Year: 2017
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Send your own email: Time for Jeff Bezos to hear our collective voices: Don’t destroy our homes, Don’t be a Greenwash hypocrite
Dear Community – If you are not already aware, the SCC final order has been issued ruling the transmission line for the Amazon extension cord is the Carver Rd. route. We have contended all along that Amazon was culpable in this battle to protect our Read More …
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Washington Post: As data centers bloom, a century-old African American enclave is threatened
Washington Post: As data centers bloom, a century-old African American enclave is threatened By: Antonio Olivo July 2, 2017 4:08 p.m. Nathan Grayson helps his aunt Willetta Grayson, 91, walk to his car in Haymarket, Va. (Jason Andrew/For The Washington Post) For at least Read More …
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Coalition Letter to Jeff Bezos – 7/2/17
Amazon: Best example of “liberal capitalism?” or Destroyer of generations of heritage communities in Virginia? Dear Mr. Bezos, You’ve had a busy month. Amazon exceeded $1,000 per share, your charity tweet went viral, and you snapped up Whole Foods for $13.7 billion. For some, Read More …
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SCC Final Order: Carver Rd. Route
The SCC issued its final order on 6/23/17, choosing the Carver Rd. route: SCC Haymarket Final Order 062317
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Bull Run Observer: Supervisors want neither Railroad nor Carver Rd. power line location
EDITOR’S NOTE: The June 2 edition of the Bull Run Observer had already gone to press when on June 1, Prince William Board of County Supervisors held a public hearing on the State Corporation Commission’s proposal that the board lift open space and easement restrictions Read More …
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Civil War Trust letter to Army Corps of Engineers
CWT Letter to US ACOE_Buckland Mills
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Dominion requests Carver Rd. route to SCC for Haymarket data center transmission line
Following the June 5 Board of Supervisors response, rejecting either route choice offered by the SCC, Dominion formally requested the Carver Rd. route for the Haymarket data center transmission line. See their June 5 letter to the SCC here: VEPCO Update to Commission (PUE-2015-00107) Request Read M
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BOCS refuses either route choice put forward by SCC
Following a June 1 Special Meeting attended by citizens from across the county, the Board of Supervisors formally rejected either route choice put forward by the SCC (Railroad or Carver Rd.) for the Haymarket data center project, substation, and transmission line. See their letter to Read More …
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PWC Response/Resolution to Dominion request to cross Easement for Railroad Route – 6/1/17
PWC response to Dominion DePIPPO 6.5.17 ltr Haymarket 230 kV Transmission Line
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Inside NoVa: Supervisors reject both routes for power lines at Haymarket data center
Inside NoVa: Supervisors reject both routes for power lines at Haymarket data By Alex Koma, akoma@insidenova.com June 2, 2017 Nathan Grayson’s plot of land off Carver Road in Gainesville has been in his family for four generations, dating back to the days when African Americans Read More …