GET ENGAGED! Citizen Town Hall – April 28

Industrial blight is community blight.  Just like a deadly virus, it spreads from the host to its neighbors. Rural Sanders Lane neighbors mull selling to data centers | News | princewilliamtimes.com “The bucolic road hosts a smattering of signs protesting the proposed digital development to Read More …

InsideNoVa: ‘QTS DATA CENTERS …GO AWAY”

Protesters rally outside data center developer’s Manassas office | Headlines | insidenova.com By Nolan Stout February 25, 2022 Protesters rally outside data center developer’s Manassas office.  The Coalition to Protect Prince William County held a protest in front of QTS’ data center on Wednesday, February Read More …

Prince William Times: ‘Rural crescent’ no more? County proposes major changes in comprehensive plan update

‘Rural crescent’ no more? County proposes major changes in comprehensive plan update | News | princewilliamtimes.com By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer Feb 4, 2022 Is this the end of Prince William County’s “rural crescent”? Prince William County planners have revealed their long-awaited comprehensive plan Read More …

Prince William Times: Data center town hall in Gainesville’s Heritage Hunt draws crowd of more than 250

Data center town hall in Gainesville’s Heritage Hunt draws crowd of more than 250 | News | princewilliamtimes.com By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer Dec 16, 2021 More than 250 people turned out to a town hall meeting at Heritage Hunt in Gainesville on Wednesday, Read More …

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 …

Prince William Times: Rural crescent data center plan resurrects Bi-County Parkway debate

https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/rural-crescent-data-center-plan-resurrects-bi-county-parkway-debate/article_be68288e-5331-11ec-9b54-039d26b2e59d.html By Daniel Berti Times Staff Writer Dec 1, 2021 Updated 16 hrs ago  The proposed “PWC Digital Gateway” could open as many as 2,000 acres to future data centers in Prince William County’s “rural crescent,” including on land bordering the Manassas National Battlefield Park. The proposal 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 …

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 …

Bull Run Observer: Heritage Hunt Town Hall attendees pose questions, make suggestions on data centers

By: E. Bruce Davis November 25, 2021 After Kyle Hart, Kim Hosen, Bob Weir, and Elena Schlossberg concluded their presentations at the Nov. 4 Heritage Hunt Town Hall on Proposed Data Centers, nearly a dozen attendees posed questions and made suggestions regarding the proposed nearby Read More …

Bull Run Observer: Local speakers tell Heritage Hunt residents what data center development could bring to community

By E. Bruce Davis November 26, 2021 Four local speakers shared their knowledge and perspectives about Proposed Data Centers with about 80 residents of the Heritage Hunt community, at a Nov. 4 Town Hall at the clubhouse. Other residents observed virtually. The program has been Read More …

Impending Community Crisis: Data Centers

Dear Coalition supporters, If you feel like this is a game of high stakes whack-a-mole, you are correct. Not ONLY is the Planning Office, at the direction of the Board of Supervisors, considering data center proliferation throughout the Occoquan Watershed AND adjacent to National Parks, we 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 …