give residents a place to work collaboratively and enjoy a cup of joe or glass of wine while doing so. The Heights, a 230-unit apartment community in Ashburn’s Goose Creek Village still under construction, saw its first tenants move in last month. Floor plans include studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments ranging anywhere from 627 square feet at $1,515 to 1,272 square feet at $2,495. Business Manager Julie Langford said 40 residents have already moved into the main building and that the second and third buildings should be complete by August. It’s in the main building that resiPatrick Szabo/Loudoun Now dents will find The Ashburn Collec- The Heights Business Manager Julie Langford looks toward the Blue Ridge Mountains atop the Ashburn apartment community’s seventh-floor terrace. tive, a coworking space owned by the 37 Media and Marketing Group that and will feature open coworking areas, “We thought that made perfect lan McKelvie said he and his team view will feature a coffee and wine bar when private rentable offices for one to eight sense,” she said. “We really, really, re- The Heights and The Ashburn Collecopened this fall. people and a restaurant serving coffee, ally want to make sure that it has deep tive as vital pieces of a puzzle that are Allison Shannon, the group’s pres- wine and food. roots in our local community—it’s all helping to bring the village, the archiident and CEO, said construction on Shannon said that while her group about Loudoun.” tecture of which was modeled after a the coworking space should begin in wasn’t ready to disclose who it’s bringShannon said The Ashburn Col- Parisian street, closer toward compleabout a month and take 60-90 days ing in to run the coffee and wine bar lective would also expand into the tion. He said that should happen in the to complete. That space will be found operations, it would be an area restau- first floor of another building at The next three to four years once another in the rear 4,500-square-foot space of ranteur who will locally source bever- Heights in early 2020. The Heights’ first-floor leasing office ages and food. Goose Creek Village Co-owner AlTHE HEIGHTS >> 21

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residential community is built that will provide the “missing middle.” Shannon’s marketing company is also working with Jim Speros to open a Velocity Wings Express in Speros’ Social House Kitchen & Tap across the street by July 10. She said that restaurant would be totally virtual, as it will operate solely for pick-up or delivery. The Heights is managed by The Lincoln Property Company—the same company that manages the Masonvale apartments on the George Mason University campus in Fairfax and the Lincoln at Wiehle Station apartments in Reston that will open this fall. The apartment community features interior lounges, common areas, a fitness studio, outdoor lounge areas with fire pits and grills, a resort-style pool surrounded on three sides by the main building, a pet spa, and an Amazon hub electronic package concierge to receive shipments at any hour of the day, among other amenities. Perhaps one of the most attractive aspects of The Heights is the views of Loudoun in all directions. To the east, residents can watch airplanes take off and land at Dulles Airport or look into the distance toward Reston Town Center or Tysons Corner. To the west, residents can gaze at the Town of Leesburg or the blue haze that shrouds the Blue Ridge Mountains beyond Round Hill. Langford said her team’s goal is to accommodate residents by providing

Patrons lined up early Saturday morning to celebrate the formal opening of two of Sterling’s newest food and beverage choices—and for the chance to win free meals all summer long. The Daybreak Kitchen and Biscuit Co. and the Nectar Cocktail Bar are the latest ventures by craft brew entrepreneurs Jake Endres and Lee Rogan, who launched Crooked Run Brewing as a crowd-funded Kickstarter project in 2013. The two dove into their newest projects along with food entrepreneur Damian Dajcz. The trio first teamed up to bring Dajcz’s Senor Ramon Taqueria to the Crooked Run tasting room. They’re stepping things up a bit with this new expansion. Daybreak Kitchen offers southern comfort staple biscuits and gravy along with southern California and Korean influences. “We spent a lot of time creating and tasting this new concept we managed to bring here, to make real but unique. We didn’t compromise on the quality of the ingredients we use and we are very proud not just of the food, but the team we have here,” Dajcz said. Nectar offers cold-press juice blends and mimosas as an alternative to the brews served up in the tasting room next door. “It’s been my dream to open up a restaurant for pretty much my whole life, so I couldn’t be happier,” Endres said during Saturday’s ribbon-cutting

them with all the resources they need to live without worrying about maintenance or other everyday homeowner concerns. She said that many of the community’s current residents are in transition, either as transplants from different places across the nation or locals who have downsized. “We want them to live big but little,” she said. “We want people to start streaming down what they need in their lives … so [they] can get out there and start living life.” While the apartment community is only at a fifth of its full occupancy, Langford said she expects it to be fully leased by this time next year. So far, she said the studio apartments “went off the shelves like hot cakes.” pszabo@loudounnow.com

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event. “The concept is bringing the outdoors in,” Rogan said, highlighting the design of the bar, the beer garden area and the expanse of natural light provided by the space’s large floor-to-ceiling windows. With the two new ventures, the Davis Drive operation has expanded to 300 seats in a food hall setting. Supervisor Koran Saines (D-Sterling) described the partners as visionaries. “This used to be a warehouse space. They took it and had a vision. At first I didn’t truly get it, but walking in here today I see it. It makes a lot of sense.” “I can’t wait to see the next venture you guys unravel,” Saines added. The first people through the door Saturday morning will definitely be going back, since they won a free meal each week through the summer as part of the grand opening celebration.

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The lobby at The Heights at Goose Creek Village will soon connect with The Ashburn Collective, a coworking space that will also feature a coffee and wine bar.

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Some Middleburg residents have reported an increase this year in mosquitos, which are commonly found in standing water around town and across the county.

Middleburg Mulls Mosquito Eradication BY PATRICK SZABO Another wet spring coupled with above-average temperatures in Loudoun combined to boost the mosquito population, prompting the Middleburg town staff to explore ways to rid the town of the unwelcome visitors. Town staff members are looking at ways to eradicate the mosquito population, which Deputy Town Administrator Will Moore said many residents feel has grown in strength and numbers over last summer. The discussion centers on a possible two-step solution—to better educate residents on mosquito prevention and the purchase of thousands of larvicide tablets to give residents. Moore said some residents began talking about a possible mosquito problem last month, as they noticed

the insects in standing water on their properties—in gutters, rain barrels, trash and recycling bins, flower pot trays, bird baths, water pales, wheelbarrows and other areas that retain water. Staff discussions on the matter landed the town in talks with the Clarke mosquito control company, which has a contract with the state that municipalities can ride if they’re in need of assistance. Moore said the town can purchase larvicide tablets from Clarke at the commonwealth’s rate of $300 per case—cases that contain 50 cards of 12 tablets a piece. He said the town is considering purchasing two to four cases, up to 2,400 tablets, but will need to get Town Council approval first. If the town moves forward with the purchase, the tablets would be available to residents at the Town Office to

pick up, take home and drop in any pools of standing water they don’t want to dump out, such as birdbaths. In that scenario, the birds would be unaffected by the chemicals, which would activate within 24 hours and would kill mosquito larva for up to 60 days. If the town were to not purchase the tablets from Clarke through Virginia’ contract, residents could purchase them from Clarke themselves at more than double the price—$15 for one card, or about $1.25 for one tablet, as opposed to Virginia’s price of 51 cents per tablet. Residents at any time can also purchase larvicide tablets at Middleburg Millwork, which, according to its owner Bob Ball, always has them in stock, MIDDLEBURG MOSQUITOES >> 26

Hamilton Works to Recoup $35K in Delinquent Sewer Fees from Resident BY PATRICK SZABO After a years-long legal battle over an alleged unapproved sewer connection, the Hamilton Town Council is continuing efforts to recoup significant lost revenue. The dispute began eight years ago when the Town of Hamilton claimed that John Bouman, who lives 700 feet outside the town limits, made unauthorized sewer connections and charged him nearly $35,000. Bouman refused to pay and sued the town. After the town countered Bouman’s claim, a judge ruled in favor of the town and dismissed the case. But the same back and forth happened a year later, again ending in a court ruling favoring the town. In September 2011, the town sent Bouman a notice that it had placed a

lien on his property and that he owed the town $34,800 in delinquent sewer connection fees for two hookups to the system, at $17,400 a piece. In his initial June 2016 complaint, Bouman asked the court to declare the lien invalid and remove it from county records. He argued that when he purchased his Delaware Avenue home in 2010, it was already connected to the town’s sewer system. He claimed that the previous homeowner made the $6,500 connection a decade earlier with the town’s permission. Bouman also asked the court to prevent the town from refiling the lien without first obtaining court judgment, pointing to a Virginia law that previously required localities to “obtain a judgment in a court of competent jurisdiction” against the resident prior to recording a lien against their

Town leaders are accepting artist submissions for a new LOVE sign that will be permanently installed in the Town Square. Submissions should spell out the word “love,” reflect the town’s character, be highly visible, cost no more than $4,500 to build and should be about 12-16 feet wide and 5-7 feet tall with a base of no more than 18 feet. Artists have until 5 p.m. on July 15 to submit entries, which must include a concept statement, a rendering of the design and its dimensions, proposed fabrication methods, the proposed budget, the artist’s website or social media account and answers to three questions— why the artist is interested in the project, what the inspiration is and how the artist proposes to accomplish the piece. The town’s drive to install a LOVE sign in the Town Square corresponds with the 50-year anniversary of the “Virginia is for Lovers” brand, which promotes travel and tourism in the commonwealth. Lovettsville’s version of the art will be one of more than 100 installations in Virginia, including Leesburg and Purcellville. The exhibit is expected to attract tourists and serve as a gateway to the town and Northern Virginia, with Lovettsville the first town travelers pass through when entering Virginia from that area of Maryland. To submit a design, email a proposal to Assistant Town Manager Harriet West at hwest@lovetttsvilleva.gov. To see examples of similar LOVE signs, go to virginia.org/love. For more information, call the town office at 540-822-5788.

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property. While that section of the law was removed in 2012, it was active when the town placed the lien on Bouman’s property the previous year. In its request for the court to dismiss the case, the town argued that its delinquent sewer fee charge and lien placement were “valid and constitutional as necessary implements of a sanitary sewer system constructed and operated for the public good.” It cited a 2006 case in which the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a public body’s statutory obligation to charge fair and reasonable connection fees is a “proper delegation of authority by the Virginia General Assembly.” The town also argued that, while Virginia law authorizes towns to get court judgments before placing liens SEWER FEES >> 26

Lovettsville Eagle Scout Michael DiStefano, from Boy Scout Troop 969, recently helped to raise donations in the forms of more than 500 pounds of food and nearly $350 in cash for the FISH of Clarke County Foodbank as part of his Eagle Project. “Thank you for all that you do for the community, and the younger scouts in your troop,” Mayor Nate Fontaine wrote in his June 14 weekly email. Residents seeking to gain recognition in Fontaine’s Friday emails for accomplishments like these should send information to mayor@lovettsvilleva.gov by 4:30 p.m. on Thursdays. TOWN NOTES >> 23

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Remembering the Sacrifices of the 1st Maine More than 70 people gathered at Mt. Defiance Historical Park on Saturday morning to dedicate a war memorial commemorating the service of members of the 1st Maine Calvary who died during a series of battles in southwestern Loudoun 156 years ago. The 3,000-pound Portland gray granite monument was commissioned by the 1st Maine Cavalry Co. reenactment group as a memorial to 17 men killed during the battles of Aldie, Middleburg and Upperville at the start of the Gettysburg campaign in 1863 Mt. Defiance Historic Park is located at 35945 John Mosby Highway west of Middleburg, on the eastbound side of Rt. 50, west of Zulla Road.

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MIDDLEBURG Sporting Library to Host Concert, Free Community Day The National Sporting Library & Museum will hold the second installment of its Open Late Summer Concert Series from 6-8 p.m. Friday, June 28. Residents are invited to the free concert to hear a performance by the Chris Lawrence Band. The George Mason Alumni Association, The Virginia Tech Alumni Association and the Hill School will partner with the library to support this month’s concert. The next concert in the four-part series will take place July 26 with a performance by the Silver Tones Swing Band. The museum will also host a free community day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Sunday, June 30 for residents to visit and see the highlights of the library’s permanent and temporary exhibitions at no admission charge. For more information, go to nationalsporting.org.

Greenhill to Host Rider Wellness Series Greenhill Winery & Vineyards will

host a three-part Rider Wellness series that will use yoga to help equestrians improve their saddle position and overall riding performance beginning this Thursday, June 27. Each session will stretch from 6-8 p.m. and will feature yoga sessions of different intensities taught by Laura Crump Anderson and Ariadne Van der Burgh, both registered yoga teachers with the Yoga Alliance. The sessions will help riders improve their movement and athletic performance while horseback riding and will emphasize accessing, strengthening and limbering key muscle groups and fascial chains. Light refreshments will be served after. The next sessions will be held July 25 and August 29. For more information, go to greenhillvineyards.com.

PURCELLVILLE Police Graduate 4 from Training Academy The Purcellville Police Department celebrated the graduation of four new officers from the Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Academy last week— Alexander Burkett, George “Trey” Hammond III, Hannah Nelius and TOWN NOTES >> 24

C e l e b rat i n g 5 0 Ye a r s o f L ov e 6/1 - DAIRY DAY - LOUDOUN HERITAGE FARM MUSEUM 6/2 - STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER - WEGMEYER FARMS 6/7 - 6/8 - WOODSTOCK IN THE GAP - HILLSBORO OLD STONE SCHOOL 6/13 - FITNESS ON THE PLAZA - ONE LOUDOUN 6/15 - SUBURB THE MUSICAL TAILGATE PARTY - STAGECOACH THEATRE 6/21 - LOVING v. VIRGINIA PANEL - JOHN WESLEY CHURCH 6/21 - FLOWER CROWN MAKING - WATERFORD CORNER STORE

6/29 - THE LOVE BUG MOVIE - TOWN OF LOVETTSVILLE TOWN GREEN 7/4 - 4TH OF JULY - TOWNS OF MIDDLEBURG & LEESBURG 7/6 - VINTAGE FLEA MARKET - THE OLD LUCKETTS STORE 7/13 - PURCELLVILLE WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL - FIREMAN’S FIELD CENTER 7/18 - DC101 THIRSTDAY - OCELOT BREWING COMPANY 7/21 - TOURS & DEMOS - ALDIE MILL HISTORIC PARK

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[ TOWN NOTES ] << FROM 23 Lauren Ritter. The town’s newest police officers graduated from a class of 105 after nearly six months of training in compliance with the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services standards. They studied four modules of legal, patrol, criminal investigations and skills. They were tested on all state mandated objectives and criteria, as well as performance-based tests that included CPR, control tactics and firearms and driver training. Burkett was recognized by the academy for having the second highest academic score among all recruits, graduating with a final grade of 97.11 percent. Hammond received the “Top Shot” award with a firearms score of 99.86 percent. Sworn in on Monday, the new officers will be paired with field training officers for about three months. At the successful conclusion of the field training program, they will begin their duties as solo beat officers. Purcellville Police also welcomed Raymond Starkey, a former Prince William County Police Department officer, to the force.

