Loudoun County will host an online meeting to gain input from the public on a proposed W&OD Trail bridge over Sterling Boulevard on March 23 from 6-7 p.m. Members of the public are invited to join the virtual meeting to learn, ask questions and provide input about the project. The project would build W&OD pedestrian/bike bridge over Sterling Boulevard, the only remaining Loudoun County location where the trail has an at-grade crossing of a four-lane roadway.  Login information, meeting materials and more information are online at loudoun.gov/trailoverpass. Members of the publ ..read more

Loudoun County leaders celebrated the grand opening of the long-awaited Sterling Community Center renovation Saturday at 120 Enterprise Street. The ribbon cutting ceremony was followed by an open house with tours, demonstrations, and entertainment. Normal hours of operation began Monday, March 7. The Sterling Community Center has been serving the community since 1975. In 2014, voters approved general obligation bonds to finance renovations to the 18,200-square-foot facility. Sterling native Supervisor Koran T. Saines (D-Sterling) recalled seeing the center grow throughout his life. He said see ..read more

The opening of a new Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles Customer Service Center in Sterling was marked with a ribbon cutting Tuesday. The new Sterling DMV actually has been open since October, but the ribbon cutting was delayed by COVID-19 concerns, said DMV Commissioner Rich Holcomb. The office sits unusually near a service center in Fairfax County. Earlier plans had called for replacing the older office with the new Sterling office; instead, both will stay open. Del. David A. Reid (D-32) said that is needed in one a very populous area. “Between the Fairfax County border and Belmont Ridge ..read more

The annual Claude Moore Park Fall Festival and Photo Expo will be held Saturday, Sept. 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visitors may stop by for the chance to enjoy live music, food, pumpkin painting, local artisan crafts and an exhibit by local photographers entitled “Natural Spaces and Old Places.” Viewers can vote for their favorite photo to win the Paul Glascock Memorial People’s Choice Award. Admission is free. Claude Moore Park is at 21544 Old Vestals Gap Road in Sterling. For more information, call 571-258-3700. The post Claude Moore Park Plans Fall ..read more

A vaccination event is set for Park View High School in Sterling on May 22, with a second-dose event scheduled June 19. The event will run from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sterling Supervisor Koran T. Saines (D-Sterling), New Virginia Majority and MedsPack have partnered to organize the event. Pre-registration is required at medspack.com, event code PVHS201. The Pfizer vaccine, which was recently approved for use in people as young as age 12 will be administered. With questions, contact Hannah Recht, New Virginia Majority at 703-863-9397 or hrecht@newvirginiamajority.org; or Tianni Ivey, Sterling ..read more

The families put out of their homes by a massive fire at a apartment building got a little help rebuilding their lives during an event at Guilford Elementary School in Sterling on Monday afternoon. The gifts from the community of food, household items and toys were capped off by a cash contribution from the Washington Football Team’s Jimmy Moreland and personally delivered by NFL Hall of Fame member Darrell Green. “It’s a great honor for us to stand beside each one of you families, to try to add a little bit of a blessing to you life today,” Green told the gathered families May 17, speaking th ..read more

The Sterling Foundation on Wednesday cut the ribbon on its latest project, new entrance gateway signs to Sterling Park. The signs, which read “Welcome to Sterling Park” and “Now Leaving Sterling Park” are installed in the medians at the northern and southern ends of Sterling Boulevard. They serve not only to highlight the heart of the community to visitors, but also to mark one of the first planned communities in Loudoun—it opened in 1963. “These signs reflect the pride of the Sterling Park community,” stated Sterling Foundation Chairwoman Cheryl Villalobos. “For at least six years, many have ..read more

With plans for opening in mid- to late-summer, the 333-unit The Jameson at Kincora is offering virtual tours and virtual pre-leasing of its one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Developed by TRITEC Real Estate Inc. and managed by Greystar, The Jameson is pet-friendly and will provide its residents a range of amenities, including a rooftop patio with grills and firepits; a conference room; a 24-hour fitness center; a club room with bar, lounge and games; five outdoor courtyards; a swimming pool; storage and secure garage parking. Kincora, co-developed by TRITEC Real Estate, Inc. and Norton Scot ..read more

People and organizations from across the region joined to hand out drive-through free meals in Sterling on Saturday, including Lower Loudoun Boy’s Football League, Founding Farmers restaurants, the Sterling Youth Foundation and its founder, former NFL player Darrell Jackson. Catch A Meal was organized by April Taylor, founder of the ​SVE Firm, a strategy firm. Jackson, who played wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks, San Francisco 49ers and Denver Broncos and once held a Seahawks record for receptions in a season, is one of her clients. And after she had the idea, Taylor said, “soon as I pos ..read more

Supervisor Koran T. Saines (D-Sterling) is pushing to rename a spot near Claude Moore Park long known as “Negro Hill,” to instead honor one of the area’s most prominent black farm families. The small rise, charted and named by the U.S. Geological Service, is just south of the Cascades Parkway interchange with Rt. 7. In some records, Saines said, it bears an even more unpleasant appellation—named for the racial slur against black people that begins with the same letter. Instead, Saines said, it should be named after the Nokes Family, which farmed the land before it was developed. “This was unbe ..read more