Highlights of the Luncheon January 14, 2025
Welcome: Made by Jason Sengpiehl, PBA President. Thank you to our sponsors, attendees and guests. Special guest included: Purcellville Councilwoman Erin Reyner, Purcellville Interim Town Manager Kwasi Fraser and Purcellville Economic Development Advisory Committee Chair John Heather.
Jason introduced our 2025 Board members present and then gave some highlights and updates for 2025:
-Upcoming events for 2025 that will include lunches and dinners on the patio.
-80% of the new website is built out. The new website will offer better organization and is being developed by PBA member Creative2.
-Reminder about our scholarship fund.
-Reminder that membership are dues as well as sponsorships and the deadline is February 1, 2025.
-PBA is a 100% volunteer organization and we could not do it without our members willingness to participate.
We then enjoyed a nice Taco Tuesday meal.
Town of Purcellville update provided by Erin Reyner:
Town is off to an interesting start. 16 action items on the agenda. Town Manager was fired and replaced with an interim town manager. Previous annexation vote was nixed. 2 appointments to planning commission were nixed. The December decision was rescinded. The 5% meal tax collected will have 50% going to pay for utilities. Many items on the next Council meeting scheduled for January 14th.
Town of Purcellville EDAC update provided by John Heather:
Main Street Revitalization update. 1% commercial vacancy rate. Looking to create more opportunities with Healthcare Services. Panera ribbon cutting coming up.
January luncheon was Open Networking: all the attendees were given the chance to give an elevator speech about their companies.
Next Luncheon: February 1, 2025 –
February Spotlight speaker: Tyler Christ with NorthStar Builds
