Purcellville council open to proposal for resort, restaurant, welcome middle | Information

The event group, comprised of Aaron McCleary and brothers Sam and Casey Chapman of Purcellville-based CaseCo representing Berlin Tpke Holdings LLC, plans to use for a boundary line adjustment to include the property into city limits. The location is at the moment a part of the county-zoned Joint Land Administration Space.

McCleary informed the council that the enterprise companions all grew up in Purcellville and they’re hoping to construct one thing particular for the city. The group want to work with the city to develop the design, look, dimension, scale and makes use of, he mentioned.

“We worth what it’s and the way it appears to be like, and we envision it to unravel a lot of wants for the group and city,” McCleary mentioned. “It’s a place to remain for agritourists coming right here, going to our vineyards or breweries or eating places and supplies extra range in our restaurant choices and experiences. It solves a necessity with a variety of tax income and retains our friends in our city relatively than return to Leesburg to spend the evening.”

Anchored by a 100 to 130-room resort with a restaurant, 200-person occasion room and a pool, McCleary mentioned they’re getting a variety of curiosity from firms which can be excited about investing within the venture. “The resort teams suppose it is a good place for that and can pull site visitors from Route 7 and [Route] 287,” he mentioned.

“We’ve got been all places for a resort and this appears to be like like the very best. It looks like a property that must be on the town,” Sam Chapman mentioned. “Thanks for working with us and constructing a future collectively and one thing we could be happy with.”

Sam Chapman mentioned the situation sits on the epicenter of tourism in western Loudoun.

“We see this as a primary cease with maps displaying native wineries and breweries and different locations. Take a look at a farmers market, finish your day in a resort and never should drive again. That’s the imaginative and prescient behind it. And a manner for the city to capitalize on all that site visitors and maintain these of us right here,” he mentioned.

Council member Mary Jane Williams requested if they’d reached out to Saint Francis De Gross sales Catholic Church concerning the proposal. Casey Chapman mentioned they haven’t reached out to adjoining property homeowners but.

“Our goal tonight is to get the location plan out and if that is one thing that has a pathway ahead these are the subsequent steps to succeed in out to everybody, interact them and listen to their ideas and work with financial growth,” he mentioned.

Council member Carol Luke mentioned she noticed some potential advantages from the event. “It is going to be fascinating to work with you and to see if it develops. There may be a variety of potential right here,” she mentioned.

Council member Erin Rayner mentioned that the event may assist the city construct a stronger business tax base and ship “a variety of tax {dollars} … our manner, which may assist with our income points.”

“The placement is right. I like this,” Mayor Stanley Milan mentioned. “If it could actually work such as you introduced, then I’m all for it. … I feel it’s a win.”

After a straw ballot vote confirmed help from all city council members – and a “perhaps” from Mary “Boo” Bennett – council members inspired the Chapmans and McCleary to take the subsequent steps in transferring ahead.

The subsequent steps embrace working with the city’s financial growth workers, making a design plan and receiving public enter, Casey Chapman mentioned.