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Youth Sports Leagues

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Purcellville Daycare Centers

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Loudoun Valley Community Center
320 W. School St., MSC #78I
Purcellville VA 20132
(540) 338-5035
Ages: 2 1/2 - 5 yrs.
Hours: 7:00 am - 6:00 pm

Purcellville Child Development Center
205 N. Maple Ave. Purcellville VA 20132
(540) 338-6203
Ages: 6 wks. - 12 yrs.
Hours: 6:30 am - 6:30 pm

Philomont Daycare Centers

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Philomont Community Center
P.O. Box 268 MSC #78N
Philomont VA 20131
(540) 338-5882
Ages: 2 - 5 yrs. & K - 5th grade
Hours: 8:45-10:45 am & Noon- 2:30 pm; 3:00-5:30 pm

Middleburg Daycare Centers

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Middleburg Community Center
P.O. Box 888 MSC #78L
Middleburg VA 20118
(540) 687-6375
Ages: 2 1/2 - 5 yrs. 9:00 am - 11:00 am or 9:00-1:00; Grades 1-5
Hours: 2:30-6:00

Creme De La Creme

23 E Washington St
Middleburg, VA 20117
(540) 687-3844
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Lovettsville Daycare Centers

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Lovettsville Community Center
57 E. Broad St. MSC #78J
Lovettsville VA 20180
(540) 822-5381
Ages: 2 1/2 - 5 yrs.
Hours: 7:00 am - 6:15 pm

Leesburg Daycare Centers

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A Kid's Place
248 Loudoun St., S.W.
Leesburg VA 20175
(703) 777-9012
Ages: 16 months - 6 years old.
Hours: 6:30 am - 6:30 pm
www.akidsplacewest.com

A Room To Grow - Ida Lee Recreation Center
60 Ida Lee Drive
Leesburg VA 20176
(703) 737-7335
Ages: 3 - 5 yrs.
Hours: 8:30 am - 11:30 am & 12:15 pm - 3:15 pm

Chesterbrook Academy
6 Cardinal Park Dr.
Leesburg VA 20175
(703) 777-7744
Ages: 2 1/2 - 12 yrs.
Hours: 6:30 am - 6:30 pm

Creme De La Creme

101 S King St
Leesburg, VA 20175
(703) 737-7702

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DouglassChild Care
407 E. Market St. MSC #78F
Leesburg VA 20176
(703) 771-5610
Ages: 2 1/2 - 5 yrs.
Hours: 7:00 am - 6:15 pm

Goddard School
601 Tavistock Dr., SE
Leesburg VA 20175
(703) 443-6766
Ages: 6 wks. - 6 yrs.
Hours: 7:00 am - 6:00 pm

God's Children Learning Center
101 Davis Avenue, S.W.
Leesburg VA 20176
(703) 779-8257
Ages: 2 1/2 - 7 yrs.
Hours: 6:00 am - 6:30 pm

Kindercare Learning Center
60 Plaza St., N.E.
Leesburg VA 20176
(703) 777-1998
Ages: 6 wks. - 12 yrs.
Hours: 6:15 am - 6:30 pm

Lucketts Community Center
42361 Lucketts Rd. MSC #78K
Leesburg VA 20176
(703) 737-8841
Ages: 2 1/2 - 5 yrs.
Hours: 7:00 am - 6:00 pm

Montessori School of Leesburg
166 Ft. Evans Rd.
Leesburg VA 20176
(703) 779-7791
Ages: 2 1/2 - 6 yrs.
Hours: 7:30 am - 5:30 pm

Lansdowne Daycare Centers

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Kiddie Academy of Lansdowne
19455 Deerfield Avenue
Lansdowne VA 20176
(703) 723-9717
Ages: 6 wks. - 12 yrs.
Hours: 6:30 am - 6:30 pm

Winwood
18792 Upper Meadow Drive
Lansdowne VA 20176
(571) 333-5444
Ages: 6 wks. - 10 yrs.
Hours: 6:30 am - 6:30 pm

Lansdowne HOA Moves Against Home Businesses

A Letter From the Board President Regarding Home Businesses

Bluemont Daycare Centers

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Bluemont Community Center
33846 Snickersville Turnpike MSC #78D
Bluemont VA 20135
(540)554-8643
Ages: 21/2 - 5 yrs.
Hours: 7:00 am - 6:15 pm

