Loudoun County Community Overview: Belmont Greene
March 18, 2008 by Danilo Bogdanovic
Filed under Neighborhoods
Belmont Greene is a neighborhood development in Ashburn, Virginia located inbetween Belmont Ridge Road and Claiborne Parkway about 35 miles west of Washington, DC. The development is situated adjacent to Stone Bridge High School and Trailside Park. The Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD) Trail runs along the border of Belmont Greene and helps divide Belmont Greene and Belmont Country Club. A new extension of Trailside Park includes a walking path that connects to the W&OD trail.
The development consists of over 700 housing units and 65 acres of commercially zoned land that is currently being developed into a shopping center complete with a grocery store, fast food restaurants and a bank. There are two playgrounds and a small community pool that serves the needs of the Belmont Greene community.
Belmont Station Elementary School of Loudoun County Public Schools is located in Belmont Greene and serves the Ashburn Farm community. Construction (as of January 2007) has begun on Village Center at Belmont Greene, a large parcel of land that will be used for commercial interests, including a McDonald’s, a bank, and a shopping center with a Bloom grocery store as its anchor. Some residents of Belmont Greene have opposed this commercial construction, despite the plans being many years old, available to the public, and the land already being zoned "commercial".
Further Resources:
Belmont Greene HOA/Community Association
Waterford Development, Developer - Belmont Greene
Loudoun County Community Overview - Ashburn Farm
December 15, 2007 by Danilo Bogdanovic
Filed under Neighborhoods
Ashburn Farm in Ashburn, Virginia is a master planned community situated on 1370 acres in the west central part of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia. It’s well known for it’s abundance of trees, greenery, trails and amenities. The majority of "The Farm" is located on what was originally the Gray Dairy Farm. Cavalier Land Development Corp., developers of Ashburn Farm, planned the community to blend with the natural rolling terrain, resulting in winding boulevards and lots of trees. Ashburn Farm is north of the Dulles Greenway and bordered by Belmont Ridge Rd to the west, Ashburn Rd to the east, and the W&OD Trail to the north. Construction started after the concept plan was approved by Loudoun County in 1986.
Ashburn Farm has 1,807 single-family homes, 1,499 townhouses, 460 condominiums, 162 apartments and over 10,000 residents. The first home in Ashburn Farm was purchased in 1988. Architecture is typically traditional colonial with brick and/or siding as the general choice of facade. The Farm has everything from condominiums (Westmaren Community) to Tudor style single family homes unique to the entire area (many call them “the castle homes”) so most everyone is able to find something that fits their specific criteria and taste.
The Farm is equipped with a 10,000 sq ft community center, 3 swimming pools, 12 tennis courts (6 of them lighted), 8 multi-purpose courts, 2 soccer fields, 2 baseball diamonds at Greg Crittenden Memorial Park and several more at Trailside Park, a sand volleyball pit, 13 tot lots, 5 ponds, an in-line skating hockey deck, and over 10 miles of bike and exercise trails.
Ashburn Farm is also home to the Ashburn Library and has an interchange of the Dulles Greenway at Claiborne Pkwy. The Farm also contains 2 shopping centers: Ashburn Farm Village Center (30K sq feet) and Ashburn Farm Town Center (104K sq ft).
Ashburn Farm Village Center businesses: Shoppers Food Warehouse, Exxon Tiger Mart, Goodyear Tire & Auto, Dry Cleaners, Hair Cuttery, Carlos Hair Designers, Pizza Hut, Kwon’s Karate Studio, VA Nails, Hong Kong Restaurant, Dental & Orthodontics Practices, Carpet & Blind Center, Wachovia Bank, and Long & Foster Realtors, Provident Bank, Taiwan Thai Cuisine, Buffalo Wing Factory, Toyama Sushi, Pedal Ice Cream, Dry Cleaners.
Ashburn Farm Town Center businesses: BB&T Banking, McDonald’s, Exxon Tiger Mart, Giant, Starbucks, Video Warehouse, Domino’s Pizza, Super Cut’s, Subway, United Framing, Dry Cleaners, Nagoya Steak & Seafood, Kwons Karate, Good Fortune Chinese, Trevisos, Parcel Plus, Ashburn Animal Hospital, Orlando Hair Studio, Ace Vacuums, EastCo Wireless, Little Gym, Suntan Shop, Pottery You Paint, Loudoun Chiropractics, Nail Spa, CC Sells Team/Keller Williams Realty, Hershey’s Ice Cream, Dentist, and Optometrist. There is also Merchants Automotive.
Professional Office Park businesses (3 buildings):
20905 Professional Plaza contains: Ashburn Family and Cosmetic Dentistry, Avery Hess Realtors, Broadlands Family Practice, Family Foot and Ankle Centers, INOVA Physical Therapy Center, Loudoun Imaging Center, Project Support Services, Inc., Sterling Behavioral Health Services, LTD, and Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
20925 Professional Plaza contains: Genetics & IVF Institute, Grace Community Church, Internal Medicine, Dina Darwish - MD, Next Health, Perfectly Female Women’s Health Care, Positively Chiropractic, Potomac Psychological Center, T. Wesley Daczkowski - DDS, Whole Child Pediatrics, and Zoltan Rusznak - DDS - PC.
20955 Professional Plaza contains: Ashburn Dental Associates, Ashburn Family Practice, Ashburn Pediatrics, Cavalier Land Development Corp., CC Sells/Keller Williams Realty, Edward D. Jones - Inc., Highland Title and Escrow, The Law Offices of Paul R. Dean, Jr., - PLC, Middleburg Bank, and Women’s Care Group - OBGYN.
In addition, the community has Sanders Corner Elementary School, Stone Bridge High School, 3 Day Care Centers and 2 Churches.
Ashburn Farm is located approximately 20 minutes from Reston, 30 minutes from Tyson’s Corner/Mclean/Vienna, 45 to 60 minutes from Washington, DC and 10 to 15 minutes from Leesburg (though times may vary during “rush hour”).
Further Reading:
Ashburn Farm Home Owner’s Association
