The Business Advocate of 2014 Goes To Delegate David Ramadan Congratulations to Loudoun County Delegate David Ramadan who was recently honored by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce as the ‘Business Advocate of the Year’ and a ‘Champion of Free Enterprise’ during the Chamber’s 90th Anniversary and Legislative Awards Dinner. Congratulations also to Delegate Tag Greason […]
Board Sets Public Input Session for June 2 on Proposed Dulles Access Highway Via Loudoun County Civic Alerts Website The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors is seeking public comment on the proposed Dulles Air Cargo, Passenger and Metro Access Highway. A public input session will be held at 7:00 p.m., Monday, June 2, 2014, in […]
Public Input Meeting Set for June 2, 2014 By: Brian Fauls, Government Affairs Manager A sharply divided Board of Supervisors has scheduled a public input session on the proposed western Dulles Access Road. Officially termed the Dulles Air Cargo, Passenger, and Metro Access Highway by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), the purpose of this […]
Courtesy of MWAA Media Relations Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority President and CEO Jack Potter pledged support Friday for Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s proposed collaboration between the Airports Authority, the Virginia Port Authority and state officials in building and strengthening relationships with present and potential customers and business partners outside the United States. In a Thursday […]
Brian Fauls, Government Affairs Manager Okay, to be fair, the whole world did not come out to Liberty Elementary School last month to give the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) a piece of their mind regarding a proposed new road to Dulles Airport, but it sure seemed like it. I’ve been to a few […]
Brian Fauls, Government Affairs Manager Falling firmly under the category of good news, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation has approved Loudoun County’s application for a low-interest loan of up to $195.1 million through the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) program. This money will help finance Loudoun County’s share of Metro Rail’s Silver […]
Brian Fauls, Government Affairs Manager, Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce Loudoun County has been pursuing economic development initiatives to attract employment and thus reduce the county’s reliance on the real estate taxes paid by homeowners, to pay for county services, for years. The Silver Line Metrorail is a key part of that plan. […]
Brian Fauls, Government Affairs Manager A little bit of drama at the Board of Supervisors’ meeting last week. It seems Prince William/Fairfax Delegate Tim Hugo is trying to muscle in some amendments to the state budget that would kill two road projects of vital importance to Loudoun residents; the Bi-County Parkway and a new […]
Fellow Loudoun County friends & neighbors, Taking some time to reflect before we launched this blog, our President of the Chamber Tony Howard and I discussed what we wanted this blog’s purpose to be. We want this blog to be for and about Chamber members, highlighting great people, going behind the scenes with some of […]