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Paxton Trust outlines plan to reconstitute Paxton Manor campus, seeks tenants and subsidies for childcare
Summary
The Paxton Trust told Leesburg council it is seeking tenants and program partners to restore use of nine buildings on the Paxton campus, preserve historic Carlheim Mansion and expand early-childhood services; trustees said they may seek subsidy or modified special-exception wording for some uses.
The Paxton Trust presented an update to the Leesburg Town Council on Oct. 27 on efforts to reconstitute operations at the Paxton campus, a nine‑building property that trustees say could host a mix of schools, daycare and ancillary child‑serving programs.
Trust representative Peter Burnett told the council the campus contains about 45,000 square feet across nine buildings, including the Carlheim Mansion, which he estimated at about 17,000 square feet. He said the campus buildings were originally configured for daycare and related uses and that several cottages already include accessible bathrooms and kitchenettes that make them “exceedingly practical” for child‑focused tenants.
The trust’s stated immediate goals are to maximize use of existing infrastructure and to assemble a mix of tenants whose services “are complementary so the sum of the programs is…
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