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UPDATE: Agreement reached on Cole Farm; stop work order pulled

Thursday, Apr. 7 by Laura Peters | 12 comments | Email this story

Construction soon to
start on the Purcellville
Gateway development as
of Thursday. Times-
Mirror Staff Photo/ Laura
Peters

Although it may seem like the Town of Purcellville has been talking about the Cole Farm Barn
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until the cows come home, an agreement has been reached and the stop work order has been
lifted. Monday, Apr. 4 | 5722 views
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The last five days, the town and developer, Roadside Development, have worked on a strategy altercation with stripper and
and schedule on reaching what initial intentions of all three structures, the barn, the bodyguard
farmhouse and the silo, on the new Purcellville Gateway development. Wednesday, Apr. 6 | 5660 views
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In order to remain in agreement with the town, the developer has obtained the services of injured after Route 287 crash
Alan Cochran of Cochran Stone Masonry and Timberframing along with support from their Tuesday, Apr. 5 | 5037 views
architect, Rounds VanDuzer. Lovettsville man killed following police
chase
The town staff will also be meeting with the developer and his representatives on a weekly Monday, Apr. 4 | 3022 views
basis to monitor the progress and make sure they are complying with all of the agreements. UPDATE: Supervisors approve fiscal
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“I am very pleased that the project owner has engaged in the services of local barn restoration
Tuesday, Apr. 5 | 2844 views
expert, Alan Cochran of Lincoln, to assist in this effort,” Purcellville Mayor Bob Lazaro said in Weekend of work: Dulles Airport
an email. “Most importantly, Mr. Cochran will oversee the disassembly of the existing barn officials seize alligator and jewelry,
structure, inventory the elements, salvage the main timber members which were impacted last arrest alleged child rapist
week and safeguard all the elements for use in the barn structure when it is relocated.”

In the current agreement that both parties met on, the first thing stated was the developer will
continue to secure, stabilize the Cole Farm structures. The developer will continue to use
Rounds VanDuzer, the architect on the record for the project. Alan Cochran will assist with Stay
the final design of the restored barn by using salvaged materials and architectural features. Connected
Detailed plans for the three structures will be submitted to the town for review within 45 days
from the execution of the current agreement.

The developer must keep the town up-to-date on the sequencing schedule and put down a

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$25,000 cash bond in the next two days. The Design and Construction team will submit plans Follow Us
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The farmhouse foundation should be completed no later than August 31, 2011 after this
agreement is executed, which would give the developers the foundation permit for the
Farmhouse. After the permit is pulled, the developer will post bond of $350,000 to replace the
$25,000 cash bond posted with the execution of the agreement. The $350,000 is to secure the
completion of the relocation and restoration of the three Cole Farm structures. The relocation Like Us
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of the silo should happen 30 days after the agreement. The barn relocation would follow 90 News | Sports
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Fri, Apr 08 at 10:10 AM by Loudoun Insider: News | Sports

It shouldn’t be up to citizens to police the proffers! This is why there is an

elected town council and professional staff, and a lawyer that the town pays a
lot of money to. Even worse than the destruction of the barn is the sheer Join Our
incompetence and/or crooked collusion on display here by the town. This has Email List
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Fri, Apr 08 at 09:23 AM by history buff:

Where were all you legal eagles when the rezoning and special exceptions were
up for review, and you had the chance to speak out about these horrible proffer
commitments you are so quick to denounce and lay the blame for at the feet of
the Council??? Hmm. If you were as interested then - when it REALLY
MATTERED - rather than playing arm-chair historic preservation proffer
The Loudoun Times-Mirror
writers now - maybe this could have been avoided.

How easy it is to sit on your duff when the work is being done, and then
spoutin’ off when there is no risk in being wrong (clearly Roadside f’d up here, is an interactive, digital replica
no ifs ands or buts). of the printed newspaper.
Open the e-edition now.

Fri, Apr 08 at 08:42 AM by Loudoun Insider:

View our other print publications available online.

