I'm Martin Casey, and I've been writing about life in Loudoun County as a community newspaper editor since 1996. I hope you will visit this site from time to time.
Loudoun is a wonderful place to live. In many ways it is like life elsewhere, but in many other ways Loudoun is unique -- and parts of Loudoun are really quite different from other parts.
For example, the county's geology actually divides the way people live in the mountains west of Leesburg from the way people live in the populous eastern part of Loudoun where housing developments have replaced the dairy farms that that once produced more milk than any other county in Virginia prior to construction of Dulles International Airport. Dulles hosted its first commercial landing in November, 1962.
The airport, of course, drew not only homes but many large businesses (and jobs) -- making Loudoun the nation's fastest growing county well into the new century.
This rapid growth came into a county with roots deep into our country's colonization period. The county is named for Lord Loudoun of England (who never visited here). Leesburg still cherishes its colonial roots; the town originally was the destination of "Leesburg Pike;" a toll road from Alexandria. Today, thousands of us drive on Route 7 from Alexandria west across the Blue Ridge Mountains. Route 7 roughly follows the route of the old Leesburg Pike.
Loudoun's history, from colonial times until the present, and especially the current context of life here in Loudoun County, will be a basis for this Life in Loudoun County blog.
I expect to report here on current activities and issue, maybe from a perspective that regular readers will find helpful.
Thanks for reading this first post -- and please come again.
-- martin casey
