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Rockingham County

The Alliance works with citizens of Rockingham who seek to protect this traditionally agricultural community — its rural character, environment and historic resources.

Recent News

Announcing our 2023 Valley Treasure – Walter Brown
Sep 01 2023
Solar panels on rooftop.
Solarize Virginia Information Sessions 2023
Jul 27 2023
Ten people pose in front of a solar array in a farm field wearing bright yellow safety vests and white hard hats.
Getting it right with solar
Jun 27 2023
A drawn plan of a large structure surrounded by parking and landscaping adjacent to baseball fields pictured in the top left.
Mixed News about Rockingham Park Expansion
Jun 16 2023
Harrisonburg & Rockingham Transportation Projects Finalized
May 23 2023
Rural fall landscape with mountains in the background and a road sign that says Mountain Valley in the foreground.
Keezletown Community Meeting #3
May 17 2023
All Rockingham County News

Projects

A small creek winds through a bank with lush plants, white and purple flowers alongside a field.
Smith Creek Showcase Watershed
Sunrise view over a rural landscape with the words 'time for your input.'
Rockingham County Comprehensive Plan Update
Reservoir in the George Washington National Forest at sunset.
Shenandoah Mountain National Scenic Area
Recognizing Local Conservation Heroes
Keezletown Community Visioning
Shenandoah Valley Fund
Silver Lake Signage & Walking Path
Shenandoah Rail Trail
Utility Scale Solar
George Washington National Forest
Harrisonburg Comprehensive Plan
Rockingham County Local Transportation
Rockingham County Local Land Use
I-81 Corridor
Shenandoah Valley Conservation Collaborative

County Contact

Kim Sandum
(540) 740-4500

County Resources

  • County Comprehensive Plan
  • City Comprehensive Plan (Harrisonburg)
  • County Government
  • City Government (Harrisonburg) 

 

Legacy Organization Information

Rockingham Legacy Organization

Community Alliance for Preservation

Formed in 1999 in response to a proposed I-81 bypass around Harrisonburg, which would have opened the county’s core agricultural reserve and historic battlefields to development, CAP broadened its mission to encourage good public policy on a range of local land use and transportation issues for almost 20 years.

Largely through the Executive Director Kim Sandum’s policy expertise, careful approach and hard work, CAP consistently provided timely and accurate information to foster good public policy in Rockingham and Harrisonburg.

In addition to its important work on land use and transportation decisions, CAP was instrumental in the County’s 2014 rejection of what would have been Virginia’s first exploratory Marcellus Shale gas well.  It also played an important role in the successful campaign to keep oil and gas drilling out of one-million acres of the George Washington National Forest (GW Forest).

Sandum now serves as the Rockingham Coordinator and Transportation Lead for the Alliance.

Where We Work

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County Stats

  • Land Area, acres: 543,418
  • Population: 135,571
  • Land in Farms: 228,542 acres, 42%
  • Number of Farms: 2,026
  • Market Value of Products Sold (Crop/Livestock): $795,919,000
    • Ranking out of 98 VA Counties: 1
  • Watersheds
    • North Fork Shenandoah
    • South Fork Shenandoah
    • North River
    • South River
  • Land in Conservation
    • 66 easements
    • 9,480 acres
    • 1.74%
  • National Historic Civil War Battlefields
    • Cross Keys
    • New Market
    • Port Republic
  • Public Land
    • GWNF: 139,783 acres/25.2%
    • SNP: 37,968 acres/6.8%
    • First Mountain State Forest: 573 acres
    • Paul State Forest: 173 acres

Cities & Towns

  • Bridgewater
  • Broadway
  • Dayton
  • Elkton
  • Grottoes
  • Mt. Crawford
  • Timberville
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  • Kate Wofford, Executive Director
  • Alliance for the Shenandoah Valley
  • 9485 S Congress St • PO Box 674 • New Market, VA
  • (540) 908-3914
  • info@shenandoahalliance.org

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