Our North Star – Sari Carp
This award honors individuals who are no longer with us but who contributed significantly to conservation efforts in the Shenandoah Valley.
Announcing our 2024 Valley Treasure — Friendly City Food Co-op
We’re excited to present the 2024 Valley Treasure award to the Friendly City Food Co-op. Since opening its doors in Harrisonburg in 2011, the co-op has made a lasting impact on the local community and beyond.
Rockingham County, we have a new comp plan!
This update was a long haul, and a lot of work for everyone involved–kudos for a great outcome!
Rockingham Comp Plan and UDA Final Public Hearing
One last chance to weigh in on the vision for development in Rockingham County over the next 20 years, and it needs your input.
Empowering Your ‘Sense of Place’
Communities with a strong sense of place become passionate when threats loom that could alter their way of life. However, that passion is often accompanied by feelings of powerlessness.
Valley Land Conservation and Chesapeake Bay Restoration: Time to Set New Targets
Now is the time for Virginia decision makers to commit to new Chesapeake Bay targets that reflect today’s opportunities and challenges, including a continued commitment to land conservation.
They DID get Dinkel right!
Transportation planners found no major expansion is needed in the Dinkel Avenue corridor between Bridgewater and Mount Crawford.
Did they get Dinkel right?
Transportation planners are ready to present a recommendation for improvements along the Dinkel Avenue corridor based on the data and community input.
2024 State Policy Roundup
Virginia’s General Assembly session is always a whirlwind, and even more so this year as the legislature convened in a new building, and about one third of the 140 members were new.
Keeping Mauzy Rural
After a truck stop rezoning was denied, the Mauzy community banded together to explore ways to preempt future incompatible development proposals and formally document the vision of a rural Mauzy.