Friends of Hanover

Planning Commission Recommends Denial of Hunting Hawk Proposal

January 16, 2026
By: Colleen Bohlman

When’s the last time you saw Tea Party folks collaborating with the progressive left to fight the same issue? Truck-driving farmers and suburban soccer moms hated this project in equal measure. Like potholes, data centers are a non-partisan issue and residents of Hanover, Henrico, and Goochland are solidly against putting them where they will negatively impact residential or other sensitive areas.
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1/15/26 – STOP the Data Center Takeover of Hanover

January 5, 2026
By: Staff Writer

Friends of Hanover is hosting a brief rally before the Hanover Planning Commission meeting where Hunting Hawk Technology Park is on the agenda on January 15th Wear Red and meet up by 5:30 Hanover Administration Building 7516 County Complex Road, Hanover, VA 23069

“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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