The Prince William Committee of 100 is taking another look at the Rural Crescent, a swath of land from Quantico Marine Corps Base to Manassas Battlefield National Park eyed for rural preservation.
The meeting will be held Friday, April 19. A social will be held at 6:30 p.m. and dinner is at 7 o’clock.
The program begins at 7:45 p.m. The entire Wyndam Garden Hotel at 10800 Vandoor Lane near Manassas.
Panelists include:
- Mark Greenville Smith, president of Classic Concept Builders
- Tom Eitler, senior vice president fo the Urban Land Institute
- Leslie Dawley, owner, Burnside Tulip Farm
- Sharon Pandak, partner, Greehan, Taves, & Pandak, will be a moderator
This meeting follows a similar meeting in November 2018.
Potomac Local has been reporting on the Rural Crescent. Here’s some of our recent coverage:
- This housing project long proposed for Prince William County’s rural area continues to put leaders at odds
- What will save the Rural Crescent? Small villages? PDR/TDR?
- With farming dwindling, Prince William County looks at new rural land preservation tools
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