Hanover County residents and neighbors filled the auditorium at the Hanover Government Center on 2/19, and they came prepared with tough questions and hard facts for the Planning Commission. The vote was deferred until the next meeting on 3/19. Civic engagement makes a difference, so please continue to push back!
Hanover Board of Supervisors
No Sale on Hanover ICE Facility
The Hanover County Board of Supervisors opposed a proposal to convert a warehouse into a processing facility for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The Board based their decision on land-use conflicts and the Department of Homeland Security’s lack of consultation with them on an appropriate location. Shortly afterwards,Jim Pattison Developments, the owner of the warehouse in question announced it would not proceed with the sale.
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Watch-Hanover Planning Commission Recommends Denial of Hunting Hawk Technology Park
Check out this informative interview produced by local realtor Chris Elliott featuring N4C’s Colleen Bohlman. The Planning Commission recommended denial and now the proposal goes before the Board of Supervisors on February 25th, 2026.
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DHS Targets Hanover for ICE Facility
On 1/22/26, Hanover County officials reported that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) contacted Hanover County about purchasing and rehabilitating a warehouse near Ashland to convert it into a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility. The Hanover County Board of Supervisors, which did not initiate the project, will discuss the matter at its 1/28 meeting at 6 PM and has thirty days to respond to DHS.
Planning Commission Recommends Denial of Hunting Hawk Proposal
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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Hunting Hawk Technology Park: What’s Really Being Proposed and Why it Matters
Check out this informative interview produced by local realtor Chris Elliott featuring N4C’s Colleen Bohlman. The proposal goes before the Planning Commission on January 15, 2026.
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Hunting Hawk Proposal Advances to Hanover Planning Commission
HHHunt’s application for zoning changes goes before the Hanover Planning Commission on January 15, 2026. This is the step in the process where the planning department reviews the plan and hears public input. If they have enough information, it can be sent to the Board of Supervisors for a vote in February. What can we do?
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HHHunt Faces Strong Opposition to Data Center Plan
HHHunt hosted hundreds of residents of Hanover, Henrico, and Goochland counties at their Applicant Meeting, the first step in the process required by Hanover County to consider changes to the comprehensive plan and rezoning requests.
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Hunting Hawk Technology Park – Wyndham Data Center Update
If built as promoted by HHHunt, this facility will be a hyperscale data center designed to support 900 megawatts of power. Updated 10/20/25
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