Month: May 2016
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Press Release: BOCS Shows Leadership, “Gets It 100% Right” with Zoning Text Update
Executive director says: ”Nine months of citizen-county-business collaboration have paid off. Well done.” Haymarket, Virginia (May 18, 2016) – Tuesday evening, the Prince William County Board of Supervisors voted 7-1 to approve Zoning Text Amendment A, which helps properly site data centers and supp
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County Testimony to SCC 5/10/16
Chris Price, Director PWC Planning Office; and Justin Patton, PWC Archaeologist, delivered crucial testimony on May, 10, 2016 at the SCC Public Hearing in Richmond. Read their testimonies here: Useful Info
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Bull Run Observer: Power line hearing at BHS ends before all can testify
By Terri L. Erwin-Fitz – Observer staff The final local public hearing for testimony to be presented for the Dominion Power 230kV and Haymarket Substation project – to provide electricity to what is thought to be an Amazon data center in Haymarket – was held Read More …
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Citizen Email: May 17 BOCS Meeting – Approve ZTA A
(Readers: Don’t lose your opportunity to send your own email to the Supervisors: Vote Yes ZTA A) Supervisors, Last August, you unanimously declared your intent to “initiate zoning text amendments to incorporate appropriate zoning requirements for Data Centers.” Your rationale was sound – data cent
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SCC probing Wheeler, New Rd. routes and asking DVP other hard-hitting questions
The SCC sent new interrogatories to Dominion on May 6, 2016. In it they are exploring additional route possibilities (Wheeler, New Rd.), besides the 5 routes Dominion proposed in their application. The interrogatory contains many other hard-hitting questions, some referencing citizen testimony pres
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SCC Hearing shut down by high school custodial staff – Police escort citizens out of building…..?!
The SCC obviously didn’t make proper arrangements and believe us when we told them that the May 2 hearing would have significant (~500 people) citizen attendance, coming to testify into the wee hours of the night! And that they needed to make sure that the Read More …
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Jeremy and Annie – Emails after May 2 SCC Hearing
Jeremy and Annie heard each other’s testimony the night of the May 2 SCC local hearing at the Haymarket Battlefield High School. Jeremy is a friend of Karen Sheehan, who came with his guide dog, Legion, to give his eloquent and extemporaneous testimony on this Read More …
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DON’T FORGET – FINAL LOCAL SCC HEARING – TONIGHT!
DON’T FORGET – FINAL LOCAL SCC hearing for the Haymarket transmission and substation project: TONIGHT – MAY 2 7 PM BATTLEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL – AUDITORIUM 15000 Graduation Drive – Haymarket Show Our Unity – WEAR RED! UNPRECEDENTED: One of the 3 SCC Commissioners who will decide this case will be at th