Author: Karen Sheehan

Loudoun Times: Loudoun Supervisors deny Goose Creek Overlook’s 238-housing project after earlier support

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https://www.loudountimes.com/news/loudoun-supervisors-deny-goose-creek-overlooks-238-housing-project-after-earlier-support/article_63cf0426-871a-11eb-ab19-7f0eb6ed1c94.html By Nathaniel Cline ncline@loudountimes.com Mar 17, 2021 Updated Mar 19, 2021 1 of 2 The Goose Creek Outlook property is located south of Dulles Greenway, on both sides of Sycolin Road (Route 625), along the east banks of Goose Creek. Courtesy Image Protestors held signs to save Read More …

Citizen Letter: Done right, Independent Hill plan could add access to PW Forest Park, highlight local history

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https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/opinion/letter-done-right-independent-hill-plan-could-add-access-to-pw-forest-park-highlight-local/article_b6208c46-820a-11eb-9049-1f65bd4c766d.html?fbclid=IwAR3xAjDCL48sCCrpqjqCaT4VZFTWzigrliyLM4YNToBGCydkGznJeZUNPVE Mar 14, 2021  With the Independent Hill small area plan, we have an opportunity to protect and honor Prince William history while providing an important amenity for residents. For years we’ve heard of plans for a north entrance to Prince William Forest Park. Instead Read More …

Prince William Conservation Alliance: Action Alert: Protect PW Forest (National) Park from Encroaching Development

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  Action Alert: Protect Prince William Forest Park from Encroachment by Development On Tuesday, March 16, Prince Williams Board of County Supervisors will decide whether to allow construction of a data center campus within the Congressional boundary of Prince William Forest Park. This would negatively Read More …

Prince William Times: Prince William Forest Park raises concerns over Independent Hill development plan

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https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/prince-william-forest-park-raises-concerns-over-independent-hill-development-plan/article_961f8848-8354-11eb-96df-3734949f5a81.html By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer   Mar 12, 2021 Prince William Forest Park sign   file photo Prince William Forest Park officials are raising concerns about a controversial plan to allow new office and industrial development near the border of the 14,000-acre park that could Read More …

NO! to Data Centers next to Homes and National Parks!

Posted onAuthorKaren Sheehan

The county Board of Supervisors is voting next Tuesday, March 16, on the Independent Hill Small Area Plan.  Included in this plan is a proposal to locate data centers within the legislative boundaries of Prince William Forest National Park, inside the Rural Crescent! Take action now Read More …

Prince William Times: Supervisors move to ease restrictions for mixed-use, transit-oriented development

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https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/supervisors-move-to-ease-restrictions-for-mixed-use-transit-oriented-development/article_960ac6aa-81a7-11eb-9958-774d68f856e6.html By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer Mar 10, 2021 Updated Mar 10, 2021 An artist’s rendering included in Prince William County’s North Woodbridge small area plan depicting what a new mixed-use development slated for the area might look like. The Prince William Board of County Supervisors Read More …

Elena Schlossberg: Haymarket Transmission Line fight lessons should not be ignored

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From: elena s Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 1:59 PM To: Wheeler, Ann <awheeler@pwcgov.org>; Angry, Victor S. <VSAngry@pwcgov.org>; peter candland <pcandland@pwcgov.org>; yvega@pwcgov.org; mfranklin@pwcgov.org; kboddye@pwcgov.org; abailey@pwcgov.org; Lawson, Jeanine M. <JLawson@pwcgov.org>; CMWinn@pwcgov.org; Chris Martino <cmartino@pwcgov.org>; pagrawal@pwcgov.org; Horner, Rebecca <RHorner@pwcgov.org>; Robl, Michelle R. <mrobl@pwcgov.org> Subject: Haymarket Transmission Line Read More …

Prince William Times: County to look for more land for data centers, including in the ‘rural crescent’

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https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/county-to-look-for-more-land-for-data-centers-including-in-the-rural-crescent/article_80280700-803d-11eb-9dfc-4767b2594052.html By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer Mar 8, 2021 Updated Mar 8, 2021 Prince William is among the counties with the largest concentration of data centers in the commonwealth. The huge, windowless, box-shaped buildings house computer systems critical for running the internet. Several have been constructed Read More …

