Category: News
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InsideNoVa: ‘Rural Crescent’ out to pasture? Board majority seems willing to eliminate tightest controls
https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/rural-crescent-out-to-pasture/article_0fc77c4c-6711-11eb-b261-ef9ee6af8579.html By Jared Foretek Feb 4, 2021 In clearing the way for a 99-home development in what’s known as Prince William County’s “Rural Crescent” last month, Democrats on the Board of County Sup
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PWC BOCS Resolution 20-773: Regional Climate Mitigation and Resiliency Goals
https://eservice.pwcgov.org/documents/bocs/agendas/2020/1117/13-D.pdf November 17, 2020 Res. No. 20-773 RE: ENDORSE – REGIONAL CLIMATE MITIGATION AND RESILIENCY GOALS ACTION: APPROVED WHEREAS, in 2019, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change updated its guidance to recognize that the world is
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YouTube: PWC Democrats Against County Corruption
Kenny Boddye Sells Out the Rural Crescent Kenny Boddye goes back on his word and sells out the Rural Crescent, which will cause silting and runoff problems all along the Occoquan River!
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Jeanine Lawson: The Rural Crescent Suffered a Significant Blow
The beginning of this week, I emailed about a critical vote that would significantly weaken the Rural Crescent While the community overwhelmingly objected to this development, the majority of the Board of Supervisors ignored the community. On a 5-3 party line vote, the Preserve at Read More …
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Prince William Times: Board approves controversial 99-home development in county’s ‘rural crescent’
By Daniel Berti The Prince William Board of County Supervisors voted on party lines Wednesday morning to approve a 99-home development in the county’s designated rural area against the recommendations of both the county’s Planning Commission and county planning department. The board voted 5-3 to a
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InsideNOVA: Prince William board approves housing development in ‘Rural Crescent’
Preserve at Long Branch moves forward in early-morning vote Jared Foretek Jan 20, 2021 Map of the proposed Preserve at Long Branch development site in Prince William County. The Prince William Board of County Supervisors removed two critical hurdles for a plan to build 99 Read More …
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URGENT: Speak Up for our County – Protect the Rural Crescent!
The county finally came out with the agenda for next Tuesday’s Oct. 20 meeting of the Board of Supervisors, when supervisors will be voting on Mark Granville Smith’s Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA) and Rezoning applications for his Preserve at Long Branch. His most recent application proposes 10
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PW Times: Proposed 102-home ‘Preserve at Long Branch’ sparks rural crescent debate
https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/proposed-102-home-preserve-at-long-branch-sparks-rural-crescent-debate/article_8a40b7f8-0e20-11eb-be2e-db95f6397038.html Daniel Berti – Times Staff Writer Oct. 14, 2020 Karen Sheehan, a resident of the county’s rural area, with one of a handful of roadside sig
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PWCA: Rural Crescent At Risk (Again!) Why Should You Care?
Prince William Conservation Alliance Community Report, October 12, 2020 http://www.pwconserve.org/newsletters/current.htm Rural Crescent at Risk (Again!) Why Should You Care? Because every dollar we spend to provide services to new homes and industrial uses in the countryside is a dollar we can’t sp
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Derecho: A Rural Crescent FYI And Reminder To Ann
http://thederecho.blogspot.com/2020/10/a-rural-crescent-fyi-and-reminder-to-ann.html I will leave it to the learned readers to develop their own conclusions. I simply present a copy of Chair Wheeler’s Rural Crescent Pledge from 2011 and a excerpt from a 2011 article in the Washington Business Journ