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With the objective of shortening the review process and avoiding the 2027 election cycle, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors (BOS) has significantly changed the procedure for adopting the Western Loudoun Zoning Amendment (ZOAM 2024-0002). When adopted, the zoning amendment will determine development in Western […]
Clarke and Fauquier Counties do not permit by right non-residential development on the shared mountainside of Blue Ridge and Paris mountains.
I’m here today to speak plainly about what is at stake for public safety and fiscal responsibility in light of the last-minute motions introduced by Supervisor Kershner regarding rural wineries, breweries, and distilleries.
I urge you to strengthen—not weaken—the zoning protections for our mountains.
Friends leaders speak for the Blue Ridge to Loudoun BOS
Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains is continuing to actively oppose the construction of the proposed Eastwind Resort Complex, near the intersection of Route 50 and Blue Ridge Mountain Road. Preliminary plans call for a “boutique” hotel with 40 guest rooms across two buildings, an […]
Loudoun County ended 2025 under severe drought conditions, an all-too-common status that is sparking elevated concerns about groundwater supplies.
After spending their last term developing a new Zoning Ordinance, but largely insulating the county’s rural areas from change, supervisors spent this year working through the parts of the ordinance that relate to western Loudoun specifically, examining them piece by piece.