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By Anne Keisman Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Four years have passed since local business woman Sheila Johnson began pursuing her dream of a worldclass resort in the heart of Virginia’s hunt country.
On Tuesday, with the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors’ approval of the project, Johnson’s Salamander Resort and Spa has cleared the last major legislative hurdle. Construction of the $80 million resort, which straddles the Middleburg-Loudoun County line, is set to begin next summer, with a projected opening in 2008.
The board’s approval was necessary for the resort to have more than the standard 600 vehicle trips per day coming to and from the site.
The next step lies with the town of Middleburg, which has agreed to provide water and sewer to the resort — necessitating a boundary line adjustment — in exchange for a brand-new wastewater plant in the town. The Middleburg Town Council will hold a meeting on Thursday evening to discuss the project.
The resort was originally going to be an inn of 58 rooms, but the size and scale of the project grew as the process moved along.
The resort
Lost in the political maneuvering and zoning battles is the design of the resort itself. Tantalizing details are now coming out.
The 341-acre resort will offer 120 rooms, some in the main building, some nestled in cottages in the woods and some separate “spa rooms.”
The spa is the centerpiece of the resort. And although all the accommodations at the resort will be sumptuous,
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