In The News
04/10/2024 LOUDOUN TIMES
06/24/2024 PATCH NEWS
Loudoun's Scrape For The Grape Volunteers Honored, Repeat Event Eyed For 2025
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA — As the invasive spotted Read More…
06/20/2024 LOUDOUN NOW
Loudoun County Eyes Bamboo Control Regulations
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04/19/2024 - NATIONAL GRAPE RESEARCH ALLIANCE
04/5/2024 LOUDOUN NOW
Scrape for the Grape: Community Battles Spotted Lanterflies Saturday
04/2/2024 PATCH NEWS
Loudoun Volunteer Effort To Tackle Spotted Lanternfly Problem Areas
04/02/2024 LOUDOUN NOW
April 6 volunteer event aims to help eradicate invasive spotted lanternfly
03/13/2024 LOUDOUN NOW
Battle Against Lanternflies Expands with ‘Scrape for the Grape’
2023
03/13/2024 LOUDOUN TIMES
10/18/2023 LOUDOUN NOW
Timeline
2024
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Loudoun County Board of Supervisors unanimously passes motion on consent approving $150K for Fall 2024 LIRA project for 6 HOAs.
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Resolution to Recognize the Scrape for the Grape Event, Organizers, and Volunteers.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BUSINESS MEETING BOARD MEMBER INITIATIVE
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Ashburn Village hosts Blue Ridge PRISM training for Tree of Heaven "hack and squirt" removal.
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Scape for the Grape countywide event!
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Loudoun Soil & Water Conservation District passes motion to act as LIRA's financial agent to administer the $250K from Loudoun County.
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LIRA sent signed letters of support to the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors from the following organizations:
Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation District
Loudoun Wineries and Winegrowers Association
Piedmont Environmental Council
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Launch of LIRA website!
2023
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The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors granted approval for a $250,000 allocation to assess the project.
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LIRA Board members delivered a presentation to the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors. Our initiative received unanimous approval, and they passed a motion to investigate further.
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Obtained signatures of 27 Homeowner Associations, encompassing over 190,000+ residents of Loudoun County to be presented during the upcoming Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Meeting on October 17th, 2023.
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Voted to name ourselves the Loudoun Invasive Removal Alliance
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The Ashburn Village Board passes the motion to become the first member of LIRA.
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HOA Landscaping Committee leads and residents from Ashburn Village, Cascades, Countryside, Lansdowne, One Loudoun and Potomac Green conceive the concept for LIRA.
