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
On Thursday night, August 7, Gainesville District residents, along with other Digital Gateway opponents, flocked to Giuseppe’s Restaurant in Haymarket. No invitation required. All of these people, who respected and loved Bob Weir, wanted to be where we could celebrate the win of the Oak
Judge Irving decides in favor of the Oak Valley lawsuit. The Digital Gateway rezoning is voided! Thank YOU to EVERYONE who NEVER gave up! Details to follow. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only
GET TICKETS TODAY! The threat of the Prince William Digital Gateway to Manassas Battlefield and our community is as real as it has ever been. So many of us have fought back against this misguided project, but that fight is not over yet. Join
Dear Friends and Coalition Supporters, Fundraiser: August 16th Sudley United Methodist Church 5308 Sudley Road, Manassas, VA 20109 2-4 pm (Doors open at 1:45 pm) Get your tickets here! (If you can’t make it to the event, you can still make a donation here.)
Dear Friends and Coalition Supporters, Gainesville Supervisor Bob Weir died Sunday, July 20, from an aggressive form of colon cancer. ********************* ‘Merry Christmas’ and Three Minutes of Fury: The Lasting Legacy of Bob Weir – Potomac Local (Interview video included) Bob Weir, Prince William County supervisor,
Dear Friends and Coalition Supporters, The recent Dominion Energy Vint Hill Expanded Substation open house on July 10th was quite an eye opener, but not necessarily in a good way. You can watch the Press Conference here: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16g99jHrQ1/ The speakers were: Elizabeth Ward – PWC Sustainability
Dear Coalition Friends and Supporters, As we have previously shared, the Coalition to Protect Prince William County leadership has been participating in Dominion Energy’s Prince William Energy Engagement Meetings (PWEEG) since June of 2023. Our purpose is to listen, observe, and ask questions about EVERY
Dear Coalition Friends, This issue isn’t complicated. We are being engulfed by the unprecedented expansion of the data center industry in every way. Which begs the question: Why would this board vote for ANY DATA CENTER outside the Data Center Overlay District? It’s not just their immediate physical
(NOTE: ALL Virginia state senators and delegates, as well as our governor and lieutenant governor, are receiving this email — along with concerned Virginia residents.) Dear Virginia Delegates and Senators, As your constituents collectively advocate for oversight and common-sense guardrails on the data center industry, there is
Don’t forget the 36-mile extension cord slicing through Fauquier, Prince William, and Loudoun: Dominion Energy Open House dominionenergy.com/morrisvillewishingstar Morrisville-Wishing Star Virtual Open House #2 Date: Monday, June 2, 2025 Time: 12pm – 1pm Join the Open House June 2 Virtual Open House Postcard Webinar number:
Press Conference and Rally Join with your neighbors, civic association, local and regional environmental organizations, and elected leaders Dominion Energy Open House Thursday, May 15th 5:30 PM Patriot High School 10504 Kettle Run Road, Nokesville **NOTE: Dominion’s Morrisville-Wishing Star project site is now providing access to
Dear Coalition friends and supporters, Don’t settle for the status quo. Tired of looking at the blighted areas in your community, while watching important natural resources turn into housing sprawl that harms our sustainability goals and increases pressure to build out costly infrastructure? In 2022
Dear Coalition friends and supporters, Five is the magic number. Why does that magic number 5 matter with any vote before the Board of Supervisors? Five votes are what are required for an approval. What this “deferral” tells us (see ‘details’ below), is that Stack does NOT
(This email is long and contains critical information) ******************* $64 billion of data center projects have been blocked or delayed amid local opposition ******************* It is unfortunate (or VERY telling?) that Dominion Energy has now chosen to remove the more detailed routing of not only their preferred route, but
Dear Coalition Friends, The Supervisors’ agenda has now been set for next Tuesday, May 13. The Bristow data center campus is items 13B and 13C on the 7:00 PM agenda (access the links below for proffer and SUP documentation, and staff reports: Item 13-B – Rezoning
Dear Coalition Friends, This issue isn’t complicated. We are being engulfed by the unprecedented expansion of the data center industry in every way. It’s not just their immediate physical building footprint, but now the five transmission lines that are slicing their way via a myriad of routes through
An open letter to the Virginia General Assembly, and the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Virginia – Virginia is running out of time to protect our communities from “unconstrained” data center growth as evidenced by the JLARC study. VOTE YES on HB1601, SB960, and SB1047. Citizens have exhausted every
We got the click-to-send email functionality working! Use the easy links below to send an emailed message of support to both committees on the Data Center Reform legislation bills coming up for a vote on Monday and those coming up for a vote sometime next week.
Jan 20: Bus to Richmond – DETAILS BELOW! Registration closes Thursday, Jan. 16 Literally and figuratively, our horizon for 2025 is looking much brighter for data center accountability, which ultimately means protecting our quality of life – now and into the future. Link to today’s
Dear Supporters, In addition to proposing the removal of some environmental regulations and ensuring access to new energy resources, the White House is considering an Executive Order to remove oversight to allow Data Centers to be built on “federal lands,” which would include our National Parks.