Brambleton Ribbon 5K Run/Walk Plans Underway

This 3rd annual event will be held on Saturday, March 20 in Brambleton. Through the generous support of the Brambleton community, this event continues to grow each year. This year's event includes: a 5k run/walk, Kids Fun Run, Vendor Fair, Community Shred, and Sidewalk Sales.

The event benefits the Step Sisters team, currently the #1 fundraising team for the 2010 Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Washington, DC.

For more information, or to register, please visit the website.

Insight Eye Optique is now open for business

Insight Eye Optique is proud to join the Brambleton Family and become the neighborhood source for all of your eye care needs.

Dr. Meera Sutaria is a primary care optometrist who especially enjoys contact lens fittings and children’s exams. Dr. Sutaria will also provide ocular disease diagnosis, emergency eye care, and LASIK consultation and co-management. She has a specific vision of not only providing thorough, accurate, efficient eye care; but importantly, doing so while ensuring you a great experience. She plans on accomplishing her vision by making Insight Eye Optique a technology-driven office, featuring state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment, electronic medical records, and computer-assisted eye exams. The beautiful optical features spectacle frames for all styles, ages, and budgets. You will be guaranteed to find a frame that suits your taste and needs.

Dr. Sutaria is in the process of becoming a provider for most major medical and vision insurance plans. Stop by the office or give us a call to check on your insurance plan.

The office is currently accepting appointments and Dr. Sutaria will begin seeing patients on December 30th. Feel free to browse our optical to check out the beautiful eyewear selection.

Give us a call at (703) 962-1010 or stop in for more information and to reserve your appointment today! We look forward to meeting you soon!

Phone: (703) 962-1010
Website: www.insighteyeoptique.com

Hours: (temporary hours for month of December)
M-F: 11am-6pm
Saturdays: 9 -1pm

Business hours –beginning December 30th.
Mon and Fri: 9:00am-6:00pm
Tues, Wed, Thurs: 10:00am – 7:00pm
Saturdays: 9:00am-2:00pm

Brambleton's Recycle Bank Program is Outstanding

Brambleton is doing an outstanding job recycling. In the first few months, Brambleton’s household recycling rate has increased from an average of 9 lbs per household to 16 lbs.

Representatives from RecycleBank were also amazed that 41% of the Brambleton owners registered during the first week of the program. Typical registration for other communities has been only around 30%. Keep up the good work Brambleton!!

Residents Visit With Santa and Rudolph

Holiday cheer filled the Community Center on Sunday, December 6th as Santa and Rudolph greeted residents at the Holiday Open House. Santa also brought a few of his elves from the North Pole who helped with face painting and balloon making.

Children eagerly waited for a chance to visit with Santa on his sleigh, as parents took the opportunity to snap photos. As the elves kept themselves busy, Rudolph made his way around the Community Center, giving out hugs. He was quite the crowd pleaser, and quickly gave comfort to the little ones who weren’t quite ready for a meeting with Santa.

Thank you to the Activities Committee members who helped with the holiday festivities: Event Chair, Lori Fetterman, Committee Co-Chair Nikki McMahon and Karen Martin. And a very special thanks to Donna Cohen, for volunteering her time as Rudolph!

Holiday Kick Off in Town Center "Jingle All The Way!"

The Brambleton Group kicked off the holiday season in the Town Center on Saturday, November 28th with the first annual Jingle Bell Family Fun Run/Walk followed by an afternoon of holiday fun! Over 150 Brambletonians and their friends participated in the 3-mile Jingle Bell Run/Walk which took them around the Town Center and along neighborhood trails. All proceeds from the walk were donated to the Legacy Elementary School Track Fund, which totaled over $3,500 in registrations, corporate sponsorships and generous family donations.

After the walk, the crowd enjoyed free children’s crafts inside the Welcome Center, a face painter, door prizes, horse & carriage rides and a DJ piping great holiday tunes around the Town Center Plaza as they shopped. The day’s festivities wrapped up with a community countdown for the lighting of the Christmas Tree. The tree will remain lit throughout the holiday season and the Menorah will be lit starting the first day of Hanukkah, December 11th. Thanks to all of the sponsors who helped make this event successful and a great fundraiser for Legacy Elementary School: Brambleton Group, Beazer Homes, Centex Homes, Gulick Group, Miller & Smith, Northern Virginia Orthodontics, Stanley Martin, Van Metre, Verizon and Winchester Homes. Thank you also to volunteers from the Briar Woods High School Key Club who assisted with the children’s craft tables. Click here to view photos from the event.