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More than two dozen volunteers spent the weekend working at the Town of Hillsboro’s Old Stone School to help with the build of a 5,675-square-foot, $100,000 verandah that will expand the town’s seating capacity for its expanding roster of community events.

The tournament will begin with registration at 9:30 a.m. followed by a 10:45 a.m. putting contest and a shotgun start at 11 a.m. A boxed lunch, included in the registration fee, will be served midday and a buffet dinner and awards will be held at 4 p.m. Raffles and a live auction will follow. Entry fees are $125 per player and $400 per group of four. Awards will be handed out for the top three finishers in the tournament, for the longest drive, for the best dressed and for the closest to the pin. A $10,000 hole-inone prize will also be on the table. Proceeds from this year’s tournament will benefit the Lions Club’s com-

Lions Club to Host Charity Golf Tournament The Purcellville Lions Club will host its annual golf tournament from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, July 1 at the Loudoun Golf & Country Club.

munity programs and its international fight against blindness, hearing loss and diabetes, as well as the Loudoun Salvation Army and Tree of Life Ministries. To enter, or for more information, go to lionsgolftournament.com.

Town Recognizes 13 Staffers for Service The Town of Purcellville last month held its annual Employee Appreciation and Awards Luncheon to honor staff members for their “hard work, exceptional service and consummate dedication to the community,” according to

a town statement. The town in 2019 recognized 13 staffers for landmark anniversaries. For five years of service, the town recognized Water Compliance Officer Stacie Alter, Police Department Administrative Assistant Christa Kermode and Police Officer Ryan McGann. For 15 years, it recognized Water Operator Terry Andrews, Engineering Assistant Andrea Broshkevitch, Maintenance Technician Mitch Krippner and Police Sergeant Rob Wagner. For 20 years of service, it recognized Administration Director Hooper McCann and Police Lieutenant Mike Owens. And for 25 years of service, it recognized Utility Maintenance Technician JC Poston. It also presented Maintenance Technician Will Schneider with the Field Operations Employee of the Year Award; Finance Team Lead Stacy Werner with the Town Hall Employee of the Year Award; and Finance Director Elizabeth Krens with the Robert W. Lohr, Jr. Management Excellence Award.

ROUND HILL Council Discusses Former Town Staffer’s Actions The Round Hill Town Council at its June 20 meeting convened in a closed TOWN NOTES >> 25

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Round Hill’s Loudoun Street park is getting some upgrades this week, including the replacement of the wooden benches, tables and trash cans with decorative, metal furniture. The upgrades, which the Town Council approved for finding as part of the town’s fiscal year 2019 budget, were needed because many of the previous wooden structures were damaged by water rot and carpenter bees, according to a town statement. The work should wrap up by next Monday, July 1. Before then, residents should anticipate intermittent park closures. For more information, call the town office at 540-338-7878.

Almost a year after Round Hill opened its long-awaited Sleeter Lake Park, town leaders have adopted rules governing watercraft storage on the water’s edge. The Town Council last Thursday approved a list of 17 rules and regulations governing watercraft storage at the 11-acre park, which sits at the end of Lakefield Road adjacent to the Lakepoint Village neighborhood and was opened last August after decades of planning and anticipation. That list first gives residents the ability to apply for a watercraft storage space annually, March 1 to Feb. 28, for $135 per slip. Currently, the town has one large storage unit that an Eagle Scout installed last year that has room for 12-14 watercraft depending on their sizes—whether they’re kayaks, canoes or paddle boards. Town Planner Lauren Runyan said the town is installing two more units this summer that will accommodate another 12 watercraft. Those who obtain watercraft storage permits from the town must display town-issued decals on the watercraft at all times. The storage rules also reiterate a few of the already adopted park rules—including the prohibition of motor-powered boats and the 7 a.m. opening time and ever-changing closing time that the

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Round Hill’s Sleeter Lake Park now has a system in place to govern watercraft storage.

town will post on signs at the park. They also establish that all watercraft stored at the park is done so at the owner’s risk, that permits are nontransferable and, among other rules, that all watercraft must be operated in accordance with the Sleeter Lake Boating Rules & Regulations and all federal, state and local regulations, like the required use of U.S. Coast Guard-approved personal floatation devices. The town’s watercraft storage rules tag along with the general park rules and regulations it implemented last

July. Those rules were adopted after the town came to an agreement on them with the Round Hill Owners Association, which owns the 100acre lake. The rules establish that the park will remain open to the public from March 1 to Nov. 1 each year, that the speed limit down Lakefield Road and in the parking lot is 15 mph and prohibit special events in excess of 16 residents, dogs running unleashed and hunting, among other actions. The lake’s six general rules include the prohibition of swimming in and ice skating on the lake, littering and the feeding of wildlife. They also allow visitors to fish from the docks and shores, with the catch and release method encouraged. The park rules also set 12 boating regulations that restrict boat size to 18 feet in length, restrict the number of boats on the lake at any one time to 18, set the minimum boat operator age at 16 years, allow the use of boats with electric motors so long as they have 195 pounds of thrust or less and prohibit boat launches if there is ice on the lake. To read the full Sleeter Lake Park Rules and Regulations, go to the planning and zoning services section of the town’s website, roundhillva. org. pszabo@loudounnow.com

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session “to discuss a former town employee’s actions performed while in the town’s employment,” according to the meeting agenda. Mayor Scott Ramsey said this week that “there is nothing we can share with the public at this time regarding that closed session topic.” He said the town is not expecting criminal charges to be filed. In general, the town has seen a bit of turnover among lead staffers in recent months. In June last year, Angela Fletcher left her position as town treasurer. Four months later, Buster Nicholson stepped down from his role as town administrator.

Round Hill Adopts Sleeter Lake Boat Storage Regs

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Civil War History Comes to Life at Ball’s Bluff Battlefield Regional Park

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Upcoming events...  4th of July: 1:00 pm - Band from George Mason University, authentic civil war era instruments and music. 2:00 pm – Loading demonstration and firing of battlefield cannon.  Guided Tours of the battlefield every Saturday and Sunday 11:00 and 1:00.

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along with mosquito spray. Regardless of whether the town decides to purchase the tablets from Clarke, Moore said it would do its part to educate residents on mosquito breeding and how they can prevent their yards from becoming breeding grounds. He said the town would soon add that information to its website and in the weekly Friday email newsletter. He said it also might send out additional information in residents’ utility bills Moore said the town is also talking with Clarke about a possible townwide mosquito spray—something it’s never done before. He said Clarke is currently putting together pricing for town staff to present to the Town Council. Moore said he’s hoping the town will have that information in time for the June 27 council meeting. Not all Middleburg residents are experiencing the same concerns. Twoyear town resident Will Nisbet and 20year resident Treavor Lord both said they haven’t seen more mosquitos than usual this year. As for residents in other western Loudoun towns, mosquitos don’t seem to be posing a greater issue to them than they have in the past but continue to be a concern. Lovettsville resident Jessica Woolwine said they’re “really horrific” in town and that the mosquito spray and candles she and her husband use don’t seem to keep the flying pests away. Woolwine also said she’s noticed an increase in the number and size of spiders around her house, which she attributes to the high numbers of mosquitos—a popular spider food source. The Town of Purcellville also hasn’t

Sewer fees << FROM 22 on residents’ properties, it doesn’t require them to do so. In response to Bouman’s request for injunctive relief, the town argued that he did not show “irreparable harm and lack of an adequate remedy at law,” citing a 1994 case in which a Virginia trial court ruled that the plaintiff needed to show such harm. Circuit Court Judge Jeanette A. Irby ruled in favor of the town and dismissed the case in December 2016. A month later, Bouman amended his complaint, further noting that the Hamilton Sewer Ordinance did not give the town the right to charge additional sewer connection fees when additional dwellings are connected to the sewer system if they’re located on property that’s already connected. To that claim, the town in December 2017 argued that Bouman introduced “another novel” to the case and pointed to the sewer ordinance. “No person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or ap-

experienced an increase in mosquitos, but did send out a press release last month reminding residents to keep their yards trimmed to keep mosquitos and ticks out. The Loudoun County Department of Health also regularly responds to complaints of standing water and provides residents with educational material and larvicide tablets during times of concern about mosquito-borne illness, like the Zika or West Nile Viruses. Health Department Director David Goodfriend said that, while the county does not have a continuous mosquito control program and does not actively conduct surveillance on mosquito populations, it’s willing to work with towns, HOAs, businesses and residents to help them reduce the risks of mosquito bites. Goodfriend cited the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a go-to source for residents to learn more about mosquitos and preventing bites. The CDC urges residents to empty, scrub, turn over, cover, or discard containers holding standing water on a weekly basis. Overall, mosquitos multiply by laying their eggs on the walls of water-filled containers. That happens when the climate is wet and warm—a climate Loudoun has exemplified in recent months. According to the National Weather Service, rainfall in the Washington, DC, area in January, February and March surpassed those month’s yearto-year averages by a combined nearly 2 inches and were up by a combined 3.15 inches from the same period last year. As for warm weather, the average temperature in the region every month this year has been higher, or right on par with, year-to-year average temperatures. In all, 2019 in this area has been 15 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than normal. pszabo@loudounnow.com purtenance thereof without first applying for and obtaining a written permit from the Town Council,” it reads. The town also noted that Bouman failed to acknowledge that additional sewer connections would increase capacity and “potentially overwhelm the sewer system, thereby creating a public health and environmental hazard” that could have placed it in violation of its permit with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. In March 2018, Bouman again lost his legal battle when the court sustained the town’s request to dismiss the case. But town leaders are still working toward a final resolution. Mayor David Simpson said the town is trying to settle the matter, which is why the Town Council continues to discuss it in closed sessions during its monthly meetings. “We, as a town, are trying to be good about the thing,” he said. “We need to keep things done by the rule.” In fiscal year 2019, the town pulled in $310,000 from sewer connection fees. By the end of fiscal year 2020, it expects to generate $443,500 from the fees. pszabo@loudounnow.com

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Visitors also got a peek inside Kellar Center, which offers mental health and substance use disorder treatment programs for children, adolescents, and their families. In 2018 the center provided more than 33,000 behavioral health and special education visits. The trip wrapped up with a tour of the ongoing construction on the hospital’s new patient tower, a seven-story, 382,000-square-foot, $300 million, state-of-the-art facility with 228 planned beds. That will join the 122 beds at the Cornwall campus. Inova Loudoun Hospital President Deborah Addo said they plan to move into the new facility April 25, 2020. rgreene@loudounnow.com

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BY RENSS GREENE Inova Loudoun Hospital took philanthropists and government leaders on a tour of some of its facilities across county last week, offering a glace into the system’s impact on the community beyond the emergency room. The tour began with the Charles B. and Betty G. Ewing FACT Department, or Forensic Assessment and Consultation Team, at the hospital’s Leesburg campus. The department provides victims of sexual assault and domestic violence a place to go any time of day or night to get expert medical evaluation, forensic evidence collection and medical and emotional support. Previously, they had to ride in a police cruiser to Inova’s other Ewing FACT department in Fairfax for the five-hour examination. The department opened in April 2018, and according to Mary Hale, director of the forensic assessment and consultation team, in May of this year the FACT departments broke a record for patients, seeing 20 people in Loudoun and more than 100 in Fairfax. Nobody who comes into the FACT department for an exam is charged—all costs are reimbursed by the state or covered by Inova.

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Open Late Concert Series: Chris Lawrence Band Friday, June 28, 6-8 p.m. National Sporting Library and Museum, 102 The Plains Road, Middleburg Details: nationalsporting.org Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now

A student in The Conche’s Sweet Escape Summer Confection Camp displays one of his detailed chocolate creations.

Getting Creative at Summer Cooking Camps BY JAN MERCKER Is your kiddo obsessed with “Nailed It” or “Chopped”? This summer, Village at Leesburg is a hub for young foodies with some very cool camps where kids can perfect their cooking, baking and confectionery skills outside of mom and dad’s kitchen. At the popular chocolate-focused restaurant The Conche, chef and owner Santosh Tiptur, chocolatier Sara Dobson and pastry chef Kathleen Faliskie are working with young people all summer, offering three-day camps full of sweet bliss and plenty of new skills. For Tiptur, the idea for the camps grew out of his lifelong passion for chocolate. “The whole thing for me is to inspire the kids and help them understand what chocolate is. You can make anything with chocolate,” Tiptur said. “I was their age when I got into chocolate, and I never had the information in today’s world where everything is at your fingertips. ... They use their own imagination. It’s very hands on.” Camp participants start each session with some chocolate basics, learning

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Heather Adams of Sweet Home Thai at ChefScape is offering a five-day cooking camp for middle schoolers in July.

how chocolate is grown and doing chocolate tastings, then moving on to skills like enrobing, making truffles and molding. Day two is dedicated to desserts with a focus on pastry skills.

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On day three, campers take their chocolate basics to the next level, making sculpture creations using molded dark chocolate and modeling chocolate, and the results at last week’s camp were pretty amazing. Last Thursday, at the end of a fabulous three-day experience, 13-year-old twin brothers Ryan and Warren Johnston of Ashburn were getting creative together with a small group of fellow participants. Both boys had designed their own sculptures based on Dobson’s chocolate octopus model. “We both like chocolate and we both had a great time cooking in FACS [Family and Consumer Science] class in school,” Ryan said. “I just go where my imagination takes me.” For 12-year-old Avery Fournier of Leesburg, pastry day was the winner and she’s looking forward to making cream puffs for her mom at home. The kids worked with Faliskie to learn to make the tricky pate a choux puff pastry and make delicious homemade cream puffs. “The most important things in pastry are time, temperature and patience. That’s what we’ve all been working on this week,” Faliskie reminded a small group working in the restaurant’s pastry kitchen. Across the street at ChefScape, chef Heather Adams, owner of Sweet Home Thai, is running a weeklong cooking basics camp for middle schoolers spotlighting a range of cuisines and focused on real-life skills with a fun, competition-style atmosphere. And as an added plus for parents, campers bring home dinner every night. “I wanted to focus on teaching the kids the basics so they can really cook all year long,” Adams said. After running a small camp out of COOKING CAMPS >> 31

This month’s concert spotlights Lawrence’s Northern Virginiabased country and Americana tunes. Food, beer and wine will be available for sale. Picnics are welcome, but no outside alcohol is allowed.

