[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 25 (Monday, February 13, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E177]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                IN HONOR OF THE HILLSBORO TOWN EXPANSION

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                         HON. BARBARA COMSTOCK

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, February 13, 2017

  Mrs. COMSTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I rise to acknowledge my constituent, the 
Honorable Roger Vance, Mayor of the Town of Hillsboro, Vice Mayor Steve 
Morgart, Council Member at Large John Dean, Council Member at Large 
Joseph Gertig, Council Member at Large Amy Newton Marasco, Council 
Member at Large Matt Parse, and the Town Clerk, Sherry Vance on their 
historic boundary line expansion. Not only did this expansion triple 
the town's size from 55 to 171 acres and increase the population from 
80 to 115 residents, but it also created more economic opportunity, 
improved walkability, and added businesses and neighbors that have long 
considered themselves residents of Hillsboro.
  Hillsboro, located in Western Loudoun County, was first settled in 
the mid-1750s by a small group of Quakers as a milling town. Given the 
town's location and its position on the Short Hill Mountain formed by 
the North Fork of Catoctin Creek, the small group of houses and mills 
became known as the Gap, a term still widely used today. After many 
years of growth and development, the Gap became an incorporated town in 
1802 called Hillsborough. Many years later in 1893, the name was 
shortened to Hillsboro.
  Thanks to the work of Mayor Vance and the Town Council, today 
Hillsboro is among the best-preserved rural towns in the country, and 
with this successful expansion the town will be able to expand and 
improve the historic area. This improvement, along with the town's 
ongoing initiatives to increase economic opportunity, will help build a 
sustainable future for Loudoun County (careful we have other rural 
towns in Loudoun).
  Mr. Speaker, I now ask that my colleagues join me in recognizing the 
Town of Hillsboro, Mayor Roger Vance, Vice Mayor Steve Morgart, Council 
Member at Large John Dean, Council Member at Large Joseph Gertig, 
Council Member at Large Amy Newton Marasco, Council Member at Large 
Matt Parse, and the Town Clerk, Sherry Vance on the historic boundary 
line expansion. Today, we honor and celebrate the town's history as one 
of Loudoun County's most important assets.

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