Opinion Letter: CITIZENS ARE BEING RAILROADED – InsideNoVa

Letter: Citizens are being railroaded | Opinion | insidenova.com The Planning Dept. advertises that the January 20 and 27 meetings are a Review process to gather public comments.  In-person participants are limited to 300 people – and then in-person participation was cancelled for January 20.  Read More …

InsideNoVa: Hundreds sign up for PW Digital Gateway hearing; deadline to speak tomorrow

Hundreds sign up for PW Digital Gateway hearing; deadline to speak tomorrow | Headlines | insidenova.com By Nolan Stout  January 25, 2022 Prince William County officials are trying to handle the hundreds of residents who want to speak at Thursday’s listening session on the proposed Read More …

InsideNoVa: Prince William’s virtual data center hearing draws complaints, opponents

Prince William’s virtual data center hearing draws complaints, opponents | Headlines | insidenova.com By Nolan Stout Jan 22, 2022 Several people say they couldn’t access Prince William County’s listening session on data centers after a late switch to a virtual event for winter weather that Read More …

Prince William Times: Dozens voice concerns about data center district expansion at community meeting

Dozens voice concerns about data center district expansion at community meeting | News | princewilliamtimes.com By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer Jan 21, 2022 1 of 2 From pasture to powerlines: Western Prince William landowners asking for their rural land to be replanned for data centers point Read More …

Prince William Times: Community meeting on data centers will be held virtually tonight due to winter weather

Community meeting on data centers will be held virtually tonight due to winter weather | News | princewilliamtimes.com Staff reports Jan 20, 2022 Prince William already has one of the largest concentrations of data centers in Virginia. The huge, windowless, box-shaped buildings house computer systems Read More …

Protect what we have – Reject the gaslighting!

Stop the railroading of this community to develop the rural crescent. The only “truth” to the farcical process currently underway is the level of gaslighting itself. For the record: in county survey after county survey – by overwhelming numbers – the community identifies protecting the rural Read More …

InsideNoVa: UPDATED: Supervisors vote to move forward with data center ‘listening sessions’ despite COVID concerns

UPDATED: Supervisors vote to move forward with data center ‘listening sessions’ despite COVID concerns | Headlines | insidenova.com By Nolan Stout Jan 18, 2022 Updated 20 hrs ago 7 Mary Ann Ghadban, far right, and many of her neighbors are urging the county to zone Read More …

Washington Post: A fight over turning a ‘rural crescent’ in Northern Virginia into a hub for data centers

’Rural Crescent’ in Prince William County targeted for data centers – The Washington Post Page Snyder, owner of Pageland Farm, stands at the entrance of an unused horse barn in December. The power lines in the background are one reason she and her neighbors are Read More …

Opinion: Don’t let data centers threaten county’s African-American historic sites – Prince William Times

LETTER: Don’t let data centers threaten county’s African-American historic sites | Opinion | princewilliamtimes.com Jan 14, 2022 There is a limited-time opportunity for our county to study and create a fitting public experience area for sites of African American history in western Prince William. These Read More …

InsideNoVa: Prince William Supervisor Pete Candland refutes allegations of duplicity

Prince William Supervisor Pete Candland refutes allegations of duplicity | Headlines | insidenova.com By Nolan Stout Jan 12, 2022 Updated March 1, 2022 Pete Candland, Gainesville District supervisor. PAUL LARA/FILE PHOTO Gainesville District Supervisor Pete Candland has come under attack from opponents of the PW Read More …

WTOP: Ken Burns pens letter opposing western Prince William data centers on ‘hallowed ground’

Ken Burns pens letter opposing western Prince William data centers on ‘hallowed ground’ | WTOP News January 10, 2022, 6:32 PM Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns says the proposal for data centers along Pageland Lane could have a “devastating impact” on the Manassas National Battlefield. Meanwhile, Read More …

Press Release: Ken Burns, “The Civil War” Filmmaker, Joins Battle for Battlefield

PRESS RELEASE For more Information contact: Elena Schlossberg Executive Director, Coalition to Protect Prince William County  Ken Burns, “The Civil War” Filmmaker, Joins Battle for Battlefield Executive director says: “Ken Burns knows history. Industrial sprawl is on the wrong side.” Haymarket, Virginia (January 10, 2022) Read More …