Tarara Summer Concert Series: Turnstiles, Billy Joel Tribute Saturday, June 29, 6-9:30 p.m. Tarara Winery, 13648 Tarara Lane, Lucketts Details: tarara.com The best of the Piano Man is just right for a relaxed summer evening. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the gate.

Village at Leesburg Plaza Party: Pebble to Pearl Saturday, June 29, 6-8 p.m. Village At Leesburg, 1602 Village Market Blvd., Leesburg Details: villageatleesburg.com Pebble to Pearl creates a blend of funk, rock and powerful blues fused and delivered with soulful grooves and captivating vocals.

Acoustic on the Green: Todd Wright with Ryan Wright Saturday, June 29, 7-8:30 p.m. Leesburg Town Green, 25 W. Market St., Leesburg Details: acousticonthegreen.com Loudoun’s own world-traveling songwriter Todd Wright makes a rare local appearance with his rising star daughter Ryan. Concert is free and open to the public. Picnics are encouraged. No pets, smoking or alcoholic beverages.

MacDowell Sunday Vibes: Chris Timbers Sunday, June 30, 4-8 p.m. MacDowell Brew Kitchen, 202 South St. SE, Leesburg Details: macdowellsbrewkitchen. com Wind down your weekend and get ready for the holiday with Chris Timbers relaxed alternative soul sound on MacDowell’s beach stage. No cover.

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Live Music: Crooked Jack Saturday, June 29, 8 p.m.

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Live Music: Aubrey Grant Friday, June 28, 6-9 p.m. Bear Chase Brewing Company, 18294 Blue Ridge Mountain Road, Bluemont Details: bearchasebrew.com Nashville recording artist Aubrey Grant’s powerful sound crosses genres from country to blues, soul and rock ‘n’ roll. No cover.

Tales & Ales Storytelling Open Mic Night Friday, June 28, 7-8:30 p.m. Loudoun Brewing Company, 310 E. Market St., Leesburg Details: novatalesandales.com The latest edition of the Tales & Ales storytelling series is in open mic format. Arrive early to sign up. No props and no fibs allowed. Stories are limited to 5 minutes.

Live Music: Eaglemania Friday, June 28, 7 p.m. Tally Ho Theater, 19 W. Market St., Leesburg Details: tallyhotheater.com With fabulous five-part harmonies and an uncanny ability to reproduce the unmistakable sound of The Eagles, Eaglemania brings the Eagles’ greatest hits along with some of the solo work of Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Joe Walsh. Tickets are $30 in advance.

ON STAGE Main Street Theater: Disney’s ‘Mulan Jr.’ Friday, June 28, 7 p.m., Saturday, June 29, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Sunday, June 30, 2 p.m. Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane, Purcellville Details: mainstreettheaterproductions.org This production by middle and high school students from Main Street’s summer camp is a heartwarming celebration of culture, honor and the fighting spirit. Mulan brings ancient China to life with a modern sensibility. Tickets are $10. Advance purchase is recommended.

‘Holy Cow: An Udderly Amazing New Musical’ Friday, June 28 and Saturday, June 29, 7 p.m. and Sunday, June 30, 2 p.m. The Hill School, 130 S. Madison St., Middleburg Details: aplacetobeva.org A Place to Be music therapy presents a hilarious original musical set on the fictitious Acorn Acres Farm and features endearing animals and dedicated farm hands as they help Farmer Sally save her farm. Tickets are $10 at the door.

Friday, June 28, 8 p.m. B Chord Brewing Company, 34266 Williams Gap Road, Round Hill

St. David’s celebrates the life and legacy of 19th century Loudoun educator and slavery opponent Margaret Mercer on the 228th anniversary of her birth. Hot dogs, chips, water and birthday cakes will be provided. At 6 p.m., the church hosts an outdoor service on the ruins of the original Belmont Chapel.

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Details: crookedrunbrewing.com Bluewreck serves up psychedelic rock while Woodgrove makes their mark in the fuzz rock genre known for its dense sound and heavy guitar. No cover.

Live Music: Sun Dogs, a Tribute to Rush Saturday, June 29, 7 p.m. Tally Ho Theater, 19 W. Market St.,

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July 27 - Robbie Limon

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

Crooked Run Brewing, 22455 Davis Drive, Sterling

June 29 - Todd Wright

July 20 - Cal Everett

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July 13 - Tommy Gann

Live Music: The Jakob’s Ferry Stragglers

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“One of the Summer’s best concert lineups.” -The Washington Post

Saturday, June 29, 4:30 p.m.

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Kick up your heels with old-time, bluegrass, country, jazz, rockabilly and swing from Pittsburgh, PA.

Saturdays • 7 - 8:30 pm Town Hall Green 25 West Market Street

Margaret Mercer Birthday Celebration St. David’s Episcopal Church, 43600 Russell Branch Parkway, Ashburn

This trio features husband and wife team Ronnie Bowman and Garnet Bowman and Swedish-born folk singer Dre Anders and creates a vibe of peace, love and songs with something to say. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door.

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Summer of Love: ‘The Love Bug’ Saturday, June 29, 7-10 p.m.

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Lovettsville Town Green, 11 Spring Farm Drive, Lovettsville Details: facebook.com/lovettsvillesummer Visit Loudoun’s Summer of Love vintage VW bus pulls into Lovettsville for the town’s screening of the classic 1968 movie “The Love Bug.” The evening also features face painting from Caitlin’s Creations and stretching with Lotus Town Yoga. Event is free and open to the public.

Lawn chairs and blankets are advised. Smoking and alcoholic beverages are not permitted. No pets, please. Picnics are encouraged. In case of inclement weather, the show will be moved inside the Town Hall Building.

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

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EAGLEMANIA 06/28/19 DOORS: 7:00PM

SUNDOGS: A TRIBUTE TO RUSH! 06/29/19 DOORS: 7:00PM

BADFISH:

A TRIBUTE TO SUBLIME 07/05/19 DOORS: 7:00PM

Tuesday’s gone: tribute to lynyrd skynyrd 07/12/19 DOORS: 7:00PM

SAVING ABEL WITH TANTRIC 07/13/19 DOORS: 7:00PM

GAELIC STORM 07/19/19 DOORS: 7:00PM

IN GRATITUDE: A TRIBUTE TO EARTH, WIND, AND FIRE! 07/20/19 DOORS: 7:00PM

JACKYL 07/26/19 DOORS: 7:00PM

FASTER PUSSYCAT WITH BANG TANGO 07/27/19 DOORS: 7:00PM

Independence Day—Actually, Week—in Loudoun Leesburg is a colonial town, where the Declaration of Independence was read aloud to a crowd in the courthouse square after its adoption in 1776. On this July 4, crowds will celebrate Independence Day as community groups and bands march past that same spot. Independence Day in Loudoun is a multi-day celebration—this year it stretches a full week—marked by community parades, concerts and lots of fireworks. The biggest gathering will be in Leesburg, where thousands will line King Street for the annual parade at 10 a.m. and then return to Ida Lee Park in the evening for family fun, food, musical performances and the county’s largest fireworks display. That’s a recipe that will be served up in communities all across the county from South Riding to Hillsboro and Middleburg to Lovettsville.

Red, White and Bram Friday, June 28, 6-10 p.m. Shreveport Drive, Brambleton Details: brambletonhoa.com/rwb Brambleton gets the festive weekend rolling with live music, games and amusements, food trucks, beer and wine and fireworks. Tickets are $5 with a Bram Pass and $10 without a pass.

Star Spangled Sterling Saturday, June 29, 6-9:30 p.m. Sterling Middle School, 201 W. Holly Ave., Sterling Details: loudoun.gov This free community event includes live music, free hot dogs, crafts, games, moon bounces, a pie-baking competition, watermelon-eating competitions and fireworks.

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Independence Day the Hillsboro Way Sunday, June 30, 5-10 p.m. Hillsboro Old Stone School, 37098 Charles Town Pike,

Hillsboro Details: oldstoneschool.org Join the Town of Hillsboro for a magical evening of games, food and drink, live music and fireworks.

Star Spangled South Riding Wednesday, July 3, 5-9 p.m. South Riding Golf Club, 43237 Golf View Drive, South Riding Details: southriding.net The event starts with a parade from Town Hall to the golf club, followed by live music from Lucky Pocket at 6 p.m. and fireworks at 9:15. Food and drinks will be available for sale.

Lovettsville Independence Day Wednesday, July 3, 5:30 p.m. Lovettsville Community Center, 57 E. Broad Way, Lovettsville Details: loudoun.gov/lovettsvillecc A hometown parade kicks off at 5:30 p.m., followed by swimming, music and games at Lovettsville Community Center from 6:30 to 8:30 and fireworks at 9:15.

Lincoln Community Parade Thursday, July 4, 10 a.m. Goose Creek Friends Meeting, 18204 Lincoln Road, Purcellville This non-motorized parade runs from Lincoln Elementary school the meeting house where it’s followed by patriotic songs and readings, a pot luck and dessert competition and live music.

Leesburg Independence Day Parade Thursday, July 4, 10 a.m. King Street from Ida Lee Park to Fairfax Street, Leesburg Details: leesburgva.gov

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her home last summer, Adams has moved the camp to her new digs at ChefScape, the shared commercial kitchen, food business incubator and upscale food court that opened in Village at Leesburg earlier this year. Adams’ background is in Thai cooking and she does include a few dishes with a Thai flair in camp, but her focus is on getting kids excited about making yummy basics, like chicken pot pie and macaroni and cheese, from scratch while teaching everything from knife skills to kitchen safety. The fun classes often take the format of friendly competitions and team projects that are a hit with young cooking show fans. Adams brings in guest judges and chefs from ChefScape neighbors, including a barbecue 101 class from Johnny Ray of Johnny Ray’s Sultry Soul Food and a cupcake frosting class from Dana’s Cake Shoppe. “The beauty about being at Chefscape is I can pull in chefs from all over,” Adams said. Camp participants also come home with dinner for four every night, which is a hit with parents and meaningful for the students, Adams said. “The pride that the kids had sharing what they’d made with their families every evening was just phenomenal, and it’s kept them cooking all year long,” she said.

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Fireworks << FROM 30 This beloved annual parade makes its way through historic downtown Leesburg featuring community groups and the fan favorite American Originals Fife and Drum Corps.

Harry Truman Independence Day Visit and Ice Cream Social Thursday, July 4, 11:30 a.m. George C. Marshall International Center, 217 Edwards Ferry Road, Leesburg Details: georgecmarshall.org After the Leesburg parade, meet POTUS 33 and enjoy free ice cream pops at the home of Leesburg home of Truman’s Secretary of State George C. Marshall. Event is free and open to the public.

Leesburg Independence Day Concert and Fireworks Thursday, July 4, 6 p.m. Ida Lee Park, 60 Ida Lee Drive, Leesburg Details: leesburgva.gov The celebration continues in Leesburg with food trucks, music from The Free at 6:30 p.m. and fireworks at 9:30 p.m. Pets, alcohol, glass bottles and personal fireworks (including sparklers) are not permitted.

Claude Moore Ol’ Time Fourth of July Thursday, July 4, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Claude Moore Park, 21544 Old Vestals

Gap Road, Sterling Details: loudoun.gov/claudemoorepark Celebrate with pony and wagon rides, music, crafts, nature exhibits, tours, carnival games, and a visit from Reptiles Alive. Food will be available for purchase. Admission is $5 for ages 5 and up.

Purcellville Independence Day Parade Thursday, July 4, starting at 12:30 p.m. Downtown Purcellville Details: purcellvilleva.com This small-town tradition features music, special effects and lots of patriotic fun.

Independence Day at Franklin Park Thursday, July 4, 5-10 p.m. Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane, Purcellville Details: franklinparkartscenter.org Celebrate with live music from the Reagan Years and the Franklin Park Big Band, food vendors and fireworks. Admission is $10 per car.

Middleburg Community Center Independence Day Celebration Thursday, July 4, 6 p.m. Middleburg Community Center, 300 W. Washington St., Middleburg Details: middleburgcommunitycenter. com The event kicks off with a children’s parade, followed by live music, children’s activities and fireworks.

