A Hanover Resident's letter to H.H. Hunt

Hey HH Hunt,
 

We saw the text blast you sent to Hanover County residents today about the Hunting Hawk Technology Park
 

Your timing is impeccable. What with everyone having just opened their property tax assessments. What your message didn’t acknowledge is the history behind this proposal.
 

In Henrico, your development plans relied on a future road connection that never materialized. When Henrico updated its Comprehensive Plan to reflect existing infrastructure, not assumptions, that development path was removed. You challenged that decision and were unsuccessful because you could not show that the infrastructure had advanced.
 

Now, instead of owning that outcome, you are asking Hanover to absorb a massive data center project off Ashland Road, while implying that Henrico is the reason your original plans stalled.

Let’s be clear.
 

This is not about benefits to Hanover.

It is about redirecting a high impact use to a new county after a prior plan fell apart and repackaging it as a community win.
 

Hanover residents are being asked to shoulder the land use consequences, infrastructure strain, and long term risks, while you maximize incentives and work to recoup a stalled investment.
 

Don’t blame Henrico for enforcing its plan, and don’t expect Hanover to clean up the mess.

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Hanover is not a backup plan.