…Orange, Culpeper or Fredericksburg. The car-centric location and design of Wilderness Crossing would be inconvenient for residents AND increase greenhouse gas emissions. In stark contrast to the Wilderness Crossing proposal, PEC believes new residential development should be located near existing…
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Planning Commission Public Hearing on Wilderness Crossing Set for March 23
…within Wilderness Crossing, adjacent to the proposed industrial areas. One of the planning commissioners raised an important question: is Wilderness Crossing still able to be presented as a mixed-use development, considering the potential for by-right data centers or warehouse/distribution centers?…
Wilderness Crossing: New Residential Development or Potential Superfund Site?
…documents Below are some of the documents [view all in folder] that are now available to the public regarding the mining sites: Mine Site Summaries Vaucluse-Mine-DMME-Site-SummaryDownload Wilderness-Mine-DMME-Site-SummaryDownload Greenwood-Mine-DMME-Site-SummaryDownload Maps Wilderness-Crossing-Development-with-Mine-Site-Area-of-InterestDownload Vaucluse_and_Melville_Mine_LayoutsDownload Other Vaucluse-Mine-History-Charles-Bass-1940Download Vaucluse-Mine-Orphaned-Land-Site-Investigation-ReportDownload Vaucluse-Mine-State-Water-Control-Board-Local-Govt-CommunicationDownload Wilderness-Mine-Orphaned-Land-Advisory-Committee-Review-ReportDownload Wilderness-Mine-Orphaned-Land-Site-Investigation-ReportDownload What’s next for…
The Trouble with Wilderness Crossing
…sometimes obscure with pretty pictures and unenforceable promises. Wilderness Crossing is a great example,” said Chris Hawk, PEC’s Orange County field representative. Public health risks from mercury contamination During Virginia’s gold mining era (1804 to 1937), the Wilderness Crossing property…
Wilderness Crossing: Breadth of Rezoning and FOIA Results Prompt New Concerns
Aerial photo of the site where Wilderness Crossing is proposed. In our most recent blog post on Wilderness Crossing, we laid out in detail a number of our concerns with this sprawling development proposal. We told you about the toxic…
Decision Time Nears for Wilderness Crossing Rezoning
The following PEC email alert was sent on Tuesday, April 18. To sign up for emails visit: pecva.org/signup Dear Supporter, I am writing to update you on Wilderness Crossing. At its March 23 public hearing, after comments from 30 speakers…
Orange County Planning Commission Questions Wilderness Crossing Developer at Recent Work Sessions
Aerial photo of the site where Wilderness Crossing is proposed. The Orange County Planning Commission held three work sessions (January 5 and 19, February 9) on Wilderness Crossing. A fourth is scheduled for Thursday, February 16. Applicants requesting a rezoning…
Wilderness Crossing Town Hall Recap and Next Steps
…once again changed its proffers. About 200 people attended our town hall with the Wilderness Battlefield Coalition in Locust Grove on October 25. Credit Marco Sanchez/PEC. Dear Supporter, Hello again! It was great seeing so many folks at our Wilderness…
Wilderness Crossing, RSA Withdrawal Permit, Elections
…Crossing and some related Orange County happenings. Wilderness Crossing Lawsuit PEC continues to support the lawsuit filed by American Battlefield Trust (ABT) and other plaintiffs against Orange County for violations of state law and local ordinance in approving the Wilderness…
Massive Rezoning Proposed in Orange County
Aerial photo of the site where Wilderness Crossing is proposed. Photo by PEC; flight courtesy of SouthWings. Orange County is considering an enormous, 2,602-acre development and rezoning proposal, called Wilderness Crossing, within the Germanna-Wilderness Area (GWA) in northeastern Orange, bordering…