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Compromise

‘Everybody’s Kind of Mad’ Although no supervisor liked every-

Renss Greene/Loudoun Now

County supervisors shake hands with Deputy County Administrator Charles Yudd, who along with Planning and Zoning Director Alaina Ray, pushed to move the comprehensive plan project ahead when it stalled in its early stages.

thing in the plan, they approved it on an 8-1 vote, with only Supervisor Kristen C. Umstattd (D-Leesburg) opposed, objecting to changes that will allow Loudoun Water, rather than the Town of Leesburg to provide utility service in the Joint Land Management Area, a zone designated for development and municipal expansion south and east of the current town limits. She also said the plan does not do much to address the cost of housing in Loudoun. “Most of all, though, I would complain about the fact that under state law, we have 90 days,” Umstattd said. “And I know most of my colleagues—and I agree with them—are tired of working on this, but we needed at least twice that long to take a deep dive into these issues.” “One way you know that you struck a balance is when everybody’s kind of mad at you, and I think that’s where we are right now,” said Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles). And competing interests around the plan both said they it didn’t do enough for them. Loudoun Farm Bureau President and Save Rural Loudoun member Chris Van Vlack said he was “disappointed.” He said their top priority was to get Transfer of Development Rights or Purchase of Development Rights program funded—or at least mentioned in the new comprehensive plan—to give the county more tools to protect rural lands. “The fact that neither of them are even in the comprehensive plan, in the case of the PDR program the fact that it was proactively removed from the old plan, is pretty disappointing,” Van Vlack said. He said the plan also makes “no real progress” on protecting the best farmland soil, which is often developed first in the rural area because it is also the best soil for septic systems. “There’s some language in there just like there was in the old plan that talks about prioritizing the protection of those soils, but the problem is that that was in the old plan, but it was never really done,” Van Vlack said. He said one of the big problems is cluster zoning, which allows developers an exception to density rules if they cluster those homes together. Similarly, the Coalition of Loudoun Towns wrote a letter to supervisors before the vote saying, “while substantial and much needed improvements have been made since the Planning Commission version was released to you just 90

days ago, there are still areas within this plan that cause us great concern.” Among those were giving Loudoun Water first shot at new connections in the Leesburg Joint Land Management Area, which was described as a “dangerous precedent;” the retention of clustered development options in the rural area; and failure to incorporate COLT’s call for a commitment to no net loss of farmland to reverse an accelerating trend in Loudoun. A representative for the building industry, which has pushed throughout the process to greatly expand allowable housing in Loudoun, particularly near the county’s rural areas in the Transition Policy Area, was similarly disgruntled. Steven Marku, director of Government Affairs for the Northern Virginia Building Industry Association, said the plan “moves the ball minimally forward.” “It wasn’t a surprise that the numbers came down from what the Planning Commission [plan] was, I think we all expected that,” Marku said. “But it came down a lot more than we were hoping for.” He said allowing more residential development in the Transition Policy Area could help address the area’s housing cost problem—an argument that development and some business interests have repeated throughout the work. “In terms of addressing the affordable housing issue, on its own it doesn’t do a lot,” Marku said. “Now, there’s some new growth coming the Urban Policy Area. That mostly just addresses multifamily and not single-family, so there’s still a huge gap between supply and demand.” He said in the past, increased development has not pushed down prices because the demand for housing has grown even faster. “The mismatch between supply and demand has grown, so to have not developed at all, or developed less, would just make the problem worse,” Marku said. “Now, the further out you get [from Washington, DC], usually the price points come down, but unfortunately when you get further out you tend to see larger houses on larger lots, so you don’t’ get that lower price point. So, the idea of hitting denser units further out would hit that price point better.” Supervisor Ron A. Meyer Jr. (R-Broad Run) said the plan was a “compromise document” that “doesn’t pretend to solve our housing affordability crisis, but it does take some steps to do so.” He also said it sets the stage for Loudoun as a

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work began in a 26-member Envision Loudoun stakeholder steering committee, which ended up working on the plan for two years. During that time, the planning effort’s project manager and the director of planning and zoning both left the county. Deputy County Administrator Charles Yudd was put in charge of getting the work back on track, newly hired Planning and Zoning Director Alaina Ray dove into the project, and the committee wrapped up work in June 2018. The Planning Commission then began its work on the plan, foregoing its annual August recess last year to keep the project moving. The panel focused on getting as much new housing into the plan as it could—policy changes commissioners and development interests argued were needed to create more affordable housing in the county, but which generated strong protest from other interests. Under the previous comprehensive plan, more than 29,000 new residential units are expected to be built in the county by 2040. The Planning Commission’s draft would have almost doubled that to more than 56,000. And more than half of that would have been in the the 36-square-mile Transition Policy Area, which buffers rural west from suburban and urban east and is only about 7 percent of the county’s area. It amounted to about 19,000 new homes allowed in the transition area—over 15,000 more than the old plan. Supervisors, upon receiving that plan in May, immediately began work to cut back those housing totals. Revised county staff recommendations were expected to allow only 6,800 new homes in the transition area, and supervisors made major revisions to the plan to more closely match that number. But exactly what they did in the final version of the 500-page document is still being figured out following the final June 20 adoption vote. After previous drafts of the comprehensive plan were completed, county staff members and consultants calculated how many additional houses those policies would allow in different areas of the county. That work is still not complete on the comprehensive plan supervisors adopted last week. Supervisors were working on a clock: Under state code, they had 90 days from the day the Planning Commission adopted its version of the plan to ratify the document. Some supervisors publicly wondered what the consequences would be for exceeding that timeline. There are no consequences laid out in state code for exceeding that limit, any more than there are for exceeding the requirement that the comprehensive plan be updated every five years. The previous plan, although frequently updated through individual amendments, was adopted in 1991 and was last overhauled in 2001. County Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) was adamant that the Board of Supervisors would not exceed the 90-day limit.

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job center rather than a bedroom of community, tilting the center of gravity in the Northern Virginia economy away from Washington, DC, and Fairfax. “It’s not perfect for people who wanted no growth. It’s not perfect for the Planning Commission and the development community who wanted us to try to solve the housing affordability crisis in the Transition Policy Area. But it is a monumental step forward for the economy and the quality of life in Loudoun County,” Meyer said. “While no plan is perfect, and this one certainly is not perfect, I do think that there is probably more good in this plan that there is bad,” said Supervisor Tony R. Buffington (R-Blue Ridge), citing comments from a coalition of rural preservation and business groups that, while offering major changes to the plan, said there is much good about it. Board Vice Chairman Ralph M. Buona (R-Ashburn) agreed it strikes a balance, arguing there cannot be affordable housing without some new housing: “The existing houses don’t suddenly go down in value.” “Sometimes you hold your nose and you vote yes, and this is one time when I think everybody on the board needs to put on their big boy pants and just vote yes on this for the sake of everybody in the county,” Buona said. Supervisors also thanked the many people who, over the past three years, have contributed to the work on the plan, particularly Yudd and Ray. The work is not over. The comprehensive plan is a policy document, and while it is used as a reference point in evaluating zoning and development cases, it is not a law. Supervisors also want to continue to focus on affordable housing. Next, the work begins on an Unmet Housing Need Strategic Plan, followed by writing the new zoning ordinances to reflect the policies and vision laid out in the comprehensive plan and housing needs plan. “From a Farm Bureau perspective, we’re not going to sort of throw up our hands and give up and pout,” Van Vlack said. “But it just shows we’ve got to continue talking about this stuff. And he said as the county moves into writing the zoning ordinance, the Farm Bureau and other rural intersts will be there. “We want to be seen as a resource, because I think, honestly, the board members don’t live this stuff day to day,” said Van Vlack, who in addition to working for the Soil and Water Conservation District is a farmer. “None of them make their living farming, none of them farm, so this stuff, I know, can be kind of hypothetical to them.” He said it would be important to give county leaders concrete examples of what is lost if farmland is not protected—such as its much-celebrated rural economy and tourism attractions. “You can’t make all the fun stuff without all the actual production areas to support it,” Van Vlack said. Marku, too, said the building industry would stay involved. “We’re going to monitor this and weigh in as we see things come up, but we’ll be heavily engaged as well as every other group that’s been involved in this on both sides,” Marku said.

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Legal Notices PUBLIC HEARING The LOUDOUN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS will hold a public hearing in the Board of Supervisors’ Meeting Room, County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, at 6:00 p.m. on WEDNESDAY, July 10, 2019, in order to consider: PROPOSED CONVEYANCE OF COUNTY PROPERTY Grant of Easement to Columbia Gas Sections of State Street and Landmark Court Dedicated Rights-of-Way

Pursuant to Virginia Code Section 15.2-1800, the Board of Supervisors shall consider granting an easement to Columbia Gas of Virginia for the purpose of constructing, installing, operating, maintaining and repairing a proposed 8-inch gas line for the distribution of natural gas through certain County-owned property. The subject property comprises sections of the dedicated rightsof-way of State Street and Landmark Court that have not been accepted into the Secondary State Highway System by the Virginia Department of Transportation yet. The subject property is located south of Loudoun County Parkway (Route 607), east of Westwind Drive (Route 2988), and north of Broad Run, in the Dulles Election District.

Copies of the plat(s) showing the location of the proposed easement and associated documents are available for review and may be examined at the Office of the County Administrator, County Government Center, 5th Floor, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday or call (703) 777-0200. Documents may also be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at: www.loudoun.gov/bosdocuments (for Public Hearing documents, follow the ling for “Board of Supervisors Business Meetings, Public Hearings and Special Meetings”).

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 1450 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF LOUDOUN COUNTY AFFORDABLE DWELLING UNITS Pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 15.2-1427 and 15.2-2304, the Board of Supervisors gives notice of its intention to propose for passage amendments to Chapter 1450, Affordable Dwelling Units, of the Codified Ordinances of Loudoun County in order to authorize the County of Loudoun Housing Trust to receive a portion of any proceeds/surplus funds that may result from an Affordable Dwelling Unit (ADU) that is sold pursuant to a non-judicial foreclosure or judicial sale process, and align Chapter 1450 with the requirements of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA) to increase the potential number of lenders available to make loans to ADU certificate holders purchasing ADUs. The proposed amendments also would comprehensively revise Chapter 1450, and include without limitation amendments that would establish new, and clarify, revise, and/or delete existing: (i) Language in regard to the purpose of the Affordable Dwelling Unit Program; (ii) Definitions necessary for the administration of Chapter 1450; (iii) Regulations in regard to the Affordable Dwelling Unit Advisory Board’s (ADUAB’s) composition and role in the development of design specifications and sale and rental prices for ADUs and the administration of the ADU Program; (iv) Regulations in regard to the initial sale of an ADU and associated purchase option periods and priority for purchase; (v) Regulations in regard to the initial rental of an ADU; (vi) Regulations in regard to the sale control price and rental control price of ADUs; (vii) Regulations in regard to the resale of an ADU after initial sale and the subsequent rental of an ADU after its initial rental; (viii) Regulations in regard to the ADU sale control price and ADU rental control price; (ix) Regulations in regard to the non-judicial foreclosure sale of an ADU; (x) Regulations in regard to the contents and recordation of Declarations of Affordable Dwelling Unit Covenants; (xi) Regulations in regard to eligibility for, and administration of, Certificates of Qualification for participation in the ADU Program; and (xii) Penalties for certain violations of Chapter 1450. A complete copy of the full text of the above-referenced proposed amendment(s) is on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the County Administrator, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., 5th Floor, Leesburg, Virginia, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or call 703777-0200. Documents also may be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at www.loudoun.gov/bosdocuments (for Public Hearing documents, follow the link for “Board of Supervisors Business Meetings, Public Hearings and Special Meetings”).

PROPOSED LEASE OF COUNTY PROPERTY TO STERLING PARK SAFETY CENTER, INC. 104 COMMERCE STREET & 203 HOLLY AVENUE, STERLING, VIRGINIA Pursuant to Virginia Code §15.2-1800, the Board of Supervisors (“Board”) shall consider leasing to Sterling Park Safety Center, Inc. (“Safety Center”), two adjacent parcels located at 104 Commerce Street, Sterling, Virginia (PIN: 022-26-9724) (“Commerce Street Parcel”) and 203 Holly Avenue, Sterling, Virginia (PIN: 022-27-1928 ) (“Holly Avenue Parcel”) (together, the “Property”). The Commerce Street Parcel is currently owned by Safety Center. The Holly Avenue Parcel is currently owned by the Board. Pursuant to a Sale, Build and Leaseback Agreement between the Board and Safety Center, the Board will purchase the Commerce Street Parcel, consolidate the Commerce Street Parcel with the Holly Avenue Parcel, construct a new fire and rescue station on the Property, and lease the Property including the new station to Safety Center. Approval of the proposed lease is a condition of Safety Center’s agreement to close on the sale of the Commerce Street Parcel to the Board. The new fire and rescue station to be constructed on the Property will serve as the new home for Sterling Park Volunteer Fire Company and Sterling Park Rescue Squad, and staff from Loudoun County Fire and Rescue also will provide service from the new fire and rescue station. The Property is located on the southwest side of E Holly Avenue (Route 1401) and on the southeast side of Commerce Street (Route 1523), in the Sterling Election District. A copy of the proposed lease is available for review and may be examined at the Office of the County Administrator, County Government Center, 5th Floor, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Lees-

burg, Virginia, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday or call (703) 777-0200. Documents also may be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at: www.loudoun.gov/bosdocuments (for Public Hearing documents, follow the link for “Board of Supervisors Business Meetings, Public Hearings and Special Meetings”).

DOAM-2018-0002 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES AND FACILITIES STANDARDS MANUAL (Development Ordinance Amendment)

Pursuant to Virginia Code §§15.2-1427, 15.2-2204, and 15.2-2253, Chapter 1602 of the Codified Ordinances of Loudoun County (Codified Ordinances), a Resolution of Intent to Amend adopted by the Board of Supervisors (“Board”) on March 5, 2019, and an Agreement for Traffic Signal Preemption for Emergency Purposes between the Board and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), notice is hereby given of proposed amendments to the Loudoun County Facilities Standards Manual (FSM) and of the Board’s intention to propose for passage amendments to the Codified Ordinances in order to establish new, and revise, clarify, and/or delete existing, regulations and definitions, in regard to Emergency Vehicle Preemption, Fire Apparatus Access Roads, the Standard Curb and Gutter Individual Driveway Entrance Figure, and Latent Defect Indemnification Agreements and bonds. The general purpose of the proposed amendments is to establish standards for the installation of Emergency Vehicle Preemption control devices on traffic signals for the safe passage of emergency vehicles and to improve emergency response times, revise standards pertaining to Fire Apparatus Access Roads to be consistent with the Loudoun County Fire Prevention Code, revise the Standard Curb and Gutter Individual Driveway Entrance Figure to be consistent with Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) requirements, and revise Latent Defect Indemnification Agreement and performance bond requirements to streamline the bonding process. These amendments propose revisions to Chapter 424 of the Codified Ordinances, Chapters 4 and 8 of the FSM, and such other Chapters, Sections, Subsections, and provisions of the Codified Ordinances and FSM as necessary to fully implement and maintain consistency with the foregoing amendments, or as otherwise necessary to correct typographical errors, section and subsection numbering, and formatting within, update internal cross-references to, and further clarify the requirements of, the above-mentioned Chapters, Sections, Subsections, and provisions of the Codified Ordinances and FSM. The proposed text amendments include, without limitation, the following: Description of proposed amendments to Codified Ordinances, Chapter 424, Authority of Fire Departments: • Amendments to Chapter 424.01, Traffic Control, to establish new requirements in regard to the installation of preemption control devices on all new traffic signals or modifications to existing signalized intersections. Description of proposed amendments to FSM Chapter 4, Transportation: • Amendments to Chapter 4 to establish new cross-references to Section 4.810, Fire Apparatus Access Road Requirements. • Amendments to Section 4.200, Transportation Planning, to clarify existing and establish new requirements in regard to the number of access points for Planned Development Housing Districts of eighty (80) or more dwelling units served by Fire Apparatus Access Roads. • Amendments to Section 4.310, General Design Requirements, to clarify existing maximum street length requirements for roads ending in culs-de-sac or turn-arounds; establish new requirements for culs-de-sac or turn-arounds for Fire Apparatus Access Roads in regard to geometry (minimum cul-de-sac radius), minimum turning radius for landscaped islands within culs-de-sac, and minimum number of points of access; and delete existing requirements in regard to emergency vehicle access easement and travelway width, slope, and design vehicle (the requirements being deleted are being revised and relocated to Section 4.810, Fire Apparatus Access Road Requirements). • Amendments to Section 4.330, Private Roadway Standards, to establish that all private roadways (Category A, Category B, and Category C roadways) deemed to be Fire Apparatus Access Roads shall comply with Fire Apparatus Access Road Requirements, and revise existing travelway widths for Category B Roadways that are not deemed to be Fire Apparatus Access Roads. • Amendments to Section 4.400, Parking Geometric Standards, to establish that parking lot travelway aisles deemed to be Fire Apparatus Access Roads shall comply with Fire Apparatus Access Road Requirements, and revise the existing minimum width of travelway aisles adjacent to buildings and major site accessways that are not deemed to be Fire Apparatus Access Roads. • Amendments to Section 4.800 to retitle this Section as Fire Apparatus Access Roads and Signs. • Amendments to Section 4.810, Fire Apparatus Access Road Requirements, to clarify that this section is intended to supplement and does not replace or supersede the separate requirements of the Loudoun County Fire Prevention Code, how conflicts with other regulations, ordinances, codes, or laws will be addressed, and the authority of the Fire Marshal to administer the requirements of this Section; revise the existing definition for “Fire Apparatus Access Road” and establish a new definition for “Aerial Fire Apparatus Access Road”; establish new, and/ or revise and clarify existing, Fire Apparatus Access Road and Aerial Fire Apparatus Access Road standards and Figures in regard to minimum specifications (unobstructed width and vertical clearance, location, positioning, and proximity in regard to buildings and overhead utility and power lines); Fire Apparatus Access Roads designated as accessways for emergency vehicles (easement width and typical section); on-street parking; load bearing capacity; number of access points; provision of turn arounds; geometric standards (minimum turning radii and grade/slope); fire lane identification (signage and pavement painting); gates and barriers; and preemption systems for new traffic signals and modifications to existing signalized intersections.

