Georgia Bachman

The Prince William County 2025 State of the County Forum highlights the county's progress and outlines its strategic plan for 2025-2028. Key strategic pillars include enhancing educational outcomes, ensuring fiscal responsibility, investing in workforce and affordable housing, and supporting youth programs and community partners. The plan also prioritizes community safety through coordinated efforts addressing mental health, traffic safety, and violence, alongside significant investments in multimodal transportation and infrastructure, all aiming to build a thriving, diverse, and inclusive community.

This State of the County address reports on the strong condition of Prince William County in 2018, highlighting significant investments in new parks, schools, roads, police, and fire and rescue personnel. Key priorities for 2018 and beyond include enhancing education, implementing extensive road construction projects to alleviate traffic congestion, and strengthening public safety services by addressing personnel recruitment and retention. The county also commits to fiscal responsibility through efforts to limit the tax burden on citizens and pursue local tax restructuring, while continuously improving core county services.

This document summarizes a workshop series designed to gather community input for the development of design guidelines for the Dale Boulevard Corridor. The workshops aim to facilitate reinvestment, revitalization, and determine future architecture, infrastructure, and business opportunities. The ultimate goal is to define a long-term vision for the Dale City community, spanning the next 20 to 40 years, and outline steps to achieve desired changes.

The agenda for this session of the Board of County Supervisors included several key items presented during work sessions. Discussions covered the 311 Update, detailing service request data, omni-channel inquiries, and next steps for system enhancement. Another presentation focused on the Department of Transportation and Capital Construction (DTCC) Update, outlining the move toward a single coordinated system for capital delivery. A significant portion of the agenda involved presentations and discussions related to the Proposed Fiscal Year 2027-2032 Capital Improvement Program (CIP), which detailed expenditures by functional area and funding sources across various departments including Public Safety, Health, Wellbeing & Environmental Sustainability, and Transportation. The agenda also included authorizations and certifications related to closed meetings.

The agenda outlines several key items for the meeting, commencing with a Work Session regarding Prince William County Schools CIP. Discussions are scheduled for Agenda Review, Pledge of Allegiance, Roll Call, and Remote Participation Request review. The agenda includes a Consent Agenda and an Expedited Agenda for cases requiring a hearing without standard presentation. Public Comment will be taken, followed by potential Deferral/Continuation actions. Key items listed for Public Hearings include Rezoning #REZ2025-00009 (Greenhaven at Broad Run) concerning a density change request, Special Use Permit #SUP2026-00011 for Silver Diner Signage, Rezoning #REZ2017-00005 (Innovation South Rezoning) for commercial uses, Rezoning #REZ2024-00045 (Mapledale Residential Rezoning) for new dwelling units, Public Facility Review #PFR2026-00005 for the NOVEC Diamond Hill Substation, and three Comprehensive Plan Amendment requests related to updates within the Mobility Chapter concerning Sudley Road/Route 234, Heathcote Boulevard, and Manassas Battlefield Bypass.