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Offical Information from County
Website:
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Current
status of Centers of Community / Commerce (CoC)
proposal:
Review of Comprehensive Plan
Amendment #PLN2008-0204 Land Use Update,
which contains the CoC proposal, "has been continued until Dec. 3" by
Planning Commission. A Planning Commission work session for both
the Land Use Update and the Transportation Update will be held on Oct.
15 in the Potomac Conference Room in the James J. McCoart
Administration Building at 6 p.m.
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County
Summary of Intent of Centers of
Community Concept |
Map
County
Summary of Intent of Centers of
Commerce Concept |
Map
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Apr 2008 Land Use Advisory
Commission (LUAC) draft
plan proposes "high-density" development for all 6 Centers of
Community and 19 Centers of Commerce (denoted in maps immediately above)
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 Media Reports: |
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County's
proposed Centers of
Commerce/Community concept presented to citizens group as "Smart
Growth" plan; Delegate Marshall criticizes potential conflicts of
interest for some of plan's authors, "lack of communication with the
public"; citizen criticisms focus on current housing glut,
preservationist issues
("Prince
William
County construction plan addressed," PW
Pulse, 9 October 2008, p. A7)
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County's
"huge"Centers of
Commerce/Community proposal assumes future mass transit throughout
western
county, advocates "TDR" program "to trade building rights" between
developers
("Smart Growth schematic makes inroads into county,"
by Cheryl Chumley, PW
Pulse, 2 October 2008, pp. A12, A16)
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Prince
William Citizens for Balanced Growth comment on current plan: |
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Does
the county need & can taxpayers afford another 75,000 houses, in
addition to the tens of thousands already approved but not built and
the thousands foreclosed or vacant?
(Speech by PWCBG's Ralph
Stephenson at
8 Oct 2008 Prince William County Planning Commission hearing on the
Centers of Commerce/Community plan.)
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