Friday, April 19, 2013
Ask him to do something and he gets it done.
Lorton's Shep Crow was honored with a Community Champion award at the 21st Anniversary Fairfax County Volunteer Service Awards on Thursday. The Awards were held at the Waterford at Springfield. "I do appreciate it and the fact that Supervisor Hyland recognized me," said Crow. "I'm still going to keep on pushing." Mount Vernon District Supervisor Gerry Hyland nominated Crow for the award. "He's a premier volunteer. I know few people in our community who are as dedicated as Shep," he said. "He looks around and sees what needs to be done and then turns around and does it. He's the best." Crow's volunteer efforts over the years include founding the South Fairfax Chamber of Commerce in 2008 and repairing Lorton's clock tower. Fairfax County'…
Monday, March 11, 2013
The new sign will welcome motorists at the Lorton border on Richmond Highway
This week, Lorton's new eight-foot-tall "welcome" sign will officially be unveiled, along northbound Route 1 near Gunston Road. The sign will carry the logos of 10 Lorton-area organizations and will read in bold letters, "Lorton, Virginia - 1875." "It's going to be a permanent fixture," said Shep Crow, a founding member of the South Fairfax Chamber of Commerce, in a previous interview with Patch. Crow and Lorton's Ray Rainwater took down the former sign, and Crow has spent the last two years raising support and gaining County approval for the new sign. Read: Lorton's Old Welcome Sign Soon to be Replaced. "One day I was driving up the road and I saw the old sign sitting on the side of the road. It was all rusted over and looked like it …
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Preparations are under way for new sign for Route 1.
Out with the old, in with the new. Within the next two weeks, an eight-foot-tall "welcome" sign will be completed in Lorton, along northbound Route 1 near Gunston Road. The sign will carry the logos of 10 Lorton-area organizations and will read in bold letters, "Lorton, Virginia - 1875." "It's going to be a permanent fixture," said Shep Crow, a founding member of the South Fairfax Chamber of Commerce, who came up with the design and spent two years getting Fairfax County to sign off on the project. "One day I was driving up the road and I saw the old sign sitting on the side of the road. It was all rusted over and looked like it got hit by a Mack truck. It was a real eyesore and it didn't look good for Lorton at all," he said. …