Village Montessori at Bluemont
33874 Snickersville Turnpike
Bluemont VA 20135
(540)554-2284
Ages: 3 - 6 yrs.
Hours: 9:00 am - 12:00 noon & 1:00 - 4:00 pm

Ashburn Daycare Centers

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Ashburn Children's Center
20424 Ashburn Village Blvd.
Ashburn VA 20147
(703) 729-9100
Ages: 16 mos. - 3rd grade
Hours: 6:30 am - 6:30 pm

Ashburn Kindercare
44051 Ashburn Village Plaza
Ashburn VA 20147
(703) 729-6567
Ages: 6 wks. - 12 yrs.
Hours: 6:30 am - 6:30 pm

Ashburn Village Country Day School
20909 Ashburn Village Blvd.
Ashburn VA 20147
(703) 723-4500
Ages: 3 wks. - 12 yrs.
Hours: 6:30 am - 6:30 pm

Ashburn Village Sports Pavilion
20585 Ashburn Village Blvd.
Ashburn VA 20147
(703) 478-8901
Ages: Kindergarten - 11 yrs.
Hours: 2:30 pm - 6:00 pm

BeanTree Learning
43629 Greenway Corporate Drive
Ashburn VA 20147
(571) 223-3110
Ages: 6 wks. - 12 yrs.
Hours: 6:30 am - 7:00 pm

Chesterbrook Academy
43800 Clemens Terrace
Ashburn VA 20147
(703) 858-0434
Ages: 6 wks. - 12 yrs.
Hours: 6:30 am - 6:30 pm

Children's World-Broadlands
43083 Waxpool Road
Ashburn VA 20148
(703) 858-4787
Ages: 6 wks. - 12 yrs.
Hours: 6:30 am - 6:30 pm

Goddard School
45091 Research Place
Ashburn VA 20147
(703) 724-0601
Ages: 6 wks. - 8 yrs.
Hours: 7:00 am - 6:00 pm

Golden Pond School
43940 Farmwell Hunt Plaza
Ashburn VA 20147
(703) 723-7663
Ages: 2 1/2yrs. - 12 yrs.
Hours: 7:00 am - 6:30 pm

Kindercare Learning Center
43320 Railstop Terr.
Ashburn VA 20147
(703) 729-5680
Ages: 6 wks. - 10 yrs.
Hours: 6:30 am - 6:30 pm

Kindercare Learning Center
43599 Golden Meadows Circle
Ashburn VA 20147
(703) 729-9110
Ages: 6 wks. - 12 yrs.
Hours: 6:30 am - 6:30 pm

Kindercare Learning Center
43083 Waxpool Road
Ashburn VA 20148
(703) 858-4787
Ages: 6 wks. - 12 yrs.
Hours: 6:30 am - 6:30 pm

LaPetite Academy
20110 Ashburn Village Blvd.
Ashburn VA 20147
(703) 729-0500
Ages: 6 wks. - 12 yrs.
Hours: 6:30 am - 6:30 pm

Little Learners Academy
45135 Waterpoint Terr., #100
Ashburn VA 20147
( 703) 729-2224
Ages: 6 wks. - 10 yrs.
Hours: 6:30 am - 6:30 pm

Minnieland Country Day School
20108 Ashburn Village Blvd.
Ashburn VA 20147
(703) 729-6000
Ages: 3 wks. - 12 yrs.
Hours: 6:30 am - 6:30 pm

Minnieland Private Day School
43560 Suzanne Hope Way
Ashburn VA 20147
(703) 726-9090
Ages: Infant - 12 yrs.
Hours: 6:30 am - 6:30 pm

Montessori Academy at Belmont Green
20300 Bowfonds Street
Ashburn VA 20147
(703) 729-7200
Ages: 2 1/2 yrs. - 3rd Grade
Hours: 7:30 am - 6:00 pm;
Summ. 8:30am - 6:00pm

Open Arms Child Development Center
43115 Waxpool Rd.
Ashburn VA 20148
(703) 729-9144
Ages: Infants - 12 yrs.
Hours: 6:00 am - 6:30 pm

