Mayor Derrick Wood will keep his seat in Dumfries, winning his re-election bid for a second term.
Wood won the race against challenger Ebony Lofton by 149 votes. Both candidates ran without political affiliation. However, Democrats endorsed Wood.
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Dumfries Finance Director Kimberly Goodwin presented a snapshot of the town's financial picture on Wednesday, August 3.
Overall, things are looking rosy for the small town that's about to be home to the most prominent gaming resort in Northern Virginia -- The Rose. This $389 million complex will include slots, a hotel, sports bar, restaurant, and convention space to open next year.
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Pickleball fans flooded an online community meeting for input on a planned 10-acre park atop a landfill in Dumfries next to a future gambling resort.
Developers of The Rose, a gaming resort to open next year with thousands of video slot machines and more than 300 hotel rooms, presented three options for a new park it's promised to build for the town in a deal town leaders approved this fall. A design featuring 16 pickleball courts -- a sport combining elements of badminton, ping-pong, and tennis -- won the hearts of those who participated in the online meeting, held via Zoom.
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Prince William County leaders have concerns and little information about a 305-room gaming resort that could be built in Dumfries.
The resort, The Rose, would be entirely within the town, leaving the decision to approve the resort solely with the town council. However, county leaders sent a letter to Dumfries Town officials ringing the alarm bell over several key issues concerning the project.
Toping the list is traffic improvements needed for when the resort opens, possibly in 2023. The resort will generate 24,500 new vehicle trips on county roads, with the majority of those drivers using the already congested routes Interstate 95 and Route 234 to get to the town.
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If you don't live in the 1.5-square mile town of Dumfries, and you're concerned about a new 305-room gambling resort, the message is clear: Buzz off and butt out.
Potomac Local News has obtained multiple emails from Prince William County residents who wrote the Dumfries Town Council asking it oppose "The Rose," a proposed $389 million gaming resort that will include a hotel, convention hall, restaurant, sports bar, and 1,150 video slot machines. The project could open in phases starting in 2023.
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According to new traffic analysis, the streets around Dumfries will grow more congested, especially on weekends, should a new gaming resort be built.
The resort will generate an estimated an additional 24,600 vehicle trips per week, with 15,200 of those on Saturdays. Half of those cars will come from Interstate 95, exiting the freeway onto Route 234 at the north end of the 1.5 square mile town located in Prince William County, at the main entrance of Quantico Marine Corps Base.
The project hinges upon a longstanding plan to rebuild the intersection of Routes 1 and 234 into a four-lane quadrant intersection and extend Potomac Shores Parkway from its current terminus to accommodate all of these new cars at River Ridge Boulevard to Routes 1 and 234.
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The first of three opportunities for residents to weigh in on a proposed 200-room hotel and gaming center called "The Rose" starts Tuesday, September 7.
The new center would sit on 94 acres of land in Dumfries -- 22 of which are now the Potomac Landfill, a debris landfill next to Interstate 95. That landfill would close as part of the deal proposed by Colonial Downs, the New Kent County-based firm that operates Rosies Gaming Emporium in Dumfries, and wants to build the new $390 million gaming resort that would primarily feature slot machines.
The Rose could open sometime before 2025. And, while the Town Council won't take up the proposed gaming center at its 7 p.m. meeting on Tuesday, residents will have the opportunity to speak on the matter during citizen comment time.
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A plan to build a 200-room hotel and gaming resort is moving forward in Dumfries.
The Town Council aims to set a public hearing for the project on Tuesday. September 21, which aims to rezone 94 acres of land in the town.
- Twenty-two acres of the land is currently the Potomac Landfill, a debris landfill on the edge of town next to Interstate 95.
The rezoning application and an application for a conditional use permit that would allow the gaming machines were both filed last year.
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Rosie's Gaming Emporium is set to open Friday, January 8.
The new gaming parlor is located at 18069 Triangle Shopping Plaza and is the first in Northern Virginia. The 19,000 square feet facility will accommodate up to 134 people on opening day, 30% fewer people than it would if Gov. Ralph Northam had not instituted capacity restrictions due to the coronavirus.
The parlor will open with 95 games, including pari-mutuel video slots. The outcomes of which are tied to some 90,000 records of previously-run horse races. Some are penny games with jackpots over $100,000.
