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Prince William Times: Rural crescent data center plan resurrects Bi-County Parkway debate

Posted onDecember 3, 2021December 3, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/rural-crescent-data-center-plan-resurrects-bi-county-parkway-debate/article_be68288e-5331-11ec-9b54-039d26b2e59d.html By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer Dec 1, 2021 Updated 16 hrs ago The proposed “PWC Digital Gateway” could open as many as 2,000 acres to future data centers in Prince William County’s “rural crescent,” including on land bordering the Manassas National Battlefield Park. The proposal Read More …

Industrial Proliferation: Transmission Line Disaster 2.0

Posted onDecember 1, 2021December 7, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

WHAT: Community Meeting on Route 29 Technology Park Data Center surrounding the Gateway into the Town of Haymarket Application for one million sq ft of data center development Will include at least one new substation & Massive new transmission line If approved WHERE: Greenhill Crossing Read More …

ABC News 15 Arizona: Chandler to consider banning data centers amid noise complaints

Posted onNovember 30, 2021November 30, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

https://www.abc15.com/news/region-southeast-valley/chandler/chandler-to-consider-banning-data-centers Chandler to consider banning data centers amid noise complaints Chandler is now re-thinking its desire to be a future home for data centers. Currently there are five sites zoned for data centers. By: Mark Phillips Posted at 5:33 PM, Nov 29, 2021 CHANDLER, AZ Read More …

Inflation, waning tax revenue must be considered in data center debate: Opinion Letter – Prince William Times

Posted onNovember 27, 2021November 27, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/opinion/letter-inflation-waning-tax-revenue-must-be-considered-in-data-center-debate/article_25946a88-4d77-11ec-88e1-8f91ea1241ba.html “Opposition Mounts Against Rural Crescent Data Center Plan,” published Nov. 18, is not a surprise given the environmental, water resource and quality of life impacts of this proposal. Something else that should be taken into consideration when determining the real costs of this project is Read More …

Bull Run Observer: Gainesville Supervisor to step down?

Posted onNovember 25, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

by E. Bruce Davis Nov. 25, 2021 Gainesville Supervisor Pete Candland has been drawn into the controversy over whether the Pageland Lane area near Manassas National Battlefield Park should be developed for data centers. This is because the Candland family home is located on Pageland Read More …

Letter to the Editor: Reader critical of newspaper’s coverage – Bull Run Observer

Posted onNovember 25, 2021November 25, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

To the Editor: The headline of your Nov. 12 2021 edition reads: “Area’s top elected officials evaluate their service to public” The article does not even mention Western Prince William County’s Supervisor Pete Candland. Rather you devoted an entire page to the person wo was Read More …

Bull Run Observer: Heritage Hunt aftermath: controversy erupts over data centers in Pageland Lane area

Posted onNovember 25, 2021November 25, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

by E. Bruce David Nov. 25, 2021 Elena Schlossberg, executive director of the Coalition to Protect Prince William County, was prophetic when she predicted at the Nov. 4 Town Hall meeting at Heritage Hunt on Proposed Data Centers, this was just the beginning of events Read More …

Bull Run Observer: Heritage Hunt Town Hall attendees pose questions, make suggestions on data centers

Posted onNovember 25, 2021November 25, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

By: E. Bruce Davis November 25, 2021 After Kyle Hart, Kim Hosen, Bob Weir, and Elena Schlossberg concluded their presentations at the Nov. 4 Heritage Hunt Town Hall on Proposed Data Centers, nearly a dozen attendees posed questions and made suggestions regarding the proposed nearby Read More …

Bull Run Observer: Local speakers tell Heritage Hunt residents what data center development could bring to community

Posted onNovember 25, 2021November 25, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

By E. Bruce Davis November 26, 2021 Four local speakers shared their knowledge and perspectives about Proposed Data Centers with about 80 residents of the Heritage Hunt community, at a Nov. 4 Town Hall at the clubhouse. Other residents observed virtually. The program has been Read More …

No data centers in the rural crescent: Opinion Letter – Prince William Times

Posted onNovember 22, 2021November 27, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

I want to voice my opposition to rezoning the rural crescent for data centers. There is absolutely no necessity to do this. Just a few years ago, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors had the wisdom and foresight to designate an appropriate area of Read More …

Candland can’t leave his constituents without a voice – or a vote – on the rural crescent: Opinion Letter – Prince William Times

