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The two candidates seeking to become the next Gainesville District Supervisor met on Thursday, February 9, 2023, at Battlefield High School near Haymarket.

Kerensa Sumers, backed by Democrats, and Haymarket Town Councilman Bob Weir, who won a Republican Primary to become the party's nominee, sparred over the ever-increasing number of data centers in western Prince William County.

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A potential location for a new river crossing between Fredericksburg and Stafford County. [FAMPO]
Work to find possible locations for a new Rappahannock River crossing will begin in soon.

While Stafford County leaders were careful not to use the word "study" last fall, the Boar Board of Supervisors asked officials at the Fredericksburg Metropolitan Planning Organization to research sites for a new river crossing to bridge the gap between Stafford and Spotsylvania counties and Fredericksburg.

The bridge would also serve as a bypass to river crossings on Interstate 95 and Route 1.

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Bristow residents gathered outside the Prince William County Government Center on Tuesday to implore leaders not to approve a rezoning that could lead to the construction of 14 new data centers near their homes and schools.

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Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares was at Youth for Tomorrow, at 11835 Hazel Circle Drive in Bristow, today to call attention to human trafficking.

It's a crime happening in plain sight, and many think it's not happening right here in their communities. It's a monstrous crime," Miyares told PLN in a phone interview after the event.

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Before the land was slated for up to 14 Devlin Road Technology Park data centers, Stanley Martin Homes wanted to build more than 1,800 homes on nearly 900 acres in Bristow in 2014.

Called Stonehaven, the proposed mixed-use development would have houses, retail, and office space. The county school division, as it has with more than 130 other housing projects, weighed in and prepared a report for the school board warning that the new homes would bring more than 1,000 new students to the county public schools.

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A data center will replace a brick and stone manufacturing plant dating back nearly 60 years.

Manassas' first data center will replace the Glen-Gery brickyard at 9905 Godwin Drive. The plant opened in 1964 and is being demolished to make way for a 185,000-square-foot server farm.

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Hundreds packed Chris Yung Elementary School in Bristow on Thursday, February 2, opposing a massive data center complex on the horizon.

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors will vote Tuesday, February 7, 2023, on a request to rezone 270 acres at the corner of Linton Hall and Devlin Roads for more than four million square feet next to multiple residential neighborhoods.

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At a special meeting on Wednesday, February 1, the Manassas Economic Development Authority voted to buy the Olde Towne Inn in Historic Downtown for $5.75 million.

The motel was originally constructed in the 1960s. It is located in the geographic center of the downtown neighborhood and sits on an entire city block.

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