Month: October 2020
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Good Job! Long Branch developer forced to defer application
Dear Neighbor – We just found out that the developer, Classic Concepts, has pulled the Preserve at Long Branch application….for now. Deferral just means “to be continued” – until such time that he thinks he can get it to pass. This Prince William community is amazing. Read More …
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URGENT: Speak Up for our County – Protect the Rural Crescent!
The county finally came out with the agenda for next Tuesday’s Oct. 20 meeting of the Board of Supervisors, when supervisors will be voting on Mark Granville Smith’s Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA) and Rezoning applications for his Preserve at Long Branch. His most recent application proposes 10
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PW Times: Proposed 102-home ‘Preserve at Long Branch’ sparks rural crescent debate
https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/proposed-102-home-preserve-at-long-branch-sparks-rural-crescent-debate/article_8a40b7f8-0e20-11eb-be2e-db95f6397038.html Daniel Berti – Times Staff Writer Oct. 14, 2020 Karen Sheehan, a resident of the county’s rural area, with one of a handful of roadside sig
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PWCA: Rural Crescent At Risk (Again!) Why Should You Care?
Prince William Conservation Alliance Community Report, October 12, 2020 http://www.pwconserve.org/newsletters/current.htm Rural Crescent at Risk (Again!) Why Should You Care? Because every dollar we spend to provide services to new homes and industrial uses in the countryside is a dollar we can’t sp
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Derecho: A Rural Crescent FYI And Reminder To Ann
http://thederecho.blogspot.com/2020/10/a-rural-crescent-fyi-and-reminder-to-ann.html I will leave it to the learned readers to develop their own conclusions. I simply present a copy of Chair Wheeler’s Rural Crescent Pledge from 2011 and a excerpt from a 2011 article in the Washington Business Journ
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Washington Post: Plan Would Encroach on Rural Crescent
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/05/15/plan-would-encroach-on-rural-crescent/cee9c6b5-511e-4b5c-ba1f-cbd07e0f90df/ By Michele Clock May 15, 2003 Three years ago, Elena Schlossberg and her husband, Scott Kunkel, purchased a 10-acre property in Haymarket. Ready to raise a family, the
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URGENT: Read and Take Action!
Do you remember the study, or the set up, to dismantle the Rural Crescent – all because one developer, Classic Homes Concepts, wanted to quadruple the number of homes and introduce sewer on Rural Crescent land he purchased well after the protections were established? That same Read More …
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Prince William Times: Data centers must stay in their zone – and out of the rural crescent
Oct. 7, 2020 At present, it’s difficult to recall a time when citizens and local government worked collaboratively. Yet, in 2016, that rare event did indeed occur. When an Amazon Data Center’s need for power in the western end of the county resulted in chaos, Read More …
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Send Email: Protect the Rural Crescent – Vote NO on CPA2020-00008 and REZ2017-00013
Individualized messages are much more impactful and stand a greater chance to be read. We have provided some sentences, but add your own thoughts and concerns on this issue. Click on “Read or Edit the Petition” in the yellow banner at the top of the Read More …
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Latest and Most Insidious Threat to the Rural Crescent!
PROTECT THE RURAL CRESCENT! Do you remember the study, or the set up, to dismantle the Rural Crescent – all because one developer, Classic Homes Concepts, wanted to quadruple the number of homes and introduce sewer on Rural Crescent land he purchased well after the protections Read More …