Alliance to Save Carver Road
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(HAYMARKET, VA, 7/29/17) – Dozens of members of the Alliance to Save Carver Road, the Coalition to Protect Prince William County and supporters turned
out today to protest outside a Dominion Energy facility in Herndon, Va.,
against a planned power line through a historic African-American neighborhood in
the Haymarket, Va., area that would serve an Amazon data center.
Parts of the protest were livestreamed on Facebook:
“We thank all those who turned out to help protect a
historic African-American neighborhood threatened by corporate greed,” said Alliance to Save Carver Road spokesperson
Joyce Hudson. “This successful protest will be followed by other events until residents of Carver Road
neighborhood can live their lives in peace and security.”
Last week, the Alliance to Save Carver Road said it
is "concerned" that Dominion Energy recently contacted elderly
residents of the historic African-American neighborhood. In a letter to
Dominion Energy, Hudson wrote in
part: “Our elderly residents are especially vulnerable and may not be aware of
Dominion’s tactics to influence the process of installing transmission lines to
serve Amazon’s data centers."
SEE:
Va. Alliance to Save Historic African-American Neighborhood 'Concerned' About
Dominion Energy Contacting Elderly Residents
Dominion Energy’s planned 100-foot-high power line
threatens the neighborhood southwest of Washington, D.C., made up primarily
of elderly residents and containing properties acquired under an 1866 law that
allowed freed slaves to own property.
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