Willow Montessori School
20854 Stubble Rd.
Ashburn VA 20147
(703) 729-5755
Ages: 10 wks - 6 yrs.
Hours: 7:00 am - 6:00 pm

Winnie the Pooh Preschool
42507 Mt. Hope Road
Ashburn VA 20148
(703) 724-0496
Ages: 2 1/2 - 5 yrs.
Hours: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Winwood Children's Center
43244 Hay Road
Ashburn VA 20147
(703) 729-2900
Ages: 6 wks. - 12 yrs.
Hours: 6:30 am - 6:30 pm

Aldie Daycare Centers

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Arcola Community Center
24348 Goshen Road MSC #78C
Aldie VA 20105 (703) 327-3311
Ages: 3 yrs. - 5th Grade
Hours: 6:45 am - 6:15 pm

Minnieland Country Day School
24859 Serpentine Pl.
Aldie VA 20105
(703) 327-0078
Ages: 6 wks. - 12 yrs.
Hours: 6:30 am - 6:30 pm

Montessori Daycare Centers

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Montessori Academy at Belmont Green
20300 Bowfonds Street
Ashburn VA 20147
(703) 729-7200
Ages: 2 1/2 yrs. - 3rd Grade
Hours: 7:30 am - 6:00 pm;
Summ. 8:30am - 6:00pm

Willow Montessori School
20854 Stubble Rd.
Ashburn VA 20147
(703) 729-5755
Ages: 10 wks - 6 yrs.
Hours: 7:00 am - 6:00 pm

Village Montessori at Bluemont
33874 Snickersville Turnpike
Bluemont VA 20135
(540)554-2284
Ages: 3 - 6 yrs.
Hours: 9:00 am - 12:00 noon & 1:00 - 4:00 pm

Montessori School of Leesburg
166 Ft. Evans Rd.
Leesburg VA 20176
(703) 779-7791
Ages: 2 1/2 - 6 yrs.
Hours: 7:30 am - 5:30 pm

ABC Montessori Center 25072 Elklick Rd.
South Riding VA 20152
(703) 327-5979
Ages: 4 wks. - 12 yrs.
Hours: 7:00 am - 6:00 pm

Montessori Children's House
880 W. Chruch Rd.
Sterling VA 20167
(703) 421-1112
Ages: 2 1/2 - 6 yrs.
Hours: 7:30 am - 6:00 pm

Cold Weather Shelters

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There are several options and each has its own conditions—
1. Salvation Army 703-771-3371 (Mon-Fri, 7:30AM-4:30PM) After 4:30PM and on weekends, 571-436-1506

This shelter is open from 11/15/07 until 3/31/08 and is for adults, 18 and older.

A bus will pick up people in front of the Shenandoah Office Building, 102 Heritage Way, Leesburg, VA, about 9:30PM. They are returned the next morning about 7:30AM. A meal is provided as are vouchers to get clothing from the Salvation Army Store.

2. Volunteers of America, 703-669-4921

This is a shelter for families, no single men allowed; fathers may stay with their families.

3. Good Shepherd Alliance, 703-433-2631 GSA has a shelter for women and children, including single women. There is a day drop in center too.

Loudoun County’s MH/MR has a program called PATH. Although they do not provide shelter, Path works with the mentally ill and may be another resource.

Library Branches also will provide Bus Tokens for those in need to receive the necessary transportation.

Arts & Leisure

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Begin your stay in the county by visiting the Loudoun Convention and Visitors Association Homepage or stop by the Visitor Center in Leesburg. On the website you can view the Calender of Events and get information on Things to Do.

Be sure to request a Visitors Guide. Visitors Guides can be picked up at any of the Loudoun County Public Library Branches.

Loudoun artists, museums and happenings.

Featured LCPL Employee:
We will try and feature our own staff and their varied talents here. Currently we are featuring our own Christyna Hunter in support of her first published novel.

Christyna Hunter

Christyna Hunter has conquered many challenges since the day she was born with a mild disability. She graduated from college and became a freelance writer. Her freelance work has appeared in such periodicals as Careers & the disABLED, The Newport (R.I.) Daily News, and Parks & Recreation. The Butterfly’s Dance is her first work of published fiction.

