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Prince William Times: Supervisors move to ease restrictions for mixed-use, transit-oriented development

Posted onMarch 10, 2021March 14, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/supervisors-move-to-ease-restrictions-for-mixed-use-transit-oriented-development/article_960ac6aa-81a7-11eb-9958-774d68f856e6.html By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer Mar 10, 2021 Updated Mar 10, 2021 An artist’s rendering included in Prince William County’s North Woodbridge small area plan depicting what a new mixed-use development slated for the area might look like. The Prince William Board of County Supervisors Read More …

Robbery & Ruin by Forces from Within

Posted onMarch 9, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

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 Read More …

Elena Schlossberg: Haymarket Transmission Line fight lessons should not be ignored

Posted onMarch 9, 2021March 9, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

From: elena s Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 1:59 PM To: Wheeler, Ann <awheeler@pwcgov.org>; Angry, Victor S. <VSAngry@pwcgov.org>; peter candland <pcandland@pwcgov.org>; yvega@pwcgov.org; mfranklin@pwcgov.org; kboddye@pwcgov.org; abailey@pwcgov.org; Lawson, Jeanine M. <JLawson@pwcgov.org>; CMWinn@pwcgov.org; Chris Martino <cmartino@pwcgov.org>; pagrawal@pwcgov.org; Horner, Rebecca <RHorner@pwcgov.org>; Robl, Michelle R. <mrobl@pwcgov.org> Subject: Haymarket Transmission Line Read More …

Prince William Times: County to look for more land for data centers, including in the ‘rural crescent’

Posted onMarch 8, 2021March 9, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

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 Read More …

Pete Candland: Vaccines, Budget, and Rural Development in PWC

Posted onMarch 8, 2021March 9, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

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. Read More …

Elena Schlossberg: Economic Development

Posted onMarch 7, 2021March 9, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

From: elena s Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 11:52 AM To: Winn, Christina M. <CMWinn@pwcgov.org> Cc: Agrawal, Parag <pagrawal@pwcgov.org>; kd >> Kim Hosen <kdhosen@gmail.com>; Wheeler, Ann <awheeler@pwcgov.org>; Angry, Victor S. <VSAngry@pwcgov.org>; Franklin, Margaret <mfranklin@pwcgov.org>; Boddye, Kenny <kboddye@pwcgov.org>; Vega, Yesli <yvega@pwcgov.org>; Candland, Peter <PCandland@pwcgov.org>; Lawson, Jeanine Read More …

Prince William Times: EXCLUSIVE: Massive 800-acre data center deal proposed for ‘rural crescent’

Posted onMarch 2, 2021March 9, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

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 Read More …

Prince William Times: Guest Opinion: There are many good reasons to keep the rural crescent

Posted onFebruary 26, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/opinion/guest-opinion-there-are-many-good-reasons-to-keep-the-rural-crescent/article_d9a935a8-7839-11eb-adde-1bc658ef950e.html Twenty-two years ago Prince William Supervisors recognized that development area residents were struggling with ever increasing traffic, overcrowded schools and vanishing green open space. To help address the problem, they adopted a smart-growth tool, known today as the “rural crescent.” This initiative was intended Read More …

Agritourism and Arts Overlay District (AAOD) – Resolution 02/16/21

Posted onFebruary 20, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

https://eservice.pwcgov.org/documents/bocs/agendas/2021/0216/14-E.pdf http://eservice.pwcgov.org/planning/documents/CPU/AgritourismArtsOverlayDistrictDRAFT.pdf MOTION: February 16, 2021 Regular Meeting SECOND: Ord. No. 21- RE: ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT #DPA2016-00007, AGRITOURISM AND ARTS OVERLAY DISTRICT – COUNTYWIDE ACTION: WHEREAS, on May 20, 2014, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors (Board) in Resolution Number (Res. No.) 14-353 initiated Read More …

Prince William Times: County supervisors OK new rules aimed at boosting local agritourism

Posted onFebruary 19, 2021February 19, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/county-supervisors-ok-new-rules-aimed-at-boosting-local-agritourism/article_e505d412-7157-11eb-96e7-fb77d58b1252.html By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer Feb 17, 2021 A view of the tulip fields at Burnside Farms, an agritourism pick-your-own flower farm in Nokesville. More farm stands, hayrides and breweries could be on the horizon for Prince William County. The Prince William Read More …

Prince William Times Opinion: Prince William County’s solar approval process needs improvement

Posted onFebruary 16, 2021February 16, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/opinion/letter-prince-william-countys-solar-approval-process-needs-improvement/article_4559a170-6fca-11eb-a359-d7c150fed82e.html#tncms-source=login Prince William County homeowners have no current county or state incentives to install renewable energy solar systems. If, in spite of this, they do choose to install a solar system, navigating the current county process is a true disincentive. The process is too expensive and Read More …

What Matters to You? Important Updates

Posted onFebruary 11, 2021February 23, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

