All about life and real estate in Loudoun County, Virginia
We've know about it for awhile, but as I was driving home from softball practice last night it was impossible to miss the signs. One of Leesburg's biggest rush hour traffic jams starts getting relief this Saturday, as the light at Sycolin Road and Route 7 is being replaced by a flyover. The VA Department of Transportation Sycolin Road project … [Read more...]
This isn't Texas, so most of us don't have our own backyard pool. We do have a two great community pools in Lovettsville and Purcellville (Franklin Park), and this year for the first time you can purchase a family pass for the season. We snagged this from the Loudoun County Parks and Recreation facebook page: PRCS outdoor pools will be … [Read more...]
This may look like an ordinary photo, but to parents of Western Loudoun ball players it's a sight for sore eyes. With the installation of lights at the four ball fields of Franklin Park in Purcellville, Western Loudoun now has three softball fields and five baseball fields available for use during the fall seasons. Including recreation … [Read more...]
School is almost over, and after the first week home you might be looking for some activities to keep your children occupied. Here's a list of LoCo golf courses with junior camps open to the public. Click on the links for more information, hope this helps... 1757 has it's own ULTIMATE Junior Camp. Brambleton Golf Club is hosting … [Read more...]
In May 2008, when I was the Head Golf Professional at Westpark GC, I had the honor to host the first Loudoun First Responders Foundation golf classic. For those who don't know, the foundation's mission is to financially support any individual Loudoun County public safety officer (and their family) facing needs arising from injury, illness, … [Read more...]
Loudoun Valley High School junior, Riley Keesling, is one of nine national finalists in Lucerne's "Art of Dairy" contest. His design, pictured above, was selected out of more than 6400 entries. By making it this stage of the contest, Riley has a chance to win $20,000 for the Art Department at Valley, as well as a $5,000 prize for himself and … [Read more...]
The Fourth Annual Loudoun Bluegrass Festival is set for May 11, at the Loudoun County 4H Fairgrounds. Presented by the Rotary Club of Dulles International Airport, proceeds will help fund college tuition to local students, as well as other area charities. Featured performers include The Quebe Sisters Band and Audie Blaylock and … [Read more...]
As I was out and about in Purcellville yesterday, I came across an open Coney Island Diner. We knew it was on the way, just missed the memo it actually opened three weeks ago. This makes two Coney Island Diners in LoCo, the original opened in Ashburn during the fall of 2009. I had a chance to chat with the staff this morning, and figured I … [Read more...]
As part of the Virginia is for Lovers campaign, Purcellville was one of sixteen locations selected by the Virginia Tourism Corporation to build and host a LOVEwork. Located in historic downtown next to the Train Station, our wine country themed exhibit was unveiled today. Visitors are asked to share photos with the LOVEwork on social … [Read more...]
Here's a list of upcoming events for LoCo this month: Reading Between the Wines: Wednesday, April 10, the Loudoun Literacy Council is hosting an event at the Sunset Hills Vineyard to support their programs throughout LoCo. Our great friends Chris & Melissa Bugaj, authors of Night Light Stories, will be taking part, stop by and say … [Read more...]
