This year, we honored the late John Adamson with our first North Star recognition. The name of this recognition was inspired by John who believed that Shenandoah County’s Comprehensive Plan and its vision of an agriculturally-based future for the county was the North Star for conservation and land use planning.
To this day at staff meetings and in Alliance board meetings you can hear his words of encouragement and guidance repeated: Anything is possible with patience, politeness and persistence.
In the video below, Alliance board member Carolyn Long speaks about John and his contributions to the Valley.