Uriah Kiser, Author at Potomac Local News

With $10 million in cash proffers at stake, and a plan to deal with bad dirt, Prince William Supervisors to vote on housing development to be built at old landfill

Published March 18, 2019 at 6:59PM

WOODBRIDGE — In 2008, a proposed development called Prince William Overlook failed to win the hearts and minds of county leaders, and they voted down a request to rezone 10 acres of the land for a new housing development.

On Tuesday, that same Prince William County Board of Supervisors will have before it an even larger housing project that would be built on the same site, an old debris landfill that sits at the end of Horner Road, abutting Interstate 95 in Woodbridge. In the early 1990s, before the construction of Prince William Parkway, this stretch of Horner Road was the main thoroughfare to cross the interstate highway.

Business

Will ‘Kaiser South’ medical hub be Woodbridge’s next big thing? We’ll find out Tuesday. Here’s what we know.

By Uriah Kiser

Published March 18, 2019 at 3:30AM | Updated March 18, 2019 at 10:18AM

WOODBRIDGE — The project checks all the boxes, county documents show.

A 250,000-square foot medical hub proposed by healthcare juggernaut Kaiser Permanente to be located in Woodbridge, dubbed Kaiser South, would fit the county’s long-range development plan to bring more commercial business development to the east side of the county.

Originals

Prince William planners say more houses at Neabsco Commons is a bad idea

By Uriah Kiser

Published March 14, 2019 at 6:11PM | Updated March 14, 2019 at 7:50PM

WOODBRIDGE — At Neabsco Commons next to Northern Virginia Community College’s Woodbridge campus, there’s a hotel, some retail, and room for office space.

Situated along Interstate 95 in Woodbridge, in an area well-positioned for growth, office space is what Prince William County planners want for the region. They want it so much, last year the Board of Supervisors agreed to give nearly a half-million dollars in economic incentives to a firm named “Brickyard,” which operates a co-working space Loudoun County, to open a co-work space at Neabsco Common.

News

Here’s what’s driving up Manassas’ 2020 budget and reigniting discussions about the city building its own library

By Uriah Kiser

Published March 12, 2019 at 4:13PM | Updated March 13, 2019 at 11:01AM

MANASSAS — The average real estate tax bill is slated to increase under Manassas City Manager Patrick Pate’s proposed 2020 budget.

Pate told the City Council Monday night that increased property revenues from newly constructed homes and higher assessed property values mean the city will have $2.3 million more in its general fund to spend next year.

News

EDA, city step up to help fund new Tru by Hilton hotel in Manassas

By Uriah Kiser

Published March 12, 2019 at 7:44AM | Updated March 13, 2019 at 4:51PM

MANASSAS — A new Tru by Hilton hotel will be constructed with financial help from the city and state.

Manassas leaders on Tuesday agreed to back a $1.5 million gap financing deal with hotel developer Holladay Properties, which is building the $14 million project at the Landing at Cannon Branch development at the intersection of Godwin Drive and Gateway Boulevard.

News

Stafford debates its future support of a half-million dollar local tourism deal

By Uriah Kiser

Published March 11, 2019 at 12:23AM | Updated March 12, 2019 at 7:51AM

STAFFORD — Stafford leaders are talking about where to best spend their money when it comes to attracting tourists to the county.

The county’s tourism office recommended extending a regional tourism partnership with neighboring jurisdictions Fredericksburg, and Spotsylvania County which costs each jurisdiction $171,000 annually. That’s a total of more than a half-million dollars of taxpayer money spent on marketing the Fredericksburg region as a whole.

Features

Malachi tours the Marine Corps museum, learns about sacrifice, training to defend the nation

By Uriah Kiser

Published March 10, 2019 at 11:24PM

QUANTICO — Marines travel from all over the world to experience it.

On Wednesday, it was 12-year-old Malachi’s first trip to the National Museum of the Marine Corps at Quantico.

News

Detours planned with 2 Stafford bridges on I-95 to be replaced as part of toll lane extension

By Uriah Kiser

Published March 8, 2019 at 9:17PM | Updated March 9, 2019 at 10:30AM

American Legion Road over I-95 in Stafford County [Photo: Uriah Kiser/Potomac Local News]

STAFFORD — Two overpasses on Interstate 95 in Stafford County will be rebuilt as part of the effort to add express toll lanes to the highway.

The Truslow Road bridge, which carries the road of the same name across the highway in the southern portion of the county will be rebuilt to make more room for the toll lanes that will be built in the median of the highway.

News

More flashing yellow arrows could be on the way for Route 610

By Uriah Kiser

Published March 8, 2019 at 12:37PM | Updated March 8, 2019 at 2:30PM

NORTH STAFFORD — Drivers on Garrisonville Road should get ready to see more flashing yellow signal lights.

The Virginia Department of Transportation will install a new flashing yellow signal light at the intersection of Garrisonville Road (Route 610) and Parkway Boulevard, at the entrance to Park Ridge.

Originals

Medal of Honor winner Dakota Meyer copes with PTSD: ‘The strong people talk about it’

By Uriah Kiser

Published March 1, 2019 at 4:33PM | Updated March 2, 2019 at 11:44PM

QUANTICO — Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer came to Quantico to speak about the demons of depression.

The 30-year-old Marine spoke at the “Heroes Among Us” event Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019, at the National Museum of the Marine Corps. He shared his story of loss, and recovery after losing his fellow Marines in a gunfight, and later, his marriage.