Category: Rural Crescent
Prince William Times: Opposition mounts against rural crescent data center plans
Opposition mounts against ‘rural crescent’ data center plans | News | princewilliamtimes.com By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer Nov 18, 2021 Elena Schlossberg-Kunkel, executive director of the Coalition to Protect Prince William County, one of several groups organizing against opening the county’s rural area to
Pete Candland: Data Centers on Pageland Lane
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
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
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
Did You Know?
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
Washington Post archive 8/5/98: Debate over Rural Crescent won’t end with vote
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/08/05/debate-over-rural-crescent-wont-end-with-vote/fdd2127a-cc05-4274-90f2-a903db78ea45/ By Dan Eggen August 5, 1998 After more than two years of often heated debate, the Board of County Supervisors narrowly approved a dramatic new slow-growth plan yesterday — but not before opponents launched a last-minute volley of threats and warnings about its potential impact.The
InsideNoVA: ‘Massive’ data center complex proposed in Gainesville
https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/massive-data-center-complex-proposed-in-gainesville/article_04107290-eb0b-11eb-b4e0-97dc7fdcfe9e.html Planning Commission defers action on proposal at I-66/Route 29 By Nolan Stout Jul 22, 2021 Updated Jul 22, 2021 The proposed data center complex would be across U.S. Route 29 from the Virginia Gateway shopping center, just south of Interstate 66. Data center proposals keep
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
PWC provides 40% of Occoquan Watershed
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
Supervisor Lawson: Alert! Data Centers in Rural Crescent
Friends: The time has come, yet again, for me to implore you for help The future of our County and protected rural areas has reached a critical juncture. Over the last two decades, the Rural Crescent has encountered numerous threats, but none as physical and
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
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
John Lewis Good Trouble Vigil – Karen Sheehan and Frank Washington
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
Supervisor Candland: Important PWC Data Center Update
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
SPEAK UP! – A River Cuts Through Rock Because of Its Persistence
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
InsideNOVA: Prince William supervisors move toward rural area changes
https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/prince-william-supervisors-move-toward-rural-area-changes/article_2b5e0cf6-e4bf-11eb-8672-13ed3f4307a6.html By Nolan Stout Jul 14, 2021 Updated 23 hrs ago Prince William County government Prince William County supervisors have taken the first step toward policy changes around the future of the rural area and housing. The Board of Supervisors approved six resolutions at its meeting early
Prince William Times: County takes first steps toward far-reaching housing, land-use changes
https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/county-takes-first-steps-toward-far-reaching-housing-land-use-changes/article_b9b000f0-e4aa-11eb-9dd0-d761fde43838.html Supervisors consider new “affordable dwelling” ordinance By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer Jul 14, 2021 Updated Jul 14, 2021 Dividing line: Vint Hill Road serves as part of the rural crescent’s existing boundary line. As this photograph shows, development to the east of Vint Hill Road
Facts Matter! Residents Deserve the Truth!
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
Prince William Times: A dozen western Prince William landowners pitch 800-acre ‘digital gateway’ near battlefield
https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/a-dozen-western-prince-william-landowners-pitch-800-acre-digital-gateway-near-battlefield/article_96378636-cf68-11eb-b2f7-4bf645f80947.html By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer Jun 17, 2021 Updated Jun 24, 2021 From pasture to powerlines: Western Prince William landowners asking for their rural land to be replanned for data centers point to existing transmission lines that have already diminished the area’s rural character.Photo by Daniel Berti