The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors has directed the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services to initiate the public participation process to name two new park sites.

The first park site is a proffered, 4.11 acre active and passive park at the intersection of Braddock Road and Goshen Road near the Stratshire Crossing community in the Dulles District. The existing site features a basketball court, a game court, a nonstandard playing field for practice or pickup games, benches, buffered landscaping, wooded area and 28 parking spaces.

The second park site is a proffered, 9.5 acre active park in the Stonegate community on the west side of Smith Switch Road, north of Gloucester Parkway and south of the intersection of Farmwell Road and Waxpool Road in the Broad Run District. The existing site features two irrigated lacrosse fields, concession stand with bathroom facilities and meeting space, asphalt trail providing access to the W&OD trail and 60 parking spaces.

Anyone interested in proposing names for the park sites can submit the recommendation via email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or in writing to Diane Ryburn, Director, Loudoun County Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services, 215 Depot Court SE, Leesburg, VA 20175. Please include your full name, mailing address and phone number. The deadline for submissions is 5 p.m. July 27. For more information, call 703-777-0343.