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Description of proposed amendments to FSM Section 8.305, Bond Procedures and Requirements: • Amendments to establish a new requirement for performance agreements and bonds to guarantee against latent defects and deficiencies for construction of physical improvements not maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). • Amendments to the requirements for performance agreement and bond release to establish new requirements and a new process for the reduction of certain performance bonds to the Latent Defect Indemnification Agreement (LDIA) bond amount, and clarify existing requirements for the letter of acceptance by entities responsible for maintaining physical improvements requiring private maintenance. • Amendments to the requirements for LDIAs and associated bonds to clarify existing requirements for the type of private physical improvements to be guaranteed by the LDIA agreement and bond, establish a new definition for “physical improvements,” clarify existing requirements for the commencement date of the LDIA and bond following written approval of physical improvements, establish new authority for the Director or designee to extend the 30-day period for repairs to physical improvements guaranteed by the LDIA and bond, and establish new requirements for the calculation of different LDIA bond amounts if the original Performance Agreement does or does not include physical improvements maintained by VDOT. The public purposes of these amendments are to achieve the purposes listed in Sections 15.22200 and 15.2-2240 of the Code of Virginia and to assure the orderly subdivision of land and its development. A complete copy of the full text of the above-referenced proposed amendment(s) is on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the County Administrator, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., 5th Floor, Leesburg, Virginia, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or call 703777-0200. Documents also may be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at www.loudoun.gov/bosdocuments (for Public Hearing documents, follow the link for “Board of Supervisors Business Meetings, Public Hearings and Special Meetings”).

APPL-2019-0006 ALDIE FIRE AND RESCUE STATION

(Appeal)

The Loudoun County Department of Transportation and Capital Infrastructure (DTCI) has submitted an application pursuant to Section 6-1909(B) of the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance (“Zoning Ordinance”) for an appeal of the February 11, 2019, decisions of the Historic District Review Committee to deny DTCI’s Certificate of Appropriateness applications submitted under Sections 6-1902(A) and 6-1902(B) of the Zoning Ordinance for the demolition of existing structures (CAPP-2018-0016) and construction of a new fire and rescue station (CAPP-20180017) on the subject property. The subject property is zoned A-3 (Agricultural Residential) under the Zoning Ordinance, is located within the HCC (Aldie Historic and Cultural Conservation District) and VCOD (Village Conservation Overlay District-Village of Aldie), and is located partially within the MDOD (Mountainside Development Overlay District). The subject property is approximately 2.71 acres in size, and is located on the south side of John Mosby Highway (Route 50), and east of Meetinghouse Lane (Route 732) and Little River, at 39491 John Mosby Highway, Aldie, Virginia, in the Blue Ridge Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 361-45-9838.

SPMI-2019-0006 ISABELLA’S DAYCARE LLC (Minor Special Exception)

Isabella’s Daycare LLC, of Potomac Falls, Virginia, has submitted an application for a Minor Special Exception to permit a child care home in the R-8 (Single Family Residential) zoning district. This application is subject to the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, and the proposed use is listed as a Permitted use under Section 3-503. The modification of the Additional Regulations applicable to the proposed use is authorized by Minor Special Exception under Section 5-600, Additional Regulations for Specific Uses, pursuant to which the Applicant requests the following modifications: Zoning Ordinance Section

Proposed Modification

5-609(A)(14), Child Care Facilities, Child Care Homes

Permit the care of twelve (12) children, including the provider’s own children, in a single family attached dwelling that is located on a lot less than 5,000 square feet in size.

The subject property is located within the Route 28 Taxing District. The subject property is approximately 0.04 acre in size and is located west of Algonkian Parkway (Route 1582), south of Winding Road (Route 1948), and southeastward of the intersection of Emerald Point Terrace and Lake Haven Terrace, at 45521 Lake Haven Terrace, Potomac Falls, Virginia, in the Algonkian Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 028-26-1992. The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 Comprehensive Plan (Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Compact Neighborhood)) which designate this area for suburban compact residential uses at a recommended density of 8 to 24 dwelling units per acre.

(Minor Special Exception)

Emina Trionfi of Ashburn, Virginia, has submitted an application for Minor Special Exception to permit a child care home in the PD-H4 (Planned Development – Housing 4), administered as Single Family Residential (R-8), zoning district. This application is subject to the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, and the proposed use is listed as a Permitted use under Section 4-203 and requires Minor Special Exception approval by the Board of Supervisors pursuant to 5-609(A) (6). The modification of the Additional Regulations applicable to the proposed use is authorized by Minor Special Exception under Section 5-600, Additional Regulations for Specific Uses, pursuant to which the Applicant requests the following modifications: Zoning Ordinance Section

Proposed Modification

5-609(A)(14), Child Care Facilities, Child Care Home

Permit the Child Care Home in a single family attached dwelling (duplex) that is located on a lot greater than 5,000 square feet in size.

The subject property is approximately 0.143 acre in size and is located on the north side of Sungrove Terrace (Route 3517), and west of Belmont Ridge Road (Route 659), at 42532 Sungrove Terrace, Ashburn, Virginia, in the Blue Ridge Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 155-46-3931. The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 Comprehensive Plan (Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Neighborhood)) which designate this area for suburban residential uses at a recommended density of 4 dwelling units per acre.

SIDP-2019-0002 SHEETZ AT LEXINGTON 7 SIGN DEVELOPMENT PLAN (Sign Development Plan)

Sheetz, Inc., of Altoona, Pennsylvania, has submitted an application for a Sign Development Plan to request alternative sign regulations for permitted signs in order to modify the total aggregate sign area, maximum area of any one sign, and maximum height of signs. The subject property is being developed pursuant to ZMAP-2015-0001, Lexington 7, in the PD-CC-CC (Planned Development – Commercial Center – Community Center) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance. This application is subject to the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, and pursuant to Section 5-1202(E) alternative sign regulations for permitted signs may be requested with the submission of a Sign Development Plan. The subject property is located partially within the AI (Airport Impact) Overlay District, outside of but within one (1) mile of the Ldn 60 aircraft noise contour. The subject property is approximately 1.94 acres in size and is located on the south side of Riverside Parkway and north of Harry Byrd Highway (Route 7), at 19910 Riverside Commons Plaza, Ashburn, Virginia, in the Algonkian Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 056-17-6154. The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 Comprehensive Plan (Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Mixed Use)) which designated this area for a mix of residential and commercial uses at a recommended Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of up to 1.0.

SIDP-2018-0007 MCDONALD’S SIGN PLAN (Sign Development Plan)

SWA Architecture LLC., of Huntington, New York, and Washington, D.C., has submitted an application for a Sign Development Plan to request alternative sign regulations for permitted signs in order to modify the total aggregate sign area, maximum number of signs, maximum area of any one sign, and maximum height of signs. The subject property is being developed pursuant to ZMAP-1991-0005, South Riding, in the PD-H4 (Planned Development – Housing 4), administered as PD-CC-CC (Planned Development – Commercial Center - Community Center), zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance. This application is subject to the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, and pursuant to Section 5-1202(E) alternative sign regulations for permitted signs may be requested with the submission of a Sign Development Plan. The subject property is located within the QN (Quarry Notification) Overlay District-Chantilly Crush Stone Note Area, and within the AI (Airport Impact) Overlay District, outside of but within one (1) mile of the Ldn 60 aircraft noise contour. The subject property is approximately 1.353 acres in size and is located on the north side of Defender Drive (Route 1279), east of Elk Lick Road (Route 621), and west of South Riding Boulevard (Route 2201), at 43250 Defender Drive, Chantilly, Virginia, in the Dulles Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 127-17-5694. The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 Comprehensive Plan (Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Mixed Use)) which designate this area for a mix of residential and commercial uses at a recommended Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of up to 1.0.

ZMAP-2016-0023, ZCPA-2016-0017, SPEX-2016-0067, SPEX-2016-0069, SPEX-2017-0039, SPEX-2018-0013 & ZMOD-2016-0023 WHITMAN PROPERTY - SOUTH (Zoning Map Amendment Petition & Zoning Concept Plan Amendment) (Special Exceptions & Zoning Modifications)

Van Metre Whitman Farm Commercial, L.L.C., of Fairfax, Virginia, has submitted applications for the following: 1) To rezone approximately 7 acres from the TR-3 (Transitional Residential-3) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance to the PD-CC-CC (Planned Development-Commercial Center-Community Center) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance in order to permit the development of all principal and accessory uses permitted in the PD-CC-CC zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance with no resulting change in maximum density; 2) To amend the existing Proffers and concept development plan (“CDP”) approved with ZMAP-2014-0008, Whitman Property South, in order to: a) Reconfigure building and site layout and traffic circulation; and b) Allow new uses within Subareas 1 and 2, with no

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Description of proposed amendments to FSM Section 8.107, Site Plans (STPL) and Rural Economy Site Plans (REST): • Amendments to establish new requirements in regard to the depiction of Fire Apparatus Access Roads and Signs on Site Plans.

SPMI-2019-0011 EMINA’S HOME DAYCARE

June 27, 2019

Description of proposed amendments to FSM Section 8.106, Construction Plans and Profiles (CPAP): • Amendments to establish new requirements in regard to the depiction of Fire Apparatus Access Roads and Signs on Construction Plans and Profiles.

June 27, 2019

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Proposed Modification

§5-1403(E), Buffering and Screening, Standards.

Permit the canopy and understory trees in the Type 3 Front Buffer Yard required to be planted along the subject property’s frontage with Braddock Road (Route 620) to be relocated to another location within Subarea 1.

§5-1407(A) Buffering and Screening, Buffer Yard and Screening Requirements, Location.

Permit the canopy and understory trees required in the Type 3 Front Buffer Yard plantings to be relocated to another location within Subarea 1.

The subject property is located partially within the AI (Airport Impact) Overlay District, outside of but within one (1) mile of the Ldn 60 aircraft noise contour. The subject property is approximately 15.87 acres in size and is located on the east of Gum Spring Road (Route 659), and on the south side of Braddock Road (Route 620), at 25626 and 25742 Gum Spring Road, Chantilly, Virginia, in the Dulles Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 206-19-1366. The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 Comprehensive Plan (Transition Policy Area (Transition Community Center)) which designate this area for commercial and limited residential uses at a recommended density of 4 to 8 dwelling units per acre and Floor Area Ratio (FAR) up to 0.6.

TOWN OF LEESBURG DEPARTMENT OF UTILITIES NOTICE OF WATER MAIN FLUSHING

Unless otherwise noted in the above notices, full and complete copies of the above referenced amendments, applications, ordinances, and/or plans, and related documents may be examined in the Loudoun County Department of Building and Development, County Government Center, 2nd Floor, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday or call 703-777 0220 or electronically at www.loudoun.gov/lola. This link also provides an additional opportunity for public input on active applications. Documents also may be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at: www.loudoun.gov/ bosdocuments (for Public Hearing documents, follow the link for “Board of Supervisors Business Meetings, Public Hearings and Special Meetings”). All members of the public will be heard as to their views pertinent to these matters. Citizens are encouraged to call in advance to sign up to speak at the public hearing. For this public hearing, advanced sign-up will be taken after 8:30 a.m. on June 28, 2019, and no later than 12:00 p.m. on July 10, 2019. If you wish to sign-up in advance, call the Office of the County Administrator at (703) 777-0200. Citizens will also have the option to sign-up at the public hearing. Hearing assistance is available for meetings in the Board of Supervisors’ Meeting Room. If you require any type of reasonable accommodation as a result of a physical, sensory or mental disability to participate in this meeting, please contact the Office of the County Administrator at 703-777-0200. At least one business day of advance notice is requested; some accommodations may require more than one day of notice. FM Assistive Listening System is available at the meetings. BY ORDER OF:

PHYLLIS RANDALL, CHAIRMAN LOUDOUN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 06/20, 06/27, 07/04/19

Town of Leesburg Continues Water Valve Exercise and Maintenance Program Public Notification

The Town of Leesburg will conduct controlled flushing of water mains throughout the Town beginning June 1 through November 30th, 2019. This preventative maintenance program is essential for maintaining the Town’s high standards of water quality. Water mains are flushed by opening fire hydrants and allowing them to flow freely for a short period of time. The flushing cleans out sediment, removes air which may accumulate in the water mains and restores chlorine levels in areas of limited use, thereby, reducing the potential for bacteriological contamination. Water is safe to drink and safe to use during flushing. However, flushing may result in temporary discoloration and sediment in the water. If discoloration or sediment is evident, the Town recommends residents avoid doing laundry until the discoloration subsides. Flushing may also introduce air into the water, which may temporarily cause erratic flow. Some residents and businesses may experience lower pressure during the flushing in their neighborhood. The Town regrets any inconvenience the flushing operation may cause. Please call the Utilities Department at 703-737-7075 for further information. For after-hour emergencies, call the Leesburg Police Department at 703-771-4500. 06/27/19 06/13/19

