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 couple moved from Centreville to a less populated section of Northern Virginia: western Prince William County’s Read More …

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 …

Washington Business Journal: Microsoft adds to its N. Va. data center land holdings

https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/10/02/microsoft-buys-prince-william-data-center-land.html     Microsoft is buying up large tracts across Loudoun and, now, Prince William counties for data center development. By Michael Neibauer  –  Managing Editor, Washington Business Journal Oct 2, 2020 Updated Oct 2, 2020, 5:49pm EDT   Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is at it again, acquiring 46 acres Read More …

Prince William Times: Supervisors to consider bi-county parkway, more data centers as part of COVID-19 economic boost

By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer The Prince William Board of County Supervisors will consider a proposal Tuesday to resurrect the bi-county parkway and expand the county’s data center overlay district as part of an economic development plan aimed at boosting a local economy struggling Read More …

Bob Weir letter to Planning Commissioners: Independent Hill Small Area Plan

Last Night’s PC Worksession Dear Chairman Milne: With each meeting, I have become increasingly concerned by the behavior of the Planning Office staff and particularly the Acting Planning Director, Deputy County Executive Horner. Last night’s worksession regarding the Independent Hill Small Area Plan served to Read More …

Prince William Times: Planning commission voices concern over plan some say could open the ‘rural crescent’ to data centers

By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer The proposed Independent Hill Small Area plan Planning Commissioners went back and forth Wednesday over concerns about the Independent Hill Small Area Plan – a proposal that aims to lay the foundation for new development along the Va. 234 Read More …

Coalition Letter to Planning Commissioners: Independent Hill Small Area Plan

Dear Commissioners,  It’s easy to forget important historical lessons when the crisis is in your rear view mirror.  But for those of us that lived it, and fought against inappropriate data center placement, and advocated for a smart policy moving forward, we thought it important Read More …

Participate: Is This Land Your Land? – July 6, 7 PM

Is This Land Your Land? Discussions around why African Americans and other People of Color might not think so. Monday, July 6, 7 pm Online Conversation Free of charge RSVP required! Use this link <https://vccs.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcude-tqDwvGtMSccHqvxgg1ytkK8eLYTbM> to register and receive instructions to join the meeting. Contact Read More …

URGENT ACTION: Haymarket Transmission Line 2.0?!

We have some pretty stunning news to share.  In fact, it truly boggles the mind. Our current Board of Supervisors will be deciding next Tuesday, December 10, whether to approve ‘by right’ zoning for a proposed Gainesville Crossing data center campus.  This is on land Read More …