Email the Board

How to Email the Board of Supervisors

You can email bos@loudoun.gov (which reaches all Supervisors) and your district Supervisor individually.

Sample Talking Points for Your Email:

• Loudoun’s Comprehensive Plan calls for compatible uses near neighborhoods.

• The Planning Commission has frequently flagged data center projects as incompatible in residential or transition areas.

• Industrial impacts like noise, traffic, light pollution, climate concerns are not acceptable next to family communities.

• Each approval creates precedent for more inappropriate encroachment.
  
  

Sample Email:

Dear Members of the Board,

I am writing to urge you to deny [APPLICATION NUMBER OR NAME] These projects are incompatible with nearby homes, schools, and parks. Loudoun’s Comprehensive Plan makes clear that growth must be balanced and sensitive to existing communities. Please uphold that commitment and vote no on applications that put industrial infrastructure in the wrong places.

Project Specific Talking Points:

Tuscarora Substation

• The proposed substation is in the wrong location — at the entrance to Crosstrail Blvd, directly across from homes, Bolen Park, and the W&OD Trail.

• The Comprehensive Plan requires land uses in the JLMA/transition area to be compatible with surrounding neighborhoods and civic spaces. This substation is not.

• The Planning Commission already denied this application because of its incompatibility. The Board should uphold that decision.

• No wall, amount of trees, or GIS technology can erase the visual and noise impacts of a large scale utility facility in this setting.

• The Board decided to put residential here; now you must preserve that character by ensuring compatible uses.

• Gas Insulated Substations often rely on SF₆ gas, one of the most potent greenhouse gases known which makes it inconsistent with the County’s climate commitments. 

• Approving this sets the wrong precedent — it tells developers that data center-driven substations can be pushed into residential and community areas.

• Residents are asking you to deny this application outright and protect the long-term livability of Loudoun.

Spring Valley Tech

• Massive Environmental Loss: The proposal would clear 362 acres of mature forest along Evergreen Mills Road, wiping out critical wildlife habitat, stormwater absorption, and tree canopy that protects Goose Creek’s watershed.

• Greenwashing Risks: Claims of “low-carbon” hydrogen and battery systems still rely on natural gas, undermining county climate goals and replacing natural offsets with fossil fuel infrastructure.

• Substations & Transmission Lines: Every new data center of this scale requires additional high-voltage substations and new transmission corridors — meaning more lines, towers, and industrial sprawl across Loudoun.

• Incompatible with County’s Vision: The application contradicts the Comprehensive Plan, which discourages industrial intensity in this area. Approving it undermines the county’s own long-term land use framework.

• Traffic & Infrastructure Strain: Construction and ongoing operations would bring heavy truck traffic to Evergreen Mills Road and surrounding routes, worsening congestion and road safety issues without providing community benefits.

• Minimal Job Creation: Despite its scale, the project would create very few permanent jobs compared to the land it consumes. This is not a balanced or sustainable economic use.

• Quality of Life Impacts: Beyond environmental loss, nearby residents face noise, constant generator testing, 24/7 lighting, and degraded viewsheds — permanently altering the character of surrounding neighborhoods.

• The Planning Commission and BOS must hold the line and reject this application to protect our community, our plan, and the integrity of our county’s vision.

Cochran Tech Park

• I strongly oppose the Zoning Map Amendment to rezone 17.52 acres from JLMA-3 to Industrial Park to allow all IP uses (data center).

• This is yet another example of the county chipping away at thoughtful land use planning to serve the interests of big business. The JLMA exists to coordinate growth between the Town and County in a way that protects residents, resources, and quality of life — not to be dismantled parcel by parcel for corporate expansion.

• Approving this would ignore the intent of our zoning policies, erode public trust, and set a dangerous precedent that zoning can be rewritten anytime a developer demands it.

• The BOS must stop treating the General Plan as a suggestion and start defending it against the relentless pressure of special interests. 

• Deny this amendment and show that you represent the people, not just the next industrial project with deep pockets.