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Parents, coaches ask Loudoun supervisors to preserve ION ice facility amid proposed conversion
Summary
Users of the ION International Training Center urged the board to avoid using county funds to support a plan that would convert the privately owned ice facility into a performing arts center, saying the change would displace nearly 1,000 youth skaters and harm the local hockey community.
Parents, coaches and community members told the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 22 that the proposed repurposing of the ION International Training Center into a performing arts and conference facility would displace youth hockey and figure‑skating programs and asked the county not to use public funds to support such a conversion.
Brianne Carr, speaking on behalf of hundreds of families, said ION has been a "vital resource for youth hockey, figure skating and recreational ice sports" and that current ownership92s proposal to…
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