Week 3 Reading 

Monday June 22

To prepare for visit to PEC’s Community Farm at Roundabout Meadows, read the content in the program webpage, at https://www.pecva.org/about-us/properties/gilberts-corner/community-farm/

Tuesday June 23

• PEC video (2024), “The Hidden Costs of the Cloud” 

• Evan Visconti, Virginia Mercury, April 29 2026, local-governments-race-to-attract-data-centers-often-in-spite-of-concerns-from-their-constituents

• Jon Gorey, “Data Drain: The Land and Water Impacts of the AI Boom,” Land Lines Magazine of Lincoln Institute for Land Use Policy, Oct. 23 2025. 

Weds.  June 24 

You will pair up to research different agencies as preparation for your assignment on this day. October will explain further details. Here are the group pairs and agency assignments.

Thurs. June 25

Please see "True North" reading materials in  the tab underneath ("True North-Mock Board of Supervisors").

Fri. June 26 - No advance reading

Week 3 evaluation form