The Leesburg Parks and Recreation Commission met on May 14, 2026, at 8:15 PM. The meeting began with approval of the March 18 minutes and included a citizen comment, a presentation from the Airport Commission, and discussions on multiple park and recreation topics. The commission voted to endorse a proposed airport observation area and playground.
All right. Meeting is called the order. And first order been the approval of minutes for March 18th. All in favor? Aye. Anybody opposed? All right. Citizen comments, sir. Are you a citizen? I I am. Yeah. Thank you. Yes, please. Hi everyone. My name is Alex Brand. I've been living in the Eastburg for about seven years. I retired from working for the U.S. Forest Service. And prior to that, taught at Mississippi State University. I'm surprised I'm still in the room. So I've had a career in forestry and forest resources. And I'm also on the tree commission. And it's kind of neat to see another meeting. The reason for me coming, uh I met Ross Rusk Shaw for the first time a couple of weeks ago. We were giving public comments for the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors in reference to West Park, which is actually in the town. It's an old golf course, but now it's owned by the county. And disc golf is part of what is being planned for that. But so the segue to you, I guess, is that there I understand there's a course being considered at Veterans Park. And I just wanted to speak up for that and speak up for the sport. Um as uh forestry professional, it's a great way to enhance urban tree canopy cover. It it's a really I'm sure a lot of you play golf, um, but it's just like conventional golf only with frisbees, but you there's usually a lot more trees, and so it's it's part of the sport to get around the trees and that sort of thing. It's um it's a very inclusive sport. It's uh a great way to get steps and be social. And I'm also a member of the Loudon County uh well, it's called Loco, but it's Loudoun County Disc Golf Club that uh we do a lot with uh the county we put on uh we've raised total of 250,000 over the past 11 years for charities like Loud and Hunger Um at different tournaments, that sort of thing. But I mean if you have any questions about disc golf, I can answer them, but I just wanted to show up as a strong advocate for the merits of the sport um in terms of uh all ages, um all genders, it's very inclusive, it's affordable, and I think it's a good uh recreational activity. Thank you. Thank you. Um it's part of the plan for that part of the plan. Um so kind of what we will do, what what is our proposed plan to happen is once the park is developed, then we will have a joint meeting with both the um disc golf volunteer group as well as the mountain bike volunteer group. So the two groups are willing to utilize the space, and I think we'd probably do best if we have both groups and both groups work in tandem and work kind of route both amenities at the same time so that we don't impact on you know if we're too disc golf heavy, then we outside and vice versa, so that we can have a setup that works for both groups. Sounds like sounds like you volunteered to help with April, right? I yes, by all means. So any concerns about West Park because there's no trees there now for the proposed course. Right. Well, as a member of the city, you're trying to advocate for more trees there. Tree commission, yes. Uh I'm pushing that. Yeah. Uh yeah, and I think it'll serve the concerns of the residents that want screens and that sort of thing. So I think it's a win-win to get more trees on that property.