VAN METRE HOLDS GRAND OPENING IN BRAMBLETON DEC. 5

BRAMBLETON, LOUDOUN COUNTY—Brambleton, an award-winning planned community in southeastern Loudoun that is now home to more than 2,000 residents, welcomes Van Metre Homes to its select group of recognized builders. Van Metre, one of Greater Washington's largest private home builders, is a locally owned company and the recipient of numerous building awards.

Van Metre joins Brambleton's other featured homebuilders, which include: Beazer Homes, Camberley Homes, Centex Homes, Gulick Group, Miller and Smith, Stanley Martin Homes, and Winchester Homes.

The City Towns, Van Metre's first section of homes to open in Brambleton, will make their debut this Saturday, Dec. 5, during a grand opening from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Van Metre sales center at the Town Center. Refreshments will be available, and the architect and sales representatives will be on hand to answer questions. Located in the Overlook neighborhood of Brambleton, these townhomes range from 2,000 to 2,200 square feet, and sell for pre-construction pricing from $329,990.

In the near future, Van Metre plans to begin construction on single-family homes in the Manor Collection of Brambleton's Emerald Ridge neighborhood. These homes are planned for 2,400 to 3,200 square feet and will sell from $500,000. A preview is planned during Saturday's open house.

Information is available at the Brambleton Welcome Center in the Brambleton Town Center, (www.brambleton.com or 703-542-2925), or at the Van Metre sales center also in the Brambleton Town Center, 22895 Brambleton Plaza, #100 (www.vanmetrehomes.com or to RSVP for the grand opening, 703-554-6920).

About Brambleton:
Brambleton is a development of Soave Enterprises, LLC. Soave Enterprises is a diversified management and investment company founded by Detroit businessman Anthony L. Soave. It provides strategic planning, financial and other management resources to its affiliated business ventures in the real estate, automotive retailing, beer distribution, scrap metal, industrial services and transportation industries, among others. Forbes Magazine ranks Soave Enterprises as the 251st largest privately held company in the United States.

Community Holiday Coalition: Neighbors Helping Neighbors

Since 1996, the Community Holiday Coalition's Neighbors Helping Neighbors program has helped thousands of Loudoun County families have a wonderful holiday season. Last year they helped brighten the holidays for more than 2,000 families, including more than 4,000 children! Kinder Works of Brambleton started collecting food items in November and there are only a few weeks left for donations to be dropped off for families in need. Your help is needed!

The Coalition is in need of many items to stock their December store in time for the holidays. The gift of your time, gift cards, new toys, games, stuffed stockings, gift bags, new clothes, food, money and personal care items are all appreciated. For your convenience, you may drop off your donations locally at the Brambleton Community Center, Kinder Works or the Brambleton Welcome Center no later than December 9th. Check the website for additional listings of collection sites and events.

Please consider helping those less fortunate by supporting the Holiday Coalition with your time, donations of money or gift cards. The Coalition is there for people in crisis who may feel alone and people who cope with physical or mental challenges. For additional information on the Holiday Coalition, ways you or your organization can contribute, or details about the Holiday Store, please contact kara.earl@loudoun.gov.

About Brambleton:
More than 2,000 families now call Brambleton home while enjoying a wide variety of housing options available throughout this emerging new community, an award-winning, master-planned residential and retail development in the Dulles area of southeastern Loudoun. To learn more about the Brambleton community visit http://www.brambleton.com/ or call 703-542-2925.

Brambleton is a development of Soave Enterprises, L.L.C., http://www.soave.com/. Soave Enterprises is a diversified management and investment company founded by Detroit businessman Anthony L. Soave. It provides strategic planning, financial and other management resources to its affiliated business ventures in the real estate, automotive retailing, beer distribution, scrap metal, industrial services and transportation industries, among others.

Brambleton’s Wine Bus Tour a success!

This “adult only” event was a new addition to the calendar this year and due to its success, the HOA office will be planning another one next year. The other “adult only” event is Casino Night which is coming up in February held here at the Brambleton Welcome Center and is always a great annual event. Click here to view all the photos from the day!

