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Posted on: June 15, 2012

[ARCHIVED] New County Parks Need Names

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors has directed the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services to initiate the public participation process to name two new park sites.

The first park site is a proffered, 4.11-acre active and passive park located at the intersection of Braddock Road (Route 620) and Goshen Road (Route 616) near the Stratshire Crossing community in the Dulles District. The existing site includes the following amenities:
• basketball court
• game court (e.g., tetherball, four-square)
• nonstandard playing field for practice or pickup games
• benches
• buffered landscaping
• wooded area
• 28 parking spaces

The second park site is a proffered, 9.5-acre active park located in the Stonegate community on the west side of Smith Switch Road (Route 607), north of Gloucester Parkway (Route 620) and south of the intersection of Farmwell Road (Route 625) and Waxpool Road (Route 640) in the Broad Run District. The existing site includes the following amenities:
• two irrigated lacrosse fields
• concession stand with bathroom facilities and meeting space
• asphalt trail providing access to the W&OD trail
• sixty parking spaces

Anyone interested in proposing names for the park sites can submit the recommendation via email to prcs@loudoun.gov or in writing to Diane Ryburn, Director, Loudoun County Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services, 215 Depot Court, SE, Leesburg, VA 20175. Please include your full name, mailing address and phone number. The deadline for submissions is 5:00 p.m. on July 27, 2012. For more information, please call 703-777-0343.

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