Happenings Around the Blue Ridge

This is a program that Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains advocated for that has been enacted.  Please see details below. https://www.loudoun.gov/conservationeasementassistance

Here is the link to the comprehensive plan http://www.loudoun.gov/Loudoun2040 Email comments to the Planning Commission at loudounpc@loudoun.gov

Round Hill’s Sleeter Lake Park Celebrated After 28 Years of Planning

Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains Annual Member Celebration and Fundraiser Join us November 15, 6:30–9pm, to honor special friends and celebrate a year of working to preserve and enhance the Blue Ridge Mountains. Tickets available online! You can also order tickets by mail, or send a donation to support Sleeter Lake Park: PO Box […]

Conservation Coalition to Host Comprehensive Plan Town Hall Meeting

Rockwool factory’s efforts to protect water quality ‘unsatisfactory’

“Loudoun’s local and federal lawmakers are asking government agencies to take a closer look at plans for a 460,000-square-foot insulation manufacturing plant on 130 acres in Jefferson County, WV, less than nine miles from the Loudoun border.” Loudoun Legislators Push for Answers on Rockwool Plant

In conjunction with the Town of Round Hill, FBRM is planning a tree planting project at Sleeter Lake Park. Save the date to see the plan and the kickoff at our annual meeting November 15 at Bluemont Winery.