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...
Rockingham Board of Supervisors Plans Committee to Update County Solar Energy Ordinance
Last night, after several weeks of study and discussion, The Rockingham Board of Supervisors decided to pause their decision on...
Rockingham County Planner Diana Stultz Retires After 39 Years
Recognizing there will always be another project to finish, Diana Stultz, Rockingham County’s zoning administrator for the past 39 years, has decided it is time to go.
Shenandoah Valley Rail Trail Feasibility Study Authorized by General Assembly
The General Assembly passed a budget amendment authorizing the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation to study the feasibility of...
Study Looks into Feasibility of Regional Agricultural Enterprise Center
The Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission (CSPDC) is conducting a feasibility study for an Agricultural Enterprise Center in the central...
Action in the General Assembly on Shenandoah Rail Trail
On Thursday August 27, Delegate Tony Wilt (R-Harrisonburg) will speak about an amendment authorizes DCR to conduct a feasibility study for a rail trail in the Northern Shenandoah Valley.
Heirs’ Property Act Signed By Governor Northam near Harrisonburg
This act addresses the problematic legal structure of heirs’ property that has been a major factor in the decline in the number of Black-owned farms in Virginia and in the country.
A Staff Update
At the Alliance, we started 2020 with big goals. Now, half-way through and thrown more than one curve ball, we’re still on course, albeit with some changes.
Superheroes Need Good Sidekicks
Meet the comp plan—the superhero of the planning world. And, just as superheroes have to have their sidekicks, the comp plan alone can’t get the job done. Communities need several tools in their planning “toolbox” to carry out the plan’s vision.
Transportation in our rural landscapes
Now bikes and buggies can travel in a designated lane all the way to Garbers Church Road. Though it may appear so, these lanes didn’t just happen.