Industrial blight is community blight. Just like a deadly virus, it spreads from the host to its neighbors.
Rural Sanders Lane neighbors mull selling to data centers | News | princewilliamtimes.com
“The bucolic road hosts a smattering of signs protesting the proposed digital development to the south.”
“Hunter said the group did not discuss doing business with data center operators, nor organizing to oppose them. He also said he did not know how many of the attendees might be interested in doing a data center deal.”
“I think there’s a number in the neighborhood who are interested and a number who are not,” he said.”
“He said that he, personally, is opposed to the so-called “PW Digital Gateway” under consideration to the south. But he said it would be unfair for county officials to change the land-use designation along Pageland Lane to allow for data centers and not do the same for Sanders Lane, which would leave him and his neighbors “stuck next to” a data center corridor.”
How much more of the Occoquan Watershed will be destroyed before the impacts so imperil the water quality, forcing 2.2 million people – including almost all those in eastern Prince William County – to have to drink bottled water.
PW Digital Gateway water concerns acknowledged | Headlines | insidenova.com
“We strongly urge that the review of these Planning initiatives incorporate a rigorous evaluation of the potential impacts to water quality in the Occoquan watershed utilizing the frameworks and tools already established through regional mechanisms to protect the Reservoir as a drinking water supply,” the letter says.”
“Lawson said the letter was “compelling,” and the county should ask Fairfax Water to provide a presentation about its concerns. “Clean water is critical to the future of our county.”
How many people are going to be forced out of their homes because living next to industrial blight has ruined what they once thought was their forever home.
How much of our county’s, and our country’s, Hallowed Ground will be sacrificed for data center development in the wrong places.
| LETTER: County must study of developments’ impact on Occoquan watershed Fairfax Water recently wrote a compelling letter outlining the importance of Prince William County in protecting the Occoquan Reservoir, the primary drinking water source for much of Eastern Prince William. www.princewilliamtimes.com |
A climate of fear and discord is growing. To enrich a few, thousands will pay the price. This is not good governance.
Citizens demand that facts, and science must lead the way.
Come to the
Citizen-sponsored
Town Hall
April 28th
Battlefield High School
15000 Graduation Drive, Haymarket
Doors open at 6:30 pm
This is an event intended only for the voices of those who support saving the Rural Crescent from industrial blight and residential sprawl, which will adversely affect the entire county. The meeting is NOT government-led.
Come join with your community to be a part of saving, not only where you live, but also protecting an entire region’s natural resources for today and for the future.
PWC County Code of Ordinances, Chapter 32 Zoning – 32-301.01.: “The A-1, Agricultural Zoning District is intended to implement the agricultural or estate classification of the Comprehensive Plan. The district is designed to encourage conservation and proper use of large tracts of real property in order to assure available sources of agricultural products, to assure open spaces within reach of concentrations of population, to conserve natural resources, prevent erosion, and protect the environment; and to assure adequate water supplies.”
“The intent is to encourage private land owners to protect these values and thereby create an environment favorable for the continuation (of) farming and other agricultural pursuits; to preserve prime agricultural land, forest land and/or open space; and to reduce the demand for costly public facilities and services that are inconsistent with the character of the rural areas within Prince William County.”
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