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 …

Prince William Times: Supervisors approve 103-acre data center plan outside Haymarket that could trigger new electric transmission lines

Supervisors approve 103-acre data center plan outside Haymarket that could trigger new electric transmission lines | News | princewilliamtimes.com By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer Dec 8, 2021 The Prince William Board of County Supervisors approved on Tuesday, Dec. 7, a data center complex of Read More …

InsideNoVa: Prince William supervisors approve data center project along I-66

Prince William supervisors approve data center project along I-66 | Headlines | insidenova.com Affordable housing proffer sparks debate By Nolan Stout December 8, 2021 The proposed data center complex would be across U.S. Route 29 from the Virginia Gateway shopping center, just south of Interstate 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 …

Bull Run Observer: Gainesville Supervisor to step down?

by E. Bruce Davis Nov. 25, 2021 Gainesville Supervisor Pete Candland has been drawn into the controversy over whether the Pageland Lane area near Manassas National Battlefield Park should be developed for data centers. This is because the Candland family home is located on Pageland 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 …

Bull Run Observer: Heritage Hunt aftermath: controversy erupts over data centers in Pageland Lane area

by E. Bruce David Nov. 25, 2021 Elena Schlossberg, executive director of the Coalition to Protect Prince William County, was prophetic when she predicted at the Nov. 4 Town Hall meeting at Heritage Hunt on Proposed Data Centers, this was just the beginning of events 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 …

Prince William Times: County Supervisor Pete Candland joins his neighbors in asking the county to replan their neighborhood for data centers

https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/county-supervisor-pete-candland-joins-his-neighbors-in-asking-the-county-to-replan-their-neighborhood/article_e56ed240-3e3f-11ec-976b-ffd3d71cf7eb.html Upscale Catharpin Farm Estates residents offer their homes for county’s proposed data center corridor By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer Nov 5, 2021 Updated Nov 19, 2021  Supervisor Pete Candland, R-GainesvilleDaniel Berti   Yet another group of rural crescent homeowners is seeking to sell their land Read More …

Prince William Times: Supervisors OK study of 800-acre data center campuses near Manassas battlefield

https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/supervisors-ok-study-of-800-acre-data-center-campuses-near-manassas-battlefield/article_e41739e2-ea3d-11eb-9157-8ba31a2688f4.html By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer Jul 21, 2021 Updated Jul 21, 2021 An 800-acre data center campus, dubbed the “PWC Digital Gateway,” is under discussion for a string of properties in Prince William County’s “rural crescent” on land bordering the Manassas National Battlefield Park.courtesy photo/Roger Read More …

WTOP: Prince William County community gathers to preserve heritage, graves

Prince William County community gathers to preserve heritage, graves | WTOP Dick Uliano | duliano@wtop.com May 19, 2021, 12:51 AM Previous The drive to preserve the heritage of a community founded by enslaved Americans who were freed and Native Americans is gaining some traction in Prince William Read More …

Prince William Times: Supervisors vote to study expanding county’s data center overlay district

Supervisors vote to study expanding county’s data center overlay district | News | princewilliamtimes.com By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer May 19, 2021 Prince William County supervisors voted along party lines early Wednesday to take steps to amend the county’s data center overlay district, paving Read More …

Supervisor Candland: Data Centers will destroy our rural and historic areas

Data Centers Will Destroy Our Rural and Historic Areas (mailchi.mp) Data Centers Could Be Coming To Your Neighborhood…First Up – Heritage Hunt and the Manassas Battlefield Dear Friends: For months, I have been keeping you updated about the unprecedented moves by the Democrat majority on Read More …