The skeptical questions, answered.

No. We are pro-accountability. Data centers are a generational economic event for rural Virginia. The framework doesn't block projects. It ties the revenue to binding resident relief, with a developer escrow and a public dashboard. The Mountain Road project was rejected 4-3 on May 28, 2026. The Hanover Framework is the policy that should have been in place BEFORE that vote.

The Hanover Framework Coalition supports the full $3.00 ceiling. Henrico's $2.60 is the floor. The state average for data center equipment is $3.09; northern Virginia localities charge $4.00+. Adopting $2.60 would lock Hanover in at a discount for the next decade, when every other Virginia jurisdiction is moving up.

The framework is filed for re-introduction at the next regular meeting. Henrico's data center framework took multiple attempts over two years before it passed. The contact list, the data, and the playbook stay live. A failed vote is a postponement.

2.2 cents per $100 of assessed value. A $400,000 home = 4,000 units of $100. 4,000 × $0.022 = $88. At full buildout (8¢), a $400K home = $315/yr. A $500K home = $394/yr. Calculator on the Resident Impact page lets you verify for your assessed value.

Delivered. Henrico's FY 2024-25 actual revenue from data center equipment was $13.6M above projections. The Board voted unanimously on April 8, 2025 to use that surplus for the FY 2025-26 tax cut and school funding, totaling $18.3M in new resident relief. The Hanover County Administrator's office has the same line items in the proposed FY 2025-26 budget.

Half of net data center surplus flows directly to residents as rate cuts or rebates. The other half funds capital improvements, stabilization reserves, and operations directly related to data center impacts. None of the 50% can be redirected to the general fund. Every dollar is auditable on the public dashboard.

Tract is a Denver-based powered land developer. They are the applicant on both the rejected Mountain Road project (430 acres) and the already-approved 1,200-acre Beaverdam Data Center Campus. They are not a data center operator themselves. They buy land, get it rezoned and powered, and sell to operators like AWS, Microsoft, or Google.

Developers prefer certainty. A framework that locks in a 50% resident allocation, an escrow, and a public dashboard actually de-risks future projects. The risk they care about is the patchwork: each new data center fought on its own terms. The framework turns a 12-month fight per project into a 1-line check per project.

The Hanover Framework Coalition presented the framework to the Board in May 2026. The June 24 public hearing is the formal vote on the tax rate. Public comment opens at the start of the meeting. Sign up at the door.

The County Administrator's role is to implement Board policy, not set it. The Board's role is to set the rate and the framework. If the Board adopts the full $3.00 ceiling AND the framework, the Administrator implements. If the Board only sets the rate, the Administrator has no binding rule to deliver resident relief.