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CALL  TO ACTION:

Tell the Loudoun County Board to amend proposed Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act ordinance

As more details about the proposed Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act become know, more questions and concerns are being raised about its ability to improve the quality of Loudoun’s water without hurting Loudoun’s businesses, farmers and economy.

NOW is the time to make your voice heard!  

Given the wide ranging impact this ordinance will have on the economy in Loudoun County, the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce has created this special Chesapeake Bay Protection Ordinance "Tool Box" of resources to help our members better understand this issue.

You should also contact your elected representatives on the Board of Supervisors directly. For contact information: visit Loudoun.gov

Visit Loudoun County's Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act web site for details of the county's proposal: visit Loudoun.gov

Check out these valuable resources on the CBPO:

• Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce position paper on the proposed Chesapeake Bay Protection Ordinance. (details)
• Check out the Dulles Area Association of Realtors "Call to Action" on the Chesapeake Bay Protection Ordinance (details)
• Read the joint position paper on the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act produced by the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties and the Northern Virginia Building Industry Association (details)
• Read a thoughtful analysis of the proposed Chesapeake Bay Protection Ordinance, as drafted by members of the Loudoun CEO Cabinet. (details)
• Analysis and suggested of improvements for CBPO from Northern Virginia Building Industry Association/National Association of Industrial and Office Properties work group (details)
• Suggestions to improve CBPO, courtesy of Michael Rolband, Wetland Studies and Solutions (details)
• Analysis of CBPO impact on grading permit fees, prepared by Bill Baker of the Ag District Summit Group (details)
• Read this Washington Business Journal article on the impact that Fairfax County's Chesapeake Bay Protection Ordinance had on one homeowner's efforts to build a swimming pool for his family (details)
• Read the Virginia Court of Appeals ruling on suit by Chesapeake Bay Foundation, providing "standing" for the environmental group to sue a developer, the State, the DEQ and others to challenge permits and approvals based on water quality issues they say will impact the Chesapeake Bay (details)
• Visit these web sites for additional information and resources on the Chesapeake Bay Protection Ordinance being considered by Loudoun County:
  
  Loudoun Environmental Council
  Loudoun's Clean Streams Coalition
  Big Loudoun
  Loudoun County's Chesapeake Bay
  Two FaceBook pages
     Loudoun Citizens United and the Chesapeake Bay Protection Act

Related news stories on the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act
Bay Act at the Center of Political Battleground (Leesburg Today, September 2, 2010)

Potomac River healthier today than in the 1950s (Washington Post, September 8, 2010)