For a list of all the great events in Brambleton, please click here!

Visit Winchester's New Blog & Facebook Page To Stay Connected

Winchester Homes gives you two ways to stay connected, Facebook and their blog: blog.winchesterhomes.com. They are empowering you with news about communities and models, exclusive event invitations, the latest photos and timely information for current and prospective homeowners. You're sharing with Winchester Homes' fans your experiences with Winchester Homes' quality, customer support and the Your Home. Your Way. program and how you used it to create the home of your dreams.

Communication is a two-way street and this is two additional ways to stay in touch and up-to-date. They will keep you posted on what's new with their wall to wall updates. And you're just one click away from their Facebook page to their website. Join their network today and tell your friends, neighbors and family.

Optician opening soon at the BTC

Construction is well underway for Brambleton’s new optometry office, Insight Eye Optique. The office will be nestled between the new Verizon Store and Go Bananas. Please feel free to peak through the window as you walk by and check out the progress. The owners, Harsh and Meera Sutaria, are planning for a “soft opening” before Thanksgiving and anticipate a Grand Opening in January.

Dr. Meera Sutaria is a primary care optometrist who especially enjoys contact lens fittings and children’s exams. Dr. Sutaria will also provide ocular disease diagnosis, emergency eye care, and LASIK consultation and co-management. She has a specific vision of not only providing thorough, accurate, efficient eye care; but importantly, doing so while ensuring you a great experience. She plans on accomplishing her vision by making Insight Eye Optique a technology-driven office, featuring state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment, electronic medical records, and computer-assisted eye exams. The modern, boutique-style optical will feature spectacle frames for all styles, ages, and budgets. You will be guaranteed to find a frame that suits your taste and needs, and an experienced optical specialist will guide you to choose the best lens options. Dr. Sutaria will participate in most major medical and vision insurance plans. Insight Eye Optique will be open in time for the holidays. Take advantage of your flex spending that will expire at the end of the year, or think about sending the gift of new eyewear to you, your family and friends! Please stay tuned to the Brambleton Town Center website for the latest contact information, how to schedule an exam, hours of operation, photos, and more.

For more information on the Brambleton Town Center, please go to www.brambleton.com/towncenter.

Brambleton Elects New Resident Director at Annual Meeting

Close to 90 residents came out to the November 10th Annual Meeting to elect the next director to the Brambleton Community Association Board.

The Board would like to thank both candidates, Dustin Mullins and
Steve Wright for stepping up to serve the community and for conducting positive campaigns. Congratulations to Steve Wright for winning a seat on the Board of Directors (pictured here with his wife).

Steve will serve a three year term on the Board as the resident elected director. You can catch Steve on Twitter at http://twitter.com/bcarep. A second resident elected director will be added to the Board at the 2010 annual meeting.

For more information on Brambleton community, please check out their website.

Brambleton honors volunteers at Annual Meeting

At Brambleton's Annual meeting, held Tuesday, November 10th at Legacy Elementary, two outstanding residents were honored for their time, service and dedication to Brambleton. The recipients of the coveted "Community Volunteer of the Year" award were David Pavlik and Ken Cohen.

Please join us in congratulating them both - Brambleton is the community it is today because of volunteers like them.

For more information from the Annual meeting and the latest community news, please check out their all new redesigned November newsletter.

New Home Designs Realtor Sneak Peek

The Brambleton Group and the builder community recently debuted their new home designs at the Brambleton Welcome Center to the realtor community.

Camberley Homes debuted their Contemporary Towns that will be built in "The Overlook" neighborhood and Miller & Smith debuted their townhome "Grand Vista Collection" that will be built in the "Emerald Ridge" neighborhood. Click here for the latest new home design information.

Van Metre Homes were also present at the "Sneak Peek" as they are a recent addition to the Brambleton community. They debuted floor plans for their single family homes "Manor Collection" and their "City Towns" collection that will be built in "The Overlook" and "Emerald Ridge" neighborhoods in early 2010.

For more information on the Brambleton community, please visit http://www.brambleton.com/!

BRAMBLETON EMBRACES THE SPIRIT OF GIVING; JINGLE BELL FUN RUN/WALK PLANNED FOR FAMILIES

BRAMBLETON, LOUDOUN COUNTY—In support of Loudoun County schools, the Brambleton Town Center is working in conjunction with local merchants and the community to again launch its “Spirit of Giving” program.