Visit her website at http://www.geocities.com/christynawrites/

What's New

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February 1st
Loudoun Business Blogs/Wikis

Loudoun Technology Blogs

Loudoun Agriculture Blogs

Community Blogs

Wine Blogs

Arts and Entertainment Blogs

February 7th

Social Service/Homeless Organizations

Performing Arts Organizations

Parks/Recreation Organizations

Animals/Pets Organizations

Disabilities and Senior Organizations

Children and Juvenile Organizations

Environmental and Agricultural Organizations

Healthcare Organizations

February 14th

Issue 27: 9 Years Ago: Franklin Park Celebrates Grand Opening

Issue 28: 101 Years Ago: Board Authorizes Funding for Confederate Statue

Issue 29: 250 Years Ago: Board of Justices Organizes, Plans for Courthouse

Issue 30: 134 Years Ago: County Purchases Leesburg Academy Building

Issue 31: 33 Years Ago: County Takes Over Operations of Animal Shelter

Issue 32: 18 Years Ago: Board Approves Road Names

Issue 33: 17 Years Ago: Fire and Rescue Training Center Dedicated

Issue 34: 137 Years Ago: Board of Supervisors Meets for the First Time

Issue 35: 20 Years Ago: First Farmer's Market Comes to Eastern Loudoun

Issue 36: 17 Years Ago: County Coordinates Repatriation of Released Hostages

Issue 37: 6 Years Ago: County Responds to 2001 Terrorist Attacks

Issue 38: 17 Years Ago: County Approves Special Exception for Greenway

Issue 39: 65 Years Ago: County Adopts Zoning Ordinance

Issue 40: 54 Years Ago: County Purchases Leesburg Inn for Office Space

Issue 41: 66 Years Ago: Board Approves Creation of Health Department

Issue 42: 38 Years Ago: County Converts School to Community Center

Issue 43: 9 Years Ago: Work Begins on Courts Expansion Project

Issue 44: 16 Years Ago: First Leadership Loudoun Class Holds Opening Retreat

Issue 45: 15 Years Ago: Loudoun Commuter Bus Service Begins

Issue 46: 247 Years Ago: First Court Sessions Held in Unfinished Courthouse

Issue 47: 16 Years Ago: Friendship House Holds Dedication Ceremony

Issue 48: 37 Years Ago: Board Approves New Sanitary Landfill

Issue 49: 45 Years Ago: Board Votes to Hire First Chief Administrative Officer

Issue 50: 18 Years Ago: County Acquires Claude Moore Property for Parkland

Issue 51: 16 Years Ago: Board Approves Dulles Town Center

Issue 52: 18 Years Ago: County Launches Christmas Tree Recycling Program

Issue 7: 65 Years Ago First Planning Commission Appointed

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65 Years Ago

First Planning Commission Appointed

Loudoun County's Planning Commission is 65 years old this month. The Board of Supervisors created the commission on February 23, 1942, and appointed five members to serve terms of from one to five years.

The commission was the result of a grassroots campaign led by Vinton Liddell Pickens and the Leesburg Garden Club to prohibit billboards in Loudoun County and to create zoning so as to improve the appearance of the countryside and to preserve and protect the county's beauty.

The Board directed the new commission to collect and analyze data regarding the county and its municipalities and to prepare a master plan that would serve as a general guide for development and serve as the basis for a zoning ordinance.

The original five members were Pickens, Mrs. Henry Fairfax, S. Campbell Legard, R. J. McCray and J. Lupton Simpson. Pickens, who was also an accomplished artist and writer, was named chairman.

Under Pickens's leadership, the commission submitted a draft zoning ordinance to the Board later that year, as Loudoun became the first rural county in America with a zoning ordinance.

Pickens served on the commission until 1964. During her tenure, the county's first subdivision ordinance was adopted, planning and zoning maps were created, Dulles Airport was built, and the county’s first major rezoning leading to a planned community, Sterling Park, was approved.

In recent years, the commission has continued to be actively involved in developing the county's Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance, and in reviewing rezoning and development proposals.

This is one of a series of weekly releases from the Loudoun County Office of Public Information highlighting landmark events in the Loudoun County government during its 250-year history.

