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Jeanine Lawson: The Rural Crescent Suffered a Significant Blow
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
Prince William Times: Board approves controversial 99-home development in county’s ‘rural crescent’
By Daniel Berti The Prince William Board of County Supervisors voted on party lines Wednesday morning to approve a 99-home development in the county’s designated rural area against the recommendations of both the county’s Planning Commission and county planning department. The board voted 5-3 to approve both a comprehensive plan amendment and a rezoning for
InsideNOVA: Prince William board approves housing development in ‘Rural Crescent’
Preserve at Long Branch moves forward in early-morning vote Jared Foretek Jan 20, 2021 Map of the proposed Preserve at Long Branch development site in Prince William County. The Prince William Board of County Supervisors removed two critical hurdles for a plan to build 99
PW Times: Proposed 102-home ‘Preserve at Long Branch’ sparks rural crescent debate
https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/proposed-102-home-preserve-at-long-branch-sparks-rural-crescent-debate/article_8a40b7f8-0e20-11eb-be2e-db95f6397038.html Daniel Berti – Times Staff Writer Oct. 14, 2020 Karen Sheehan, a resident of the county’s rural area, with one of a handful of roadside signs recently erected to oppose the “Preserve at Long Branch” development which will be before the Prince William County
PWCA: Rural Crescent At Risk (Again!) Why Should You Care?
Prince William Conservation Alliance Community Report, October 12, 2020 http://www.pwconserve.org/newsletters/current.htm Rural Crescent at Risk (Again!) Why Should You Care? Because every dollar we spend to provide services to new homes and industrial uses in the countryside is a dollar we can’t spend to improve schools, parks, trails, transportation,
Derecho: A Rural Crescent FYI And Reminder To Ann
http://thederecho.blogspot.com/2020/10/a-rural-crescent-fyi-and-reminder-to-ann.html I will leave it to the learned readers to develop their own conclusions. I simply present a copy of Chair Wheeler’s Rural Crescent Pledge from 2011 and a excerpt from a 2011 article in the Washington Business Journal regarding her race against Pete Candland for
Washington Post: Plan Would Encroach on Rural Crescent
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/05/15/plan-would-encroach-on-rural-crescent/cee9c6b5-511e-4b5c-ba1f-cbd07e0f90df/ By Michele Clock May 15, 2003 Three years ago, Elena Schlossberg and her husband, Scott Kunkel, purchased a 10-acre property in Haymarket. Ready to raise a family, the couple moved from Centreville to a less populated section of Northern Virginia: western Prince William County’s
Prince William Times: Data centers must stay in their zone – and out of the rural crescent
Oct. 7, 2020 At present, it’s difficult to recall a time when citizens and local government worked collaboratively. Yet, in 2016, that rare event did indeed occur. When an Amazon Data Center’s need for power in the western end of the county resulted in chaos,
Washington Business Journal: Microsoft adds to its N. Va. data center land holdings
https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/10/02/microsoft-buys-prince-william-data-center-land.html Microsoft is buying up large tracts across Loudoun and, now, Prince William counties for data center development. By Michael Neibauer – Managing Editor, Washington Business Journal Oct 2, 2020 Updated Oct 2, 2020, 5:49pm EDT Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is at it again, acquiring 46 acres
Prince William Times: Supervisors to consider bi-county parkway, more data centers as part of COVID-19 economic boost
By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer The Prince William Board of County Supervisors will consider a proposal Tuesday to resurrect the bi-county parkway and expand the county’s data center overlay district as part of an economic development plan aimed at boosting a local economy struggling
Prince William Times: Planning commission voices concern over plan some say could open the ‘rural crescent’ to data centers
By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer The proposed Independent Hill Small Area plan Planning Commissioners went back and forth Wednesday over concerns about the Independent Hill Small Area Plan – a proposal that aims to lay the foundation for new development along the Va. 234
Derecho Blogspot: This Does Not Compute
https://thederecho.blogspot.com/2019/12/this-does-not-compute.html Next week, just as the lame duck BOCS heads for the door, it will consider the Gainesville Crossing rezoning application for a data center complex outside of the Data Center Opportunity Zone. The applicant asserts that the 4.5 million square foot facility will generate
InsideNOVA: Large Gainesville data center targets land off I-66
https://www.insidenova.com/news/business/prince_william/large-gainesville-data-center-targets-land-off-i/article_56ba59ee-1154-11ea-820d-cf7462d8a907.html?fbclid=IwAR2BSslxVrXfyXugMrrCqBT2VRaZWJH9yqwOeuJTXHC5f1uPCFVKxORR7ho By Emily Sides November 29, 2019 Developers are seeking county approval for a proposed data center north of Interstate 66 in Gainesville. With a 6-2 vote, the Prince William County Planning Commission recommended approval on Nov. 20 for the proposal by Gainesville GGP
Prince William Times: Planning commission delays action on rural zoning changes
https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/planning-commission-delays-action-on-rural-zoning-changes/article_e1b555da-07c7-11ea-aee6-1bb2402a0ca0.html?fbclid=IwAR0Wfl_Vk_XbSVOhAc8RMVC3FbN3ft3oNx3CxXD0fkliMQrnSUcDXryrKcY By Daniel Berti Time Staff Writer Nov 15, 2019 Dividing line: Vint Hill Road currently serves as part of the rural crescent’s existing boundary line. As this aerial photograph shows, development to the east of Vint Hill Road, behind Cedar Point Elementary School, is
Prince William Times: County planners will likely push off vote on controversial rural crescent changes to 2020
By Jill Palermo Times Staff Writer Oct 25, 2019 Updated Oct 25, 2019 Rob House, a Prince William County farmer, speaks to the planning commission about the proposed rural preservation plan. The Prince William Planning Commission likely will not take a vote on the
Prince William Times: Letter: No need to build more houses in the rural crescent
https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/opinion/letter-no-need-to-build-more-houses-in-the-rural/article_ed593358-eb79-11e9-95da-3b2c97a357dc.html The how-do-we-help-developers approach to developing the county is clearly not resulting in sustainable communities. Instead, Prince William needs a new approach that re-focuses attention on the plan published Sept. 11 by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and the county’s commitment to that plan. Prince
Prince William Times: Supervisors reject measure aimed at limiting rural crescent changes
https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/supervisors-reject-measure-aimed-at-limiting-rural-crescent-changes/article_436b74ce-f050-11e9-8389-6bcf8eeef019.html By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer Oct 16, 2019 Kim Hosen, executive director of Prince William Conservation Alliance, speaks to the Prince William County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, Oct. 15 in support of a resolution to remove rural cluster developments and public sewer
Prince William Times: Guest Opinion – Citizens have already spoken on the rural crescent
https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/opinion/guest-opinion-citizens-have-already-spoken-on-the-rural-crescent/article_3602a620-eb7a-11e9-8f3f-c71eb68213bc.html By: Karen Sheehan October 9, 2019 The Prince William County planning office and planning commission are once again encouraging residents to submit more comments on proposed changes to the county’s rural area – something citizens have been doing for six years now. The problem
Video: Press Conference – Rural Area Resolution
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