Each time a visitor shops at the Brambleton Town Center from Nov. 13 to Dec. 9, they can enter to win a $1,000 shopping spree plus a matching $1,000 donation to a local school of the winner's choice. Each Brambleton merchant has entry forms at their location within the Town Center. There is no limit on the number of times a shopper can enter the contest. Last year's winning shopper selected Stone Hill Middle School to receive the $1,000 matching donation, and the previous year Briar Woods High School was chosen.

Highlighting the Spirit of Giving program will be the Jingle Bell Fun Run & Walk on Saturday, November 28, at 2 p.m., starting at the Town Center. The first 200 adults to register will receive a T-shirt and the first 200 children (12 and under) will receive a jingle bell bracelet. Cost is $10 per individual and $15 per family. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Legacy Elementary School Track Fund. Registration forms are available at the Brambleton Welcome Center (703-542-2925), or at http://brambleton.com/towncenter/Jingle%20Bell%20Run%20and%20Holiday%20Event%20Flyer.pdf

A full slate of family-oriented activities is planned November 28 in addition to the Run & Walk, including a DJ and holiday music, children's crafts starting at 2 p.m., face painting from 3-6 p.m., and horse and carriage rides from 4-8 p.m. All activities will be at the Town Center, including the lighting of the community tree and Menorah at 6 p.m.

Participating in the Spirit of Giving program are Regal Fox Cinemas, Annalee's Formals, Allstate-Patricia Booth Insurance, Harris Teeter, Art & Frame Depot, A&A Music, Froots, Caribou Coffee, B&T Dry Cleaners, Nick’s Corner Grill, Cold Stone Creamery, Blue Ridge Grill, The Pink Polka Dot, Broadlands Family Practice, Asian Spice Cafe, Chevy Chase Bank, Color Me Mine, Go Bananas, My Thai Place, LaBelle Nail Spa, Hair Cuttery, Edible Arrangements, Northern Virginia Orthodontics, California Tortilla, Subway, Scotto's Rigatoni Grill, Edibles Incredible!Desserts, The UPS Store, Commonhealth Chiropractic,The Next Step, The Papery, Animal Medical Centers of Loudoun, Johnny Rockets, HairLoom Studio, A.A. Family Dentistry, Associates for Counseling Services, Loudoun Medical Aesthetics, and Verizon.

More than 2,000 families now call Brambleton home while enjoying a wide variety of housing options available throughout this emerging new community, an award-winning, master-planned residential and retail development in the Dulles area of southeastern Loudoun. To learn more about the Brambleton community visit http://www.brambleton.com/ or call 703-542-2925.

About Brambleton:
Brambleton is a development of Soave Enterprises, L.L.C., http://www.soave.com/. Soave Enterprises is a diversified management and investment company founded by Detroit businessman Anthony L. Soave. It provides strategic planning, financial and other management resources to its affiliated business ventures in the real estate, automotive retailing, beer distribution, scrap metal, industrial services and transportation industries, among others.

SHOWCASING FIOS PRODUCTS, EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES BRAMBLETON WELCOMES UNIQUE NEW VERIZON STORE

Brambleton, an early leader in community connectivity through its partnership with Verizon for the community-wide incorporation of FiOs, welcomes a unique new Verizon store to its Town Center in southeastern Loudoun County.

Opening last month to showcase FiOS products and services, and emerging technologies within Brambleton and the surrounding areas, the new retail store is located at 42395 Ryan Road, Suite 119, adjacent to Brambleton's Welcome Center. It is Northern Virginia's first Verizon store to feature in-store equipment where set-top boxes and equipment can be exchanged and purchased. Complementing Brambleton's technology, the new retail operation will assist customers from Brambleton and the area to upgrade services and pay bills, among other services.
Store manager Rob Barber commented that the new retail center offers a “demo zone” with live FiOS demonstrations, and trained Verizon representatives are on hand to answer customer questions.
“While our partnership with Verizon began as a test case, we were quick to realize that the sophisticated level of connectivity Brambleton offers is a highly successful feature that attracts new homeowners to our community,” said Brambleton's marketing director Kim Adams. “Having the Verizon store in our Town Center is a distinct advantage to our residents, as well as to others in surrounding communities,” Adams noted.