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Solar in PWC – Letter from residents

Posted onJanuary 23, 2021January 24, 2021AuthorKaren

From: karensheehan <karensheehan@verizon.net> Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2021 2:22 PM To: ‘Hugh, Wade’ <whugh@pwcgov.org> Cc: ‘windyknoll2@gmail.com’ <windyknoll2@gmail.com>; ‘pattimckay@msn.com’ <pattimckay@msn.com>; ‘abh.issues@gmail.com’ <abh.issues@gmail.com>; ‘Riccar1110@aol.com’ <Riccar1110@aol.com>; ‘ebholley@gmail.com’ <ebholley@gmail.com>; ‘occoquanpc@gmail.com’ <occoquanpc@gmail.com>; ‘PotomacPC@verizon.net’ <PotomacPC@verizon.net>; ‘PlanningWoodbridge@gmail.com’ <PlanningWoodbridge@gmail.com>; ‘awheeler@pwcgov.org’ <awheeler@pwcgov.org>; ‘vsangry@pwcgov.org’ <vsangry@pwcgov.org>; ‘jlawson@pwcgov.org’ <jlawson@pwcgov.org>; ‘yvega@pwcgov.org’ <yvega@pwcgov.org>; ‘gainesville@pwcgov.org’ <gainesville@pwcgov.org>; ‘kboddye@pwcgov.org’ <kboddye@pwcgov.org>; ‘abailey@pwcgov.org’ <abailey@pwcgov.org>; Read More …

Jeanine Lawson: The Rural Crescent Suffered a Significant Blow

Posted onJanuary 22, 2021January 23, 2021AuthorKaren

The beginning of this week, I emailed about a critical vote that would significantly weaken the Rural Crescent While the community overwhelmingly objected to this development, the majority of the Board of Supervisors ignored the community. On a 5-3 party line vote, the Preserve at Read More …

Decision Makers’ Email Addresses

Posted onJanuary 21, 2021AuthorKaren

We have received so many requests for the following information, here is another quick message to share: For Preserve at Long Branch: Ann Wheeler – Chair Andrea Bailey – Vice Chair, Potomac district Margaret Franklin – Chair Pro Tem, Woodbridge district Kenny Boddye – Occoquan Read More …

Prince William Times: Board approves controversial 99-home development in county’s ‘rural crescent’

Posted onJanuary 20, 2021AuthorKaren

By Daniel Berti The Prince William Board of County Supervisors voted on party lines Wednesday morning to approve a 99-home development in the county’s designated rural area against the recommendations of both the county’s Planning Commission and county planning department. The board voted 5-3 to approve both a comprehensive plan amendment and a rezoning for Read More …

InsideNOVA: Prince William board approves housing development in ‘Rural Crescent’

Posted onJanuary 20, 2021January 20, 2021AuthorKaren

Preserve at Long Branch moves forward in early-morning vote Jared Foretek Jan 20, 2021 Map of the proposed Preserve at Long Branch development site in Prince William County. The Prince William Board of County Supervisors removed two critical hurdles for a plan to build 99 Read More …

“Equity” Decision?

Posted onJanuary 20, 2021AuthorKaren

A Democratic-elected Board last night voted for sprawl. They did the job that the previous board under Corey Stewart couldn’t accomplish for years. They say they are selling “equity.” There is no equity in what they approved. True smart growth principles serve to protect citizens – they Read More …

REMINDER: Take Action! No to Long Branch – Save the Rural Crescent

Posted onJanuary 15, 2021January 15, 2021AuthorKaren

Click here to register to speak online at the public hearing. Click here to share your views with the Board of Supervisors ——————– The agenda is now out for next Tuesday’s Jan. 19 meeting of the Board of Supervisors, when supervisors will be voting on Mark Granville Smith’s applications Read More …

Take Action! NO to Long Branch – Save Rural Crescent

Posted onJanuary 10, 2021January 10, 2021AuthorKaren

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 Read More …

Majority of Commissioners protect Rural Crescent and National park!

Posted onDecember 10, 2020December 11, 2020AuthorKaren

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 assets which Read More …

TAKE ACTION! Data center threat to Rural Crescent and National park

Posted onDecember 5, 2020December 5, 2020AuthorKaren

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 – Read More …

Good Job! Long Branch developer forced to defer application

Posted onOctober 17, 2020AuthorKaren

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. Read More …

URGENT: Speak Up for our County – Protect the Rural Crescent!

Posted onOctober 15, 2020AuthorKaren

The county finally came out with the agenda for next Tuesday’s Oct. 20 meeting of the Board of Supervisors, when supervisors will be voting on Mark Granville Smith’s Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA) and Rezoning applications for his Preserve at Long Branch. His most recent application proposes 102 new homes, Read More …

PW Times: Proposed 102-home ‘Preserve at Long Branch’ sparks rural crescent debate

Posted onOctober 14, 2020October 15, 2020AuthorKaren

https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/proposed-102-home-preserve-at-long-branch-sparks-rural-crescent-debate/article_8a40b7f8-0e20-11eb-be2e-db95f6397038.html Daniel Berti – Times Staff Writer Oct. 14, 2020 Karen Sheehan, a resident of the county’s rural area, with one of a handful of roadside signs recently erected to oppose the “Preserve at Long Branch” development which will be before the Prince William County Read More …

PWCA: Rural Crescent At Risk (Again!) Why Should You Care?

Posted onOctober 13, 2020October 14, 2020AuthorKaren

Prince William Conservation Alliance Community Report, October 12, 2020 http://www.pwconserve.org/newsletters/current.htm Rural Crescent at Risk (Again!) Why Should You Care? Because every dollar we spend to provide services to new homes and industrial uses in the countryside is a dollar we can’t spend to improve schools, parks, trails, transportation, Read More …

Derecho: A Rural Crescent FYI And Reminder To Ann

Posted onOctober 13, 2020October 16, 2020AuthorKaren

http://thederecho.blogspot.com/2020/10/a-rural-crescent-fyi-and-reminder-to-ann.html I will leave it to the learned readers to develop their own conclusions. I simply present a copy of Chair Wheeler’s Rural Crescent Pledge from 2011 and a excerpt from a 2011 article in the Washington Business Journal regarding her race against Pete Candland for Read More …

URGENT: Read and Take Action!

Posted onOctober 10, 2020AuthorKaren

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 Read More …

Prince William Times: Data centers must stay in their zone – and out of the rural crescent

Posted onOctober 7, 2020October 10, 2020AuthorKaren

Oct. 7, 2020 At present, it’s difficult to recall a time when citizens and local government worked collaboratively. Yet, in 2016, that rare event did indeed occur. When an Amazon Data Center’s need for power in the western end of the county resulted in chaos, Read More …

Latest and Most Insidious Threat to the Rural Crescent!

Posted onOctober 4, 2020October 5, 2020AuthorKaren

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 Read More …

Citizens Prevailed – Commissioners did the Right Thing!

Posted onJuly 30, 2020AuthorKaren

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 Read More …

Citizen letter: Groundwater – Save the Rural Crescent – Deny CPA2020-00008 and REZ2017-00013

Posted onJuly 27, 2020AuthorKaren

Citizens expect sound land use policies based on what is in the best interest for everyone county-wide, not just based on one developer’s self-interest. We must have sustainable, available, good quality water for all residents. To do that we must plan to for sustainable water. Read More …