Designating the Valley’s Most Special Places
Getting the Valley’s unique places listed is key for our region to leverage funds that can preserve, protect, and promote.
Route 340 Designation That Almost Wasn’t!
No matter the season, there is always something to delight when traveling on either Highway 211 or 340.
Page County Supervisors Listened and Took a Step Back
We are very pleased to report that the Page County Board of Supervisors hit the brakes on the solar ordinance at the May 18 meeting.
Good Ordinance vs. Current Ordinance
The solar ordinance the Page County Board of Supervisors is currently considering is COMPLETELY different from the version that protected the natural resources, agriculture, and tourism sectors of our economy
Announcing our 2021 Valley Treasure – Dr. Charles Ziegenfus
We are excited to honor Dr. Charles Ziegenfus’ work to inspire an appreciation for birds and the Shenandoah Valley’s natural landscapes.
A mostly good session in Richmond for farmland protection and clean water
Several of the bills that we supported are on Governor Northam’s desk awaiting signature, and the budget ended up relatively strong for clean water and farmland protection programs, considering current fiscal constraints.
Page County – Don’t Shut Out Citizens!
Page County has been here before with the landfill, the proposed Fibrowatt development and the failed industrial park. Let’s do better this go around.
Page County Solar Ordinance: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
We’ve learned since our last post that Page County Supervisors will consider three different solar ordinances at their meeting tomorrow.
Tell Page Supervisors to stay the course with the solar ordinance!
We are very concerned that the carefully crafted protections in the ordinance may be removed and/or weakened.
2020: The Year in Solar
As we predicted back in 2019, the year 2020 saw a rising tide of utility-scale solar projects proposed in the...