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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Hot Off The Press

Supervisor Boddye just canceled his participation in the Rural Crescent forum.  The Committee of 100 has cancelled tonight’s forum. ——————————————- Send in your own personalized message:  Data Center Overlay Changes Will Harm All County Residents ——————————————— Supervisor Lawson’s email below provides a comprehensive review of outcomes Read More …

Outcomes from May 18 Meetings – Rural Crescent Forum TONIGHT

Supervisor Lawson’s email below provides a comprehensive review of outcomes on data center expansion and Rural Crescent topics from the May 18 Board meeting. Also below are statements made at the Save Historic Thoroughfare press conference held before the Board meeting. Join this forum TONIGHT 7:30 PM for Read More …

Thoroughfare and The Settlement – statements from Joyce Hudson at 051821 press conference and Board meeting

Settlement and Thoroughfare Historic Preservation Joyce Hudson, Alliance to Save Carver Road May 18, 2021 Good evening, my name is Joyce Hudson and I reside in the Potomac District and a property owner in the Settlement community in the Brentsville District I’m addressing the proposal Read More …

Just like the screaming Eagle, We ALL must show up for the Rural Crescent – May 4

A diverse community gathered to pay homage and respect to the formerly enslaved, the Native Americans, and the multitude of other souls buried at a documented historic cemetary which has recently been desecrated in Thoroughfare.  While the group formed a circle to participate in an Read More …

More data centers, transmission line and substations for Haymarket/Gainesville

The Planning Commission voted on April 21 to approve a proposal for a 1.2M sq. ft. data center campus 1/2 mile from the southeast end of Haymarket.  The Village Place Technology Park of Gainesville along Rte. 55, adjacent to 222 homes in Village Place, will Read More …

Protect our National Parks – Protect our Drinking Water

With a 5-3 split vote, our Board of Supervisors approved the Independent Hill Small Area Plan, which includes removing forty acres from the Rural Crescent.  This vote has set the stage for incompatible industrial blight next to our National Parks.  We know from recent articles that Read More …