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2023 SESSION


HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 372
Commending EatLoco, LLC.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 21, 2023

 

WHEREAS, EatLoco, LLC, the Commonwealth’s largest farmers market dedicated to promoting healthy eating and lifestyles in Northern Virginia, has greatly served the community for the past six years; and

WHEREAS, in 2016, EatLoco’s founder, Dan Hine, generously lent his support to Loudoun County farmers and vendors by providing free marketing services to achieve specific business goals; and

WHEREAS, in 2017, EatLoco held its first farmers market at One Loudoun, attracting more than 20 committed farmers, bakers, food producers, artisans, and other vendors; and

WHEREAS, the EatLoco Farmers Market at One Loudoun has grown to more than 130 vendors in 2023, becoming the most visited farmers market in the Commonwealth; and

WHEREAS, in 2018, EatLoco established a year-round farmers market in the Brambleton community that hosts more than 45 vendors every Sunday; and

WHEREAS, EatLoco is establishing a seasonal farmers market, set to open in March 2023, in the Loudoun Station community, which is expected to host more than 75 vendors every Sunday; and

WHEREAS, EatLoco is establishing a seasonal farmers market, set to open in June 2023, in the Metropolitan Park community of Arlington, which is expected to host more than 75 vendors every Sunday; and

WHEREAS, since its founding, EatLoco has been recognized by the Loudoun Chamber of Commerce as the 2018 Loudoun Destination Business of the Year and as a finalist for 2019 Loudoun Small Business of the Year and 2022 Loudoun Destination Business of the Year; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That EatLoco, LLC, hereby be commended for its promotion of eating locally, healthily, and sustainably; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to EatLoco, LLC, as an expression of the House of Delegates’ admiration for the small business’ commitment to collaborating with local businesses within the community to improve the quality of health for the Loudoun community.