Embrey Mill Primary and Urgent Care, an independent healthcare organization, join the Stafford business community at 1610 Publix Way, Building B Unit 112, in Stafford.
The organization aims to provide reliable healthcare services. They rang in the New Year and were welcomed by the county with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on January 2, 2023. The office opens to the public on Monday, January 16, 2023.
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Real Estate developers The Audeo Partners are moving forward with a new town center in Dumfries.
The mixed-use center will sit on Main Street, near the town hall.
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It’s shaping up to be a long night for the Prince William Board of County Supervisors on Tuesday, December 13, as it looks to approve its 2040 Comprehensive Land Use Plan.
The document’s five chapters will guide the development of housing, roads, transit, water, sewer, and electricity for the next 20 years.
According to the plan document, the region faces an “unprecedented” housing shortage. Housing that costs 30% of the household’s annual gross income or less is in high demand.
The plan proposes to preserve and enhance existing neighborhoods while building “new and diverse mixed-income housing communities that address the demand for additional housing, the demand for a variety of housing, and the demand for affordable housing.”
New housing will be placed next to transit hubs “to reduce transportation costs in terms of both time and money and encourage multi-modal options that enhance the environment resulting in a greater quality of life for residents,” the plan states. Additionally, the ocunty will look to build concentrated town center developments, creating higher-desnity neighborhoods.
Supervisors removed the bi-county parkway from the plan earlier this year for road improvements. It would have linked Interstate 95 at Dumfries with I-66 near Gainesville.
Near Manassas, a $300 million bypass road now under construction will extend Godwin Drive is being extended to meet Route 28 at Fairfax County. However, the comprehensive plan calls for additional improvements to the existing portion of Route 28 (the part the new road will bypass) between Liberia Avenue in Manassas and Fairfax County.
The Prince William Digital Gateway monopolized the supervisors’ time over the past year. On November 1, supervisors approved a plan to add data centers on more than 800 acres of land next to the Manassas National Battlefield Park in the most significant project since Disney proposed building a theme park near Haymarket 30 years ago.
Gainesville District Supervisor Peter Candland announced his resignation effective December 16, 2022, after Commonwealth Attorney Amy Ashworth said he could not vote on the comprehensive plan and on land-use cases in general.
Candland had a year left in his third term in office. His family owns a home on land supervisors approved for a new data center and stands to make millions by selling his home should supervisors rezone the land for data center construction.
Candland abstained from the vote to approve digital gateway and from most data center-related items taken up by eh Board of County Supervisors in the past year. Supervisors approved the digital gateway project after a record-breaking 14-hour meeting that began on November 1, 2022. Residents who spoke in favor and against the project argued into the morning hours of the following day, November 2.
Alyson Satterwhite, a Republican who will run in a yet-to-be-announced Special Election to replace Candland, called on supervisors to delay the vote on the 2040 Comprehensive Plan.
Supervisors will hear public comments on the comprehensive plan at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 13.
The Prince William County Planning Commission voted in favor of rezoning the Kline Property, at the corner of Prince William Parkway and Liberia Avenue near Manassas, for the development of a multi-use project, including the development of 240 townhomes, a drive-in pharmacy, fast food restaurant, and storage facility.
Manassas and Prince Wiliam County are negotiating with developer Stanley Martin to relocate the Greater Manassas Baseball League, adding multiple ballfields on the property. More 20 more acres of the property will be deeded to the county for civic use, including a new school.
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Robert "Bob" Sweeney will take the reins at the Prince William Chamber of Commerce in January, succeeding Debbie Jones, who has been at the organization for 32 years.
Since he was tapped for the job in October, Sweeney has been working with Jones, learning the ropes, and getting to know the organization and the people who work there.
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The effort to develop 240 homes on Kline Farm near Manassas is heading back to the planning commission.
Housing developer Stanley Martin wants to rezone more than 55 acres from A-1, Agricultural, to PMR, Planned Mixed Residential, and B-1, General Business, to permit a mix of residential, commercial, and office uses.
The property is east of Manassas, southeast of Prince William Parkway and Liberia Avenue intersection, north of Buckhall Road, in Prince William County, near a Harris Teeter grocery store.
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During a meeting with members of the Stafford County GOP, Aquia District Supervisor Monica Gary said the owners of Aquia Town Center asked her about the prospect of the county purchasing the failed shopping center.
Gary said the county should buy the 27-acre property.
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Stafford County Supervisor Monica Gary suggested taxpayers purchase Aquia Town Center, essentially a dirt field, the site of a formerly successful shopping plaza.
During a board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday, November 15, 2022, Gary, representing the Aquia District, said the county should build a fire station on land that once had a 200,000-square-foot shopping center.
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Historic Manassas, Inc. has initiated a search for a new Executive Director following the resignation of the long-time director Debbie Haight.
“We are pleased to announce the start of our search process,” stated Mark Olsen, Chairman of the Board of Directors. “Coming out of Covid, the work that HMI does to promote the downtown and support our small businesses is more important than ever. We are seeking a highly energetic and creative individual with a passion for main street. As one of the most established of Virginia’s Main Street organizations, we expect this position to attract a great deal of interest.”
The job description is posted on HMI’s website at historicmanassasinc.org and will be advertised nationally. The position will be open until filled with resumes reviewed as received.
The hiring range for this position is $77,400 to $86,100, with benefits.
Haight resigned this past summer after 13 years on the job.
In the interim, Liz Gossman, a former developer for the Manassas Government, is directing the activities of HMI and will be assisting the Board of Directors with the executive search.
Historic Manassas, Inc. has advocated for historic preservation-based economic development and community revitalization in Historic Downtown Manassas since 1986.
