Protesters from western Loudoun gather in front of the Loudoun County government building to protest the purchase of lands being purchased in Lovettsville for new schools.

Photo: Derek Kravitz, Washington Post

Tagged: development, government center, growth, Loudoun County Public Schools, Lovettsville, protest, school board, schools, western Loudoun

Sheila Johnson stands in the middle of what will be the main dining room at her Salamander Resort & Spa in Middleburg.

Photo: Katherine Frey, Washington Post

Tagged: construction, development, Economy, growth, Middleburg

Sheila Johnson tours the construction site of an outdoor pool with individual cabanas at her Salamander Resort & Spa in Middleburg. Construction continues despite the set back of the opening till spring of 2011.

Photo: Katherine Frey, Washington Post

Tagged: construction, development, Economy, growth, Middleburg

The horse stables on the property overlook part of the town of Middleburg.

Photo: Katherine Frey, Washington Post

Tagged: construction, development, Economy, growth, Middleburg

Sheila Johnson tours her Salamander Resort & Spa in Middleburg. Construction continues despite the set back of the opening until spring of 2011.

Photo: Katherine Frey, Washington Post

Tagged: construction, development, Economy, growth, Middleburg

Construction continues at the Salamander Resort & Spa in Middleburg.

Photo: Katherine Frey, Washington Post

Tagged: construction, development, Economy, growth, Middleburg

Salamander Resort & Spa, the ambitious, contentious enterprise of tycoon Sheila Johnson, took years of politicking and persuasion to get off the ground. Now an economic double-whammy has delayed the resort's opening till spring of 2011.

Photo: Katherine Frey, Washington Post

Tagged: construction, development, Economy, growth, Middleburg

Interior view of the new Wegmans, which is under construction at Village at Leesburg. Wegmans is set to open in November, 2009.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: construction, development, growth, Leesburg

View of the new Wegmans, which is under construction at Village at Leesburg. Wegmans is set to open in November 2009.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: construction, development, growth, Leesburg

Construction workers install a light gauge framing on the fourth story of an office building at Village at Leesburg. Outside are several three story buildings which will be ground level retail space and two floors of residential space.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: construction, development, growth, Leesburg

Tony Pearce, site supervisor for LF Jennings, stands in the lower level of the four-story office building at the Village at Leesburg.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: construction, development, growth, Leesburg

Looking east down Village Market Boulevard at the Village of Leesburg construction project. These three story buildings will have lower-level retail space and two upper floors will be residential. The building on the left is the most complete at the moment. The buildings not as far along on the right side of photo will look the same as construction moves along. This area is set for completion in March of 2010.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: construction, development, growth, Leesburg

Carol Bailey and Lauren Dearlove, both from Lovettsville, voice their opinion during an open house meeting about the Potomac-Appalachian Transmission Highline (PATH), a new proposed power line through the community of Lovettsville.

Photo: Rich Lipski, Washington Post

Tagged: development, growth, Lovettsville, Lovettsville Elementary School, power line

John Syner, a transmission engineer for Allegheny Energy talks with Lovettsville resident Sheldon Pratt during an informative open house meeting about a new proposed power line through the community of Lovettsville.

Photo: Rich Lipski, Washington Post

Tagged: development, growth, Lovettsville, Lovettsville Elementary School, power line

An informative open house meeting for the public, held at Lovettsville Elementary School, presented information about the Potomac-Appalachian Transmission Highline (PATH), a new proposed power line through the community of Lovettsville.

Photo: Rich Lipski, Washington Post

Tagged: development, growth, Lovettsville, Lovettsville Elementary School, power line

A map of a new proposed power line through the community of Lovettsville.

Photo: Rich Lipski, Washington Post

Tagged: development, growth, Lovettsville, Lovettsville Elementary School, power line

Satellite maps were on display at Lovettsville Elementary School for residents such as Mike Sustek and Betty Clatterbuck, to view where their property is located along the proposed power line.

Photo: Rich Lipski, Washington Post

Tagged: development, growth, Lovettsville, Lovettsville Elementary School, power line

Lovettsville residents Bill Fleming and Cindy Bauder confer after viewing maps and drawings of the new proposed power line.

Photo: Rich Lipski, Washington Post

Tagged: development, growth, Lovettsville, Lovettsville Elementary School, power line

Larre Hozempa, a consulting engineer with Allegheny Energy, talks with local Lovettsville residents, Bobby Roudabousch and Valerie Wood about the reasons behind the project.

Photo: Rich Lipski, Washington Post

Tagged: development, growth, Lovettsville, Lovettsville Elementary School, power line

During the Town of Leesburg’s first public development tour on Sept. 19, the bus drove by the Rust Library at Ida Lee Park, which is currently undergoing an expansion.

Photo: Charity Corkey, LoudounExtra.com

Tagged: construction, development, growth, Ida Lee Park, Leesburg

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