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CountrySide/Cascades
Save the Silo, trail tampering, Megan Sill, Dominion's Challenge, Day Trippers, winter concerts, and winter reading
By Kathie Felix
Save the Silo: The fate of the CountrySide Shopping Center’s iconic silo is a matter of some debate these days. The silo is a remnant of the Pidgeon family farm originally located on the property. Pidgeon Hill Drive, the street surrounding the shopping center, is named after the family. The talk swirling around the community is that Saul Centers, owner of the CountrySide Shopping Center, is mulling options for the silo and the structure attached to it.
When the new year begins, the Los Toltecos Restaurant that currently uses the silo as a storage area will have moved across the parking lot, into a free-standing building next to the Starbucks with the drive-in window. Around that point in time, the former home of Los Toltecos could become a construction zone. One of the possible construction projects mentioned for the area is an extension of the parking lot.
Concerned CountrySide residents are offering a variety of solutions to keep the landmark structure in place. Loudoun County Potomac Supervisor Andrea McGimsey, a CountrySide resident, has drafted a petition asking Saul Centers to save the silo. McGimsey is gathering signatures for the petition, distributing copies of the petition to area residents interested in obtaining additional signatures and collecting messages from area residents on their thoughts about the meaning of the CountrySide silo to the community. To join the campaign to save this local landmark, contact Supervisor McGimsey at Andrea.McGimsey@loudoun.gov.
Trail tampering: Someone has been creating paths without authorization in CountrySide’s Horsepen Run. If you see someone cutting trails in the park, call the CountrySide Proprietary at 703-430-0715. A special meeting to discuss the problem is scheduled for Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. in the Parkway Pool meeting room.
Sill honored: Megan Sill of Dominion High School is one of 13 Loudoun County Public School students selected to the All-Virginia Honors Choir sponsored by the Virginia Choral Directors Association. The Honors Choir is made up of 120 high school senior choral students selected from approximately 800 auditions.
Dominion’s Challenge: Dominion High School, the three-time defending champion in the Loudoun County Public Schools Scholastic Challenge, finished the first half of the competition in second place with 220 points. First place went to Park View High School, the host of the event, with 270 points on the scoreboard. The second half of the Scholastic Challenge takes place in April.
Day Trippers: The Day Trippers of the CountrySide Women’s Club head to the historic district of Ellicott City, Md. on Dec. 3 for an English tea and lunch at Tea on the Tiber, a Victorian tearoom and gift shop. Car pools leave from Great Falls Plaza at 8:30 a.m. and Lansdowne at 8:45 a.m. Call 703-430-2808.
Winter concerts: Potomac Falls High School presents a winter choral concert on Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. in the school theater featuring performances by the Varsity Choir, the PFHS Chamber Choir, Panthera, and the Panther Voices Show Choir. Dominion High School presents a guitar concert on Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. and a winter band concert on Dec. 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Winter reading: The book club of the CountrySide Women’s Club meets Dec. 8 at 1 p.m. at the Panera Café in Lansdowne to discuss “On Strike for Christmas” by Sheila Roberts. Call 703-858-1679.
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