rural crescent

Manassas National Battlefield Park’s nearly 5,000 acres offer visitors a glimpse into America’s Civil War past, but with each passing year, signs of America’s future draw closer. “We can look this way; we can see the 21st century,” Manassas Battlefield Trust President Joseph Eaves said. “When we look back here and all we see is trees and nature and so we...

Some landowners in an area just north of Interstate 66 want to sell their properties to data center developers, but the area is part of western Prince William’s so-called “rural crescent” and is protected from development.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on landowners in Prince William County’s “rural crescent” who want to sell their properties to data center developers.