URGENT - Help Downtown Leesburg - Attend Town Council Mtg 24 Mar 09, 7:30 pm

URGENT!!! Leesburg & Loudoun (and nearby) Residents - take Note.
Current mood: anxious

We are trying to save Historic Downtown Leesburg from dying an ignoble death. The Historic district is in DESPERATE need of refurbishing, improvement and renewal. Plans were agreed upon, and money targetted and set aside. Now the town council wants to blow it all off. If you enjoy coming to the Historic District in Leesburg (Virginia), and would like to see it get the facelift it needs so very much to compete with nearby chain shopping areas and other NOVA historic districts, please come and add YOUR voice this coming Tuesday (starts at 7:30 - there is plenty of FREE parking in the attached municipal garage) The town council tends to stand up and take notice with taxpayers and users of services come to the meetings. You don't HAVE to speak there, but if you are willing to, even saying as little as "I come to downtown Leesburg and support these improvments - and it will encourage me to come more often", will make a tremendous difference. Please help us!


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Now is the time to make your opinion heard!

Over
the last several weeks and months the members of the Downtown
Improvement Association who make up the Board of Directors, the Design
and Infrastructure Committee as well as the Advocacy Committee have
continued to meet and advance the DIA PLAN for infrastructure improvements in Downtown Leesburg.

DIA
has been fully engaged with reviewing, meeting with town
representatives, and commenting on this years CIP/budget process,
again, advocating for the DIA PLAN that was presented to Town Council
last spring – NOTHING ABOUT OUR MISSION AND GOALS HAS CHANGED.

Now we are asking for your DIRECT participation and support-

The
key to advancing the improvements outlined in the DIA PLAN is to get as
many supporters as possible to attend the public hearing on the evening
of March 24th and ask that the 5 million dollars that we
estimate it will cost to implement these improvements be included in
the Capital Improvement Budget for 2010 and 2011.

If
we are successful the design work can be completed in fiscal 2010 with
construction completed by late 2011 / 2012. By then, we should be out
of the recession and private re-development will follow. Currently most
of the funding is not scheduled until 2015 or later.

Our
position all along has been that we do not believe a piece-meal
approach over the next 10 years will have the desired impact.

Also, e-mailing all the members of Council with your valued opinion on this would be very helpful. (email address - council@leesburgva.gov)

We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday the 24^th at 7:30 PM to speak up for Downtown Leesburg!

Thank you-

Scott Gustavson

Co-Chairman

Downtown Improvement Association

703-777-8364 – Office