The Coalition to Protect Prince William County
UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot...Nothing is going to get better...It's not - The Lorax
Exciting news for the Coalition and the community. Given the totality of the threats we face, and the interests from people to get involved in “making the sausage,” we have expanded our Board. With threats that range from local, state, and now federal levels, we need to ensure
As predicted more than two years ago! Coal is FUELING the Data Center Proliferation. The Coalition to Protect PWC had been warning as early as December of 2022 that out-of-control data center proliferation was consuming so much power that the only alternative immediately available to meet
Who can resist a night of good wine, good friends, and good music? All to support putting a stop to the threat of the biggest data center alley in the world. A threat which will destroy homes and hallowed ground — and threaten the quality of life for many
Dear Supporters – All the latest you need to know: Yesterday in Fairfax County the Board of Supervisors, in spite of overwhelming opposition, approved one of the tallest data center buildings in the entire state. Residents protest as Fairfax County considers application for 110-foot-tall data center –
Dear Supporters – “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” (Margaret Mead) As promised by the Coalition to Protect PWC, Chap Petersen Counsel for the Coalition, yesterday filed a lawsuit to vacate
PRESS CONFERENCE The Coalition to Protect Prince William County, with American Battlefield Trust and other plaintiffs, will be holding a press conference at 1:30 pm on Friday, January 12, 2024 to discuss their legal action on the Digital Gateway Project as follow up to the December 11,
Happy New Year’s Eve to all our supporters! As we say goodbye to 2023, let us all take pride in our collective effort: NEVER backing down from getting the facts out in the open. This January will be an exciting time to continue our journey to
Dear Supporters, Happy Hannukah, Merry Christmas, and just an overall Happy Holidays! On December 11th, the Coalition with their legal counsel, Chap Petersen, an experienced and successful litigator who also served in the Virginia State Senate for 16 years, held a press conference. Press Conference Digital
Dear Supporters, First we want to say — you all are amazing. To consistently stand up in the face of overwhelming odds is a testament to the bravery, goodness, and tenacity of residents. The outcome was not a surprise. However, the ‘kabuki show’ in the last
There was a time, early on in 2021 while we were deep in COVID with no way to organize, that hope was all we clung to. Hope in the belief that we would find a way to prevail against the industrial abomination of the Digital Gateway. With only days
Dear Supporters, When we shared that the arc of justice bends in our direction, we did not know that the Planning Staff, even under immense pressure, would not only recommend denial of all three rezoning applications to the Board of Supervisors, but that they would
Dear Supporters, We have a few important announcements. *************************************** Nearly a decade ago the Coalition to Protect PWC was formed to protect our homes, our property, our small businesses, our natural and cultural resources, and our pocketbooks from the power demands required by the data
Dear Supporters, Virginia is at risk. It is not overstating to imagine that our once beautiful state will be consumed by hundreds of millions of sq feet of impervious concrete buildings, buzzing with the highest concentration of the planet’s digital footprint, dissected by endless miles of
Dear Supporters, “…The project is one of two major data center rezonings the supervisors have scheduled for votes during the board’s “lame duck” session before the end of the year. A public hearing and possible vote on the Devlin Technology Park is set for Tuesday,
Dear Supporters, Holidays like Thanksgiving can get stressful and complicated; wondering how to fit in the meal-making, the cleaning, the perfect turkey, the perfect pumpkin pie. For so many in the community that have had their lives turned upside down and inside out – your participation HAS made a
QTS Data Centers and Compass Datacenters are not experiencing a PR problem, they are experiencing a crisis of common decency. The data center industry, as a whole, can no longer continue their “business as usual” model. The Digital Gateway project has awakened The People, and
Prince William County’s professional planning staff has RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THE ENTIRE DIGITAL GATEWAY application. (See news coverage below) This project was built on a house of cards from its inception – and the glue holding it together is greed. The effort to stop this
Dear Supporters, We are all experiencing a time that will be remembered in the history books. A time when unrestrained, big data center money nearly won in tipping the scale for greed; over the health and well-being of neighborhoods, communities, counties, and states. WE, EACH ONE OF US, are
First – Some fun news. The Coalition to Protect Prince Willilam County, along with friends and neighbors from the community, will once again be marching in the Haymarket Day Parade reminding everyone why protecting the Rural Crescent is so important! HAYMARKET DAY NEXT SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21
Dear Supporters, Never let it be said that this community does not find creative ways to make sure our voices and concerns are heard! On Sunday, outside of a Democrat Party fundraiser advertised as “Back the Board” with headliners Tim Kaine and Ann Wheeler, a small