Domenench is the State Secretary of Nautral Resources, by the way. He’s

relatively local and tied in with the good old boys.

Fri, Apr 08 at 08:41 AM by Loudoun Insider:

Weekly Hello Loudoun Home and
Homes Guide County 2010-11 Garden 2011

Holy moly is this a joke! - Purcellville just got an environmental award from
Doug Domenench!

http://www.leesburg2day.com/articles/2011/04/07/news/9126pvilleenvironmental040711.txt
Bridal Guide 2011 Future Health and
They should have had the ceremony right there by the “restored” barn! 2011 Leaders Beauty 2011

Fri, Apr 08 at 08:34 AM by Sad to see destruction:

Blown Out of Proportion…ignorance is not something that you should publish.

The Cole property has always been a beautiful, peaceful, welcoming entrance Summer 2010 Coming
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into Purcellville. What Purcellville has allowed to happen to the town is
sickening. (AND they want to disrupt the Brown’s farm, too!?) Citizens of
Purcellville should be ashamed to keep voting for the people that “serve”.
However, by your comments, perhaps that is the way these citizens want to be
served and represented? And by the way, there are absolutely NOT 400-500
more barns like it in Loudoun County. Farmers cannot afford to keep these
structures in good condition :0(

Fri, Apr 08 at 08:27 AM by Leej:

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And I will repeat what was said, Alan Cochran who I don’t know personally,
but do know some of his work and he is the right person to oversee this entire
operation. Alan should of been brought in from the start. And what a joke how
all this started, total stupidity from all involved how this came all about.

Fri, Apr 08 at 07:49 AM by Loudoun Insider:

But this barn was supposed to be carefully dismantled and rebuilt as part of a
proffer. Oops (to borrow the ridiculous Purcellville Gazaette headline), I guess
it didn’t have to be carefully dismantled because the town had absolutely no
plan in place for how this was to occur. They didn’t happen until after this
“accident”. Yes, losing the barn like this is a travesty, but even worse is the
“process” on display.

Fri, Apr 08 at 06:12 AM by Not Closed-Minded:

Blown Out of Proportion - How would you feel if your house caught on fire and
burned down? The country has millions of homes like yours. Would it not be
worth any emotionalism? Deep breath…

Thu, Apr 07 at 09:29 PM by Blown Out of Proportion:

Uhhh, it’s a barn, and Western Loudoun has perhaps 400 - 500 like it. I
realize it was quaint but I’m not really sure its worth all the emotionalism. It
will all be fine. Deep breath everyone.

Thu, Apr 07 at 06:58 PM by Also sick of it:

Have to agree with “Ashamed to be in Purcellville”

Public outrage (for a little while) is figured into the price these developers and
their complicit government lackeys come up with on a project. Each and every
time they expect some outrage, express regrets, and then head on off to the
bank with the prize(s) they’ve been given by politicians who sell us out just so
they can seem like big shots at little meetings.

Disgusting, yes, and Bob Lazaro is a perfect embodiment of what I’m talking
about.

Thu, Apr 07 at 06:48 PM by RP McMurphy:

Alan Cochran is a fine man and the right person for the job. They should have
tapped his expertise BEFORE the idiot contractors went all Godzilla on that
beautiful barn. I’m very interested to see the terms of “dismantling” the house
and silo, as Richard Lake previously stated that those two structures could be
moved without being dismantled. The current town council is a shameful lot.
What was the last major development in town that wasn’t accompanied by the
destruction of an important historical or environmental feature?

Thu, Apr 07 at 04:59 PM by Ashamed to be in Purcellville:

Don’t believe anything out of Bob Lazaro’s mouth. All of these safeguards
should have been in place BEFORE THEY TORE THE BARN DOWN!!!!!!!
That lousy $5,000 in fines and week long shut down is nothing, and that barn
will never be the same again. What a filthy town Purcellville is. Lots of nice
people but they get duped into voting for these bozos every time.

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