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17A Citizen’s Guide: Input to the Western Loudoun Zoning Amendment

A Citizen’s Guide: Input to the Western Loudoun Zoning Amendment

Nov 14, 2024

By Lawrence Malone Note to the reader: As the author, I apologize for a ridiculously complicated article. However, I hope you will bear with me because the article accurately describes the process that the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors has set for citizen input to […]

18Friends Joins Data Center Reform Coalition

Friends Joins Data Center Reform Coalition

Oct 28, 2024

Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains has joined The Virginia Data Center Reform Coalition.

19Friendship and Fellowship Reign at Annual Meeting

Friendship and Fellowship Reign at Annual Meeting

Oct 28, 2024

Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains held our annual meeting on October 12. George Ohrstrom, the winner of our 2023 Friend of the Mountain award, generously hosted the event at his farm – Camden near Boyce Virginia.

20Loudoun Board Rejects PDR Pilot

Loudoun Board Rejects PDR Pilot

Oct 28, 2024

On October 16, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors (BOS) voted to remove a proposed Purchase Development Rights (PDR) pilot project from the work program for the Department of Planning and Zoning. The motion to remove the pilot was introduced by Supervisor Letourneau (Dulles) and […]

21President Peter Weeks’ State of the Mountain Address

President Peter Weeks’ State of the Mountain Address

Oct 27, 2024

22People You Should Know: Ryan Reed

People You Should Know: Ryan Reed

Oct 26, 2024

Ryan Reed: Deputy Zoning Administrator, Loudoun County Department of Planning and Zoning

23PEC’s Gem Bingol to Be Honored As Friend of the Mountain

PEC’s Gem Bingol to Be Honored As Friend of the Mountain

Oct 3, 2024

Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains Celebration Set for Oct. 12 Gem Bingol, a Piedmont Environmental Council field representative in Loudoun County for more than 25 years, will receive the Friend of the Mountain honor from the Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains at the group’s […]

242021 College Scholarship

2021 College Scholarship

Jul 7, 2021

From Loudoun Valley High School, our Jane Pratt & Jed Shilling Blue Ridge Mountain Award winner is a young woman, Arya Tadepalli, whose resume is stunning: in addition to stellar performance as a student and as an athlete, Arya has been an active volunteer in […]

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