Sources:

Board of Supervisors meeting minutes
Loudoun Times-Mirror
Virginia Senate Joint Resolution No. 67 (1994)

Image: Detail from a portrait of Vinton L. Pickens by Judith Lindsay

Issue 6: 52 Years Ago County Jail Completed

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52 Years Ago

County Jail Completed

The jail currently used to house inmates in Loudoun County was completed 52 years ago, in February 1955.

Nearly eight years after the Board of Supervisors authorized construction of the jail, Board members left their meeting in the County Office Building on February 1, 1955, to tour the new facility, which is located where Edwards Ferry Road meets Market Street in downtown Leesburg.

Afterward the Board voted to formally accept the jail from the general contractor, English Construction Company of Altavista, and the architect, Hinnant, Hinnant and Associates of Lynchburg.

The Loudoun Times-Mirror said that Irvey W. Baker, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, was "satisfied and well pleased" with the jail, and quoted him as saying, "I think it looks very good, for a jail." The newspaper described it as "looking fine – antiseptically white and gray in the interior, a neat brick on the outside."

Just nine days later, Baker died suddenly, after 22 years of service on the Board of Supervisors. His obituary in the Times-Mirror said that he oversaw and lived to see the completion of what possibly were the two largest projects ever undertaken by the county – the jail and Loudoun County High School, which was dedicated that same month.

The jail was expanded in the 1960s to hold 63 inmates, but as the county has grown dramatically in population, the jail population has swelled to well over 100.

A new adult detention center (ADC), located off Sycolin Road southeast of Leesburg, is nearing completion and is expected to open this year. When it opens, the ADC will accommodate 220 inmates, and there are already plans to expand the facility to house 240 additional inmates. Plans call for the current jail facility eventually to be demolished, and the site to be used for parking for the courts.

This is one of a series of weekly releases from the Loudoun County Office of Public Information highlighting landmark events in the Loudoun County government during its 250-year history.

Sources:

Loudoun Times-Mirror
Loudoun County Board of Supervisors meeting minutes
Loudoun County 2007-2012 Adopted Capital Improvement Program

Image: Loudoun County Jail in December 2006; photograph by Jim Barnes

Issue 5: 64 Years Ago County Launches First Bookmobile

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64 Years Ago

County Launches First Bookmobile

For more than 50 years, Loudoun County's public libraries took books directly to patrons around the county who, for various reasons, were unable to get to a library – people who were elderly, homebound, or lived in remote locations.

The service began in 1943 with the purchase of a 1940 blue Chevrolet panel truck for use as the county's first Bookmobile. The vehicle’s sides opened to display the books and make them accessible to patrons.

Jean Carruthers, who later served as head librarian at the Purcellville Library, was the first driver. At that time, the Bookmobile carried about 300 books to 40 stops throughout the county, including schools, post offices, churches, homes and "deposit stations." An article in the Loudoun Times-Mirror in December 1943 referred to the "mobile book unit, or traveling library," which traversed the county bimonthly on scheduled routes. Within a year after its launch, the Bookmobile's circulation exceeded 900 books per month.

The county's fifth and last Bookmobile,
in 1989.

Over the years, five different vehicles served as Loudoun's Bookmobile. The last was purchased for $94,682 and was launched in April 1989. It carried 3,300 books, tapes and magazines, and made 30 stops around the county every two weeks, serving mostly elderly patrons.

The Bookmobile's service ended in 1996; however, the public service career of the last Bookmobile was not over. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office retrofitted the 1989 vehicle to serve as its mobile headquarters. It served in that capacity until 2006, when the Sheriff's Office replaced it with a new, state of the art mobile command unit.

Today, the Loudoun County Public Library operates the mobile van Outreach Services as a resource for those who cannot easily access branch services.

This is one of a series of weekly releases from the Loudoun County Office of Public Information highlighting landmark events in the Loudoun County government during its 250-year history.

Sources:

Loudoun Times-Mirror Loudoun Gazette
Loudoun County Employee Newsletter Loudoun County Public Library
Loudoun County Sheriff's Office

Image: Loudoun County’s fifth and last Bookmobile, in 1989; photograph by Jim Barnes

Issue 4: 7 Years Ago Marshall Named Loudoun's First Millennium Honoree

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7 Years Ago

Marshall Named Loudoun's First Millennium Honoree

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors in 2000 recognized General George C. Marshall as the first in a series of Millennium Honorees.

