Sunset at Bull Run Mountain along Waterfall Road in Rural Crescent.
We want you to know that protecting the Rural Crescent isn’t just a benefit for those who live in the Rural Crescent, but rather a benefit for all those living throughout the entire county.
We want you to know that there was a time when protecting green spaces and our tax dollars was what brought people together, from every ideology, from all parts of the county – to protect this unique asset.
We want you to know – those underlying principals have not changed.
…Did you know? The Rural Crescent was adopted in 1998 under the leadership of the first woman Democratic Chair for PWC, while the Republican Supervisors in the west voted no to its adoption.
…Did you know? The entirety of Prince William County’s Rural Crescent is included in the Occoquan Watershed.
…Did you know? Smart Growth isn’t just a buzz word – it forms the planning foundation for our entire county. We rely on its principals for our Comprehensive Plan, and for our Strategic Goals.
…Did you know? Impervious surfaces contribute to both warming communities, and to flooding.
Establishing the Rural Crescent was prescient. The Rural Crescent has given us an advantage today over the impacts that we and other communities are facing.
With all the current threats to our Rural Crescent, we feel like we need to catch our breath. We understand it can feel like there is more that divides us in this county than unites us. We reject that perspective.
We believe that there IS more that brings all of us together, all across the county – if we can peel away from the noise and the greed of those seeking instant gratification.
We believe all people crave clean air and clean water, and don’t want to lose our rural assets. Assets which are becoming more and more rare as development proposals march on with little care for what is left in their wake.
We take solace from knowing that facts are our best weapon against the constant drum beat of misinformation and gaslighting.
We know that smart growth was the reason the Rural Crescent was created. We firmly believe that now more than ever, given the threat of increasing climate disasters, we must fortify that prescient defense, and not give in to short sighted planning.
We know that turning thousands of acres of our watershed into impervious surfaces is regressive, not progressive.
We need to arm ourselves with the facts, so our voices cannot be drowned out by misinformation and greenwash.
Come join your neighbors to learn the facts.
Protecting the Occoquan Reservoir: Our Shared Water Source
Monday, September 20 – ONLINE
7:30 pm
Register here.
Join the Prince William Conservation Alliance and Dr. Stephen Souza to learn more about how land development within the Occoquan Reservoir watershed impacts the water quality, aesthetics, recreational uses and ecological balance of our reservoir and the streams that drain to it.
This is your opportunity to hear the facts and learn more about how intensive development of the Occoquan Reservoir watershed will negatively affect the reservoir and all that rely on the reservoir for drinking water and recreation. The 1-hour presentation conducted by Dr. Stephen Souza, past president of the North American Lake Management Society, will be followed by a question and answer period.
“UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”