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Friends – On Tuesday night, Chair Ann Wheeler launched another assault on the Rural Crescent by opening the door to discussing intensive commercial and industrial development in this area. She is not alone. Supervisors Angry (Neabsco), Bailey (Potomac), Boddye (Occoquan), and Franklin (Woodbridge), led by
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
Dear Neighbor, At 7:30pm on Tuesday evening the Board will vote on a CPA for the Independent Hill Small Area Plan along Route 234 and Bristow Road. Unfortunately, county planners decided to build this plan within the Coles and Potomac magisterial districts, making this the
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
Most of the newly elected Supervisors to our County Board are seeking ways to dismantle what we have fought so hard to protect. The suggestions they are floating threaten our pocketbooks, our National Parks, our Rural Crescent, our water supply, our historical and other critical
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
Dear Friends, As we are all aware, the Virginia State and PW County health officials continue to work on vaccine access and stopping spread of COVID-19. I know this has been a complicated and frustrating process for many, with many changes to registration and availability.
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
What Matters To You? As you may already be aware, newly-elected Supervisors on our county Board have decided that Smart Growth principals are only “buzz words.” We disagree. We believe that smart growth policies, upon which our entire Comprehensive Plan is built, can be the
Please send a thank you to Chair Milne, and Commissioners Fontanella, McKay, Berry, and Taylor for voting to deny sprawl-inducing, environment-busting development. The negative consequences of climate change have never been more apparent. It’s time to get smart and protect our unique environmental assets which
For five years this community banded to together to demand Amazon bury their data center extension cord through residential communities. We didn’t stop there. We continued our fight, working with the Board of Supervisors, to unanimously adopt a common sense Data Center Overlay District –
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Do you remember the study, or the set up, to dismantle the Rural Crescent – all because one developer, Classic Homes Concepts, wanted to quadruple the number of homes and introduce sewer on Rural Crescent land he purchased well after the protections were established? That same
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,
PROTECT THE RURAL CRESCENT! Do you remember the study, or the set up, to dismantle the Rural Crescent – all because one developer, Classic Homes Concepts, wanted to quadruple the number of homes and introduce sewer on Rural Crescent land he purchased well after the protections
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
Hold onto your seat! You are not gonna believe what is happening in our county, behind closed doors, in the midst of a global pandemic. Buried on page 4 of tonight’s Board of Supervisors agenda, our county’s head of Economic Development has proposed a resolution
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
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
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