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Leesburg News: Town approves Loudoun Baptist Temple expansion
Town approves Loudoun Baptist Temple expansion
The town council voted 5-1-1 June 24 to approve expansion plans for Loudoun Baptist Temple 412 Edwards Ferry Road N.E.
Councilwoman Katie Hammler voted against, while Councilman David Schmidt was absent from the vote.
The 34-year-old church's plans would expand the church from about 5,500 square feet to nearly 30,000 square feet. Part of the square footage increase will add to the church's sanctuary, more than doubling its curring 140 seat capacity.
The plans will likely be completed over the next 15 years, church representatives said.
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Council members say goodbye
Council members Susan Horne and David Schmidt served their last day on the Leesburg Town Council June 30. Horne, who served one four-year term on council, announced last fall that she would not seek another term in office because work obligations. Schmidt was chosen by council members in winter to serve the remainder of Kelly Burk's term. Burk left her council seat at the end of December to become a Loudoun supervisor.
Leesburg residents Tom Dunn and David Butler were sworn into office July 1, filling Horne's and Schmidt's/Burk's seat.
Returning Councilwoman Katie Hammler, who was elected in May for a second term, also was sworn into office July 1.
Staff gains and loses
Last week, town officials announced county planner Susan Berry-Hill would fill the post of planning director, left vacant in March by Susan Swift.
On June 27, the town lost senior planner Jason Beske, who accepted a planning position in Kansas.
Beske is the third planning department employee to leave the town in recent months. Other departures include that of Wade Burkholder and Scott Parker.
However, the town announced July 1 that Burkholder would return as the town's deputy zoning administrator.
Dodona Manor
The George C. Marshall International Center in Leesburg is expecting a financial gift from Austria.
During a ceremony at the Washington residence of the Austrian ambassador on July 7, Ambassador Eva Nowotny will present Fred Morefield, the president of the center, with a check for 150,000 euros (equivalent to approximately $225,000). The donation is in recognition of the political and economic support the United States provided to Europe and to Austria in the aftermath of World War II -- particularly under the European Recovery Program, better known as the Marshall Plan.
Gen. Marshall lived at Dodona Manor, near the intersection of Market and Loudoun streets, from 1941 until his death in 1959.
Fourth of July
Some 80 military and civilian officials from 30 Eastern European and Central Asian countries will visit the George C. Marshall International Center at Dodona Manor July 4 to see the town’s Independence Day parade and learn about Marshall through a tour of his home.
For more information about the center and Dodona Manor, visit www.georgecmarshall.org or www.marshallcenter.org.
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