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HomeMy Public PortalAboutTOL PR 2013-09-27 Downtown Walk Town of Leesburg News Release For Immediate Release Two Tours of King Street Improvements Scheduled for Wednesday, October 2, 2013 Town staff to highlight planned improvements to downtown streetscape Leesburg, VA (September 27, 2013) – On Wednesday, October 2, 2013, Town of Leesburg staff will host two “walks” of King Street, from Cornwall Street to Loudoun Street, to discuss the Downtown Improvement Project. These informational walks will be held at 9:00am and 5:30pm. During the walks, staff will provide details of the King Street portion of the Downtown Improvements Project. In intention of the walk is to help stakeholders visualize the improvements and changes to the downtown pedestrian environment. Exact locations and limits of proposed elements, such as the widened sidewalk, loading/parking areas, streetlights, street trees and the mid-block crosswalk, will be visually defined for walk participants. The morning walk will meet at 8:45 am in the lobby of Town Hall and proceed to King Street from there. The afternoon walk will meet at 5:15 in the lobby of Town Hall. Each walk will take approximately one hour, and questions will be encouraged. For detailed information regarding the progress and history of the Downtown Improvement Project, please visit the project website at http://www.leesburgva.gov/index.aspx?page=982 . Contact: Scott E. Parker, AICP Assistant Town Manager sparker@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2771 # # #