Publications by John Toler

New officers have been elected to serve next year on the Loudoun County Industrial Development Authority (IDA). Created by the Board of Supervisors in 1976 to assist in economic development in the county through the issuance of tax-free revenue bonds and other mechanisms, the IDA has issued over $1 billion dollars in tax-free revenue bonds on behalf of Loudoun County businesses and charitable organization. 

The Sterling Playmakers has announced three different opportunities to audition for plays performing over the summer. 

Loudoun’s Natural History Day Camp will be held again this summer. This is an opportunity for parents to provide some much needed environmental education for their children at one of Loudoun’s most beautiful nature preserves, Banshee Reeks, south of Leesburg.

Loudoun County formally closed its sale of $168 million of Triple-A-rated general obligation bonds on April 2, 2009. The order period took place over March 18-19, with approximately $125 million, or 74%, of the available bonds selling to individual retail investors on the first day. Of those retail investors indicating their place of residence, 87% lived in Loudoun County or elsewhere in Virginia. 

The Loudoun Cooperative Extension is seeking volunteers to assist with financial education. Free classes will be offered April 15, 22, and 29 from 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. each evening, at the Loudoun Cooperative Extension Office. Attendance at all sessions is mandatory.

With formal adoption of the Loudoun County FY 2009 Budget less than a week away (on April 7, non-binding straw votes at work sessions have given some indication of where the Board of Supervisors will come down on the numbers–specifically, where the cuts will be made under the first application of the three-tier reduction schedule, and what rate taxpayers will be facing in order to address the $200 million-plus budget shortfall.