A Way To Find Others With Similar Interests

July 25, 2008 by Danilo Bogdanovic
Filed under Loudoun County

Curious as to who has the same interests as you? Wondering what people are saying about and doing in Loudoun County? Want to make friends and communicate with others near you? One way to do so is through Twitter and TwitterLocal.

Twitter brings people together that have the same interests whether it be due to geographical area, work, organization or some other common thread. Twitter is a "micro-blogging" platform that allows you to post 140 character snippets (aka "Tweets") of what you’re doing, your thoughts, comments to other Twitters, etc.

Twitter is a good way to post about stuff that is not necessarily worth a phone call, blog post or email. Your friends and associates can "follow" you and get your updates sent to them directly on their computer or their cell phone. You can see who else has the same interests or likes to go to the same places as you do. The common interest brings you and them together online and eventually, offline/in person (if you choose to do so).

TwitterLocal is basically a search/reader for Twitter. Just put in a keyword such as "Ashburn" or "Loudoun County" and it will search through Twitter and send you all the "Tweets" that have those keywords in them. You can get real specific with the keywords such as "Ashburn Ice Rink" or "Spartan Football". You can see who’s talking about what’s of interest to you and see what they’re saying. Same goes for others – they can see that you’re talking about the same things of interest to them and get your take on it.

Twitter and TwitterLocal are an integral part of social media and social networking, a movement that is gaining tremendous momentum and will not be going away any time soon. It’s amazing how it can bring people and information together that may never have been brought together otherwise.

For a great and simple explanation of Twitter and how/why it works, check out these two short videos:

Twitter in Plain English

Twitter is Like Cheers

***If you’re on Twitter, feel free to share your handle here in a comment. And please stop by and say hello on Twitter – my handle is DaniloB. You can also check out my "Tweets" on the Twitter widget located near the top of the right hand column of the page.

Tags: Loudoun County, Loudoun County communities, social media, social networking, Twitter, TwitterLocal, what's going on in Loudoun

Links To Loudoun County Communities, Neighborhoods and Home Owner Associations

July 17, 2008 by Danilo Bogdanovic
Filed under Buyer Resources, Neighborhoods

Brambleton Quick Facts

July 10, 2008 by Danilo Bogdanovic
Filed under Neighborhoods

Loudoun County Community Overview: River Creek

April 1, 2008 by Danilo Bogdanovic
Filed under Neighborhoods

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River Creek is a planned community in Loudoun County located 30 miles west of Washington, DC and north of Leesburg at the where Goose Creek and the Potomac River come together. River Creek is recognized as the first gated country club community in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. River Creek is a joint venture project of The Tower Companies, Montgomery Development, and ClubCorp USA, Inc. River Creek began as a vision in 1987 and welcomed its first residents in 1997.

River Creek was originally known as Edward’s Ferry and its’ history stems back to the War of 1812 when the U.S government temporarily moved the capital to Leesburg. American soldiers and Virginia Militia kept guard against the threat of further British advance up the Potomac Valley along the area currently known as River Creek. Also, the Battle Of Ball’s Bluff in 1862 during the American Civil War occured on and around the current River Creek property.

River Creek has quite a bit of ammenities to offer. Some of those ammenities are:

30,00 sq ft Main Clubhouse with private dining rooms, meeting facilities, bar/grill, amphitheatre, etc
5,000 sq ft Swim/Tennis facility
Playfields (soccer, softball/baseball, volleyball, child’s playgrounds, etc)
Parks and picnic areas
Children’s special activities and prgrams
Marina
4.1 miles of nature trails

River Creek is also located within a couple of miles of Leesburg Premium Outlets and a new shopping center near the corner of Battlefield Parkway and Route 7.

River Creek Country Club offers a social membership which allows residents of River Creek to use all the facilities except the golf facilities. There is also a full-priviledge golf membership available residents. For more information about membership, click here.

Properties in River Creek are on the higher-end of the price range compared to most of Eastern Loudoun County. Prices do vary greatly depending on the location within the community. The lots that back to the golf course, the Potomac River or Goose Creek definitely command a premium.

The community is pretty much built out though there are some lots available through NV Homes and Michael Harris in the Cattail Gate area of River Creek.

Further Resources

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