The Town of Leesburg is continuing a preventative maintenance program to protect the longevity and operation of the water system infrastructure and valves. This consists of a valve exercise program, which requires closing, then opening each main line valve and service line valves in specific distribution areas. The purpose of the program is to exercise main line valves throughout the distribution system to assure reliable operation and maintain water quality. During this program crews will exercise the valves by operating the valve through a full cycle and returning it to its normal position. Where valves are exercised, a fire hydrant will be flowed to ensure that the water in the main remains clear. During the valve turning exercise customers may experience some sediment or discolored water for a short period of time. Water is safe to drink and safe to use during this period. If this condition is noticed we recommend running several cold water taps at full force for a period of 1-2 minutes which should remove any discoloration from the water. It may be necessary to repeat this process after 30 minutes in some cases. In addition, the closing and opening of valves may introduce air into water lines which can cause temporary erratic water flow. The valve exercising will occur June through November during the hours of 7:00am – 2:30pm, Monday through Friday. The Town regrets any inconvenience the maintenance program may cause. If you have any questions regarding our valve exercising program, or have any concerns about water quality, please call the Utilities Department at 703-737-7075. For after-hour emergencies, please call the Leesburg Police Department at 703-771-4500. 06/27/19

LOUDOUN COUNTY WILL BE ACCEPTING SEALED COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS FOR:

06/13/19

CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR PLANNING AND ZONING, RFP (RFQ) No. 89781, until prior to 4:00 p.m., local “Atomic Time”, July 17, 2019. Solicitation forms are available by downloading them from the website at www.loudoun.gov/procurement at no cost. Solicitation forms may also be picked up at the Division of Procurement at 1 Harrison Street, 4th Floor, Leesburg, Virginia 20175 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. weekdays or call (703) 777-0403. WHEN CALLING, PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED ANY REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR ANY TYPE OF DISABILITY IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCUREMENT. 6/27/2019

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. 2007 2001 2009

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COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VA. CODE §8.01-316

Case No.:

JJ042254-04-00

Commonwealth of Virginia, in re AGR Loudoun County Department of Family Services /v. Enil Ernesto Garcia Garcia, putative father The object of this suit is to: hold a dispositional hearing for review of initial foster care plan pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 16.1-281 and 16.1278.8 for AGR. It is ORDERED that Enil Ernesto Garcia Garcia, putative father appear at the above named Court to protect his interests on or before July 3, 2019 at 3:00 pm. 06/06, 06/13, 06/20, 06/27/19

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VA. CODE § § 1-211.1; 8.01-316, -317, 20-104

Case No.:

CA18-24

Loudoun County Circuit Court P.O. Box 550 18 East Market St., Leesburg, VA 20176 Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Valentina Layla Casco Soriano

6/20, 6/27/19

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

Case No.:

JJ038487-21-00

Loudoun J&DR - JUVENILE Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Malachi Knight Loudoun County Department of Family Services /v. Ikeya Knight, mother The object of this suit is to: Hold a 4th permanency planning hearing and review of Foster Care Plan pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 16.1-282.1 and 16.1-281 for Malachi Knight It is ORDERED that the defendant Ikeya Knight, Mother appear at the above named Court and protect their interests on or before August 6, 2019 at 2:00pm. 6/27, 7/4, 7/11, 7/18/19

ORDER OF PUBLICATION COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

Case No.:

CA18-68

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE LOUDOUN COUNTY OF VIRGINIA This matter came before the Court upon a Petition for Adoption of a child be known as TAYLOR HONGYIN JIMENEZ and upon the allegation that the biological father has, without just cause, abandoned the child, having neither visited nor contacted the child for a period of at least six months immediately prior to the filing of the Petition for Adoption; and an Affidavit having been made and filed showing that the biological father in the above-entitled matter is a non-resident individual, other than a non-resident individual fiduciary who has appointed a statutory agent; and the name of said biological father being Herman Berrios whose last known address is an unknown location in Venezuela; UPON CONSIDERATION WHEREOF, this Order of Publication i granted, d it is ORDERED that Herman Berrios shall appear here on or before September 6, 2019 at 10:00 am DATE to do what is necessary to protect his interest in this cause.

06/27, 07/04, 07/11, 07/18/19

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

Case No.:

The object of this suit is to: Allow Victoria Soriano and Oscar Gustavo Soriano to adopt minor child, Valentina Layla Casco Soriano It is ORDERED that Unknown Father/“John Doe” appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interests on or before August 2, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. 06/06/19, 06/13/19, 06/20/19, & 06/27/19

JJ039721-09-00

Loudoun J&DR - JUVENILE Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Hailey Elizabeth Alls Loudoun County Department of Family Services /v. Jody Miller, father The object of this suit is to: Hold a 5th permanency planning hearing and review of Foster Care Plan pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 16.1-282.1 and 16.1-281 for Hailey Elizabeth Alls It is ORDERED that the defendant Jody Miller, father appear at the above named Court and protect their interests on or before August 7, 2019 at 3:00pm. 6/27, 7/4, 7/11, 7/18/19

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Notice of Public Hearing Town of Lovettsville Planning Commission

TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING

The Lovettsville Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the following items at their meeting at 7:30 pm on July 10, 2019 at the Lovettsville Town Office located at 6 East Pennsylvania Avenue:

LVZA 2019-0001

Zoning Ordinance Amendment to Article X (Landscaping, Buffering and Screening)

Consideration of an amendment to Article X (Landscaping, Buffering and Screening) amending the following sections as described below: Section 42-360. Applicability: Requires all applications for site plans and subdivision construction drawings to include the submission of a landscape plan and installation of landscaping, buffering and screening as applicable. Requires the submission of a landscape plan for all requests for a conditional use permit or zoning map amendment for which landscaping is required by the terms and conditions of such approvals. Requires a landscape plan for the construction or expansion of a parking lot whenever a site plan is required for said construction or expansion. Section 42-362. Landscape plan and maintenance. For any conditional use permit or zoning map amendment, the amendment authorizes the Planning Commission to recommend and the Town Council to approve a modification or alternative to the landscaping, buffering and screening required by this article where conditions are deemed to warrant approval of the same. Section 42-365. Tree canopy coverage: For any conditional use permit, the amendment authorizes the Planning Commission to recommend and the Town Council to approve reasonable conditions with respect to implementing the tree canopy requirements of this section. Section 42-369. Modifications and alternatives: Authorizes the Town Council to approve alternatives and modifications to the requirements and standards of this article provided the Council determines that such a proposal meets or exceeds the standards of this article or accomplishes the purpose and intent of the article to equal or greater degree of the applicable standard for which the modification or alternative is being requested. LVZA 2019-0002

Zoning Ordinance Amendment to Article XI (Signs)

Consideration of an amendment to Article XI (Signs), Section 42-405 (Signs in commercial and light industrial districts), Paragraph (c) in order to amend the requirement for signs for individual establishments located within developments containing multiple establishments. The amendment states that separate pole or monument signs for individual establishments shall not be permitted on any such property whereupon a multiple business establishment sign is approved or constructed, and that not more than two separate pole or monument signs for individual establishments shall be erected on any property containing multiple establishments. The amendment also clarifies the minimum front yard setback requirement for multiple establishment signs in subsection (1). The proposed zoning amendments are available for review at the Town Office between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm during weekdays or by special appointment, holidays excepted. Call (540) 822-5788 for more information or contact Joshua A. Bateman, Planning Director at jbateman@lovettsvilleva.gov. In the event the meeting is postponed, the public hearing will be convened on the next regularly-scheduled meeting at the same time and place. 06/27/19 & 07/04/19

TO CONSIDER SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION TLSE-2018-0005 COURTHOUSE SQUARE DEV. ASSOC., LLC

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, July 9, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176, to consider Special Exception application TLSE-2018-0005, Courthouse Square Dev. Assoc., LLC. The subject property consists of one (1) parcel that comprises approximately 1.69 acres owned by Courthouse Square, LLC, and is generally located at the intersection of Loudoun Street and Church Street within downtown Leesburg. The property is zoned B-1, Community (Downtown) Business, and is located within the H-1 Overlay Old and Historic District. The property is further described as Loudoun County Parcel Identification Number (PIN) 231-38-6044. Special Exception Application TLSE-2018-0005 is a request by Courthouse Dev. Assoc., LLC for a Special Exception to allow a private parking structure per TLZO Sec. 6.3.2, Use Regulations, Parking Structure, Private, and 116 multi-family residential units per TLZO Sec. 6.3.2, MultipleFamily (6 or more dwelling units). Application takes the form of 116 multi-family residential units and commercial uses (by-right) above an integral private parking structure containing a maximum of 216 spaces. In addition, the Applicant is requesting five (5) modifications per Town of Leesburg Zoning Ordinance (TLZO) Section 3.4.6.H, Zoning Modifications/Waivers Analysis. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Modification of TLZO Sec. 11.9 Number of Off-Street Loading Spaces Required Modification of TLZO Sec. 12.4.3, Street Trees, Number Modification of TLZO Sec. 12.8.3.A, Buffer-yard Matrix Modification of TLZO Sec. 12.8.3.A, Buffer-yard Matrix Modification of TLZO Sec. 12.8.3.A, Buffer-yard Matrix

Applicant has also applied for one (1) modification of Use Standards per TLZO 3.4.13, Compliance with Use Standards, as follows: 1.

Modification of TLZO Sec. 9.3.15.B and E, Use Regulations for Multi-family Development

Additional information and copies of this application is 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 Scott E. Parker, Senior Planning Project Manager at 703-771-2771 or sparker@ 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 the Council at (703) 771-2733 three days in advance of the meeting. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711. 06/27/19 & 07/04/19

PUBLIC NOTICE

The LOUDOUN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT has accepted application for preliminary record plat of subdivision for the following project.

SBPL-2019-0003 HARTLAND SOUTH LANDBAY 4 Mr. Matt Kroll of Timber Ridge at Hartland, LLC of Ashburn, VA is requesting approval of a preliminary plat of subdivision to subdivide approximately eight hundred and two (802.42) acres into four hundred thirty-one (431) single-family detached residential lots, and seventeen (17) open space parcels. The property is located along Fleetwood Road (Route 616, north of John Mosby Highway (Route 50)). The property is zoned TR1-UBF (Transitional Residential), Floodplain Overlay District, and Airport Impact Overlay District under the provisions of the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance. The property is more particularly described as PINs 244-36-8224, 245-45-9645, 284-10-3552, 284-28-7621, 245-26-5476, 285-29-6818, 285-48-7020, 285-39-5280, and 285-30-4849 in the Blue Ridge Election District. Additional information regarding this application may be found on the Loudoun Online Land Applications System www.loudoun.gov/LOLA and searching for SBPL-2019-0003. Complete copies of the above referenced application(s) are also available for public review at the Loudoun County Department of Building and Development, Land Development File Room, 1 Harrison Street, SE, 2nd Floor, Leesburg, Virginia, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Please forward any comments or questions to the project manager, Eric Blankenship at Eric.Blankenship@loudoun.gov or you may mail them to the Department of Building and Development 1 Harrison Street, SE, 2nd Floor, Leesburg, Virginia by August 1, 2019. The Department of Building and Development will take action on the above application(s) in accordance with the requirements for preliminary subdivisions outlined in Section 1243.08 of the Land Subdivision and Development Ordinance (LSDO).

The LOUDOUN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT has accepted application for preliminary/ record plat of subdivision for the following project. SBPR-2019-0016 SHORT HILLS VIEW GRUBB FARM Ms. Karen Minnix, of J Wolford, LLC, of Leesburg, VA is requesting preliminary/record plat of subdivision approval to subdivide approximately fifty (50.57) acres into eight (8) residential lots, two (2) rural economy lots and one (1) open space parcel. The property is located on Purcellville Road (Route 911), approximately one mile north of Charlestown Pike (Route 9). The property is zoned AR-1 (Agricultural-Rural-1) and FOD (Floodplain Overlay District) under the provisions of the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance. The property is more particularly described as Grubb Farm Parcel 1 (MCPI #447-39-2787) in the Blue Ridge Election District. Additional information regarding this application may be found on the Loudoun Online Land Applications System www.loudoun.gov/LOLA and searching for SBPR-2019-0016. Complete copies of the above referenced application(s) are also available for public review at the Loudoun County Department of Building and Development, Land Development File Room, 1 Harrison Street, SE, 2nd Floor, Leesburg, Virginia, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Please forward any comments or questions to the project manager, Diana Larson at diana.y.larson@loudoun.gov or you may mail them to The Department of Building and Development 1 Harrison Street, SE, 2nd Floor, Leesburg, Virginia by August 1, 2019. The Department of Building and Development will take action on the above application(s) in accordance with the requirements for preliminary subdivisions outlined in Section 1243.08 of the Land Subdivision and Development Ordinance (LSDO). 06/27/19

06/27/19

PUBLIC NOTICE

The LOUDOUN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT has accepted application for preliminary record plat of subdivision for the following project.

