Since Lennar reopened at Martin’s Chase in June, they have sold out each section right as it opened, offering new construction, single family homes on quarter acre lots for right around $500,000.  I just got word that they opened 11 more lots as of yesterday, so if you are interested, now is the time to reserve one. They are advertising this release as  “summer move in dates“. The floor plans available for construction are the Briarwood, Baldwin, and Edinburg.

Lennar also said:

All homes feature 1/4 acre homesites
Hardwood in foyer, first floor hall, kitchen, breakfast room, and sunroom (Edinburg only)
Kitchen with upgraded cabinetry, granite countertops and black GE appliances
Ceramic tile in all baths with upgraded 12×12 in the owner’s suite
Up to $10,000 in closing cost assistance with builder’s lender and title company

If you’d like more information, just let me know.

Cheers,

Heather

Donations From the 2008 Drive

Century 21 Redwood Realty, the office where I hang my hat, is once again doing their holiday Toys for Tots Program! Starting November 1st, we will be accepting donations of unwrapped toys until December 16th, when Santa will stop by with the Ashburn Volunteer Fire Department to collect them.

Here’s the word from Redwood on the annual effort:

Please join us in supporting the annual Toys for Tots Program to provide for our local children in need. This event has become an annual event that we here at Century 21 Redwood Realty choose to partake in as it is near and dear to our hearts. If you are not familiar with the Foundation, it was originally created at the request of the U.S. Marine Corps. The mission of the Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community in which the campaign is conducted…..in our case, Loudoun County.

As previous years have proven to be extremely successful, we are kicking off our annual drive for collecting toys in our Ashburn office on November 1, 2009. Please feel free to drop off your donations during the office hours of 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday thru Friday at our office located at 44075 Pipeline Plaza, Suite 215, Ashburn, VA 20147 (at the corner of Ashburn Village and Farmwell Road.)

We will accept donations through December 16, 2009, at which time we will celebrate the toy drive with a spectacular event. The celebration will include lots of goodies, such as cookies, candy, and hot cocoa. Santa will be making his appearance via a shiny fire truck to assist the local children with the loading of gifts for delivery and distribution.

If you would like to make a donation, and can’t get by to drop it off, please let me know and I’ll come pick it up myself!

Cheers,
Heather

Van Stemple Wins Inaugural LoCo Open at Westpark

Van Stemple was crowned the champion of the Inaugural LoCo Open Amateur Championship at Westpark Golf Club, with a two day total score of 153.  Second place in the championship flight went to Rex Close, at 161.   Mike Lucchino placed third, finishing at 165.  Jonathan Ford won the first flight, Butch Parish took the honors in the second flight, and Bobby Stowers claimed the title in the third flight.

The two day tournament was organized by PGA Head Professional Michael W. Elias Sr (yes, that’s my husband!) and was proudly sponsored by LoCoMusings.  Proceeds from the event will be donated to support junior golf initiatives in Loudoun County, a cause near and dear to both of our hearts.

The tournament included two days of golf, lunch, a Saturday shootout sponsored by Cheers Sports, won by Nigel McWilliam, closest to the hole contests sponsored by Mid Atlantic Settlement Services, and a Sunday putting contest.

Flights were determined by Saturday’s scores; here are the final results:

Championship Flight

1. Van Stemple          153
2. Rex Close              161
3. Mike Lucchino        165

First Flight

1. Jonathan Ford        161
2. Andy Smigelski       168
3. Bill Kakuka             169

Second Flight

1. Butch Parish          172
2. Paul Boyer             175

Third Flight

1. Bobby Stowers      208
2. Pavan Anumula      219

Company 2's New Digs

A short wrapup of news and notes around LoCo lately:

On the agenda for the Board of Supervisors public hearing on Monday, June 8th is a “Special Exception to permit a 75,000 square foot recreational facility for use by a professional minor league baseball team (Atlantic League)” as part of the proposed Kincora development at the intersection of Routes 28 and 7.  The Leesburg Today wrote about the issue here.  (The descriptive quote is straight from the Board’s agenda for the meeting.)

The cover story for the Loudoun Times Mirror this week called a shift in the real estate market to a seller’s market, based on shorter days on market and an upswing in the number of sold homes. You can read their take on the situation here.

The Purcellville Volunteer Fire Department Company 2 moved into their new digs at the corner of Maple and Hirst (pictured above) after lowering the flag at their old location on Maple for the last time, and caravaning up to the new spot.

The Friends of Hamilton Park are holding a community fundraiser on Thursday, June 25th: have dinner at the Purcellville McDonald’s between 5 and 8 pm that evening, and 20% of all proceeds will benefit the park.

Cheers,

Heather

Progress!

I drive Sycolin Road between Leesburg and Ashburn every time I go in to my office, and I have to say I’m impressed at the speed at which they are making the road improvements there! I snapped this picture last week, you can see that they have taken out a full lane’s width strip of trees on the side of the road already. Projected finish date is November of this year.  (You can read my original post on the road improvements here.)

Cheers,

Heather

UPDATE: Sycolin Road will be CLOSED starting June 22nd until the beginning of September between Turner Farm Lane and Gulick Road while the improvements and paving take place!! (thank you to Erica Garman at Living in LoCo for the heads up!)