Majority of Commissioners protect Rural Crescent and National park!

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 Read More …

TAKE ACTION! Data center threat to Rural Crescent and National park

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 – Read More …

Participate: Is This Land Your Land? – July 6, 7 PM

Is This Land Your Land? Discussions around why African Americans and other People of Color might not think so. Monday, July 6, 7 pm Online Conversation Free of charge RSVP required! Use this link <https://vccs.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcude-tqDwvGtMSccHqvxgg1ytkK8eLYTbM> to register and receive instructions to join the meeting. Contact Read More …

URGENT ACTION: Haymarket Transmission Line 2.0?!

We have some pretty stunning news to share.  In fact, it truly boggles the mind. Our current Board of Supervisors will be deciding next Tuesday, December 10, whether to approve ‘by right’ zoning for a proposed Gainesville Crossing data center campus.  This is on land Read More …

URGENT: New Data Center/Transmission Line Threat

If this feels like deja vu, when the last powerline struggle erupted right before Thanksgiving, you would be correct.  The threat now is a proposed data center in Gainesville, which we believe will necessitate a new transmission line.  This time, however, we are going to advocate Read More …

Learn about Credible Incentives vs the Rural Crescent Shell Games

This week’s iteration of the Planning Office Rural “Preservation” Plan is still a “Development” Plan.  They have just played more shell games.  Their most current Sept. 17, 2019 recommendations can be accessed here.  Some of the initial highlights, after a preliminary review: The Planning Office’s Read More …