![]() Lisa Rios lives in Ashburn with her husband, Julius, and their three children. Possibilities include ramps that don’t require climbing or a swing set that can accommodate a wheelchair. It will have specialized equipment and features that are inclusive to all children. Hanson Park will also include a special playground for children who are differently abled. We thought it would be a good opportunity for us to put a lodge like that in near the pond with a view looking out over the park.” You go in and they have a nice, big fireplace. If you go to a national park, they have these lodges. “It will provide a more old-fashioned park feel. “The lodge is the first of its kind for us,” Novak said. There will also be a nature center, concession stands, picnic pavilions and a waterside lodge that can be rented for special events such as conferences and weddings. Its 257 acres will include five fishing ponds, two baseball diamonds and two softball diamonds, four tennis courts, 11 soccer/lacrosse fields, Loudoun’s first dedicated cricket field, a disc golf course, a mountain bike trail, a kids splash pad, a skateboard park and not one, but two dog parks. The specs for Hanson Park certainly are impressive. “This is probably the largest project in Loudoun County other than roads,” said Mark Novak, the chief park planner for Loudoun County Parks, Recreation and Community Services. The Hal & Berni Hanson Park will be the fourth when it’s completed along Evergreen Mills Road just south of Brambleton. Bolen Memorial Park in Leesburg and Franklin Park, west of Purcellville. They have “neighborhood parks,” “community parks,” “district parks” and “regional parks.” Regional parks are the big boys - at least 200 acres plus - and there are currently only three in Loudoun - Claude Moore Park in Sterling, Philip A. ![]() ![]() ![]() The folks at Loudoun County Parks & Rec have their own lingo. HAL & BERNI HANSON MEMORIAL REGIONAL PARK They are completely different - with different vibes and different missions - but they will both add so much to life in Ashburn. What’s amazing about them - beyond the features and amenities they will bring to our community - is that they are truly a yin and yang when it comes to parks. We’re talking about the Hal & Berni Hanson Memorial Regional Park and the Reservoir Park on the Beaverdam Reservoir. And Loudoun County has a growing number of its own parks around Ashburn.īut two new parks currently in the works for the Ashburn area are something special - and unlike anything seen before in this area. Many are playgrounds attached to local schools. Many are small parks built by individual neighborhoods. Dominic likes to pretend he’s working a drive-through.” Pualoa FamilyĪshburn has some great parks - no doubt about it. “They love climbing on the playgrounds - running up and down them, running through them,” Pualoa said. So when the weather is nice they head to one of Ashburn’s many parks. “They absolutely bounce off the walls when they are trapped inside all day,” said Pualoa, who lives in the Broadlands with his wife, Lindsay, and their sons, Dominic, age 5, and AJ, 2. I would absolutely recommend staying at one of their properties.Like any parent of young children, Jason Pualoa knows the value of getting his kids away from toys and television and outside into nature. To top off the Newman team's commitment to customer satisfaction, they found my wife's lost wedding ring and mailed it to our home location in Florida!Īgain, the management company is A+ and is really on top of ensuring the customer has a good experience. The handymen that had to make a few appearances are just luck of the draw, it seems like things hadn't been properly reported by other guests during their stays so maintenance was needed during out long stay there. They made the experience go from 2 to 5 stars. They are also very responsive via text messages, VRBO messaging and phone calls. They fully reimbursed the cleaning fee, and did what they could to make it right. However after speaking with Newman Hospitality Management members, from Archie to Sergio, they got us squared away. From still dirty dishes that had been put away, to bed sheets needing to be washed, with frequent handyman visits in between. "So when we first arrived at the property, it was not very clean.
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