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 Read More …

Prince William Times: Democratic supervisors open to more homes, industrial uses in the ‘rural crescent’

Posted onFebruary 9, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/democratic-supervisors-open-to-more-homes-industrial-uses-in-the-rural-crescent/article_2542edd4-619b-11eb-918e-1fccd42bd995.html By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer Jan 28, 2021 Updated Feb 1, 2021 An aerial view of one place where the county’s protected “rural crescent” buts up against development in western Prince William. Roger Snyder Following a controversial party-line vote to approve a 99-home development in Read More …

InsideNoVa: Planners table proposal for new hotels near Haymarket

Posted onFebruary 6, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/planners-table-proposal-for-new-hotels-near-haymarket/article_063f01de-68a3-11eb-8871-3b4835a0ce34.html By Nolan Stout Feb 6, 2021 The proposed Centre at Haymarket would be between John Marshall Highway and Interstate 66 just west of the town of Haymarket. Prince William County planners have pushed off approval of a proposed development near Haymarket over traffic concerns. Read More …

Resident Letter: A better plan for Centre at Haymarket

Posted onFebruary 5, 2021February 9, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

From: karensheehan@verizon.net Sent: Friday, February 5, 2021 9:36 AM To: ‘riccar1110@aol.com’ <riccar1110@aol.com>; ‘windyknoll2@gmail.com’ <windyknoll2@gmail.com>; ‘colesplanning@gmail.com’ <colesplanning@gmail.com>; ‘neabscopc@gmail.com’ <neabscopc@gmail.com>; ‘planningwoodbridge@gmail.com’ <planningwoodbridge@gmail.com>; ‘pattimckay@msn.com’ <pattimckay@msn.com>; ‘jmcpwccommission@gmail.com’ <jmcpwccommission@gmail.com>; ‘occoquanplanning@gmail.com’ <occoquanplanning@gmail.com> Cc: Pete Candland (pcandland@pwcgov.org) <pcandland@pwcgov.org> Subject: A better plan for Centre at Haymarket Dear Planning Commissioners – Thank you Read More …

PWC BOCS Resolution 20-773: Regional Climate Mitigation and Resiliency Goals

Posted onJanuary 24, 2021February 11, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

https://eservice.pwcgov.org/documents/bocs/agendas/2020/1117/13-D.pdf November 17, 2020 Res. No. 20-773 RE: ENDORSE – REGIONAL CLIMATE MITIGATION AND RESILIENCY GOALS ACTION: APPROVED WHEREAS, in 2019, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change updated its guidance to recognize that the world is already experiencing the impacts of global warming and that Read More …

YouTube: PWC Democrats Against County Corruption

Posted onJanuary 24, 2021January 24, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

Kenny Boddye Sells Out the Rural Crescent Kenny Boddye goes back on his word and sells out the Rural Crescent, which will cause silting and runoff problems all along the Occoquan River!

Solar in PWC – Letter from residents

Posted onJanuary 23, 2021January 24, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

From: karensheehan <karensheehan@verizon.net> Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2021 2:22 PM To: ‘Hugh, Wade’ <whugh@pwcgov.org> Cc: ‘windyknoll2@gmail.com’ <windyknoll2@gmail.com>; ‘pattimckay@msn.com’ <pattimckay@msn.com>; ‘abh.issues@gmail.com’ <abh.issues@gmail.com>; ‘Riccar1110@aol.com’ <Riccar1110@aol.com>; ‘ebholley@gmail.com’ <ebholley@gmail.com>; ‘occoquanpc@gmail.com’ <occoquanpc@gmail.com>; ‘PotomacPC@verizon.net’ <PotomacPC@verizon.net>; ‘PlanningWoodbridge@gmail.com’ <PlanningWoodbridge@gmail.com>; ‘awheeler@pwcgov.org’ <awheeler@pwcgov.org>; ‘vsangry@pwcgov.org’ <vsangry@pwcgov.org>; ‘jlawson@pwcgov.org’ <jlawson@pwcgov.org>; ‘yvega@pwcgov.org’ <yvega@pwcgov.org>; ‘gainesville@pwcgov.org’ <gainesville@pwcgov.org>; ‘kboddye@pwcgov.org’ <kboddye@pwcgov.org>; ‘abailey@pwcgov.org’ <abailey@pwcgov.org>; Read More …

Jeanine Lawson: The Rural Crescent Suffered a Significant Blow

Posted onJanuary 22, 2021January 23, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

The beginning of this week, I emailed about a critical vote that would significantly weaken the Rural Crescent While the community overwhelmingly objected to this development, the majority of the Board of Supervisors ignored the community. On a 5-3 party line vote, the Preserve at Read More …

Decision Makers’ Email Addresses

Posted onJanuary 21, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

We have received so many requests for the following information, here is another quick message to share: For Preserve at Long Branch: Ann Wheeler – Chair Andrea Bailey – Vice Chair, Potomac district Margaret Franklin – Chair Pro Tem, Woodbridge district Kenny Boddye – Occoquan Read More …