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Sherman Patrick, Land Planner at Compton & Duling, has won the Northern Virginia Building Industry Association's "Associate of the Year" Award for 2010. Mr. Patrick received the award on Saturday evening, January 22, 2011 at NVBIA's annual President's Ball at Landsdowne Resort in Loudoun, Virginia.

On October 5, the Prince William County Board of Supervisors approved a new 4,000 seat church for Harvest Life Changers Church, International. Sherman Patrick, Jr., Land Use Planner for Compton & Duling, L.C., worked with the church leaders and the County to obtain the approval.

The Virginia General Assembly this year adopted the following noteworthy changes to certain statutes affecting businesses and individuals. For the most part, these changes to the Virginia Code took effect on July 1st of this year.

In response to a request to the International Council of Shopping Centers from the Loudoun County Planning Commission, Sherman Patrick of Compton and Duling and Jimmie Jones of Art Display provided the attached presentation to the Commission at their work session on July 14, 2010.

In Greek mythology, Ulysses had himself tied to a ship's mast and ordered his crew not to release him until they had safely passed the Sirens - no matter how much he pleaded or protested. Effective July 1, 2009, Virginia's General Assembly amended Virginia Code to allow you to make a similar election in your Advance Medical Directive.

A 39-acre parcel in Prince William County is on its way to becoming a pedestrian friendly community, complete with new homes and an elementary school.

On April 6, the Woodbridge property was approved for planned mixed residential use, scratching its former status as A-1 agriculture use. It is the first significant residential rezoning approved by the county’s board of supervisors in several years. The Ferlazzo family-owned land, which sits at the corner of Minnieville Road and Spriggs Road, will be able to fit 59 new homes.