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Economic Development Commission
Loudoun County, Virginia
February 18, 2009
Dear Chairman York and Members of the Board:
As members of your civic and business community who care passionately about the quality of life in Loudoun, I am writing on behalf of your Economic Development Commission.
We believe your process has worked well this year in delivering a budget that you and the public can easily examine, understand, and act on with relative swiftness. The professional staffs and leaders of both Loudoun County Public Schools and Loudoun County Government are to be complimented in charting an effective course across treacherous financial waters. We strongly believe the County Administrator’s recommended budget for Fiscal Year 2010 retains an appropriate level of core services mixed with a modest amount of needed infrastructure at a proposed tax rate that is affordable. As your advisors, we would like to say to you, “Please adopt the County Administrator recommended overall budget.” [original emphasis]
It supports education and the growth in our student population that is still coming at the rapid pace of approximately 4.5% per year for the next five years. It supports important infrastructure commitments, such as our community’s financing commitment to bring Metrorail to Loudoun. It keeps our community’s service levels high enough to satisfy the expected demands of citizens who need the caring help of government more than ever. And, it recognizes the importance of preparing for future recovery and growth by continuing the progress in economic development that you began last year, all while reducing the actual tax amount paid by residents. We are certain all of these investments in our community now that prepare us for the future will payoff as Loudoun becomes nationally recognized as the kind of community that is among the most caring, desirable, and well led places in America.
We enjoy serving Loudoun and hope that this advice is useful to you in moving ahead so that we can focus on the next challenges for a great community.
Sincerely,
John B. Wood, Chairman
Loudoun County Economic Development Commission
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