Two developers, SKW VA, Inc. and Southern Knolls, LLC, seek approval to rezone 145 acres at Prince William Parkway and Minnieville Road in Woodbridge. It plans to build 1,000 new homes, commercial retail and office space, a pavilion, and new parks and walking paths.
The land is zoned for agriculture and suburban homes and is mainly tree-lined.
The 95 East Distribution Center at 13600 Dabney Road, is the first development project in Prince William County’s new E-Commerce Overlay and represents a $22.95 million redevelopment investment as well as an estimated 100 new jobs in supply chain logistics. (more…)
An Israeli arms company chose Quantico Corporate Center in Stafford County as the home for its U.S. operations.
UvisionUSA announced the opening of a 30,000-square-foot production facility for its HERO loitering munition systems — launched projectiles that can travel long distances and over an area to make a high-precision strike.
Crumbl Cookies will open its first location in Stafford County.
Owners Cory and Joanna Ellis and Matt and Kyla Beecroft will open the business at 1495 Stafford Marketplace, inside an old Sprint wireless store.
The Prince William Chamber will hold its popular MEGA Networking Expo in Woodbridge.
The MEGA Networking Expo takes place Thursday, November 3, from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Realtor Association of Prince William, 4545 Daisy Reid Ave., Suite 150, near the Prince William County Government Center in Woodbridge.
The clock is ticking for businesses in Prince William County, which must complete and file an annual recycling report with the Department of Public Works by Saturday, October 15.
The county requires all businesses to file the report each year. Home-based businesses do not have to file a recycling report.
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Two companies aim to build solar farms in the Hartwood and Falmouth districts in Stafford County.
The Stafford County Board of Supervisors and the Planning Commission held a joint meeting to hear details on the proposals. Members of both bodies had concerns about the facilities based on issues at other solar farms.
The first facility, Enon Road Solar Farm LLC, a project of Florida-based company EsaSolar, would sit on about 16 acres off of Enon Road and Truslow roads, according to documents provided by Stafford County, generating enough electricity to power about 600 homes.
The website for the Enon Road facility offers a timeline where key events are tentatively scheduled to move the project forward. The project's applicants hope the county will approve the development this year to enter an Interconnection Agreement with Dominion Energy as part of its Shared Solar Program, an electrical subsidy program for the poor.
If approved, The Enon Road project developers hope to begin construction of the facility in 2024.
Another company, Kinglet Solar Farm LLC, has also applied to the county to build a 44-acre facility that would generate power for 660 homes and sit off Truslow Road near Interstate 95. This facility would also be part of Dominion Power's Shared Solar Program.
The plans for Kinglet's facility are in their early stages. No company did not include a construction timeline in its plans.
Board of Supervisors members expressed concerns regarding potential hazards that could affect the solar facilities. Griffis-Widewater District Supervisor Tinesha Allen said stormwater runoff could make the ground beneath the solar collectors softer and endanger the soil integrity.
Applicants said that building retaining walls that could prevent stormwater runoff from the collectors is a possible solution. A stormwater retention area is marked in the concept plans for the Enon Road facility.
Elected leaders are also concerned about the fire risk, specifically with the facilities' storage batteries. Stafford County Administrator Randy Vosberg said fire suppressant technology would be installed in the storage batteries. According to Vosberg, this has become a standard practice with solar facilities.
The Enon Road and Kinglet Solar Facilities are not the first time that Stafford County has dealt with the question of solar power. Potomac Local News reported earlier this year an offer to install solar panels on the roof of North Stafford High School.
Nearby Spotsylvania County has also been getting in on solar. Sustainable Power Group constructed a 500-megawatt solar farm in the Wilderness area of the county in 2020. The farm had met resistance from residents since the project was announced in 2017 due to the large amount of land that the farm takes up.
Members of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors plan to send the matter down to the Planning Commission so that a subcommittee can be created to set standards for the facilities.
The Planning Commission will update the Board of Supervisors on the matter at its second January 2023 meeting, which has yet to be scheduled.
Tom Barkin, president of the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank, spoke about rising inflation, jobs, and consumer confidence today in Woodbridge.
The Fed president said that while the possibility of a recession looms, a recent rise in the number of new jobs created seems to negate those fears.
The first Fatburger in the Washington, D.C. region is now open in Prince William County, near Manassas.
The new restaurant is called Fatburger / Buffalo’s Express, and offers burgers and never frozen chicken wings. The restaurant also features a full bar a Fatburger Bar with drinks ranging from signature cocktails such as the Fat Mule and a Two in the Mornin’ Daiquiri to spiked milkshakes made with real ice cream.
A. Duie Pyle opened a new regional distribution center today in Manassas.
The logistics firm held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its service center at 10461 Colonel Court, just off Godwin Drive. Peter A. Latta, whose great-grandfather Alexander Duie Pyle founded the trucking firm nearly 100 years ago, joined Manassas Mayor Michele Davis Younger to open the new business.