SBPL-2019-0004

HARTLAND NORTH SECTIONS 2 AND 3

Mr. Matt Kroll of Timber Ridge at Hartland, LLC of Ashburn, VA is requesting approval of a preliminary plat of subdivision to subdivide approximately two hundred sixty-six (266) acres into eighty (80) single-family detached residential lots, and three (3) open space parcels. The property is located along Fleetwood Road (Route 616, north of John Mosby Highway (Route 50)). The property is zoned TR3-UBF (Transitional Residential), Floodplain Overlay District, and Airport Impact Overlay District under the provisions of the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance. The property is more particularly described as PINs 244-36-8224, 245-45-9645, 284-10-3552, and 284-28-7621 in the Blue Ridge Election District. Additional information regarding this application may be found on the Loudoun Online Land Applications System www.loudoun.gov/LOLA and searching for SBPL-2019-0004. Complete copies of the above referenced application(s) are also available for public review at the Loudoun County Department of Building and Development, Land Development File Room, 1 Harrison Street, SE, 2nd Floor, Leesburg, Virginia, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Please forward any comments or questions to the project manager, Eric Blankenship at Eric.Blankenship@loudoun.gov or you may mail them to the Department of Building and Development 1 Harrison Street, SE, 2nd Floor, Leesburg, Virginia by August 1, 2019. The Department of Building and Development will take action on the above application(s) in accordance with the requirements for preliminary subdivisions outlined in Section 1243.08 of the Land Subdivision and Development Ordinance (LSDO). 06/27/19

Legal Notices

PUBLIC NOTICE

RFP NO. 100170-FY20-01 INSTRUCTOR LED TRAINING FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM The Town of Leesburg is requesting sealed proposals from qualiﬁed ﬁrms to help establish an employee development program in two tracks: one for all 350 full-time line, staff and management employees and two for a leadership academy for selected employees. For additional information, visit: http://www.leesburgva.gov/bidboard 06/27/19

Town of Leesburg 4th of July Trash and Recycling Collection Schedule There will be no trash or recycling collection in the Town of Leesburg on Thursday, July 4th. The trash and recycling schedule will shift by one day for the 4th of July holiday. The revised holiday schedule is as follows: • Monday, July 1st – NW • Monday, July 1st – Yard Waste collection Town-wide • Tuesday, July 2nd – NE – Inside the Bypass • Wednesday, July 3rd – NE – Outside the Bypass • Thursday, July 4th – No collections • Friday, July 5th – SW plus Meadowbrook • Saturday, July 6th – SE Commercial curbside customers will have trash and recycling collection on Friday, July 5th. For more information please visit www. leesburgva.gov/publicworks 6/20 & 6/27/19

ABC LICENSE Breaux Vineyards, LTD, trading as Breaux Vineyards, 36888 Breaux Vineyards Lane, Purcellville, VA 20132 The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA AlCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Virginia Wine Wholesaler’s license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. Jennifer Breaux, Vice President 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. 06/20/19 & 06/27/19

Stephanie Loving Stephanie Renee Loving, 52, of Hamilton, VA, passed away peacefully after a brave battle with cancer on June 23, 2019. Stephanie was born in Leesburg, VA on January 22, 1967 to Sylvia W. Ratcliff and the late Charles R. Ratcliff. She was a lifelong Hamilton native and Loudoun Valley High School graduate class of 1985. She was a hardworking longtime

office manager of Southern Electric in addition to supporting her husband’s fencing company, Loving Fence. She loved her trips with her family to the islands and spending time at the pool. She was an expert on sports and especially loved her Washington Redskins. She is survived by her daughter Whitney Loving, mother Sylvia Ratcliff, brother Chris Ratcliff, sonin-law Kevin Goolsby, and her high school sweetheart and husband of 36 years, Wesley Loving. Services will be at Harmony United Methodist Church in Hamilton, Va. with a viewing at 10:30 am followed by the funeral service at 11:30 am on June 28th. A reception will follow burial services. Flowers arrangements can be sent to Harmony United Methodist Church in Hamilton,VA. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Harmony United Methodist Church.

The Town of Leesburg will accept sealed proposals in the Procurement Ofﬁce, 25 W. Market Street, Leesburg, VA 20176, until 3:00 p.m. on July 18, 2019 for the following:

Alice Margaret Fritz, age 94, passed away peacefully on June 15, 2019 at Inova Loudoun Hospital surrounded by her family. She was born on May 11, 1925 to William George and Alice May (Williams) Pritchard in Pontllanfraith, Wales, the eldest of the “Pritchard girls”. Margaret was raised on Mynyddislwyn mountain in Wales, overlooking the Ebbw and Sirhowy Valleys, and attended school nearby to earn her secretarial qualifications. During WW2, she “worked with the Americans” and met an American GI, named Walter “Walt” Fritz, whom she married on July 16, 1945. As a war bride, “Margie” embarked on an adventure in America in 1946. She built a life in Bloomfield, NJ, for 42 years, where she worked with Walt running the family businesses, at Westinghouse and Peerless Tube Company and was a foster mother to many infants. After retirement in 1986, she moved to Leesburg, VA, to be closer to her family and started a new career with the Loudoun County Public Schools, where worked at Hamilton Elementary and Cool Spring Elementary in food services. She also volunteered at Harmony United Methodist Church, with the Loudoun County Animal Shelter, and her granddaughter’s Girl Scouts troops. She enjoyed attending programs at the Leesburg Senior Center. She will be greatly missed by her daughter, Jennifer Stuart, and son-in-law Larry of Leesburg, VA. Her grandchildren (Ryan Blackburn of Ashburn, VA; Aly and Kirk Kirkpatrick of Rogers, AR; and Kasey and Jacob Alexander of Hamilton, VA) and her great-grandchildren (Ian and Jane Kirkpatrick and Finn Alexander) will all miss their Mimi. She is preceded in death by her husband of 32 years, Walt Fritz, great-granddaughter, Hope Kirkpatrick, and sisters, Rosemary Scull and Holly John. The family will receive visitors on Friday, June 28, 2019, from 6pm to 8pm at the Loudoun Funeral Chapel, 158 Catoctin Circle SE, Leesburg, VA. Services will be held on Saturday, June 29, 2019, at 11:00am at Harmony United Methodist Church, 320 E. Colonial Highway, Hamilton, VA. Interment will be on July 1, 2019 at Restland Memorial Park in East Hanover, NJ, where she will be reunited with

her beloved “Wally Baby.” In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Operation Smile, 3641 Faculty Boulevard Virginia Beach, VA 23453. Please share online condolences with the family at www.loudounfuneralchapel.com

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Construction Project Manager/Project Engineer Meridien Group, LLC is seeking a motivated, qualified individual to handle all aspects of construction project management. Duties include Preparing, scheduling, coordinating and monitoring the assigned projects Monitoring compliance to applicable codes, practices, QA/QC policies, performance standards and specifications Interacting daily with the clients to interpret their needs and requirements and representing them in the field. We are looking for an accountable project engineer/project manager to be responsible for all engineering and technical disciplines that projects involve. You will schedule, plan, forecast, resource and manage all the technical activities aiming at assuring project accuracy and quality from conception to completion.

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A Closer Look Sometimes the title says it all. The “Loudoun County 2019 Comprehensive Plan” conveys the sense that a lot more of the same is coming as our community grows over the next two decades. It’s not that county residents, for the most part, don’t enjoy a high quality of life, but that expectation is a far cry from our ability to “Envision Loudoun,” presumably a better Loudoun. Remember, that’s where this process started nearly four years ago. Supervisors last week—with some saying they were holding their noses and some putting on their big boy pants—closed the door on their plan. It wasn’t even clear then, and still isn’t, exactly what the impacts will be. Despite the years of arguments over the amount of additional housing that should be permitted, we don’t know what the plan will allow. Board members said they were up against a time crunch, although the need for final action more likely was driven by the looming election than the statutory 90-day ratification deadline following the Planning Commission’s vote, which previous boards had successfully worked around. Regardless, the action puts the next steps into the hands of the next Board of Supervisors. The question that will come up very early in 2020 is whether the new group of supervisors (there will be at least three new members) will invest resources to update the county’s zoning ordinances—typically the next step in the implementation of new planning vision—or will take the time to tackle some of the unfinished business from this plan. At a minimum, there is merit in making time to take a closer look at affordable housing and rural land preservation policies—both issues that will be addressed most directly by zoning rules. There may be other areas where the next board will want to take a little more time to great right, but they’ll have the time to do that. They’ll have time to make sure the plan envisions a better Loudoun.

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Editor: The new Comprehensive Plan was approved last Thursday, to desultory applause from the small audience. A number of supervisors had proclaimed that since the plan garnered equally bland reactions from both conservationists and developers, it must be “good.” They were wrong. Loudoun County belongs to its citizens, not to the real estate industry, and not to people who don’t live here. For the Comp Plan truly to be good, it should have prompted citizens to dance in the streets and developers to drown in their tears. Pity things did not turn out that way. — Charles Houston, Paeonian Springs

Editor: Fair and impartial are two words that describe equity. It’s a simple concept. For most people, it means treating everyone the same. That’s why the themes and recommendations recently presented to the School Board miss the mark. They highlight race at every twist and turn, promoting a consciousness that borders on fixation. They implicate it in academic performance gaps, neglecting any issues of personal motivation. But what’s really concerning is the belief equity can be achieved when we perpetually label people as victims. No statement condemning hatred is going to fix the damage inflicted teaching someone that they’re disadvantaged. No formal ban of a word is going to mitigate the effect insecurity has allowed it to have. No amount of training is going to prepare teachers for a system that doesn’t trust them. If there’s a bad apple in the bushel, weed it out. Don’t assume the whole lot is tainted. When we think of hiring practices for educators, we should want the best and brightest. We don’t need to see ourselves in their faces; we need to find ourselves through their ideas. Learning reaches beyond color to a place of higher perception. It’s clear that many people don’t really want equity; they want freedom from responsibility. — Charles Smith, Leesburg

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Editor: I just have one question, if the Leesburg Town Council is going to issue a “proclamation,” shouldn’t the issue be debated until all the council members agree on the wording and the appropriateness? That clearly isn’t what happened in this instance. There is no reason for Councilman Dunn to resign, there is reason for the mayor and the majority of the council to conduct business in a more democratic way. — Ellie Lockwood, Ashburn

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<< FROM 3 NAACP.” “Tom Dunn, whether you agree with what he has to say, has a right to his opinion as the rest of you do. For years he has been voted into that position on the Town Council,” she said. Harold Brown, in what was perhaps the most tense exchange, called the NAACP “race baiters” and said the Town Council should not bend to them. “Any of you who knuckle under to the NAACP or any one of these Mickey Mouse organizations should be ashamed of yourselves,” he said. Several members of the audience claimed that Brown made an obscene gesture to them after finishing his remarks, to which Burk asked him to be respectful of his behavior or be asked to leave the Council Chambers. While a censure may not happen, there was enough support on the town council for a motion by Councilwoman Suzanne Fox to talk about the council’s ethics policy at a future meeting. Tuesday’s meeting was preceded by a protest on the town green led by Equality Loudoun. “This isn’t a difference of opinion,” McConnell said. “This is about respect. This is about following your own ethics policy.” On the town proclamation marking June as Pride Month, Dunn, who was absent, asked Thiel to write “everyone

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Ben Franklin was asked at the close of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 by a citizen, “have we a Republic or a Monarchy?” Franklin replied, “A Republic, if you can keep it.” I was reminded of this quote as the question being asked about the newly adopted 2019 Loudoun County General Plan, “Is it a developer’s plan or a citizen’s plan?” And in my mind, it is a “compromise plan if we can keep it.” For many of the citizens who have worked so hard for three years to make the citizen’s voice be heard we owe a great thanks to our Board of Supervisors. In just 90 days, they took the draft plan and rolled back its excesses and responded to the people’s concerns in a variety of important ways. And we can thank the entire Department of Planning and Zoning staff for their endless and often frustrating work, but in the end with the supervisors’ support came up with innovative proposals to reach compromise. It has been a long three years to passage. It started with the business-oriented Stakeholders Committee proposing to the supervisors that 18,000 housing units be included in the Transition Policy Area. Only to have Supervisor Matthew Letourneau’s now famous rejoinder “What planet are you on?” This to be followed by the Planning Commission restating the desire for 17,000 units 18 months later (confirming I presume that Mars was the planet they were on). In the end, the plan provides for about 3,000 additional housing units, but unfortunately transferred close to a square mile of Rural Policy Land into the Transition Policy Area (TPA) to accommodate new houses. It is this kind of “compromise” that will be under assault in the years ahead. A precedent once set will be the basis for future requests. Already at the supervisor’s public input on the very night they voted to approve the plan three residents appeared to argue that their rural land next to the TPA should be included. Meanwhile, Tony Howard president of the Chamber of Commerce

has written an op-ed arguing we need more housing and this view is supported by the Realtors, the home builders, the economic development interests, and some property owners. And these views are fully supported by the Housing Chapter of the new plan even while the spatial chapters reflect the citizen’s view on limited population growth. This is basically the same debate that has gone on for at least 20 years in Loudoun. Housing is recognized nationwide as a strong economic contributor with its forward and backward linkages to the overall economy. In short, development and population growth are legitimate goals for which most counties would be delighted to achieve, but Loudoun also has different priorities. The majority of citizens, as witnessed by their robust participation in the plan process, view the county as a special place with unique heritage and environmental assets, a family friendly suburban area of planned communities, and a robust rural economy that all enjoy, and all want to preserve this quality of life. For the public, unchecked and rapid residential growth is a threat that has already manifested itself in serious traffic congestion, never ending school boundary adjustments, deficits in parks and trails and other facilities and services and deterioration of our streams and environment. So, while everyone involved can share in celebration that the Loudoun 2019 Plan has been adopted, it is also important to recognize that it is a compromise that has not resolved the fundamental clash of views as to the future of the county. This will now be the focus of the specific development applications and proposals that will be forthcoming in the years ahead. And the burden will fall on the citizens, the future planning commissioners and supervisors to answer the question “Can we keep it?”

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is equal. Identities don’t help,” which Thiel did. “Who here thinks everyone is equal?” McConnell said. “No, we live in a very unequal society. We do aspire to equality, but we have a long road ahead of us.” During Tuesday’s protest, Burk took to the stage to defend her votes. “I want you to know that I’m with you, I stand with you, and I believe in what you believe in, it’s very important to me,” Burk said. “But there’s a role that you have play as mayor, and part of that role requires that you follow rules, and sometimes that trips up the end product.” She said she could not support Campbell’s second and third motions because they were “too vague,” but that if he brings the topic up again in the future, “I will be with him and support him in that.” “It was inappropriate, it was mean, and it was very selfish of him and it was embarrassing for us as a town council to do that,” Burk said of Dunn’s actions. And she said while the council cannot force Dunn to resign, those at the protest can make him “uncomfortable.” Martinez invited those at the protest to do just that. “I would like to see you show up at every council meeting and tell us your stories, to hear what you have had to go through, to understand the discrimination, the horrors of what happens to some of our LGBTQ, especially transgender women,” Martinez said.

