Ashby Ponds in the News

(Ashburn, Va.) — Ashby Ponds, an Erickson Living retirement community in Loudoun County, Va., will officially introduce the Great Oak Clubhouse during a grand opening celebration planned for May 29th-31st. The new clubhouse will be the second community building at Ashby Ponds, which also features eight independent living residential buildings and a Continuing Care neighborhood for higher levels of care.

The Great Oak Clubhouse will feature 20,000 square-feet of amenities inclusive of a 200+ seat performing arts theater, the Acorn Café (a gourmet delicatessen), a banquet room for special events, a reading room, an art studio and gallery,...

Local retailers lend a hand in helping to raise funds for student employee scholarships

(Ashburn, Va.) - On March 30, Ashby Ponds retirement community hosted a room full of more than 200 residents and guests for the 2015 “Puttin’ on the Glitz” Fashion Show benefiting the community’s Scholars’ Fund. The Scholars’ Fund provides recipients with scholarships toward higher education; since the program’s establishment in 2010, nearly 60 students have received scholarships. The fashion show featured 12 couples dressed to the nines thanks to the event’s local retail sponsors; each couple included a 2015 student scholarship candidate...

(Ashburn, Va.) - Ashby Ponds resident Bill Vitale recently shared experiences from his remarkable career with his friends and neighbors at the Ashburn retirement community. He spent more than 40 years working for the U.S. Government; the first five with the first Secretaries of Defense in the country’s history. Vitale’s experiences provided him the opportunity to meet Winston Churchill, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Dwight Eisenhower, among others.

From 1948-1953, Vitale served as an Air Force Enlisted Administrative Aide for the first five Secretaries of Defense: Forrestal, Johnson, Marshall, Lovett, and Wilson. When interviewing for the position, a senior...

Bill Stoney, formerly with NASA, offers an 8-week course on the paranormal to fellow residents at the Ashburn retirement community

(Ashburn, Va.) – Ashby Ponds resident Bill Stoney spent more than 30 years working as an aerospace engineer with NASA. In this position, he became accustomed to using mathematics and science to provide reasoning and explanation for various matters of the world. Over the years, Stoney became drawn to the study of the paranormal perhaps because experiences involving the paranormal cannot be explained. Now, at Ashby Ponds retirement community, he is offering his neighbors an opportunity...