A resident of Leesburg from 1941 to 1959, Marshall served the United States as Chief of Staff of the Army (1939-1945), Secretary of State (1947-1949), and Secretary of Defense during the Korean War (1950-1951).

He also was the author of what became known as the Marshall Plan, a program of economic assistance for Europe in the aftermath of World War II, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Marshall was the first of 14 Millennium Honorees recognized in 2000. The county's Millennium Committee chose the honorees, selecting Loudoun County citizens who made significant contributions, exhibited strength of character, or demonstrated commitment to the higher ideals of life.

The other honorees were: Governor Westmoreland Davis; journalist Russell Baker; poet Henry Taylor; educators Margaret Mercer and Anna Beavers; civic leaders B. Powell and Agnes Harrison, Katherine "Kitty" Boyd and Vinton L. Pickens; wartime Circuit Court Clerks Charles Binns and George K. Fox Jr.; philanthropist Irwin Uran; and the volunteers of the county's Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.

This is one of a series of weekly releases from the Loudoun County Office of Public Information highlighting landmark events in the Loudoun County government during its 250-year history.

Sources:

George C. Marshall International Center
Loudoun Times-Mirror
Loudoun County Public Information Office
Loudoun County Board of Supervisors meeting minutes

Image of George C. Marshall: Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, photograph by Harry Warnecke

Issue 3: Loudoun Gets a Coat of Arms

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39 Years Ago

Loudoun Gets a Coat of Arms

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors adopted the county's official coat of arms 39 years ago, on January 16, 1968.

Loudoun's coat of arms was modeled after the coat of arms of John Campbell, Fourth Earl of Loudoun, the Scottish nobleman after whom the county was named. The Campbell coat of arms was first recorded in 1672.

The county coat of arms was approved by the College of Arms in London after several years of effort by Supervisor Huntington Harris. Harris first began exploring the possibility of obtaining a coat of arms for Loudoun in 1964, while he was serving as president of the Loudoun County Historical Society.

After being informed by the College of Arms that Loudoun County would not be able to use a coat of arms identical to that of the Earl of Loudoun, Harris was able to obtain approval after making a slight change to the motto appearing below the shield – "I Byde My Tyme" – changing the "y" in “tyme” to an "i."

Loudoun's coat of arms also incorporated certain elements symbolizing features of the county's history including, in heraldic terms, embattled bordure commemorating President James Monroe and the Monroe doctrine, and colors "Vert and Gutty Argent," representing the county's agricultural and dairying interests.

The county celebrated its new coat of arms in March 1968 with a gala event featuring a visit from the Rouge Dragon, an official representative of Queen Elizabeth II.

This is one of a series of weekly releases from the Loudoun County Office of Public Information highlighting landmark events in the Loudoun County government during its 250-year history.

Sources:

Loudoun Times-Mirror
The Public Pamphlet
Codified Ordinances of Loudoun County
Board of Supervisors meeting minutes

Images:

Coats of Arms of the Earl of Loudoun and the County of Loudoun

Issue 2: 10 Years Ago, County Website Launched

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10 Years Ago

County Website Launched

The Loudoun County government publicly launched its first official website ten years ago, in January 1997.

"The website…provides basic information on the county government and community services, with an emphasis on economic development information," County Administrator Kirby M. Bowers said at the time.

Other initial pages included information about Board of Supervisors meetings, county departments and services, tourist attractions, and county press releases.

The county website's first URL was www.state.va.us/loudoun . That was replaced by www.co.loudoun.va.us , and subsequently by the current URL, www.loudoun.gov .

At the time of its launch, the county website had about 100 pages. By October 1997, about 70 people a day were visiting the website. Other than the homepage, the most frequently visited pages were those with information about county job announcements, the Office of Mapping and Geographic Information, and a directory of county departments and officials.

The county website now encompasses thousands of pages, including archives of many county documents, and has received numerous national awards over the years. More than 10,000 people currently visit the website each day, viewing over 26,000 pages.

Job announcements are still among the most popular pages, along with information about tax payments, commuting, and animals available for adoption.

This is one of a series of weekly releases from the Loudoun County Office of Public Information highlighting landmark events in the Loudoun County government during its 250-year history.

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Loudoun County Public Information Office

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