About the Bluemont Citizens Association
Founded in 1955, the Bluemont Citizens Association (BCA) is a neighborhood organization committed to enhancing the Bluemont community, with a focus on protecting, celebrating, and preserving its rural heritage and character. As an unincorporated village, Bluemont does not collect municipal taxes.
The Bluemont Fair
The BCA serves as the cornerstone of the Bluemont Fair, an annual event held on the third weekend of September. Organized entirely by volunteers, the fair began in 1969 and raises funds for various BCA initiatives, including numerous charitable endeavors. Proceeds also support Bluemont’s essential infrastructure, such as sidewalks, streetlights, and the upkeep of the E.E. Lake Store. Since 2016, Cynthia Morris and Jen Stone have skillfully co-chaired the Bluemont Fair.
Bluemont Citizens Association Meetings
Community meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM, usually at the Bluemont Community Center, located at 33846 Snickersville Turnpike. As a 501(c)4 organization, the BCA primarily serves residents of the Bluemont zip code (20135), which spans Loudoun, Clarke, and Jefferson Counties, as well as those with a 540-554-xxxx landline phone number. Everyone in the community is welcome to attend and share their input. The monthly BCA meeting is an excellent forum to present ideas—and often, to gain support for them.
2025 elected BCA officers:
| President | Peter Weeks |
| Vice-President | Bill Bogard |
| Treasurer | Hillary Perkins |
| Secretary | Melissa Hess |
| Trustees | Cynthia Morris, John Constant, John Sullivan |
The BCA Serves Bluemont in Many Ways
As an unincorporated village, Bluemont thrives on a strong volunteer tradition, supported by many local organizations connected to the BCA.
In 2014, the BCA helped launch the Bluemont Spring Fling, a free community event that has since become an annual tradition.
The Friends of Bluemont, now known as Bluemont Heritage, has received significant BCA support for restoring the Snickersville Academy (1825), Bluemont’s first school and church. Together with Loudoun County, the BCA has also secured grants to preserve the historic E.E. Lake Store, which is owned by the county but managed by Bluemont Heritage.
The BCA advocates on behalf of the community, such as petitioning the Loudoun Zoning Board to protect trees and stone walls near the Village Montessori School and lobbying the County Board of Supervisors to fund speed-readout cameras and speed tables for the village.
Until his passing, Henry Plaster, Chairman of the Snickersville Turnpike Association (STA), attended BCA meetings regularly, advocating for road maintenance. The BCA has also supported STA’s efforts to install historical markers along the turnpike from Aldie to Bluemont.
Other community efforts include:
- Maintaining the Bluemont email list (managed by Jen Stone at jenclark[@]stonefrog.com)
- Organizing road cleanups through Keep Loudoun Beautiful (earning an Adopt-a-Highway certificate)
- Planting and maintaining village flower barrels each spring and fall
- Sponsoring public forums with county officials
- Supporting charitable efforts, including holiday meals and gifts for families in need, donations to local food banks and the Volunteer Fire Department, and other special requests
- Awarding scholarships to local graduating seniors (over $11,000 awarded in 2023) for students living in the 20135 zip code or with a 540-554-xxxx phone number who demonstrate pride in their hometown through volunteer work
Get Involved!
Whether you want to stay informed, propose a civic project, gain support for your ideas, make an announcement, or simply meet your neighbors, come to a BCA meeting! Meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM at the Bluemont Community Center, 33846 Snickersville Turnpike.