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Sneaking in Summer Learning down the first paragraph, and hands it to the next family member. He then reads it and adds another paragraph that relates to the first paragraph, and then hands it to the next person, and so on. It can go around and around a number of times. For example: First Person: Once upon a time there was a small village named Messyville. It was a nice village, and it had lots of nice people in it, but it had one major problem. Second Person: The big problem was that everyone was very messy. They never cleaned up after themselves and there was trash everywhere. But since everybody was messy, it didn’t really matter. Nobody really had a problem with it, until… Third Person: … a new family moved in. The parents’ names were Patty and Peter Particular. Their kids were named Paul and Penny. If you haven’t figured it out yet, they were very neat and particular. During their first walk around their new neighborhood… • Do–Talk with your kids about story structure. Start by setting the scene, then add characters, then add the villain, etc. • Don’t–Don’t let family members take the story way off track. Once a certain story line has been started, don’t start a

BY NEIL MCNERNEY Now that school is over and kids are at home, how do you keep them from losing all the learning that has happened in the last year? Sure, there are lots of materials at teacher stores, but it’s pretty likely that you will get eye rolls and groans from your kids. How do you keep their skills up without it feeling like they are doing work? Here are some summer tips to increase summer learning:

Jenga with Words The blocks on the game Jenga can have specific questions or requests. Each time a player moves a Jenga block, she reads the block and does what it says. Examples could be as simple as “What is your favorite president?” or more complex such as “If you could talk to one president, who would it be and what question would you ask?” • Do–Make the questions age appropriate and fun. Your goal is to foster curiosity. • Don’t–Don’t make the questions similar to a quiz. Kids will see right through it.

Don’t Break The Chain! One person begins a story by writing

answering these questions about your new spy family: Where do you live? What are your names? What skill does each person have? What is your mission? What languages do you speak? Alphabet Games—These are the simple games families can play in the car. Try to find the letters of the alphabet on road signs or on license plates. These games are best played as a team since the younger kids will feel left out. License Plate States—Have one child make a list of all 50 states and see how many state plates you can find during your trip. This increase geography and awareness. After each state is found, ask if the kids remember the capital of that state and add it to the list. Keep these ideas in mind as a way to increase school skills without it looking like school.

new one. Add to the story, don’t change it. • Don’t–Don’t correct for grammar and spelling. This is supposed to be fun!

Mad Libs This is a great, fun way to increase grammar skills of kids from about 3rd grade to adult. Mad Libs is a series of fill-in-the blank stories. One person asks the group for the required type of word (noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, etc.) and fills in the word for the story. After all the blanks are filled, she then reads the whole story. This is lots of fun, always hilarious, and really helps with grammar skills. • Do—Keep a few Mad Libs in the car. They are great for trips. • Don’t—Don’t allow it to get inappropriate. Remind your kids to keep it clean.

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Family Trip Accountant—Have one child keep a running tab of all the expenses during the trip, adding the expenses up each day. The “accountant” can also separate the expenses into different categories. Spy Family—On your next vacation, make believe that you are a spy family and have to develop a new identity and history for everyone. Spend some time

5 TED Talk Videos Worth Watching BY CHRIS CROLL As you spend more time with your family this summer, here are a few TED Talks that might change the way you interact with your children, how you judge yourself and how you operate in the world around you. “How Boredom Can Lead to Your Most Brilliant Ideas,” by Manoush Zomorodi (16:13) When your body goes on autopilot, your brain gets busy forming new neural connections. Research shows that paying close attention to tasks eats up glucose in the brain which is in limited supply. When you experience boredom or do rote tasks like loading the dishwasher, the brain works on “autobiographical planning” which helps solve problems and find paths towards achieving goals.

Juneteenth << FROM 3 in this day.” During the program, a procession followed Anderson’s trail from the site of the old jail—now a Church Street parking lot, behind the courthouse complex—to the location where he was hanged from a derrick. There, a historical marker with Anderson’s story was unveiled. “As we proceed down Church road, I want you to take with you this thought, that you are empowered to never, ever have this happen in our community again,” said Loudoun Freedom Center founder and Loudoun NAACP President Michelle Thomas, who led the

“How to Raise Successful Kids Without Overparenting,” by Julie Lycott-Hames (14:17). Former Dean of Freshman at Stanford University, Lycott-Hames talks about how parents are micromanaging their kids’ lives to a point of destruction. Our children suffer from high rates of anxiety and depression and believe their self-worth comes from grades and scores because parents over-help their kids, depriving them of the necessary skill of developing self-efficacy. “What Playing Monopoly with Real Money Taught Me About My Kids – and Humanity,” by Adam Carroll (15:39). When money is digital and therefore invisible, as opposed to a tangible thing, we interact with money differently. Kids today are being raised in a world where money is an abstract

concept. The father in this video used real money—$10,000 in cash—in the game of monopoly with his children to see if they would behave differently in the game if they were using actual currency instead of paper game money. They did. “Reading Minds Through Body Language,” by Lynne Franklin (11:58). Franklin says there are three types of people—lookers, listeners and touchers. She shows examples of each and teaches how to build rapport with all different types of people. “Why We All Need to Practice Emotional First Aid,” by Guy Winch (17:22). Why is it that we take care of our physical bodies better than we do our minds? Winch makes a compelling case for the practice of emotional hygiene—taking care of our emotions

event. Two descendants of the Anderson family attended. Michelle Lane of Sterling said she was “overwhelmed” to learn about this part of her family’s history. “This gives him a voice,” said James Howard, of Leesburg. “Now he doesn’t go down in history just as someone who was lynched.” And speakers at the event did not treat racial violence as a settled issue. “If we believe that this is over, and the killing of black people and brown people is over, let me tell you something,” said County Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large). “Orion Anderson is Travyon Martin.” Martin was a 17-year-old student shot in 2012 by George Zimmerman, a member of the community watch. The shooting spurred marches, rallies and protests across the U.S. She

referred also to Eric Garner and Jordan Baker, two black men killed by police, and other victims of racially tinged violence. Thomas said the impact of Anderson’s story can still be felt today, referring to a statement by President Donald J. Trump the day before, in which he stood by his decision in 1989 to take out newspaper advertisements calling for the return of the death penalty in New York to execute a group of five black and Hispanic men who had been arrested and charged with the rape of a jogger in New York City’s Central Park. The men were never convicted, even with charges dropped against them in 2002, DNA evidence exonerating them and another person confessing to the crime. Trump said Tuesday, “you have people on both sides of that.”

and our minds with the same diligence with which we take care of our bodies. He talks about loneliness, failure, rumination and emotional wounds and how to develop mental resilience. Each of these videos takes fewer than 20 minutes to watch and can help you gain a greater understanding of others and yourself. I hope your summer is full of deep connections and happy memories. Enjoy. Chris Croll is a writer, community activist and member of the Loudoun County School Board (Catoctin District). She lives in Leesburg with her husband and two children.

Attorney General Mark Herring also participated in the memorial service, saying that “ignoring this painful part of our history makes it too easy to forget it, and we cannot rectify the legacy of racism and white supremacy until we confront it, and when we forget we make it possible or the sins of the past to be repeated.” “We are also in a moment when our nation and our state are confronting a rise and frightening reemergence of hate and white supremacist violence,” Herring said. “And the question we all must ask ourselves as individuals and as communities is, what will we do in response?” rgreene@loudounnow.com

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Aviation Attracts Many, Technology Repels Some As for that younger generation, Slamon said drones are drawing kids to the world of aviation like never before. Young drone users in the aeromodelers association are immersed in the schools of not only aviation, but also engineering and modern technology as they learn more about their drones and get a glimpse of what other types of remote-controlled aircraft exist. In a sense, drones are the gateway drug to the larger model aircraft world. While they give users a taste of what it’s like to control something hundreds of feet in the air, they can fall short of providing their users with more in-flight responsibility. Salmon said that while many people are drawn to drones for the stabilization systems that make flying a breeze, he’s seen those same systems turn drone users’ attentions to more advanced model aircraft that demand more skill from their pilots to keep them in the air and out of the woods. He said that although drone technology is “pretty amazing … they can get a little boring.” Leesburg Police Department Master Police Officer Kevin Zodrow is on the other end of that debate. Owning two DJI drones of his own, Zodrow said that stabilization features still require a good amount of training for operators. Aside from the sometimes-droning nature of drones, Salmon said there’s other factors that could push current, and keep future, drone users away from

Brian Roberts, a 5-year Loudoun County Aeromodelers Association member, flies his drone at the association’s flying field at Banshee Reeks. Patrick Szabo/Loudoun Now

the culture in the coming years—reports that the Federal Aviation Administration could soon require all model aircraft users to pass a licensing exam. “That might just have to be one of the requirements to stay in the hobby,” he said. But Pavese said that could be good for the culture, since flighty drone users sometimes ruin the fun for avid pilots when they outright disobey FAA regulations and fly around as they please.

Flying Under FAA Rules While there is no mandatory exam yet, the FAA heavily regulates the nation’s airspace, especially in the Special Flight Rules Area—a 30-mile radius ring around Ronald Reagan National Airport that allows drone users to fly within the outer 15 miles under a list of conditions but prohibits them from flying within the inner 15 miles without FAA authorization. Within the outer 15-mile airspace, where Loudoun sits, drones of up to 55 pounds in weight are limited to flying below 400 feet in altitude and are required to notify air traffic control if they fly within five miles of an airport. While the aeromodelers association’s flying field is only four miles southwest of the Leesburg Executive Airport, situated in a 17-acre cutout at the Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, an agreement between the association, the FAA and airport allows club members to fly there without notifying the tower. Drone users in the outer 15-mile ring also must fly their drones within their own line of sight, meaning they can’t use sensors and cameras attached to the drones to fly in first-person view. And that might just be a good thing for everyone. Pavese said that while the sensors on drones provide users with reliability, they aren’t nearly as telling as line-of-sight flying. “The number one sensor is in front of your face—your eyes are really all you need,” he said. “You have to practice, practice, practice.” When it comes to interacting with manned aircraft, aeromodelers association members are essentially never affected, since Leesburg air traffic typically flies a few hundred feet higher than drones and other remote-controlled aircraft. On the rare occasion when they’re flying lower than normal, members are taught to make way for the manned planes, since they have the right of way in all situations. The only time Loudoun’s drone users

might be entirely restricted from taking off is when the FAA issues formal Notices to Airmen that temporarily close the region’s airspace to all non-emergency and non-regularly scheduled commercial flights. While some drone users might see the FAA’s regulations as a bit overbearing at times, most of them see the rules as commonsense safety measures that protect the general public. Pavese said the regulation restricting drone users from flying over pedestrians protects them against malfunctioning drones that can turn into projectiles in an instant. “You could kill someone [if a drone flies into someone],” he said. The FAA also backed off its regulations for drone users a bit in 2017 when a federal appeals court found that the 2015 Registration Rule, which required all recreational drone users to register with the FAA, was a violation of the 2012 FAA Modernization and Reform Act, which prohibits the FAA from setting rules to regulate model aircraft use.

Copters for Cops The FAA’s Special Flight Rules Area limitations apply not only to recreational and commercial drone users, but also to law enforcement agencies. But the county Sheriff ’s Office has authorization from the FAA to fly in class B airspace, which allows it to get a bit closer to airports, like Dulles, if needed. The Sheriff ’s Office’s Lockheed Martin Indago 2 drone cost $45,000 to purchase and tens of thousands more to outfit with a 10x zoom thermal camera and a 30x zoom daylight camera, among other upgrades. Made from plastic and carbon fiber with a Kevlar skeleton and now valued at $94,000, the drone was put into service in 2017 as one of six in the U.S. at the time to feature a Project Lifesaver antenna. That feature allows the Sheriff ’s Office to locate any one of its 127 Project Lifesaver clients—residents with Down Syndrome, Alzheimer’s, Dementia or Autism who are prone to wandering off and getting lost. The Sheriff ’s Office’s drone also is a key tool in search and rescue missions. It’s capable of flying in up to 40 mph winds in driving rain or snow nearly 10 miles away from its pilot and has a battery life of almost an hour, unlike most commercial drones that can fly in winds of up to only 20 mph, are generally parked when it rains and have a battery life of half that. “It’s a game changer for us,” said Master Depu-

ty Matt Devaney, who developed the Sheriff ’s Office’s drone program. Those features allowed the Sheriff ’s Office to locate a missing man in Shenandoah County just 20 minutes after launching the drone, more than 24 hours after the area’s police agencies had initiated the search. The Leesburg Police Department in November debuted its own $11,000 drone. That DJI 210 Quadcopter can fly up to 50 mph and constantly projects live imagery recorded in 4k at 60 frames per second. While the department has yet to use the drone for any of the operational uses for which it was purchased, such as locating a missing person or taking measurements at a car crash scene, the department is looking to help other jurisdictions and Loudoun agencies. Zodrow, one of three officers certified to fly the drone, said the department could use the quadcopter for damage assessment or to give firefighters an aerial view of a fire to help them make more informed decisions on how to deploy their equipment and crews. “That might not be in our bailiwick, but our equipment is certainly good enough to do that,” he said. “This technology should benefit more than just us chasing bad guys.”

A Drone for Every Desire And catching law breakers and assessing flood and fire damage is exactly what drones are doing, as more people of different backgrounds head online and into stores each day to find unmanned aircraft systems that suit their wants and wallets. On Amazon.com, drones can be found from as little as $13 at 2 inches wide with auto-hovering features to as much as $15,000 at more than two feet wide with cameras that record in 4k. According to PC Magazine and Digital Trends, the best drone on the market is currently the DJI Mavic 2 Pro—the same one Pavese pilots. That drone goes for a base rate of $1,500 and has a 1080p live video feed and a multitude of other advanced functions. But another drone model could break onto the scene this year that might revolutionize the industry in one fell swoop. “I don’t know of a technology that’s taken off faster,” Zodrow said. pszabo@loudounnow.com

also keep their users from crashing into the sides of buildings. One of the residents captivated by drone technology is Brian Waagner, a Washington, DC-based attorney and 10-year member of the Aeromodelers Association—a local model aircraft club sanctioned by the Academy of Model Aeronautics that now gives about 100 members a place to fly and talk about their model airplanes, helicopters and drones. Waagner said he built his first drone five years ago after wanting to learn what all the fuss was about. That drone spans 450 millimeters diagonally and can travel at about 30 mph. Waagner also recently made his first drone purchase—a 280-millimeter Hyperion Vengeance. He said he enjoys drones because he can tinker with them whenever he’s not working on cases. Another one of those joining in on movement is Leesburg Police Department IT Specialist Luis Pavese, who started building his own drones about a year ago after a police sergeant demoed his drone out back of the headquarters. After seeing that, Pavese was hooked and has since built quad, hexa and octocopters—drones with four, six and eight propellers—some of which have met unfortunate ends as Pavese was navigating the piloting learning curve. “It was just so much fun,” he said. Pavese now flies a $3,500 DJI Mavic 2 Pro and shares his passion for drones with his kids. He likes flying drones so much that he even volunteers his time to take aerial photos at his kids’ daycare center.

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