Keep Prince William Beautiful: "The Prince William County Green Business Council (PWCGBC)has partnered with gpac to provide resources to employers and job seekers working in environmental sustainability. The partnership comes as a result of the PWCGBC seeking to expand its offerings to new and existing member businesses across Prince William County."
“gpac has been established in the Talent Acquisition/Recruiting industry for over 30 years and employs over 800recruiters with a team specifically tailored for the Waste, Recycling, &Environmental Service industries!” says Tyler Hawkins, Search Consultant with gpac. “Together with the PWCGBC, our combined resources and knowledge will help introduce environmental employers to job seekers and the like all across the county.”
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“If you have soup cans without a sharp edge that you are willing to donate, you can drop them off at the Keep Prince William Beautiful office before June 20th: 4391 Ridgewood Center Drive Suite F, Woodbridge, Virginia 22192”
Keep Prince William Beautiful called for local artists to beautify bus stops in Dumfries. The project is being facilitated to improve the community and ridership experience.
The Adopt-A-Shelter program, managed by the Keep Prince William Beautiful non-profit, partnered with both local bus service provider OnniRide, and the Dumfries Town Government to encourage the community to keep the stops clean.
This program hopes to provide dedicated and consistent litter removal and the installation of public artwork that contributes to the interest and aesthetic appeal of designated bus shelters across the town.
The program began as a pilot program in August of 2022. It was originally started as a partnership between Keep Prince William Beautiful(KPWB), Omniride, Prince William County Neighborhood Services, county parks, recreation, and tourism, Apple Federal Credit Union, and AWS InCommunities as an effort to place public art in Prince William county.
But has since then grown with four fully painted bus stops and five more in the process. The public will see three in Dumfries and two in Prince William County.
The local steering committee composed of the aforementioned partners chose bus stops that were the most visible to capture public interest. Artists from the area are selected through a public call for artist request for qualifications (RFQ) to compose art around the project’s theme, “Clean communities, Clean waterways.”
Any artists who submit their applications by the April 28 deadline are judged by the steering committee and are notified of their award on May 3.
Each selected artist receives a $500 grant to complete their work and named attribution in all public notifications and media surrounding the program. QR codes are used as nameplates on the shelters that direct the public to the artist’s websites.
Furthermore, at the end of the one-year display period, the artists receive half of the proceeds gained from the sale of the artwork at auction. Visit kpwb.org for more information.
There were audible guffaws upon learning that Chair Ann Wheeler was to be a guest speaker for the Prince William County Green Business Council’s 2023 Spring Conference.
Is their “green” shorthand for greenbacks? We all wondered if she was going to ride in on an opulent bulldozer.
Is this somebody’s idea of sarcasm? Or is this just the raw nerve of a politician trying to conjure up environmental “creds” now that she is in re-election mode?
Does she think nobody has been paying attention? You must have been living under a rock for the past three years not to have noticed the damage wrought at the hands of her developer-cozy agenda. Even the rock wouldn’t have shielded you against the odds that some type of earth moving equipment unleashed by our Chair would have dislodged it.
Does she remember the long list of conservation groups who have consistently opposed her actions to promote environmentally devastating projects like the Prince William Digital Gateway?
And what about her failure to speak up for the safety of her constituents during the recent debate about the Department of Environmental Quality’s proposed variance to allow data centers’ diesel generators to operate continually during periods of peak electrical load?
And isn’t our overtaxed electrical grid being aggravated by a complete absence of forethought coincident with her relentless championing of Prince William’s budding data center theme park?
Did somebody confuse green with greed? Ann Wheeler is about as green as soot.
Bottom line Prince William needs new leadership to cultivate an environmentally friendly future for our future generations.
Taysha King
Gainesville
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Keep Prince William Beautiful, and House of Mercy are having a Fix-It-Fair event on April 22, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 8150 Flannery Court near Gainesville.
Acceptable items for repairs are small/large appliances, jewelry, clothing, bicycles, and small furniture.
Fix-It events allow members of the community to bring salvageable items for repair and subsequent reuse.
This service event has been very popular in other communities. in 2020, almost 40 Prince William residents were excited to get special treasures repaired and bikes, electronics, and lawn equipment running again. Along with recycling, repair and reuse practices help conserve landfill space and enhance the quality of our environment. Read More
