Opinion: County’s draft comprehensive plan ignores resident input – Prince William Times

LETTER: County’s draft comprehensive plan ignores resident input | Opinion | princewilliamtimes.com The Prince William County Planning Office and staff are clueless. We participated in charettes, community planning sessions, taken survey after survey and the planning office has ignored EVERYTHING we as a community proposed. Read More …

Opinion: Development ideas suggest a race to the bottom for Prince William: Prince William Times

LETTER: Development ideas suggest a race to the bottom for Prince William | Opinion | princewilliamtimes.com February 11, 2022 I didn’t think it was possible for remotely responsible government officials to lend legitimacy to any half-baked idea more obscene than the Prince William Digital Gateway.” Read More …

ALL of US are FIGHTING for the FUTURE of this ENTIRE County!

Remember when our new board supervisors ran on “eliminating the rural crescent?” Neither do we. Among the most significant changes outlined in the draft Pathway to 2040 Comprehensive Plan update, released to the citizens on 2/2/22: the elimination of the county’s rural area designation from the map, Read More …

Opinion: Something bad is happening in Gainesville – Prince William TImes

LETTER: Something bad is happening in Gainesville | Opinion | princewilliamtimes.com Something is happening in Gainesville, and it isn’t anything positive! Within the last two years, 15 Data Center buildings have been approved within three-quarter mile radius of Heritage Hunt, and there is the possibility Read More …

Letter: Data center plan’s consequences must be studied – Prince William Times

LETTER: Data center plan’s consequences must be studied | Opinion | princewilliamtimes.com The Prince William Digital Gateway application is fraught with misconceptions and ignorance of the consequences, and this is unlikely to be an issue in isolation. If protecting our forests, parks, reservoirs and open Read More …

Opinion: Data center plan’s consequences must be studied – Prince William TImes

LETTER: Data center plan’s consequences must be studied | Opinion | princewilliamtimes.com The Prince William Digital Gateway application is fraught with misconceptions and ignorance of the consequences, and this is unlikely to be an issue in isolation. If protecting our forests, parks, reservoirs and open Read More …

Virginia Tech: Researcher explores how proliferating data centers affect water supply in the United States

Researcher explores how proliferating data centers affect water supply in the United States | VTx | Virginia Tech By Courtney Sakry 2 FEB 2022 Netflix. Amazon Prime Video. Disney+. Hulu. The choices for streaming services are wide ranging, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, more people Read More …

Sustainable? …Or off a cliff?

Communities across the county have been saying for months that the impacts of the homeowner-driven Pageland Application will have far reaching consequences. Thousands of Prince William County residents echo the concerns of Congresswoman Wexton: “I share the Superintendent’s concerns regarding the welfare of the Park, and the surrounding Read More …

Guest Opinion: Data center plan’s promises are built on false premises – Prince William Times

GUEST OPINION: Data center plan’s promises are built on false premises | Opinion | princewilliamtimes.com By Deshundra Jefferson Jan 29, 2022 Updated 12 hrs ago 0 If wealthy developers for Pageland Lane are to be believed, the so-called “PW Digital Gateway” would bring millions of Read More …

Letter: Data centers’ impact on the watershed, water quality a concern – Prince William Times

LETTER: Data centers’ impact on the watershed, water quality a concern | Opinion | princewilliamtimes.com The Prince William County Board of Supervisors is considering approval of a huge data center corridor in the rural crescent. Data centers rely heavily on water-scarce basins to supply their Read More …

Letter to Editor: Data centers’ impact on the watershed, water quality a concern

LETTER: Data centers’ impact on the watershed, water quality a concern | Opinion | princewilliamtimes.com Jan 27, 2022 The Prince William County Board of Supervisors is considering approval of a huge data center corridor in the rural crescent. Data centers rely heavily on water-scarce basins Read More …