Posted onNovember 22, 2021November 27, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

Prince William County Supervisor Pete Candland’s Gainesville neighborhood is next to the proposed “digital gateway” area and inside the 2,000 acres being considered for data centers under the county’s planned expansion of its data center overlay district. Prince William County resident and developer Mary Ann Read More …

Prince William Times: Northern Virginia leaders discuss local climate solutions during virtual forum

Posted onNovember 22, 2021November 23, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/northern-virginia-leaders-discuss-local-climate-solutions-during-virtual-forum/article_f6037f68-4b53-11ec-b81b-4b639cbca3f4.html By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer Nov 22, 2021 Clockwise from top left: Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chair Ann Wheeler, moderator Andrea McGimsey, Fairfax Board of County Supervisors Chair Jeff McKay and Arlington Board of County Supervisors Chair Matt de Ferranti participate Read More …

Protecting the Rural Crescent – Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions

Posted onNovember 21, 2021November 26, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

https://faithforclimate.org/pwc-rural-crescent/ Protecting the Rural Crescent Virginia bluebells along the Bull Run Tributary Lately in Prince William County (PWC) there has been a lot of buzz around if development should be placed in the rural crescent or not. Sashia Scott, the Community Organizer for the Prince Read More …

Join the Rising Tide!

Posted onNovember 21, 2021November 23, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

Join the Rising Tide! The destruction of our rural crescent, the integrity of our National Parks, and the risk of contamination to our Occoquan Reservoir is a regional, state, and federal issue. But first and foremost, the industrialization of our rural crescent will have a Read More …

Archive: 2013 Bacon’s Rebellion – The Ladies of Pageland Lane

Posted onNovember 21, 2021November 23, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

http://www.baconsrebellion.com/archive/articles/2013/10/pageland_ladies.html The Ladies of Pageland Lane In Prince William County populist conservatives and liberal smart-growthers have found common ground in fighting Northern Virginia’s proposed Bi-County Parkway. by James A. Bacon The command center for the fight against Northern Virginia’s Bi-County Parkway can be found in Read More …

Prince William Times: Opposition mounts against rural crescent data center plans

Posted onNovember 18, 2021November 18, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

Opposition mounts against ‘rural crescent’ data center plans | News | princewilliamtimes.com By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer Nov 18, 2021 Elena Schlossberg-Kunkel, executive director of the Coalition to Protect Prince William County, one of several groups organizing against opening the county’s rural area to Read More …

InsideNoVa: Planners hit pause on data center project in Gainesville

Posted onNovember 11, 2021November 23, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/planners-hit-pause-on-data-center-project-in-gainesville/article_0bf763ec-429f-11ec-8c97-5f55fbc545da.html By Nolan Stout Nov 11, 2021 Updated Nov 12, 2021 1 During its Nov. 3 meeting, the Planning Commission voted 6-1 to table a proposal for a data center in Gainesville until late January. Potomac Commissioner Juan McPhail cast the dissenting vote and the Read More …

Pete Candland: Data Centers on Pageland Lane

Posted onNovember 7, 2021November 30, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

Dear Friends, As some of you may know, I live off Pageland Lane. Robyn and I and the kids moved out here four years ago and have loved every day of it. Like many who live along Pageland Lane, we were expecting to spend the Read More …

Prince William Times: County Supervisor Pete Candland joins his neighbors in asking the county to replan their neighborhood for data centers

Posted onNovember 5, 2021November 30, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/county-supervisor-pete-candland-joins-his-neighbors-in-asking-the-county-to-replan-their-neighborhood/article_e56ed240-3e3f-11ec-976b-ffd3d71cf7eb.html Upscale Catharpin Farm Estates residents offer their homes for county’s proposed data center corridor By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer Nov 5, 2021 Updated Nov 19, 2021 Supervisor Pete Candland, R-GainesvilleDaniel Berti Yet another group of rural crescent homeowners is seeking to sell their land Read More …

Impending Community Crisis: Data Centers

Posted onNovember 1, 2021November 24, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

Dear Coalition supporters, If you feel like this is a game of high stakes whack-a-mole, you are correct. Not ONLY is the Planning Office, at the direction of the Board of Supervisors, considering data center proliferation throughout the Occoquan Watershed AND adjacent to National Parks, we Read More …