Prince William Times: Data centers’ secrecy often keeps residents in the dark

Data centers’ secrecy often keeps residents in the dark | News | princewilliamtimes.com By Peter Cary Piedmont Journalism Foundation Sep 29, 2022 Updated Sep 29, 2022 Dr. Steven Pleickhardt, a dentist who lives and has an office in Bristow, speaks during a Sept. 10 protest Read More …

Bull Run Observer: Planning Commission 4-3-1 vote favors Digital Gateway – with some caveats

By E. Bruce Davis Observer Staff – Friday, September 30, 2022 Pageland Lane area property owners and proponents of the Comprehensive Plan Amendment for the PWC Digital Gateway won a crucial first step that could allow data centers to be built on the 1321 acres Read More …

Bristow Beat: Planning Commission Recommends Less Friendly Version of Prince William Digital Gateway Without Community Input

Planning Commission Recommends Less Friendly Version of Prince William Digital Gateway Without Community Input – Bristow Beat County never published CPA amendments   Prince William Planning Commission holds Public Hearing for Prince William Digital Gateway on Sept. 15, 2022. Stacy Shaw Posted Thursday, September 22, Read More …

Prince William Times: Data centers’ last-minute letter seeks to weaken county policies for PW Digital Gateway

Data centers’ last-minute letter seeks to weaken county policies for PW Digital Gateway | News | princewilliamtimes.com Planning commission recommends looser regulations on open space, wildlife corridors, preservation of Civil War sites By Jill Palermo Times Staff Writer Sep 21, 2022 Updated 11 min ago The proposed Read More …

Prince William Times: UPDATED: In a pre-dawn vote, planning commissioners cite PW Digital Gateway’s ‘profoundly positive’ impacts

UPDATED: In a pre-dawn vote, planning commissioners cite PW Digital Gateway’s ‘profoundly positive’ impacts | News | princewilliamtimes.com Meanwhile, opposing commissioners object to plan’s uncertainties By Jill Palermo Times Staff Writer Sep 16, 2022 Updated 36 min ago 1 More than 300 people attended a Read More …

Prince William Times: Residents decry rural-area data centers, development during town hall meeting

Residents decry rural-area data centers, development during town hall meeting | News | princewilliamtimes.com By Peter Cary Piedmont Journalism Foundation May 3, 2022 Posters in support of preserving current rural area zoning displayed in Battlefield High School for the April 28 rural crescent town hall. Read More …

GET ENGAGED! Citizen Town Hall – April 28

Industrial blight is community blight.  Just like a deadly virus, it spreads from the host to its neighbors. Rural Sanders Lane neighbors mull selling to data centers | News | princewilliamtimes.com “The bucolic road hosts a smattering of signs protesting the proposed digital development to Read More …

GUEST OPINION: The Manassas battlefield is worth protecting: Prince William Times

By Supervisor Jeanine Lawson Feb 25, 2022 Updated Feb 25, 2022 Teddy Roosevelt, a great conservationist, once said: “The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future.” Somewhere along the line, this message seems to have been lost. Here Read More …

InsideNoVa: Officials get an earful at PW Digital Gateway listening session

Officials get an earful at PW Digital Gateway listening session | Headlines | insidenova.com By Nolan Stout January 28, 2022 Supporters and opponents of the Prince William Digital Gateway proposal gather at a public hearing by Prince William County Planning Office at George Mason University’s Read More …

Protect what we have – Reject the gaslighting!

Stop the railroading of this community to develop the rural crescent. The only “truth” to the farcical process currently underway is the level of gaslighting itself. For the record: in county survey after county survey – by overwhelming numbers – the community identifies protecting the rural Read More …

InsideNoVa: UPDATED: Supervisors vote to move forward with data center ‘listening sessions’ despite COVID concerns

UPDATED: Supervisors vote to move forward with data center ‘listening sessions’ despite COVID concerns | Headlines | insidenova.com By Nolan Stout Jan 18, 2022 Updated 20 hrs ago 7 Mary Ann Ghadban, far right, and many of her neighbors are urging the county to zone Read More …

Washington Post: A fight over turning a ‘rural crescent’ in Northern Virginia into a hub for data centers

’Rural Crescent’ in Prince William County targeted for data centers – The Washington Post Page Snyder, owner of Pageland Farm, stands at the entrance of an unused horse barn in December. The power lines in the background are one reason she and her neighbors are Read More …