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Leesburg environmental panel to refine BAR letter after deconstruction, dark-sky debate
Summary
The Leesburg Environmental Advisory Commission agreed to revise a draft letter to the Board of Architectural Review affirming dark-sky and reuse goals while requesting more site-specific data on the 16 Ward Street property — including asbestos, lead and cost estimates — before recommending deconstruction or reuse.
The Leesburg Environmental Advisory Commission agreed to revise a draft letter to the Board of Architectural Review (BAR), stressing general policy positions while asking for more facts before taking a specific position on the town-owned 16 Ward Street building.
Staff presented a draft that mixed broad recommendations — dark-sky policy and preference for reuse followed by deconstruction over demolition — with a case-specific discussion of 16 Ward Street. Commissioners…
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