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Stafford supervisors debate scope of deeper financial analysis after “forensic audit” talk; special session set for Nov. 17

By PLN News
Stafford County Administrator Bill Ashton presents the proposed FY2027 budget to the Stafford County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 17, 2026, at the Government Center.

Stafford County Board of Supervisors spent more than an hour at its Oct. 27 work session arguing over whether and how to commission a deeper look at county finances after repeated public calls for a “forensic audit.”

Supervisor Crystal Vanuch (Rock Hill) moved to add three items previously discussed publicly: removing by-right data centers in M-2 zoning, removing data centers from the technology zone, and a forensic audit. Supervisor E. Darrell English (Hartwood) seconded. Deputy County Administrator Donna Krauss said the two data-center items are already scheduled for the Nov. 17 work session. The annual county audit presentation is set for Dec. 5.

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Stafford board denies Sheetz convenience store rezoning at Enon Road

By PLN News
Proposed front elevation of the Sheetz at Enon Road and Route 1
Proposed front elevation of the Sheetz at Enon Road and Route 1, from the applicant's exhibits in the Stafford County Board of Supervisors meeting packet. Rendering by Convenience Architecture and Design P.C., via Stafford County.

The Stafford County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 20 denied a rezoning and conditional use permit for a Sheetz convenience store and fuel station at the Enon Road and Route 1 intersection.

The proposal sought to rezone about 3.88 acres from A-1 Agricultural and B-1 Commercial to B-2 Urban Commercial on parcels 45-283, 45-284 and 46-17A. It also requested a conditional use permit for a convenience store with a drive-thru and fuel sales.

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Stafford supervisors approve Accokeek Center data campus, 4-3

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Stafford supervisors approved the Accokeek Center data campus in the Falmouth District late Wednesday, 4-3. The vote followed a failed attempt to delay it for revenue numbers, a fight over setbacks, and a proffer packet corrected the day of the meeting.

The land is on the west side of Richmond Highway (Route 1), about half a mile north of Eskimo Hill Road and Rupert’s U-Pull-It, the self-service yard at 1489 Richmond Highway. It sits in the strip between the highway and Interstate 95.

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Stafford splits 5–2 on Stafford One industrial site, extends Potomac Creek clock

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Stafford One Industrial site outlined in red at Interstate 95, Centreport Parkway and Richmond Highway. Stafford County Planning Commission memorandum, June 24, 2026, in the Sept. 15 Board packet.Aerial view of Stafford One Industrial site outlined in red at Interstate 95, Centreport Parkway and Richmond Highway.
Stafford One Industrial site outlined in red at Interstate 95, Centreport Parkway and Richmond Highway. Stafford County Planning Commission memorandum, June 24, 2026, in the Sept. 15 Board packet.

The Stafford County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday rezoned about 38.6 acres at Stafford One Industrial to heavy industrial on a 5–2 vote, unanimously approved a small Telegraph Road office rezoning, extended the Potomac Creek Campus application clock to Dec. 4, and cleared temporary construction access for a Hartwood Elementary School replacement.

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SUPERMARKET SWEEP: Stafford bags Publix a $2.25M tax cut — by a 5–2 squeaker

By Potomac Local News
Rendering of Publix's 1st Louisville, Kentucky, store from the groundbreaking ceremony.
Rendering of Publix's 1st Louisville, Kentucky, store from the groundbreaking ceremony.

The Stafford County Board of Supervisors voted 5–2 on Tuesday to approve a performance-based incentive of up to $2.25 million over 10 years for a Publix grocery store on tax map parcel 44-62, in front of the new Hartwood High School on Warrenton Road (U.S. 17) in south Stafford.

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Stafford posts $2.1 billion in announced deals in first year of new economic plan

By Potomac Local News

Stafford County’s economic-development office said Tuesday that fiscal 2026 produced more than $2.1 billion in announced capital investment and 1,671 announced jobs, and posted the first public annual report under a strategic plan adopted last year.

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Stafford Board Kills Only Transportation Impact Fee Program in Virginia

By Uriah Kiser

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Stafford Eyes Business Tax After Hitting Homeowners Hard

By Uriah Kiser
Stafford County Administrator Bill Ashton presents the proposed FY2027 budget to the Stafford County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 17, 2026, at the Government Center.

A Business, Professional and Occupational License (BPOL) tax is a levy on a business’s gross receipts — its total revenue before expenses.

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Unmarked Graves?: County Calls Specialist’s Absence from Data Center Hearing ‘Standard Practice’

By Uriah Kiser
Stafford County Administrator Bill Ashton presents the proposed FY2027 budget to the Stafford County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 17, 2026, at the Government Center.

Stafford County officials today described the absence of the county’s Cultural Resource Specialist from a July 7 Board of Supervisors hearing on the Potomac Creek Campus data center applications as consistent with standard practice.

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Historic Cemetery Prompts Deferral of Potomac Creek Campus Data Center Plans in Stafford

By Potomac Local News

A family cemetery on a site in central Stafford has halted progress on a data center development. On July 7, 2026, the Stafford County Board of Supervisors voted 4-3 to defer rezoning and conditional use permit applications for the Potomac Creek Campus project pending an archaeological investigation and report.

The deferral includes a time extension to October 31. It followed public comments and board discussion on the need to address the cemetery before land disturbance.

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