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http://pwconserve.org/ruralcrescent/update_forum2019.html Presentations from PWCA’s September 30 2019 Forum: A Community Conversation on Rural Area Incentives with Countywide Benefits: PDR, TDR, and Conservation Easements. Click here to watch the forum online. Click on the boxes below to view the presentations. Speaker Shelley S. Mastran, is a
Following is for-the-record citizen input regarding the PWC Rural Area – Rural Crescent: Rural Crescent – Reject the Planning Office recommended Rural Area Vision Statement Planning Director Rebecca Horner said on September 24, 2019 that no one has objected to the statements in her recommended
The Rural Crescent, as we know it today, will be unrecognizable if the Planning Office recommendations are adopted. Find full details here. There is a better way, learn more below. The latest iteration of the Planning Office Rural “Preservation” Plan, dated Sept. 17, 2019, is
Fellow Residents, Thank you to all the people who have stayed engaged on the Rural Crescent. The battle to protect the rural area rages on. Citizens from the east and west were clear at our joint town hall that they want to preserve the rural
This week’s iteration of the Planning Office Rural “Preservation” Plan is still a “Development” Plan. They have just played more shell games. Their most current Sept. 17, 2019 recommendations can be accessed here. Some of the initial highlights, after a preliminary review: The Planning Office’s
Tuesday, September 24 Planning Office – Public Meeting on Rural Area Study/Plan 5:30 – 8:30 PM Hylton Performing Arts Center 10960 George Mason Circle Manassas (Public input at the meeting may not be permitted – see below) Planning Office notices about this meeting previously described
TO: Bill Milne (occoquanpc@gmail.com) <occoquanpc@gmail.com>; Fry, Rene <PotomacPC@verizon.net>; riccar1110@aol.com <riccar1110@aol.com>; Don Taylor <windyknoll2@gmail.com>; Patti McKay Planning Commission <pattimckay@msn.com>; Bruce Holley <ebholley@gmail.com>; abh.issues@gmail.com <abh.issues@gmail.com>; planningwoodbrige@gmailcom <planningwoodbrige@gmail.com> CC: Horner, Rebecca <RHorner@pwcgov.org>; Donohoe, Stephen L. <sdonohoe@pwcgov.org>; corey <cstewart@pwcgov.org>; Lawson, Jeanine M. <JLawson@pwcgov.org>; peter candland <pcandland@pwcgov.org>; randerson@pwcgov.org <randerson@pwcgov.org>; Angry,
Rural Crescent Town Hall Monday, September 16 7 PM Stonewall Jackson High School Auditorium 8820 Rixlew Lane, Manassas Please come to the town hall and demonstrate your support for the Rural Crescent. We need to keep our green – in our pockets, and in our
Rural Crescent Proposed Changes PW County Planning staff started the process to update our county Comprehensive Plan last year. The Board of County Supervisors (BOCS) directed them to research tools that would be helpful in preserving open space. With the pressures of growth in the area, it
…I wanted to remind folks of the serious threat we continue to face in protecting our rural areas. Preserving and protecting our Rural Crescent is essential to the quality of life of every family in Prince William County. The Rural Crescent is our community’s
Dominion Energy is hosting a meeting regarding the Haymarket Transmission Line/Substation project: INFORMATIONAL MEETING Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019 6 – 8 p.m. Battlefield High School Cafeteria 15000 Graduation Drive Haymarket, Virginia 20169 (drop by anytime during these hours) Access full details here.
Following continuous and vocal pressure for more time to review and submit comments on the Rural Area “Preservation” Study, the Planning Office has agreed to extend the public comment period to the end of August. Under the guise of saving open space, the various proposals
https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/opinion/rural-crescent-must-promote-smart-growth-not-dumb-development/article_8a91949e-c1e0-11e9-95ff-130b0507020d.html#utm_source=princewilliamtimes.com&utm_campaign=%2Fnewsletters%2Fheadlines%2F%3F-dc%3D1566243006&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline By Kim Hosen August 18, 2019 According to the Prince William County website, the board of supervisors directed the planning office to “conduct research on appropriate planning tools to help in the preservation of open space in rural areas.” Their first step was to
This is not complicated. The Rural Crescent has served as the single most successful growth boundary in Prince William County. Its preservation ensures our collective tax dollars are appropriately invested in areas where the most people live. What do you call preservation of the Rural
The county has finally put their Rural Crescent development cards on the table! It is far worse than we could have imagined. The Planning Office, returning to the 1981 Comprehensive Plan, is proposing to immediately remove over 4000 acres from the rural area in a
Do you want to see the Rural Crescent developed into high density housing? Sewer and public water running throughout to support that density? Do you enjoy the scenic drive through our rural roads? The County has been planning to create entirely new land use classifications
Silver-Lake-Karen-Sheehan-061819.pdf (protectpwc.org)
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In case you are not already aware – Prince William County has enabled a two-day Tough Mudder event at Silver Lake Park (located in the Rural Crescent) this coming Saturday and Sunday, June 1–2. Community concern is growing over the recent preparation activities at Silver
Dear Supporters, Once again, citizens find themselves fighting to protect the best land use tool in Northern Virginia, Prince William County’s Rural Crescent. This urban growth boundary was designed to insure investment of critical infrastructure dollars in the Development Areas of the county, as opposed