Elena Schlossberg: Economic Development

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From: elena s Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 11:52 AM To: Winn, Christina M. <CMWinn@pwcgov.org> Cc: Agrawal, Parag <pagrawal@pwcgov.org>; kd >> Kim Hosen <kdhosen@gmail.com>; Wheeler, Ann <awheeler@pwcgov.org>; Angry, Victor S. <VSAngry@pwcgov.org>; Franklin, Margaret <mfranklin@pwcgov.org>; Boddye, Kenny <kboddye@pwcgov.org>; Vega, Yesli <yvega@pwcgov.org>; Candland, Peter <PCandland@pwcgov.org>; Lawson, Jeanine Read More …

Prince William Times: EXCLUSIVE: Massive 800-acre data center deal proposed for ‘rural crescent’

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https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/exclusive-massive-800-acre-data-center-deal-proposed-for-rural-crescent/article_b09c1858-7b8e-11eb-91bd-e7a7552f8c17.html By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer Mar 2, 2021 Updated Mar 2, 2021 An 800-acre data center campus, dubbed the “PWC Digital Gateway,” is under discussion for a string of properties in Prince William County’s “rural crescent” on land bordering the Manassas National Battlefield Park.courtesy photo/Roger Read More …

Prince William Times: Guest Opinion: There are many good reasons to keep the rural crescent

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https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/opinion/guest-opinion-there-are-many-good-reasons-to-keep-the-rural-crescent/article_d9a935a8-7839-11eb-adde-1bc658ef950e.html Twenty-two years ago Prince William Supervisors recognized that development area residents were struggling with ever increasing traffic, overcrowded schools and vanishing green open space. To help address the problem, they adopted a smart-growth tool, known today as the “rural crescent.” This initiative was intended Read More …

Agritourism and Arts Overlay District (AAOD) – Resolution 02/16/21

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https://eservice.pwcgov.org/documents/bocs/agendas/2021/0216/14-E.pdf http://eservice.pwcgov.org/planning/documents/CPU/AgritourismArtsOverlayDistrictDRAFT.pdf MOTION: February 16, 2021 Regular Meeting SECOND: Ord. No. 21- RE: ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT #DPA2016-00007, AGRITOURISM AND ARTS OVERLAY DISTRICT – COUNTYWIDE ACTION: WHEREAS, on May 20, 2014, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors (Board) in Resolution Number (Res. No.) 14-353 initiated Read More …

Greater Greater Washington: The region has built a lot of housing – but not enough, and not in the right places

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https://ggwash.org/view/amp/72127 HOUSINGBy Jaclene Begley (Guest Contributor), Leah Brooks (Guest Contributor), Brian McCabe (Contributor), Jenny Schuetz (Guest Contributor) May 16, 2019 14 comments   Moon rise over DC by thisisbossi used with permission. Walk through downtown Washington, DC these days, and it looks like we’re in a construction boom. Cranes tower in the background of Nationals Read More …

Prince William Times: County supervisors OK new rules aimed at boosting local agritourism

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https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/county-supervisors-ok-new-rules-aimed-at-boosting-local-agritourism/article_e505d412-7157-11eb-96e7-fb77d58b1252.html By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer Feb 17, 2021 A view of the tulip fields at Burnside Farms, an agritourism pick-your-own flower farm in Nokesville.   More farm stands, hayrides and breweries could be on the horizon for Prince William County.  The Prince William Read More …

Prince William Times: In the ‘rural crescent’ debate, some see conservation, others see exclusion

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https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/in-the-rural-crescent-debate-some-see-conservation-others-see-exclusion/article_e203729a-7217-11eb-b00b-bb600d8796bf.html By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer Feb 18, 2021 Who’s left out of the ‘rural crescent?’ Prince William County’s rural area, known as the ‘rural crescent,’ is home to small farms, like the one on the left on Aden Road, as well as new Read More …