Another Haymarket-Gainesville Data Center Approved

************************************************************* Let’s take a moment to celebrate good things that are happening in the Rural Crescent – protecting our African American and Native American history.  Come Walk With Us – December 10th **************************************************************   The Board of Supervisors, in a 6-2 approval (with only Supervisors Read More …

In support of a PW Digital Gateway restricted to data centers – Opinion Letter: Prince William Times

LETTER: In support of a ‘PW Digital Gateway’ restricted to data centers | Opinion | princewilliamtimes.com Dec 3, 2021 I, along with the overwhelming majority of residents and landowners of Pageland Lane, support the proposed “PW Digital Gateway” restricted to data centers. Prince William County Read More …

Guest Opinion: Data centers, the Bi-County Parkway are too much for the rural crescent – Prince William Times

https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/opinion/guest-opinion-data-centers-the-bi-county-parkway-are-too-much-for-the-rural-crescent/article_3a19477c-53ac-11ec-a37b-3f56a33a5083.html By Danica Roem Dec 2, 2021 Updated 11 hrs ago   I’ve received a number of phone calls and emails from my constituents in Gainesville concerned about the proposal to allow data centers in the rural crescent part of Gainesville here in the 13th District. As I’ve Read More …

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

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 …

Talk about a Rising Tide!!

Bull Run Observer:  Gainesville Supervisor to Step Down? Letter to the Editor:  Reader critical of newspaper’s coverage – Bull Run Observer Bull Run Observer:  Heritage Hunt aftermath: controversy erupts over data centers in Pageland Lane area Bull Run Observer:  Heritage Hunt Town Hall attendees pose Read More …

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

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 …

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

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 …

Impending Community Crisis: Data Centers

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 …

Smarter Growth and Sauvignon

Smarter Growth and Sauvignon: A Conversation About Industrial Development in Rural Prince William Wednesday, November 10 at 5 pm The Winery at Sunshine Farm 15850 Sunshine Ridge Lane Gainesville, VA 20155 register here.   Hosted by: Prince William Conservation Alliance, Piedmont Environmental Council, American Battlefield Trust, National Parks Conservation Read More …

PWCA: Data Centers Here, There….Anywhere?

http://www.pwconserve.org/newsletters/current.htm On Tuesday, July 20th, Prince Williams Board of County Supervisors will vote to initiate two Comprehensive Plan Amendments (CPA) located outside the County’s Data Center Opportunity Zone Overlay District CPA2021-00005, Compton Property/Amazon Data Services, would change the long-range land use designation for approximately 77 Read More …

Prince William Times Letter to Editor: Supervisors’ ‘develop-everywhere’ strategy raises lots of questions

https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/opinion/letter-supervisors-develop-everywhere-strategy-raises-lots-of-questions/article_9df66b80-e58e-11eb-8130-d76ccb3ba1e5.html Our Prince William Board of County Supervisors can hire consultants and plan behind closed doors to decimate the rural crescent, but in the end, the harm they are bringing is not only to the residents of this county, from west to east, but also Read More …