This archive lists the Coalition’s email blasts to supporters, newest first. Each entry links to the archived copy. Tracking links from the mailing platform were removed; links inside each copy now go to the original destination where the web address was visible in the text.
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Take Action! NO to Long Branch – Save Rural Crescent
Certain county leaders seem determined to help Classic Concepts developer Mark Granville Smith with his Preserve at Long Branch development application. This controversial proposal to bust open the Rural Crescent has again (for the 5th time) been put on the Board of Supervisors agenda for…
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Send Email: Vote NO to Preserve at Long Branch: CPA2020-00008 and REZ2017-00013
Individualized messages are much more impactful and stand a greater chance to be read. Some supervisors will dismiss your message unless it is personalized. We have provided some sentences, but changing this or adding your own thoughts and concerns on this issue makes your message even…
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Majority of Commissioners protect Rural Crescent and National park!
Please send a thank you to Chair Milne, and Commissioners Fontanella, McKay, Berry, and Taylor for voting to deny sprawl-inducing, environment-busting development. The negative consequences of climate change have never been more apparent. It’s time to get smart and protect our unique environmental
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TAKE ACTION! Data center threat to Rural Crescent and National park
For five years this community banded to together to demand Amazon bury their data center extension cord through residential communities. We didn’t stop there. We continued our fight, working with the Board of Supervisors, to unanimously adopt a common sense Data Center Overlay District –…
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Send Email: Protect the Rural Crescent and PWFP – Vote NO on the Independent Hill SAP
Individualized messages are much more impactful and stand a greater chance to be read. We have provided some sentences, but adding your own thoughts and concerns on this issue makes your message even stronger. To personalize your message, click on “Read or Edit the Petition”…
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Good Job! Long Branch developer forced to defer application
Dear Neighbor – We just found out that the developer, Classic Concepts, has pulled the Preserve at Long Branch application….for now. Deferral just means “to be continued” – until such time that he thinks he can get it to pass. This Prince William community is amazing. …
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URGENT: Read and Take Action!
Do you remember the study, or the set up, to dismantle the Rural Crescent – all because one developer, Classic Homes Concepts, wanted to quadruple the number of homes and introduce sewer on Rural Crescent land he purchased well after the protections were established? That same…
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Latest and Most Insidious Threat to the Rural Crescent!
PROTECT THE RURAL CRESCENT! Do you remember the study, or the set up, to dismantle the Rural Crescent – all because one developer, Classic Homes Concepts, wanted to quadruple the number of homes and introduce sewer on Rural Crescent land he purchased well after the protections…
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Citizens Prevailed – Commissioners did the Right Thing!
In the midst of a pandemic no less…. This community still shows up to protect one its most unique assets – the Rural Crescent. Gainesville Commissioner Rick Berry said it so eloquently, “After reading all the emails, both pro and con on this application, and listening to the…
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REMINDER: Save The Rural Crescent – AGAIN! – Your Input Matters!
NOTE: Because the previous link for commissioner and supervisor email addresses just didn’t work, we have gone back to our reliable click-to-send format to get your own email message out – See below. There is a proposal being voted on which will substantially change our…
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Send Email: Save the Rural Crescent – Deny CPA2020-00008 and REZ2017-00013
Access and add your own personal message by clicking on “Read or Edit the Petition” in the yellow banner at the top of the form below. We have provided some introductory sentences, but intentionally left the remaining space blank so that you can type in your…
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Add Your Input – Save the Rural Crescent – AGAIN!
There is a proposal being voted on which will substantially change our way of life, and our county as a whole. It is the largest proposed removal of Rural Crescent land to date – and if approved, will set a dangerous precedent. Take action NOW…
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County Staff’s COVID Grab Bag of Developers’ Dreams
Hold onto your seat! You are not gonna believe what is happening in our county, behind closed doors, in the midst of a global pandemic. Buried on page 4 of tonight’s Board of Supervisors agenda, our county’s head of Economic Development has proposed a resolution…
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Participate: Is This Land Your Land? – July 6, 7 PM
Is This Land Your Land? Discussions around why African Americans and other People of Color might not think so. Monday, July 6, 7 pm Online Conversation Free of charge RSVP required! Use this link to register and receive ins
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Development In The Age Of COVID-19? – Learn More Next Thursday, May 28
Protecting the quality of our communities depends on where and how we develop. Don’t miss out on this important conversation! Urban Planning in the Time of Corona: The impact of COVID-19 on real estate development Tom Eitler, Senior Vice President, Urban Land Institute Thursday, May…
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URGENT ACTION: Haymarket Transmission Line 2.0?!
We have some pretty stunning news to share. In fact, it truly boggles the mind. Our current Board of Supervisors will be deciding next Tuesday, December 10, whether to approve ‘by right’ zoning for a proposed Gainesville Crossing data center campus. This is on land…
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URGENT: New Data Center/Transmission Line Threat
If this feels like deja vu, when the last powerline struggle erupted right before Thanksgiving, you would be correct. The threat now is a proposed data center in Gainesville, which we believe will necessitate a new transmission line. This time, however, we are going to advocate…
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Rural Crescent Update
Planning Director Rebecca Horner acknowledged to the Planning Commission on October 23, 2019, that the newly proposed “Conservation” Residential zoning will enable extension of sewer and growth of high-density cluster housing anywhere within the Rural Crescent, if the plan is approved. Another farm
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CALL TO ACTION: October 23 – Show Up & Speak Up
Dear friends, neighbors, and supporters – At one point the evening of October 15, before citizen’s time ended, before the last and 52nd person spoke to protect the rural crescent and in support of the resolution to stop cluster development and sewer extension into the…
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September 30 – Rural Crescent – Fight for Your Legacy
The Rural Crescent, as we know it today, will be unrecognizable if the Planning Office recommendations are adopted. Find full details here. There is a better way, learn more below. The latest iteration of the Planning Office Rural “Preservation” Plan, dated Sept. 17, 2019, is…