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Thanks for Two Great Years!

COVER STORY: Our Town is now Two Years Young | by Terry McEnaney

FROM THE PUBLISHER | by Terry McEnaney

Posted June 21, 2009

Our Town is now Two Years Young

Thank you, everybody, for making two consecutive years of Our Town possible: first, our readers and advertisers, and last but not least our editors, writers, design team, printer and web master. For the record, since they are not officially listed, E-Ink in Leesburg is our designer, Bryan Reese in Occoquan is our web master, and Carroll County Times is the Our Town printer. The remaining terrific folks contributing their talents and expertise to Our Town are all listed on p. 3 of each monthly issue of Our Town. Thank you all!

I received an e-mail a week or so ago requesting information on where a copy of Our Town could be found. After quickly replying, another e-mail from the same affable lady inquired, “What are your dreams?” My reply was instant: “To have an Our Town in every major city in this fabulous country of ours.” Well, a week has passed and I’ve changed that thought just a little bit. That email should have read: “To have an Our Town in every historic city, small or large.”

You see, in these last two weeks while working in Historic Leesburg, I’ve discovered what Our Town is all about — historic towns and their surrounds. Our Towners simply love our historic areas, provided of course they come with all the comforts of home! Amen to that! Want proof? Just look at Del Ray: 100 years old and one of the hottest towns in the country. Or Old Town Alexandria: it’s been hot — is hot — and always will be hot. Then Mt. Vernon: come on, who’s going to argue with George Washington — not me! Next there’s Occoquan: cute — historic — and as appealing as can be.

O.K. Now enter Leesburg — (excuse me) — Historic Leesburg. Wait till you see this town! It’s so close (35 miles), yet hundreds of years away, with all the best restaurants, shops, and bed & breakfast places around. And most importantly, just like the other Our Town areas, the people in Leesburg are the best you’ll find anywhere, anytime.

So Our Town has discovered its niche — mixing the old with the new is simply what we love to do. Witness, for example, our new Uptown Old Town section. It says it all!

Incidentally, directly outside of Leesburg are a plethora of historic towns that await you. In the next issue of Our Town, you’ll read about one of them — Purcellville — and it’s just 10 miles from Historic Downtown Leesburg! So stay tuned and please remember that there will always be a tremendous welcoming wagon when you arrive in any of these towns. However, there is a secret password and here it is: “Our Town sent us” (HA HA). Thank you again! —

Posted June 21, 2009

From the Publisher

Hi, everybody, as you can tell by the cover, Our Town is officially two years old! Wow, and what a two years it has been! As I’ve previously mentioned, it’s been a tremendous amount of fun and sheer joy, most of these 730 days or so. But just like all two-year-olds, we are gaining our confidence and definitely out exploring the world one terrific town at a time (Mt. Vernon, Occoquan, and Leesburg for starters), and are equally well-received in each new area that we venture into. Especially these days, as extensive travel becomes ever more limited, it’s crucial that we all have terrific getaway places to go to. It is Our Town’s pleasure to report on and create awareness as to exactly where these terrific destination spots are.

But fantastic getaways are just a small part of what Our Town is featuring. As promised, we have added an events calendar on our website that is second to none, even though it is still only two months old at this writing. Our aim, quite frankly, is to have every legitimate event in a 90-mile radius posted on the Our Town website for the convenience of the event maker and the event attendees.

Then there is our design company who shapes and designs the pages of Our Town. Without their tireless effort Our Town would not be anywhere near what it is today. Neither would there be a Leesburg section because Our Town literally discovered Leesburg by visiting them in their Historic Leesburg location. Combined with our printer Carroll County Times in Westminster, MD, both companies puts out the quality work you’ve come to expect in every edition of Our Town. Thanks to the whole gang for making this possible!

And finally, as the pages of Our Town increase (as they certainly are — this issue is up 16 pages since the May issue), we hope to add more and more content that will allow for Our Town to be a mustread for everyone. As always, we seriously invite new writers from every walk of life to join us for one issue or for all to come. Thank you everyone for making Our Town possible!