
Jefferson County Development Authority… What they do and why it matters…
Jefferson County Development Authority, often referred to as...
In 2013, the WV State Rail Authority passed a resolution to support the creation of a Transit Oriented Development that would be integrated with the design of the new NorthPort passenger train station at the site where Rockwool has broken ground on their plant. The Maryland Transit Authority also provided a letter of support and officially approved the relocation of an existing outdated station. By 2015 Ranson had adopted the NorthPort Feasibility Plan that showcased the idea of a multi-modal community featuring 1,000 homes (single family, townhomes and apartments), 10 parks and 800,000 sq ft of office and commercial space.
What happened? Rockwool came to town and secretly negotiated a rezoning application giving them an extra 100 acres of industrial, a Land Use Restriction Agreement and a Right to First Refusal. Rockwool has removed the legal avenues to build homes at Jefferson Orchards. No homes means no mixed-use community built around mass transit connecting us to Washington, D.C. And there goes our real-life Sustainable City vision up Rockwool’s 21 story smokestacks. Never to return.
Jefferson County Development Authority, often referred to as...
No more heavy industry has been the overwhelming response of...
Thanksgiving, November of 2017. A public notice was run in...
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