2019 General Assembly Recap on I-81
The 2019 General Assembly roller coaster has come to a stop, and we have gotten off to catch our breath!...
Conservation in the 2019 General Assembly
Commonwealth’s Investment in Conservation Protecting our agricultural lands, scenic, historic and natural resources, and helping farmers implement sound farming practices...
First Utility-Scale Solar Project Proposed in Shenandoah County
UPDATE 3/12/2019: Shenandoah County Planning Commission voted to table Shenandoah Solar’s application for a utility scale solar installation. Applicant to provide more complete application and County do more research.
Solar in Stuarts Draft
Augusta County coordinator Nancy Sorrells has been following closely the proposed 125 MW project near Stuarts Draft and Lyndhurst. This...
What’s the latest on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline?
Almost five years after Dominion’s announcement of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project, there has been NO pipeline construction in Virginia....
UPDATE – I-81 in the General Assembly
Yesterday was a big day for I-81 legislation in the General Assembly. As you know, we’ve been following Senate Bill...
Our Take: HB 2718 and SB 1716
As promised, we’ve been following I-81 in the General Assembly. This week, Valley legislators introduced bills implementing the results of...
Alliance responds to Governor Northam’s I-81 legislative proposal
Alliance for the Shenandoah Valley’s Kim Sandum issued the following statement in response to today’s announcement from Governor Ralph Northam...
Why is I-81 broken?
Our own Kim Sandum on Interstate 81 – as published in The Roanoke Times. Before we ask “Who’s going to...
“Speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.”
This morning the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals invalidated the Forest Service’s special use permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline...