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What has Virginia Done to Protect Residents from Data Centers?

October 5, 2025
By: Colleen Bohlman

N4C thought it would be interesting to reexamine what our legislators did (or failed to do) in 2025 regarding data center development. How did they handle the balance of economic boon with the need to protect residents from major property value loss, health/safety issues, and environmental dangers popping up like weeds in their back yards?
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Goochland TOD Meetings – Please Attend!

September 22, 2025
By: Colleen Bohlman

UPDATE! Plan to attend the Goochland BOS meetings on Oct 7, at 3PM and 6PM. Both meetings will allow public comment so choose the option that works best for you. Goochland Admin Building, 1800 Sandy Hook Rd, Goochland, VA 23063
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May Nivar Needs YOU to flip HD57

July 28, 2025
By: Colleen Bohlman

Neighbors For Change is proud to stand behind May Nivar, Democratic Candidate for Delegate in HD57. May has been knocking on doors and talking with voters across the district, but with less than 100 days to go before the election, she needs our support to flip this seat blue.
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“I want a better society for my kids. I’m passionate about healthcare. I’m a physician, my wife is in public health and the way healthcare is going right now is very frightening and I just want a candidate who is willing to go against what is happening on the national level. The vaccination piece is definitely scary, I think it’s really important to stay up to date with those things, the pandemic changed so much about how people trust the healthcare system, and while there are a lot of ways the healthcare system needs to improve, leadership from the top down needs to be solid and it’s just not solid right now”.

“I’m mostly concerned about the SNAP funding. Because in my profession, I know some people through Virginia Cooperative Extension who were doing nutrition education for SNAP beneficiaries, all of those programs were cut as kind of a ripple effect from the (Big, Beautiful) bill, but they lost those programs, which is important to me – nutrition information. I’m concerned about out healthcare, I’m concerned about what’s happening with immigration right now and for me personally, I’m soon going on Medicare, and I’m concerned with what’s happening with that. Things are so divisive, you can’t even really talk about issues in a calm way”.

“I am passionate about gun safety regulation. I am passionate about enforcement of the anti-trust laws. Those are two big ones for me. And also intelligent AI regulation and data center/environmental regulations. I have concern about the kind of Wild West style lack of regulation of artificial intelligence. I think we need to take a systematic thoughtful approach so that we targeted AI rather than just an uncontrolled profit for a few big companies”.

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