{"id":3860,"date":"2020-06-05T00:03:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T00:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/?p=3860"},"modified":"2020-06-05T00:03:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T00:03:33","slug":"loudoun-county-preservation-and-conservation-coalitions-leadership-seeks-preservation-of-lovettsville-community-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/loudoun-county-preservation-and-conservation-coalitions-leadership-seeks-preservation-of-lovettsville-community-center\/","title":{"rendered":"LOUDOUN COUNTY PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION COALITION’S LEADERSHIP SEEKS PRESERVATION OF LOVETTSVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER"},"content":{"rendered":"
The following letter was sent\u00a0to the Board of Supervisors by the Executive Committee of the\u00a0Loudoun County Preservation and Conservation Coalition:<\/em><\/div>\n
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May 1, 2020<\/div>\n
\n
The Honorable Phyllis Randall
\nChair, Loudoun County Board of Supervisors
\n1 Harrison Street SE
\nLeesburg, VA\u00a0 20177-7000<\/p>\n

Dear Chair Randall and Members of the Board of Supervisors:<\/p>\n

Re: Preservation of the Historic Lovettsville Community Center<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n

\nThe Loudoun County Preservation and Conservation Coalition, a group of 51 non-partisan, non-profit organizations concerned with historic preservation and the environment, at our Meeting on April 28, 2020 discussed the preservation of the historic Lovettsville Community Center from demolition.\u00a0 The members present authorized the Executive Committee of the Coalition to write you in support of not demolishing the Center.<\/p>\n

You are now familiar with the issues based on previously submitted information from the Heritage Commission and the Lovettsville Historical Society, so we will not repeat them here.<\/p>\n

It was under your leadership that the Board of Supervisors reversed the County decision to locate the new Aldie Fire House in the middle of that Historic Village.\u00a0 The result of that decision has won the praise of the entire preservation community and indeed an excellent replacement site was found.<\/p>\n

This leadership is needed now to preserve this historic Community Center so that it can continued to be used by the citizens of Lovettsville.\u00a0 The people of the Town have proposed an alternate site for the new Community Center across the street on land already owned by the County.<\/p>\n

The Loudoun 2019 Plan and the Heritage Preservation Plan call for the adaptive reuse of historic structures.\u00a0 The importance of these places is much better understood today than in 2014 when the original decision to demolish was taken.<\/p>\n

We ask you to review the original decision and stop the demolition as currently planned.<\/p>\n

Signed: Executive Committee of the Loudoun County Preservation and Conservation Coalition<\/p>\n

Al Van Huyck, Chair, Gem Bingol, Mitch Diamond, Owen Snyder, Maura Walsh-Copeland, Jennifer Moore, and Michael Myers<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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