Friends President addresses Planning Commission The Loudoun County Planning Commission held a public hearing on the draft zoning ordinance on January 24, 2023. Peter Weeks, President of Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains spoke on behalf of Friends to raise a number of concerns about the inadequate protections against overdevelopment […]
Loudoun Planning Commission Hears Zoning Ordinance Concerns “Most of us acknowledge that we are approaching potentially catastrophic climate change. The mountains are our ally,” Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains President Peter Weeks said, urging changes to mountainside protections. https://www.loudounnow.com/news/loudoun-planning-commission-hears-zoning-ordinance-concerns/article_c60c7198-9cd8-11ed-bfcd-37c82de8468b.html
The following is an excerpt from a speech delivered by Peter Weeks to the Loudoun County Planning Commissioners on January 24th on the subject of rewriting the mountain ordinances: My name is Peter Weeks and I am a homeowner from Bluemont and for the last […]
Alert for Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains Loudoun County Planning Staff will NOT recommend prohibiting any land uses from the Mountain Overlay District As you know, the decisions regarding Loudoun County’s new zoning ordinance are going to shape development in the Blue Ridge Mountains […]
https://www.loudounnow.com/opinion/the-blue-ridge-mountains-a-friend-at-risk/article_f247ec14-6273-11ed-9363-8f9259830201.html?fbclid=IwAR30mBfMBwV57B55fSEtBInxEAG4urS2w9SN-soVaSUm5n7wIKdULI9RUUc The Blue Ridge Mountains: A friend at risk By Larry Malone Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains and other conservation groups have grave concerns about the inadequate protections for the Blue Ridge Mountains provided by Loudoun’s current draft of a new zoning ordinance A […]
https://www.loudounnow.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letter-peter-weeks-friends-of-the-blue-ridge-mountains/article_66bb86b6-5bba-11ed-a6b3-5b73fae72ee1.html?fbclid=IwAR1I75qQuxuedszLJdcIj4WpTMaB6p0hbpGrwQnwLcYkcy2pE6i1IpFGeqs Editor: The current Loudoun Zoning Ordinance does not adequately protect our mountain resources from over-development. Following careful analysis of the draft ordinance, which was circulated for public comment in the spring/summer of 2022, we have four major concerns: • Inadequate Definition – The definition of the […]
Join Liz Dennison, President, and Founder of Secret Garden Birds and Bees, to follow the region’s four resident owls from winter through fall. Secret Garden Birds and Bees is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) organization working with wildlife rehabilitators, falconers, naturalists, biologists, and beekeepers to help preserve and protect […]
