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

Posted onNovember 27, 2021November 27, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

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!!

Posted onNovember 26, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

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

Posted onNovember 25, 2021November 25, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

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 …

No data centers in the rural crescent: Opinion Letter – Prince William Times

Posted onNovember 22, 2021November 27, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

I want to voice my opposition to rezoning the rural crescent for data centers. There is absolutely no necessity to do this. Just a few years ago, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors had the wisdom and foresight to designate an appropriate area of Read More …

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

Posted onNovember 22, 2021November 27, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

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 …

Pete Candland: Data Centers on Pageland Lane

Posted onNovember 7, 2021November 30, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

Dear Friends, As some of you may know, I live off Pageland Lane. Robyn and I and the kids moved out here four years ago and have loved every day of it. Like many who live along Pageland Lane, we were expecting to spend the Read More …

Impending Community Crisis: Data Centers

Posted onNovember 1, 2021November 24, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

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

Posted onOctober 28, 2021November 2, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

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 …

Did You Know?

Posted onSeptember 13, 2021September 13, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

Sunset at Bull Run Mountain along Waterfall Road in Rural Crescent. We want you to know that protecting the Rural Crescent isn’t just a benefit for those who live in the Rural Crescent, but rather a benefit for all those living throughout the entire county. We Read More …

PWC provides 40% of Occoquan Watershed

Posted onJuly 19, 2021July 25, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

https://www.facebook.com/elena.schlossbergkunkel/posts/10227041193994624 The vote for the PW Digital Gateway on Pageland Lane is much bigger than just PWC to protect the Watershed in all of the NOVA region. Environmental and Water Studies need to be completed before votes can be taken! Why the rural crescent and Read More …

PWCA: Data Centers Here, There….Anywhere?

Posted onJuly 19, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

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

Posted onJuly 19, 2021July 19, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

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 …

John Lewis Good Trouble Vigil – Karen Sheehan and Frank Washington

Posted onJuly 18, 2021July 19, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

Karen Sheehan – John Lewis Good Trouble Vigil – 7/17/21 I grew up in Northern Virginia and have lived in Prince William County now for 22 years. I am so happy we have this beautiful place to share together today. All of these fields and Read More …

Supervisor Candland: Important PWC Data Center Update

Posted onJuly 18, 2021July 18, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

Dear Friends: This Tuesday, the Board of County Supervisors will be taking another significant step in the march to bring data centers out to our rural and historic areas. The Board will consider a vote to “initiate” the staff examination of an application to approve Read More …

Whom does Chair Wheeler Work For?

Posted onJuly 16, 2021July 19, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

https://usdablogger.blogspot.com/2021/07/whom-does-chair-wheeler-work-for.html

SPEAK UP! – A River Cuts Through Rock Because of Its Persistence

Posted onJuly 15, 2021July 15, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

If you are feeling like there is no rhyme or reason to the actions of the newly elected majority on the Board of Supervisors, you are correct. The policies they are enacting are directly conflicting with each other. They adopted an Arts and Agriculture Overlay Read More …

Facts Matter! Residents Deserve the Truth!

Posted onJune 18, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

With yet ANOTHER partisan vote on Tuesday June 15, the Board of Supervisors approved the Village Place Technology Park rezoning request which will bring four 70′ tall data center buildings totaling 1.2M sq. ft. next to homes and across from schools along Rte. 55 at Read More …

CALL TO ACTION: Another Data Center Transmission Line for Gainesville?!

Posted onJune 12, 2021June 13, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

It is now clear. The only lesson learned from the chaos of the Haymarket Transmission line is that Prince William County government is prone to repeat the same mistakes. We have another data center project proposed for the Gainesville district on the outskirts of the Read More …

Guest Opinion – Prince William Times – Prince William County’s most historic and natural treasures must be protected from development

Posted onMay 21, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

GUEST OPINION: Prince William County’s most historic and natural treasures must be protected from development | Opinion | princewilliamtimes.com By Kim Hosen, Max Hokit, Dan Holmes, Pam Goddard and Nancy Vehrs May 16, 2021 Updated May 17, 2021 The Stone House at Manassas National Battlefield Park. National Read More …

Hot Off The Press

Posted onMay 20, 2021May 22, 2021AuthorKaren Sheehan

Supervisor Boddye just canceled his participation in the Rural Crescent forum. The Committee of 100 has cancelled tonight’s forum. ——————————————- Send in your own personalized message: Data Center Overlay Changes Will Harm All County Residents ——————————————— Supervisor Lawson’s email below provides a comprehensive review of outcomes Read More …