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 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 …

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 Read More …

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 Read More …

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 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 …

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 Read More …

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 Read More …

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 Read More …

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 Read More …

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 Read More …

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

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 …