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Updated every weekday as availableCouncil gets earful in first neighborhood meeting
Daily Progress, August 12, 2010
"At Charlottesville’s inaugural neighborhood town hall meeting, Councilor Kristin Szakos urged residents to not hold back and “tell us what we need to hear. ”Szakos’ wishes appeared to be granted at the meeting, held Thursday evening at Tonsler Park on Cherry Avenue, where many residents spoke with candor about the issues they felt were facing their neighborhoods."
Orange County Review, August 11, 2010
"The park near the Orange County Airport has a name, but it’s not on a sign yet. The full name, Orange Sports Complex at Booster Park, acknowledges the past and those that shaped and molded the grounds into ball fields, and also the passing of the youth sports torch in the county."
Fair organizers remain optimistic
Daily Progress, August 10, 2010
"As the Albemarle County Fair was being torn down Sunday for the last time in its North Garden location, the mood was upbeat, according to the fair’s board president."
Joint-Use Intelligence Analysis Facility debuts
Daily Progress, August 11, 2010
"Row upon row of government-gray cubicles stretch the length of the enormous room on the third floor, itself an echo of the room on the building’s other side and similar rooms on the second and fourth floors."
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Updated every week as availableJoint-Use Intelligence Analysis Facility debuts
Daily Progress, August 11, 2010
"Row upon row of government-gray cubicles stretch the length of the enormous room on the third floor, itself an echo of the room on the building’s other side and similar rooms on the second and fourth floors."
Hemstreet Promises Support, Fuller Sees Growing Economy
Leesburg Today, August 11, 2010
"The message to members of the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce Wednesday morning was that the county is looking toward the future and Northern Virginia is poised to make the most of the economic recovery as it continues."
Town Council Approves Hike in Sewer Rates
Clarke Daily News, August 11, 2010
"During the monthly meeting Tuesday night at the Town/County Center, the Berryville Town Council heard public comments on the proposed rate hike before voting on the measure. Only one resident signed up to speak before the council about the proposed rate. "
Development Deal For Land Near New Carrollton Metro Station
Washington Post, July 23, 2010
"Metro’s board of directors approved an agreement Thursday that will allow Maryland and the transit authority to develop 41 acres they own around the New Carrollton Metro station, a first step in transforming the area into an urban center. "
Mixed-use Developers Hopeful About Future; Skeptics See Empty Promises
Loudoun Times Mirror, July 21, 2010
"The dust surrounding county leaders’ latest mixed-use development approval may have settled, but debate over the multimillion dollar Kincora development’s future – and the role of other developments in Loudoun County – is hardly over. Skeptics worry a declining economy will leave Loudoun County with a lot of empty office space, leaving taxpayers to foot the bill for the public services needed to support new development. "
Supervisors No Longer Part Of Joint Planning Group
Orange County Review, July 21, 2010
"In somewhat of a surprise move last week, the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to pull the county out of the joint planning area subcommittee, effectively dissolving the group."
Developer Westgroup Sells Office Buildings In Tysons Corner
Washington Post, July 23, 2010
"The largest commercial landowner in Tysons Corner announced on Thursday that it had sold 115 acres of office buildings and land to a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group, a financial services company with U.S. headquarters in New York. The deal is one of the largest real estate transactions in the Washington area in recent years, both by acreage and value."
Market Realities Shrink Mintbrook Development Plans
Fauquier Times-Democrat, July 23, 2010
"He’s devoted a big part of his professional life in the last eight years working on subdivision plans for several hundred acres of farmland in Bealeton. Now, after nearly a decade of toil, Andrew Vinisky believes he and his Bealeton Gateway LLC partners have a mixed-use concept for the 343.7-acre site at U.S. 17 and Route 28 that will work. “I’m optimistic this one’s going to get approval,” said Vinisky, vice president of Bowman Development Advisors LLC of Chantilly. “There’s a lot of goodies in there that the county will like.” "
In A Cloud Of Dust, Clarke County Breaks Ground For New High School
Clarke Daily News, July 25, 2010
"On a blistering summer morning residents of Clarke County gathered together to celebrate the much anticipated ground breaking event for the new Clarke County High School. "
Changes In Zoning Regs To Shutter Amped Music In Neighborhood
C-Ville Weekly, July 27, 2010
"City Council’s discussion last Monday made clear that it supports further lowering the late-night music level in Belmont and Fry’s Spring to 55 decibels. But another vote it took that night may prove to have a greater impact on curbing loud noise in those and other areas. "
