POWER MOVES: Four Prince William basketball teams will play in the state quarterfinals. SPORTS Page 9
February 27, 2019 | Vol. 18, No. 9 | www.PrinceWilliamTimes.com | 50¢ Covering Prince William County and surrounding communities, including Gainesville, Haymarket, Dumfries, Occoquan, Quantico and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.
Candidates set for Neabsco supervisor’s race Victor Angry wins Democratic primary, GOP picks Devinder Singh By Jill Palermo
Times Staff Writer
Victor Angry was the first African American to be named command sergeant major of the Army National Guard. Devinder Singh immigrated to the U.S. from India almost 30 years ago and now owns four 7-Eleven convenience stores in Prince William and Fairfax counties. In April, one of the two will join the Prince William County Board of Supervisors as the new representative from the Neabsco District. Angry, 50, is the Democratic nominee for the April 9 special election to fill the last eight months of the late John Jenkins’ term on the county board. Angry won that distinction by garnering 70.9 percent of the vote in the firehouse primary local Democrats held Sunday, Feb. 24. Angry won 266
of the 375 votes cast in the four-way contest. The Prince William County Republican Committee held a small caucus on Tuesday, Feb. 19, to pick its candidate for the race. Committee Chairman Bill Card said the group emailed about 280 GOP volunteers who live in the Neabsco District to Devinder Singh spread the word about the nominating process. “About eight to 10 people” came out to select Singh, who was one of two volunteer candidates, Card said. Card said the committee declined to name its candidate publicly until the Democratic firehouse
primary was over out of respect for Jenkins’ widow, Ernestine Jenkins, who they thought might want to fulfill her husband’s term. On Monday, Feb. 25, Singh filed his candidate’s paperwork at the Prince William County Office of Elections. Singh said he decided to run because he believes he has achieved the American Victor Angry dream and wants others to do the same. Singh said his primary goal is to bring more businesses to the Dale City area, where he has lived for more than 20 years. See NEABSCO, page 4
‘Quartz District’ raising questions about schools, roads Details still emerging about 1,005-home project in Dale City
An artist’s rendering of the “Quartz District,” a new development of townhomes, condominiums an apartments planned for 143 acres in Dale City, near the intersection of Prince William Parkway and Minnieville Road.
By Jill Palermo
Times Staff Writer
The “Quartz District,” a new development proposed for now-undeveloped land at the intersection of Minnieville Road and Prince William Parkway, envisions adding 2,372 new residents and 430 new students to eastern Prince William County. The mixed-use project plans 610 townhomes, 180 condominiums and 225 apartments built around a commercial core that will include retail, restaurants and office space. The project aims to be similar to Fairfax Corner or Crown Farm in Gaithersburg, Maryland -- not quite as urban as the Mosaic District or Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center but lively enough to attract millennials and businesses looking to exist amid shops and restaurants, according to Russ Gestl, principal of Buchanan Partners. Marketing materials say the Quartz District will offer “a walkable neighborhood center with pedestrian-friendly streetscapes, open spaces, a grocery store and ‘experiential retail’ that will distinguish
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[it] from other surrounding shopping centers.” Plans include a manmade “lake” that will function as a storm-water management facility. A variety of “opportunities” would be available along the water’s edge, including “outdoor seating for restaurants and a plaza for gathering and programmed events.” Gestl said the development is being planned with the help of a retail consultant that also does retail brokerage and aims to offer a more vibrant mix than the grocery-store anchored strip malls ubiquitous along INSIDE Calendar.............................................12 Classified............................................15 Lifestyle..............................................11 Obituaries...........................................14
eastern Prince William’s main thoroughfares. “We don’t want the same old, same old retail that’s all along Prince William Parkway,” Gestl said. “We want the Friday night movies on the lawn, restaurants with sidewalk tables, retail that’s fresher.” But as is the case with any new large development, the Quartz District is raising lots of questions about how its nearly 2,400 residents would affect traffic-clogged roads and overcrowded schools. The development is zoned for Opinion.................................................7 Puzzle Page..........................................6 Real Estate..........................................13 Sports...................................................9
Vaughan Elementary, Woodbridge Middle and Gar-Field High School. Vaughan Elementary is already at capacity and will remain so even when the new Prince William Parkway elementary school opens next fall. Woodbridge Middle is overcrowded by more than 200 students. Only Gar-Field High is under-capacity. Buchanan has yet to detail how they would mitigate the development’s impacts to roads, schools and other county services. Those were See QUARTZ DISTRICT, page 4
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