PW Conservation Alliance sponsoring Town Meeting June 2

Prince William Conservation Alliance is sponsoring a town meeting on data centers on Thursday, June 2, at 7 p.m. at Jenkins Elementary School, 4060 Prince William Parkway, Woodbridge, 22192. Doors open at 6:30 pm, with exhibits to view. Free. Tickets available online or at the door!

From the Outer Beltway to the Occoquan Reservoir, and from Prince William Forest Park to Manassas National Battlefield, learn how proposed land use changes threaten our public drinking water and how you can affect change.

Speakers include:

• Welcome - Kim Hosen, Prince William Conservation Alliance

• Deshundra Jefferson, Montclair resident and smart growth advocate, on racial inequities in land use and what you can do promote equity

• Julie Bolthouse, Piedmont Environmental on Costly Outer Beltway induces development and impacts watersheds

• Bill McDow, Belmont Bay HOA, on Managing stormwater runoff and impacts to Resource Preservation Areas

• Kyle Hart, National Parks Conservation Association on Potential impacts to the Occoquan Reservoir watershed and national parks

• Elizabeth Ward, Green Risks on Development in the Rural Crescent will raise the cost of public water for residents

• Frank Washington, Coalition to Protect Thoroughfare, on Many threats are facing Prince William; within them, division is our greatest enemy