InsideNoVa: The Third Battle of Manassas: Historic battlefield lands on endangered list
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Category: Data Centers
Fox5: Manassas National Battlefield considered most endangered historic place by preservationists
Manassas National Battlefield considered most endangered historic place by preservationists
NBC4: Opponents of Data Center at Manassas Battlefield Share Concerns Over Proposal
Opponents of Data Center at Manassas Battlefield Share Concerns Over Proposal – NBC4 Washington (nbcwashington.com)
The Register: Virginians sue to block rural Amazon datacenter
Virginians sue to block rural Amazon datacenter construction • The Register
Letter: County’s climate change commitments must be part of its new comprehensive plan
May 6, 2022 Prince William County’s proposed 2040 Comprehensive Plan, as it currently stands, is a vision for a developer’s heaven. Environmental sustainability in the document seems to rely mainly on the concept of “open space.” There’s a lot more involved in protecting against climate
National Parks Conservation Association: National Parks, Data Centers, and Water Quality in Prince William
National Parks, Data Centers, and Water Quality in Prince William – Zoom 5/4/22
Successful Town Hall!
How can two Supervisor Chairs from neighboring counties be so very different? Loudoun County Board Chair Phyllis Randall said in her most recent newsletter: “I respect and appreciate the data center community but this does not mean data centers belong everywhere. I want to build a
Prince William Times: Residents decry rural-area data centers, development during town hall meeting
Residents decry rural-area data centers, development during town hall meeting | News | princewilliamtimes.com By Peter Cary Piedmont Journalism Foundation May 3, 2022 Posters in support of preserving current rural area zoning displayed in Battlefield High School for the April 28 rural crescent town hall.
Facebook Live video of April 28, 2022 Town Hall
Facebook Live Town Hall video – April 28, 2022
TONIGHT! – Citizens Town Hall – 6:30 PM Battlefield High School
Citizens are going to be blindsided by all the proposed changes to this county if the current 2040 comp plan update is approved. Now is the time to understand what is at stake and make a difference! Sponsored by: COALITION TO PROTECT PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY
Letter: Environmental assessment needed for PW Digital Gateway – InsideNoVa
Currently the Prince William Board of County Supervisors is considering changes to the county’s Comprehensive Plan affecting industrial development in the “Rural Crescent,” including the Prince William Digital Gateway project. Based on the scope of the Comprehensive Plan Amendment, with its potential environmental, cultural and
Come to the Coalition sponsored Citizens Town Hall – April 28
(See announcement below regarding April 28 “safe space” town hall for citizens opposed to proposed county-wide projects) “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” ― Margaret Mead We understand – sometimes
Opinion: Gateway concerns vs. reality: Bi-County Parkway still on drawing boards
On March 9, 2022 the legal counsel for the PW Digital Gateway applicants forwarded a number of documents to the “Board of County Supervisors members and Planning Commission members in an attempt to provide clarity and detail, so that the discussion of this CPA application
Analysis: County staff Data Center presentations “clearly in error” with PWC records – Bull Run Observer
In her May 27, 2021 Data Center-Market Viability Review forwarded to the BOCS, Christina Winn, Executive Director , Economic Development, asserted “Of the approximately 8,700 acres of land within the DCOZ (Data Center Opportunity Zone), there is approximately 600-1100 acres Economic Development would consider market
GET ENGAGED! Citizen Town Hall – April 28
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
Washington Business Journal: In a changing Prince William County, leaders wrestle with how to manage a data center boom
Wash Bus Jrnl PWC Leaders Wrestle
Opinion: Lateef inconsistent about ‘Rural Crescent’ – InsideNOVA
Letter: Lateef inconsistent about ‘Rural Crescent’ | Opinion | insidenova.com The integrity of a consistent policy message is what separates the character of our elected leaders, and even those in the community who can influence how we grow as a county, from those who are
Opinion: Fairfax Water Authority’s call to study data centers’ expansion another red flag – Prince William Times
Letter: Lateef inconsistent about ‘Rural Crescent’ | Opinion | insidenova.com Somebody is always throwing cold water on the Prince William Digital Gateway. This week’s bucket in the face is courtesy of the Fairfax County Water Authority. In its letter of March 21st, Fairfax Water said:
BREAKING NEWS!
In what many would consider a bold move, Fairfax County Water Authority felt compelled to provide public feedback to our Board of Supervisors and Planning Commissioners that they need to pay attention to the impacts of developing in the Rural Crescent, which includes most of the Occoquan watershed, from
Fairfax County Water Authority – Comments on PWC Comp Plan update, Digital Gateway Corridor, & DCOZOD
3-21-22 FW GM Letter to PWC Deputy County Exec R Horner re PWC Comp Plan Revisions to RC